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CurseMan by sbarrio

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made by sbarrio for LD32 (COMPO)
Help CurseMan get back home!
Use your swear words to fight everybody else!
Learn new swear words to fight up against tougher enemies!

--- CONTROLS ---

Left/right arrows - Movement
Up arrow - get into buildings
SPACE - Jump
A, S, D, F - Swear word attacks (available when learnt)

Learn new swear words at different buildings.

TIP: If you are having trouble defeating your enemies try exploring the map in different directions to find more powerful swear words!
TIP 2: There are two different endings!

Note: Web version is flash based. You can download the swf directly to play locally.
Note2: Fixed a tiny bug that crashed the game when defeating the end boss :S
Web http://sbarrio.info/games/ld32/index.html
Flash http://sbarrio.info/games/ld32/flash/CurseMan.zip
OS/X http://sbarrio.info/games/ld32/mac/CurseMan.zip
Linux http://sbarrio.info/games/ld32/linux/CurseMan.zip
Source https://github.com/sbarrio/CurseMan
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=25025

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall 2.84 859
Audio 2.40 670
Fun 2.96 621
Graphics 2.46 888
Humor 3.51 171
Innovation 2.60 882
Mood 2.66 777
Theme 3.86 166

Feedback

fluidvolt
20. Apr 2015 · 07:55 UTC
Bahaha! Good idea. I love the idea of learning swears like spells in an RPG or something. I couldn't get past the little old ladies! It makes sense that only they could fight back against swearing at the top of your lungs.
conno1234
20. Apr 2015 · 18:34 UTC
OMG This was f***ing awesome! Nice job man!
Tselmek
20. Apr 2015 · 18:40 UTC
The idea of the curses as a weapon is pretty cool, mechanics a bit clunky (or it might just be my computer's slowness) and acceptable graphics yet they give a nice retro feel to the game.

Good luck!
AlexDJones
20. Apr 2015 · 21:08 UTC
The weird graphics work well enough in the game's favour, and the core concept is pretty funny.
Red_Fan games
20. Apr 2015 · 21:12 UTC
A good idead, I geuss
Red_Fan games
20. Apr 2015 · 21:13 UTC
Holy $#!7 this is awesome!
The Capitalist Crayfish
21. Apr 2015 · 10:23 UTC
Been toying around with this idea as well. Really well-executed too, great stuff! -Weloxux
Windmill Games
21. Apr 2015 · 12:11 UTC
I agree, the graphics actually compliment the game very well. It is a hilarious idea and it was executed well. Great entry!
Pixel Heart
21. Apr 2015 · 19:21 UTC
The idea of swearing at each others is really nice! I don't know why, but I can't kill the first mob, and he kills me really quickly... maybe I'm just bad at this game :P
🎤 sbarrio
21. Apr 2015 · 19:24 UTC
Thanks!

Oh, and try going right instead of left, you should be able to kill those :P
conniejoern
21. Apr 2015 · 19:27 UTC
ha awesome!
f*** you old lady!
I was skeptical. Now I'm surpriesed how much fun the game turned out. The grafics are basic but fit.
I like how detailed the world is.
Be carefull with the depth of some objects. Some curses are behind some objects but infront of others, wich make no sense optically.
Iak
21. Apr 2015 · 19:29 UTC
Cool, very different way of implementing it, but your idea of fighting through 'speech' is similar to mine I guess xD

Neat.
randoman
21. Apr 2015 · 19:34 UTC
Man, those old ladies are the real deal! Good game :)
psychonull
21. Apr 2015 · 19:42 UTC
Loved the F curse and grannies :) The graphics are simple but create a nice mood.
Not sure if a bug or intentional: The curses went through all the map so you could spam curses from far away without any risk.
Good job
yuigoto
21. Apr 2015 · 19:52 UTC
People say "words hurt more than actions" don't they? :P I like this idea of "levelling up" your curse skills.

Nice job with the game and nice work using Haxe/Nme! :D
kipelovets
21. Apr 2015 · 20:12 UTC
It's cool to learn your second curse at the bar and the other on near the construction site. But even after learning some new words at some birthday party, I couldn't beat the horde of old ladies on the far left, the just overwhelm me with their swearing

Btw, it's really annoying that you always have to go all the way left and right
scorched
21. Apr 2015 · 20:48 UTC
Humorous and odd. I have an idea that people can put their hands over ears to defend
parity_b1t
21. Apr 2015 · 20:54 UTC
like how you put in the rpg element
Druid
22. Apr 2015 · 09:10 UTC
Interesting game idea! I really like it. Controls was little floaty, but stil excellent game!
Tiago Ling Alexandre
22. Apr 2015 · 13:53 UTC
Cool concept, cursing and learning new moves at the pub fits the theme really well. The grandmas are really though!
rnlf
22. Apr 2015 · 18:44 UTC
Haha, really unconventional weapon! Somehow the sloppy art style matches the theme of the game perfectly!
PapyPilgrim
24. Apr 2015 · 11:07 UTC
There is no real way to defend yourself (no dodge, and the cooldown on your attack was too long to be able to counter). It boils down to "run to someone, spam your strongest swear word and hope you won't loose too much life in the process".
cool take on the theme, funny, pretty good art... just not very fun.
dos
26. Apr 2015 · 20:15 UTC
Could make use of some way to defend and some mechanic that wouldn't promote constant curse spamming. Nice take on the theme anyway!
zatyka
28. Apr 2015 · 00:29 UTC
Not a bad start, and I like the concept. Could definitely use some polishing, and a way to avoid attacks.
seankimdesign
29. Apr 2015 · 05:26 UTC
A fun entry! I only wish the curses would be more varied. Loved the concept.
hexdie
02. May 2015 · 02:07 UTC
Pretty neat game! I like the concept and it controls pretty well. The art is a bit rough but there is a lot of personality there that makes up for it. Here are some things about it that could be improved:

1) It's pretty much impossible to enemy's attack. Your attacks seemed to stop their attacks but because you have to wait a long time before each attack, sometimes you just can't avoid being hit.

2) There should be some sort of health pickups. Especially since you have to start from the beginning every time you die.

Overall, pretty good job!
freeholdgames
07. May 2015 · 01:08 UTC
Fun little entry, would have liked a stronger puzzle aspect to selecting which curse to use against which enemy.