Greedy Knight by felipeberquo

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made by felipeberquo for LD32 (JAM)
Hi! Welcome to Greedy Knight's entry!

We created a runner, in wich your weapon is a bag of money. The more gold you have, the more damage you deal! Beware with the thieves and don't get killed, because you will lose all your cash!
To make your life easier, you can buy upgrades and items from the shop keeper.
Spend your money well before losing it all!

F - Attack
D - Potion (if you have one)
SPACE - Jump
ESC - Quit

Tips:
- If you have a lot of money you can easily kill the thieves with the bag attack (Z)
- Buy the "Bag of Deflection" item from the shop keeper, it will let you deflect the incoming projectiles as you hit them with an attack.
- Stay alive, stay rich!

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LAST BUILD:

Web: http://felipegamedev.com/greedyknight/
Windows: http://tinyurl.com/myu6ay8
OS/X: http://tinyurl.com/m84cmrf

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Team members:

Felipe Ramos - programmer
http://www.felipegamedev.com

Gabriel - 2D artist
www.ghilgert.carbonmade.com

Leith - sound artist
http://www.audioboyproductions.com

Piero - 2D artist
http://pierojurado.com

Vinicius - 2D artist
https://www.behance.net/vinniephael

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Common issues:

- Some people are having some problems running the Windows version. If receive the error "Failed to run mono", it's probably because you don't have the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package" installed in your computer. You can download it at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555 (32-bit) or https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523 (64-bit). This should fix the problem.

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Updates:

[05-09-2015]
We've a lot of updates! This is the checklist:
- Added 2 new enemies: the thief knight and the spike ball
- Background with parallax
- Clouds
- Game over menu, with a restart game and return to main menu options
- Main menu
- Fixed enemies spawns and AI
- Changed the interval (longer) that the shopkeeper appears
- Changed the UI. Now the player can see how many potions and scrolls he has. Also, he can check which upgrades he already bought
- Hide/show the mouse cursor when needed
- Fixed the upgrade's cost
- Added a countdown before the level starts and after the shopkeeper leaves
- Changed the buttons: F uses the bag attack and D uses the potion

[04-22-2015]
We've some updates and fixes:
- More accurate player's ground checker
- The player's bag attack is working now. Now it hits the enemies and projectiles correctly.
- Added a delay for the enemies start spawning when the level begins.
- Fixed the invincible potion and the return scroll.
- Added some smooth movement to the camera.
- Fixed the bug that caused the background music to stop playing.
- Fixed the most part of animation bugs.
- Now the player can see in the HUD which equipments he owns.
- Changed the price of the itens and upgrades (we're going balance it later too)

Next, we are going to work to add new enemies (we already have the art of them), put a background and foreground to the scene and fix the others itens and upgrades that are not working yet.

[04-21-2015]
We have fixed the "Web" version's link, it should work now. It's a WebGL build that should run on your browser with no issues!
We're also working in some bugs and gameplay fixes, as well as adding more enemies.
Stay tuned! :D

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LAST BUILD:

Web: http://felipegamedev.com/greedyknight/
Windows: http://tinyurl.com/myu6ay8
OS/X: http://tinyurl.com/m84cmrf

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.54 255
Audio(Jam) 3.64 139
Fun(Jam) 3.56 183
Graphics(Jam) 3.83 238
Humor(Jam) 3.24 334
Innovation(Jam) 2.75 713
Mood(Jam) 3.39 288
Theme(Jam) 3.05 728

Feedback

scumbly
21. Apr 2015 路 17:18 UTC
Fun! Web player didn't work for me but OS X version ran fine. Quite a challenge! Fast-paced, I wasn't always sure what killed me, seemed to have trouble hitting enemies with my bag. Sounds are top notch, loved the graphics. Reeeeeally wanted to have a permanent double-jump.
馃帳 felipeberquo
21. Apr 2015 路 18:57 UTC
Thanks for the feedback scumbly! We did notice that the double is a must in this game, so it's gonna be permanent and the boots upgrade should be a triple jump instead of double!
ThirdMoon
22. Apr 2015 路 00:17 UTC
Great Game! Quite hard at the beginning but really funny!
Good player responce, Great design, Absolutly great voices :D!
Firaa
22. Apr 2015 路 00:20 UTC
This was pretty fun, and I liked the voices effects Greedy Knight had. I would like to see the stage get increasingly harder as you get further.

I encountered a bug around 600 gold where enemies and projectiles stopped causing damage. I don't know what caused it, but I casually noticed me walking through enemies and projectiles without response. After jumping into a pit, I started taking damage again.

Overall a good entry.
SuperKid
22. Apr 2015 路 01:17 UTC
Quite frustrating at the beginning, but becomes fun after a few tries! :D
Gametery
22. Apr 2015 路 01:20 UTC
Quite difficult and challenging, nice graphics and sound effects! Just a tip on german keyboards "Z" and "Y" places are exactly opposite, so it makes it really difficult to play :)
wg_phancock
22. Apr 2015 路 01:23 UTC
Nice, responsive controls, good take on the runner genre. The enemies explosion was satisfying.

If you planned to expand and make a full game out of it, it could do with some more upgrades or various levels of the upgrades or something so you don't run out of stuff to buy so quickly (or just make some reset with each run)

One bug I noticed: if you sit on the shop screen for too long, the music will stop looping.
SuperKid
22. Apr 2015 路 01:39 UTC
Really funny game and nice sounds.
Only a bit dificult at the beginning.
But overall is really good, and love the graphics!
Matt Tuttle
22. Apr 2015 路 02:01 UTC
That was a fun auto runner game. The upgrades could have cost more money because I was able to buy them all in one go.
natalye
22. Apr 2015 路 10:51 UTC
This was really fun!
Loved the sound effects ("oww!"), and the art is beautiful too.
It was sometimes hard to jump off the edge of a platform, even if I wasn't really at the edge. Consider allowing jumps in a larger area (see #4 in this great post - http://devmag.org.za/2011/01/18/11-tips-for-making-a-fun-platformer/).
Perhaps add a pause when the game starts so you have a chance to focus on what's happening before the running starts, maybe display 3..2..1.. so the player can brace themselves.
When dying, there is too much of a delay before you restart, better let the player get back into action faster I think.
I didn't feel that the theme (the weapon being money) was very different than just regular weapons.
But overall great fun :)
monkfallsinsnow
23. Apr 2015 路 00:19 UTC
Really loved the "nooo!" sound effect, which is good because I died a lot. The background music ended after my first death. Not sure if this was intentional or not, but if it was, this approach does make the game's atmosphere feel a bit flat. Otherwise, the game play is solid. Good work!
馃帳 felipeberquo
23. Apr 2015 路 00:31 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys! We really appreciate!
We gonna write down all your notes and take them in account, that's for sure!
F. Wiktora
23. Apr 2015 路 02:52 UTC
Very, very cool game! A few tweaks and it would be ready for the mobile. Can't say anything bad about it.
chikun Dev Team
23. Apr 2015 路 07:16 UTC
Oh man, I really liked this. Auto-runner games are lots of fun.
Curial
23. Apr 2015 路 07:19 UTC
Accurate mobile devices design and nice looking GUI. IN PC, btw, the SPACE key is a bit unconfortable to jump next to X and Z. I would prefer C.
Let's have a bit more plays to try more shop items :D
馃帳 felipeberquo
23. Apr 2015 路 13:28 UTC
Curial yeah, we thoght that too and we're going to change them. The "C" key should work much better
Thank you and the other guys for playing the game and giving us some feedback! See ya
syncxzoz
25. Apr 2015 路 13:48 UTC
wwwwooooohhhooooooooooooo.....
DeltaF1
25. Apr 2015 路 22:33 UTC
The sound design and graphics are really good, it looks and sounds like a professional piece. The jumping felt a little floaty, and I didn't really feel like I was in danger that often, but it was still fun to play. Is it intentional that your upgrades remain after death? I do like the mechanic of killing all the enemies when the shop appears, but I think it would be beneficial to provide a small amount of time after the player presses the leave shop button for them to get ready to jump. Overall, well done!
馃帳 felipeberquo
26. Apr 2015 路 12:26 UTC
DeltaF1: actually it was intentional at the first moment, but we also realize that it would be better if the player looses all the itens and upgrades when he dies. We're going to fix that! Also, we're going to create more enemies (we already have the art for them), some different ones. And yes, this delay after the player leaves the shop is one of the future updates! The amulet behaviour is still missing in the current version too. Thank you very much for playing and for your feedbacks man! We really appreciate that.
12 Pech谩s Of Souls
29. Apr 2015 路 22:40 UTC
Very good game, really funny.
waveformmodulations
29. Apr 2015 路 22:45 UTC
It was quite fun, the dificulty curve is a bit intense, the shopkeeper randomly popping up was a little annoying at some parts.
馃帳 felipeberquo
04. May 2015 路 16:41 UTC
Heheh, actually we are going to make the shopkeeper to appear only when the level starts or at some checkpoints.
Thank you for your words dude!
FrederickK
10. May 2015 路 03:28 UTC
This game is so difficult!
That's a burglar with a chest head? That I loved!
Need to be more frenetic, more speed and less difficult. xD'
Jasonsumm
10. May 2015 路 11:29 UTC
Really fun! Look and feel is great :)
tppr2046
10. May 2015 路 13:10 UTC
Fun!!
馃帳 felipeberquo
10. May 2015 路 13:47 UTC
Yeah FrederickK! Actually, we know that the game lacks of some game design and some balancing... It's really difficult lol
We appreciate your words and we're going to take your considerations! Thanks dude!
AdricZero
10. May 2015 路 16:24 UTC
Very nice graphics and audio. Difficult to play for me. It does not seem very unconventional though. Overall very polished game.
sorlok
11. May 2015 路 02:30 UTC
Nice game, good mechanics, and quite fun (although not really my type of game). Wish the difficulty ramped up a little more slowly, but otherwise good job!
Andrei M眉ller
11. May 2015 路 23:04 UTC
I like this game! :-D The simple and fun gameplay is really good for this type of game, and I also liked the art and music (and the funny voices for the SFX!).

Cool upgrade system! That gives a great "meaning" for the items that the player collect, I like when an Infinite Runner has purchasable items that directly affect the gameplay.