Keyboard Warrior by DugelStudios

made by DugelStudios for LD32 (COMPO)

GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmFPOz_81xg&feature=youtu.be

Keyboard Warrior

You find yourself in a world where polygons of all shapes and sizes are attacking you. Upgrade your weapon to a keyboard, guitar, and even a fish. The game is simple, attack the polygons and collect powerups to stay alive. See how many kills you can get without dieing.

There's a lot more that I would have liked to add, such as more weapons and levels, but I ran out of time. I am still working on the game, and if you would like to see development updates subscribe to my youtube channel below. I am also working on a mobile port, you can check out my Google Play account below to check out my other games.

This is my first Ludum Dare entry, and I'm pretty satisfied about this game as far as a simplified gameplay and graphics. Most of my time was spent on the enemy spawning algorithm and the enemy pathfinding behavior for different shapes.

Dont't forget to post how many kills you got in the comments.

TOOLS:
Unity3d, c#, pyxel, bfxr, and audacity.

Made by an 8th grader. ;)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Dugel+Studios&hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOMoaHKJGuJZ9AZLfKd_uw

Check out my website:
http://dugelstudios.weebly.com/

Learn more about this project here:
http://dugelstudios.weebly.com/weapon-more.html

Web	http://dugelstudios.weebly.com/weapon-plus-plus.html
Source	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmFPOz_81xg&feature=youtu.be
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=52542

Ratings

Coolness	88%	2
Overall	2.61	997

Fun	2.62	880
Graphics	2.44	901
Humor	2.64	590
Theme	3.24	634

Feedback

tomdeal

20. Apr 2015 · 09:42 UTC

DIE you basic shapes! Nice idea and funny, though the attack felt a bit sluggish/unresponsive.

mike1101

20. Apr 2015 · 09:43 UTC

Very cool. Loved the look of the little guy. Nice use of the theme.

At first was a bit lost at using Enter as attack. And the rest of it was a bit silly - The levels and the enemies weren't very interesting ... Maybe tie it in with the weapon ? Like, what would you use your keyboard to defeat ... And where would you be doing it ... Some kind of story would go a long way.

Crafting4U

20. Apr 2015 · 09:45 UTC

Lots of fun and very funny to play!

🎤 DugelStudios

20. Apr 2015 · 09:49 UTC

Thanks guys, and right now theres a glitch that won't let the weapons upgrade, I'll be fixing it tomorrow (I have no time today). The weapon upgrades address the sluggish/unresponsive issue. (the first weapon is supposed to be bad so theres room to upgrade) The upgrades make the sword longer and swing faster, aswell as reduced the time you have to wait to swing again. Really sorry about this guys, I'll try to fix it as soon as I can.

(The weapon upgrades when I play it in unity, but not when I build for web... weird)

pythong

20. Apr 2015 · 09:50 UTC

i get the feeling i cannot attack and jump?

also, please upload your source to make this a valid compo entry

mokujin

20. Apr 2015 · 09:57 UTC

Nice game, a little hard (it's not easy to get first upgrade) but still fun!

ManicMiner

20. Apr 2015 · 10:14 UTC

Attack is a little sluggish, but not bad for a first time entry - if you are using WASD for controls, W could be jump rather than Spacebar

SkyWolf

20. Apr 2015 · 10:23 UTC

I loved the character animation for real. :D
And i hated basic freaking shapes.

freaknarf

20. Apr 2015 · 10:24 UTC

Cool... Attack is a bit slow, and i did not understood inputs at first ... enter to attack that feels weird :)

Blobo

21. Apr 2015 · 23:55 UTC

nice game, using the enter button to attack really threw me off.

richiebranson

21. Apr 2015 · 23:58 UTC

Made by an 8th grader? I'm impressed! Keep it up. I'd recommend polishing the attack speed and maybe using the mouse button as an attack instead of enter.

Cheshyr

21. Apr 2015 · 23:59 UTC

That's was a lot of fun. Great job! I hope you'll make another game for the next one!

tigerbyte

21. Apr 2015 · 23:59 UTC

Good art on the character. That sort of style is perfect for a 48 hour jam. Keep tweaking character control; the weapon swing was frustratingly slow. Not a bad entry. Lots of room for improvement. Good job.

Firaa

22. Apr 2015 · 00:01 UTC

Cool idea and the leg animation was pretty smooth. I feel like you missed a golden opportunity to use the phrase "Keyboard Warrior". It could use a little more time being polished, and the shapes are kind of a boring enemy. Maybe bugs, and the closest thing you had to swat them was your keyboard?

A decent entry. I hope to see more games from you in the future!

emmelineprufrock

22. Apr 2015 · 00:05 UTC

Congrats on being in eighth grade and making a game!

I'm not sure about enter as an attack key -- I kept trying to use left mouse key. Otherwise it was entertaining and kind of funny.

FeniX

22. Apr 2015 · 00:06 UTC

Pretty funny game. I like the art style. And the walking animation. :D Keep it going!

One thing you should look into is the upgrading mechanism, as the weapon is not changing when it should.

Smirnov48

22. Apr 2015 · 00:09 UTC

Very funny, and hard game. I died five times, and I didn't get a first update.

ThirdMoon

22. Apr 2015 · 00:12 UTC

Great job guys! Really Funny! I love it =)

🎤 DugelStudios

22. Apr 2015 · 00:18 UTC

Thanks for the comments guys, i wish i could reply individually... a lot of people are complaining about the slow/sluggish attack, and that was actually intentional. This is because you were supposed to upgrade your weapon when you kill more enemies, (which makes the weapon faster/longer) but due to a Unity3d glitch, this feature is not working. In the Unity editor it is working fine and weapons are upgrading. But when I due the web build, for some reason this is not working. This is actually really frustrating to me because I put a lot of time into weapon upgrades... The game is a lot duller without it. (If anyone knows how to fix this, please contact me! (michaeldugle@gmail.com)

Also, alot of people are complaining about the artwork and animations, while some people like the simplistic style and think the animations are smooth. I understand this, I am a programmer and not at all an artist (Which is why I am using pixel art) and this was also my first attempt at animations. Some people also think that the controls are weird, I personally don't find anything wrong with it. I didn't have time to add control support, so I apologize for that.

Please keep on commenting, I love how everyone is liking the game and giving constructive criticism. Enjoy the game. :)

🎤 DugelStudios

22. Apr 2015 · 00:55 UTC

I've fixed it! Weapons now upgrade :). Apparently when you try to play a sound that hasn't been defined in the inspector, unity decides to skip the next 5 lines of code... Oh well, but now its fixed, play it now!

iSamurai

22. Apr 2015 · 01:52 UTC

Cool concept, also the game feel is solid. One suggestion is to make the hurt feedback more obvious, as I thought touching the shapes would also destroy them.

internetpaulicy

22. Apr 2015 · 01:59 UTC

This is pretty great for a first LD game. I got 42 kills :D

Super Hamster

22. Apr 2015 · 02:11 UTC

Got 74 kills! I feel like there is too much advantage to just camping in one spot and repeatedly attacking. Like there is no way to have strategy at the moment for this game because all you can do is spam attack and hide around platforms because the objects are so fast and unpredictable. Also there are some platforms that you can not reach. Anyways nice game! :D

🎤 DugelStudios

22. Apr 2015 · 20:10 UTC

well I got 212 kills and I was moving around so camping isn't an advantage (I made the spawning algorithm so you can't camp). Also I don't think you realized that you can double jump :). Thanks for playing!

dallonf

23. Apr 2015 · 00:13 UTC

It's a silly idea, and I love your very practical art style! The progression feels a little bit grindy, though, and the weapons - while visually unconventional, play very much like standard melee weapon in a game. I would have liked to see some gameplay implications to whacking things with a keyboard!

Taldius

23. Apr 2015 · 00:19 UTC

This was fun, it reminds me of Super Crate Box. The only problem was that the enemy patterns felt too random.
Anyway, good job!

🎤 DugelStudios

23. Apr 2015 · 01:34 UTC

Thanks for the suggestions :)

rd127p77

23. Apr 2015 · 19:03 UTC

The graphics are fine. But the attack was slow and is a good area of improvement.

FeniX

23. Apr 2015 · 20:31 UTC

I've checked it again and the upgrade system works well! I like it that you get a weapon that allows you to be in safer distance when destroying those shapes. :) However, it might be good to think about more differences about weapons maybe to make it more fun to progress. :)

And still the most lovely thing is the animation of walking. :D

Keep it going!

🎤 DugelStudios

24. Apr 2015 · 12:20 UTC

I'm glad you liked the game. I'll keep that in mind when I continue to work on this game. :)

DesignerNap

01. May 2015 · 21:36 UTC

Keyboard warrior! ;) a little tricky and the attack is slow but nice idea.

PaperBlurt

06. May 2015 · 09:23 UTC

So the concept is funny, and very "meta" game like.
Good, simple graphics too.