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Sentinel by kipelovets

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made by kipelovets for LD31 (JAM)
'Sentinel' by team 'Dostoyevsky Balls'

Authors:
Evgeniy 'fukyo' Simonov
Alexander 'gasparfx' Oplesnin
Georgiy 'kipelovets' Korshunov
Yuriy 'Merlin-art' Voronov
Xeniya 'Jele' Denissova

Wounded hero lies on a battle field near his mystic sword. Hordes of monsters are coming closer and only you can protect him!

Grab the sword by the handle and swing it as fast as you can, crushing through endless waves of monsters. Don't let them come close to the hero until he manages to stand up.

Control: swing sword with left mouse button
Press SPACE to toggle pause

Please post comments about what your liked or disliked about our game
Contact us: gasparfx@gmail.com
Web http://gasparfx.itch.io/sentinel
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=46923

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.77 114
Fun(Jam) 3.58 146
Graphics(Jam) 4.49 37
Humor(Jam) 3.15 245
Innovation(Jam) 3.58 202
Mood(Jam) 4.03 32
Theme(Jam) 3.79 277

Feedback

March
08. Dec 2014 · 23:04 UTC
WOW!
That's just Awesome :D
The graphics is amazing.
It would be fun game for mobile devices where you could touch the screen to chop enemies.
plauk
08. Dec 2014 · 23:08 UTC
Gameplay is easier using a stylus rather than a mouse... but my arm hurts!
Zanaku
08. Dec 2014 · 23:10 UTC
For a game where I literally just swung my mouse in circles, that was really, really fun! The atmosphere and tension was paced just right, and the graphics and audio were great.
I particularly liked the trail from the blade. :)

...kinda want to know more about this hero now, too. Make another game, quick!
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 · 23:15 UTC
Its a good game but, i dont mean to sound harsh, during the playthrough it made me feel like i was doing really good and killing tough monsters but the ending was too abrupt, i though i was going to control the hero and be more powerful.
Im saying this because i really believe that there is a huge amount of talent here!
If you have a site or twitter where i can check more games please include it in the description.
qristofer
08. Dec 2014 · 23:38 UTC
MY ARM!!! :O Some of us aren't used to this jerky kind of motion... ^_^ Still, a very cool and good looking/sounding game. Clever! Never playing again, and I hate that lazy bum of a hero, but satisfying in the end, and I probably burned a calorie.
ruerob
09. Dec 2014 · 02:27 UTC
Very nice game. I've got a strange feeling in my arm now. Thank you for your entry.
FukYo
09. Dec 2014 · 10:41 UTC
Yeah, thank you very much for your comments guys, it is very nice. This is our first game for LD)
BusinessClient
09. Dec 2014 · 17:35 UTC
Fun idea!
Pestel Crew
09. Dec 2014 · 19:35 UTC
Cool! I think ending is nice and whole game is realy neat. I'd like to be a magic sword) Greetings from Saint-Petersburg, guys!
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 00:42 UTC
Pretty neat, and funny too. Really liked the mood/atmosphere and visual style. Well done. :)
thopis
10. Dec 2014 · 07:09 UTC
it was fun!Very good artstyle also.Keep up!
asobitech
10. Dec 2014 · 09:32 UTC
Beautiful. Would be perfect for a touch screen.

p.s. my web host was under DDOS attack, but they sorted it out now.
Please download P.Rick Airious and let me know what you think. Thank you.
Boracho
10. Dec 2014 · 09:49 UTC
Wow. This is a great entry! Music, art, controls, everything just feels great. Pacing was superb. Little weak on the theme, and the ending was a bit of a letdown but this is still some quality stuff. Great work!
MurderSantaTeam
10. Dec 2014 · 13:05 UTC
haha .... i won :D
this game is crazy xD
Rocketship
10. Dec 2014 · 14:34 UTC
Ooooh my arm. Managed to save the "hero" though (lousiest hero I've seen)! That sword animation was very well done and it worked very smoothly, I didn't notice any bad hitboxes or anything. Simplistic gameplay well done is what I like, good job. The music played also very well into the dark-ish atmosphere.
cmdr
10. Dec 2014 · 18:27 UTC
great graphics, fun game to play :D
andreaswitzen
10. Dec 2014 · 20:47 UTC
Talking sword and style reminded me of transistor. Nice, graphics, sound and mood but the gameplay got a bit tedious.
Pestel Crew
10. Dec 2014 · 21:10 UTC
This game greatly improved my masturbation skills

10/10
Kaijuu
11. Dec 2014 · 07:19 UTC
Such sexy moves :D
Really cool game
Sound and graphics and concept!
SecondDimension
11. Dec 2014 · 18:11 UTC
arrrggh, my hand!
Fun game, very satisfying.
skulioskarsson
11. Dec 2014 · 22:59 UTC
Awesome, well done!
Kim Sjöberg
12. Dec 2014 · 14:31 UTC
Damn! almost burned a whole in my mousepad, gonna be sore for days from this. But I finished! Cool game!
Shide
13. Dec 2014 · 13:46 UTC
Art is great, music is cool and strikes the mood alright, the game itself is jsut hard and long enough for me to get just a bit tired and afraid that I won't do it. Great entry. Check out out game, we've updated the link
🎤 kipelovets
13. Dec 2014 · 16:54 UTC
Pestel Crew, it's more like a girl's game on a touchpad ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFg0gnu-eJ4
hbocao
13. Dec 2014 · 18:42 UTC
I'm so going to sue you. I'm already suffering from RSI and you do this to me? Well, totally worth it. The art is awesome and the music really set the mood. Short and simple, but fun. Gret job, guys!
Kabukky
13. Dec 2014 · 18:48 UTC
Great job on the graphics, sound and mood. It gets a little repetitive after a while, but that doesn't take away from the polished feel of the game.
All in all - good job! I'd love to see more from you guys.
panda
13. Dec 2014 · 19:15 UTC
Fun! Excellent graphics, great use of the theme! I did save that slowpoke hero, but he took his sweet time!
chaosed0
13. Dec 2014 · 20:37 UTC
Pretty good. Ramps up perhaps a bit too slowly, but I liked very much how the screen got smaller and smaller.
Rick Hoppmann
13. Dec 2014 · 22:09 UTC
Unity webplayer does not support Linux.
You may want to add a Linux executable ;)
ChuiGum
13. Dec 2014 · 23:14 UTC
Great graphics, and great concept. It was fun, good job!
spotco
14. Dec 2014 · 07:00 UTC
Nice graphics (reminded me of bastion?), though he takes way to long to stand up. Also, the font felt a little out of place (maybe just get something from dafont?)
gmaker
14. Dec 2014 · 11:39 UTC
Awesome! I loved it all! IT's HIGH FIVE STARS FOR ALL!) Good job.
zinkins
14. Dec 2014 · 15:09 UTC
Очень круто! Awesome! ^_^
Franklin's Ghost
15. Dec 2014 · 09:33 UTC
The sword animation is great, really liked the movement of it and could see this working well on mobile as a time killer.
MrBadIvan
15. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC
Very very beautiful game and mechanics are interesting, despite my arm are really almost bleeding =)))
Так держать=)
Frump
16. Dec 2014 · 01:01 UTC
That was great but it could have been a bit shorter, my arm got tired!
calavera
16. Dec 2014 · 06:40 UTC
Don't know if doing this with a trackpad was better or worse, but I think my finger is broken.

5 for mood!
codeapparat
16. Dec 2014 · 23:59 UTC
Art, music and atmosphere are incredible. Swinging the sword yourself is a fun gameplay mechanic, but i wish there'd be more to it than just wildly swinging it in a circle. Right now, the initial fun of swinging the sword vanishes very quickly.
dunin
17. Dec 2014 · 20:47 UTC
All is good except the gameplay (Hard to write this comment, my arm hurts...)
nosfer
17. Dec 2014 · 20:53 UTC
my arm hurts now, thanks :)
HotBoxGames
17. Dec 2014 · 21:03 UTC
Graphics are very nice, was a little tiring :p
GFM
17. Dec 2014 · 21:35 UTC
Goddammit!! This was great, but my hand hurts! >__<

Slash the sword felt great!! It was really fun to kill all those monsters. Graphics and sfx were also great!
But I, personally, think the music was too badly equalized... some instruments sounded pretty bad... Though, it added a nice mood to the game!!
apiotrw
17. Dec 2014 · 22:52 UTC
Too repetetive but still fun :)
puppetmaster
17. Dec 2014 · 23:11 UTC
Cool game! Sound is awesome!

Well made!
Harsay
17. Dec 2014 · 23:29 UTC
Fap simulator 2014
el-pepi
18. Dec 2014 · 00:05 UTC
Very good greaphics. Gameplay is simple and fun. Maybe needs a bit more work on the sounds.
barryrowe
19. Dec 2014 · 13:56 UTC
As the artist for our projects, the art and the animation are stellar and is greatly appreciated! Especially the sword animations, not sure how you guys achieved the rotational swing animation but it looks awesome! The progression of this game is great, the light gets dimmer as you progress, adding a layers of difficulties because you couldn't the see swarm of enemies like you could in the beginning. Great job, guys! - LeMix
DeathBySnail
19. Dec 2014 · 16:44 UTC
Love the graphics. Found the gameplay a bit too straining (I suffer from RSI), but enjoyed the experience.
Yaroslav Kravtsov
20. Dec 2014 · 22:01 UTC
Brilliant story!
Taunia Sabanski
21. Dec 2014 · 03:07 UTC
Ow, my wrist!! LOL! Not the best game for people with carpal tunnel, but I digress. :)

This was really cool! I loved the art style and the way the innovation of gameplay, even if it was a bit painful for me! You must have taken some inspiration from SuperGiant because it reminded me a lot of Bastion. I could totally see this working great with a touchscreen or joystick, much more than a mouse. This was really innovative for the one screen theme, too. Haven't played anything like this so far. No real complaints about it, it was pretty solid through and through. :)

Great job!
Si1ver
28. Dec 2014 · 21:39 UTC
Now I can draw perfect circles with my mouse! Yay! =)
2HitAdam
29. Dec 2014 · 02:20 UTC
Something very Bastion about the art and music here, I really really dig it! Was super hard using my laptop trackpad, was sweating by the end, but still made it through :) I think with infinite wave games like this with only a single mechanic to kill the enemies, it's usually best to give a limited use secondary attack say an insta-kill AOE that you can only use 3 times or else need to wrack up a good combo to use or something -- introduces a bit of strategy for timing etc, and gives the player a little more to do than swing wildly! That said, it was a lot of fun and very tense, and the game has a great atmosphere too. Well done :)