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Gingerbread Castle by seledorn

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made by seledorn for LD31 (COMPO)
The elves are trying to eat you. Throw snowballs and build castles to stop them!

AUDIO IS AVAILABLE, turn it on in the settings menu. I noticed that the default setting was off during the submission hour, to late :(

If you don't wan't to wait for more elves, hit enter and they'll come in a sec I put it in for debugging but since it's still there, use it as you wish!

Please enjoy :)
Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/DanielHes/gingerbread-castle
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/lraruk7sc3e5zyp/WinBuild.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5zzm4saym5v8au/Gingerbread%20Castle.app.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/asockmvvkg7970m/Linux.zip?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/3b60fael3mse9is/Scripts.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=44229

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 2.74 990
Audio 2.13 833
Fun 2.38 1071
Graphics 2.95 645
Humor 2.78 367
Innovation 2.95 685
Mood 2.53 894
Theme 3.50 690

Feedback

wandersenus
08. Dec 2014 · 09:00 UTC
nice game!
paperweight
08. Dec 2014 · 09:01 UTC
Web version doesn't appear to load.
Alter
08. Dec 2014 · 09:01 UTC
Show, Cookie, Elves...
Thank you for the Christmas mood and good game!
talecrafter
08. Dec 2014 · 09:06 UTC
Nastly little elves. I hate those buggers. :)
Good job.
Controls felt 'off' for me. I expected to move with WASD and shoot or build with the mouse.
ajopart
08. Dec 2014 · 09:14 UTC
Nice game. You shuld maybee give the plyaer more time to build his castle before sending an entire army (4) of elves ! But original. Keep going
indigofiz
08. Dec 2014 · 10:45 UTC
It's a bit hard for me, but the concept is great. It really feels like a snowball fight!
Catwheel
08. Dec 2014 · 10:46 UTC
Cool Game. Pun not intended :3. I didn't read the instructions at first and was really confused on the controls. Learning curve seemed a bit sharp, and not being able to attack someone already in your square was kind of aggravating.
hexagore
08. Dec 2014 · 10:48 UTC
Nice presentation on this. I'm afraid I couldn't build though, I got stuck throwing snowballs until I ran out of snow. When I picked up more snow it just started throwing them immediately! Would have been nice to see if I could actually build a snow fort, seems like a cool idea :)
🎤 seledorn
08. Dec 2014 · 10:55 UTC
@hexagore Weird, are you sure you didn't accidentally press wsad? Because the getKey event in unity should be quite solid.
reheated
08. Dec 2014 · 11:06 UTC
A clever arcade/strategy!
anokta
08. Dec 2014 · 12:39 UTC
looks nice! seems like it needs more attractions for the gameplay though.
hectorhon
08. Dec 2014 · 12:39 UTC
Good concept, but the controls are too "slow" - I can't even kill the first elf without losing hp if I idle for a moment.
lisac
08. Dec 2014 · 12:42 UTC
Good idea the controls are a bit difficult though.
hadesfury
08. Dec 2014 · 13:09 UTC
Thanks very much to warm me about categories I choose .. It was a mistake

I dit not really catch the commands
hadesfury
08. Dec 2014 · 13:09 UTC
Thanks very much to warm me about categories I choose .. It was a mistake

I dit not really catch the commands of your game
fierysquirrel
08. Dec 2014 · 14:36 UTC
Love the animation of the gingerbread man xD
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 · 17:04 UTC
Interesting mechanics, it would be more fun with better controls.
ShellfishGames
08. Dec 2014 · 23:18 UTC
The whole game ran really slow here, not sure if that was intended. But I still found it rather difficult, and at times unresponsive or the controls just didn't work properly.
Other than that, a very nice idea, a lovely protagonist and the snow effect adds quite a bit to the atmosphere. :)
andrewkennedy
09. Dec 2014 · 20:51 UTC
Pretty fun idea, I especially enjoy being able to put up a wall barrier and throw across it. Take that elves!

The movement/throwing/gathering felt a little too slow or unresponsive to actually stand a chance against the elves. In the future, it might be better to speed up these actions that the player is going to repeat a lot.

Overall, good job!
friken
11. Dec 2014 · 18:51 UTC
seemed like a long time to wait for another elf. not much fun for first minute
gre
12. Dec 2014 · 13:54 UTC
I would prefer keyboard controls over mouse.
interesting mecanism.
Crosstales
21. Dec 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Liked it, but it took some time to figure out the controls :) also it was pretty hard after the first wave. good job though!
MintArcade
23. Dec 2014 · 23:02 UTC
Really nice game. Very naughty elves :)