Precipice by Canyon

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made by Canyon for LD30 (COMPO)
Your village is under siege by crazy bad warlocks man!!

Quick! open a portal to another world, and keep it open so all the villagers can get through.

Controls: Drag your mouse/finger.

Toward Center = Shield
From Center = Projectile.

Tools:
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Pixel Art: http://www.pickleeditor.com/

Sublime Text 3: http://www.sublimetext.com/
Light Table: http://www.lighttable.com/

Person JS Libraries used:
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Sprite Animation: https://github.com/JAForbes/Frame
Entity Component System: https://github.com/JAForbes/e
Functional Object Literal https://github.com/JAForbes/o

Other JS Libraries:
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Underscore: http://underscorejs.org/
JQuery http://jquery.com/
Hammer http://hammerjs.github.io/

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall 2.85 897
Audio 1.84 915
Fun 2.66 890
Graphics 3.17 502
Humor 2.23 625
Innovation 3.02 669
Mood 2.76 755
Theme 2.16 1111

Feedback

mess110
25. Aug 2014 · 13:24 UTC
hehe, love the mini wizard attacking :D
Makio
25. Aug 2014 · 13:49 UTC
pretty, this game is intense on laptop ! :p
Bendix
25. Aug 2014 · 13:55 UTC
Took me a little to understand what's going on but after that it was fun
jgthespy
26. Aug 2014 · 02:33 UTC
It's tricky to get it to do what I want but I like the idea and I'm glad it lets me constantly screw up while I try to figure out how it works. Good work!
Maxium
26. Aug 2014 · 02:35 UTC
Took a bit to figure out what to do but after that it was great!
Hamsternator
26. Aug 2014 · 04:41 UTC
Simple pick up 'n play mechanics. Awesome =D
The shield seems to protect you no matter where you cast it but I really liked that you movements determined the strength of the spell. Would really like to see an actual release of this on mobile devices =)
Piat
26. Aug 2014 · 04:41 UTC
Simple concept, I used my second monitor to make giant snow balls that filled half the screen haha :D fun game.
elkiwydev
26. Aug 2014 · 11:06 UTC
Nice concept but missing music and the theme of the LD isn't that strong..
Clyde
27. Aug 2014 · 04:26 UTC
Nice art and interesting gameplay, though the control scheme felt a little awkward? Still awesome.
Raphy
28. Aug 2014 · 11:50 UTC
Interesting idea, controls aren't great though. I like the pixel art! With a bit polish this could turn into a great mobile game I think!
arzi
28. Aug 2014 · 11:54 UTC
Nice control scheme, I think mouse gestures + magic is a quite good combination. Took a while to understand how to play the game, but after that it was quite fun.
Shide
28. Aug 2014 · 13:30 UTC
Controls doesn't seem to work correctly sometimes, but idea of more touch oriented controls is good. Pretty difficult and fun, but sound is a bit annoying
wobbleboxx
28. Aug 2014 · 16:16 UTC
Nice graphics and FX! :)
esayitch
28. Aug 2014 · 16:16 UTC
Liked the idea xD Playing this on a laptop is mega-tuff. Graphics are pretty cool too. Theme is only in the narrative, and the narrative isn't what this game is about dude! It's about blasting stuff and saving villagers :)
Team Klappermann
28. Aug 2014 · 16:17 UTC
Took me a while to get a hang of the controls but nice idea! Keep up the good work!
PixelMonkey
29. Aug 2014 · 08:24 UTC
Controlling the shield was a bit difficult at times, and occasionally something went possibly wrong with the projectile scaling and a projectile would take up the entire screen until it disappeared, but it's a fun game that would be nice to see expanded!
ehtd
29. Aug 2014 · 23:49 UTC
Whoa! really fast paced game
Oddly Shaped Pixels
30. Aug 2014 · 08:29 UTC
Nice concept and pixel art! Playing with the mouse was challenging, and I'm sure it's way funnier on a mobile phone or tablet :)
jimmypaulin
30. Aug 2014 · 14:22 UTC
Intense and frantic, superb artwork and a nice feel to it. I liked the simple yet satisfying control system, it had that 'just one more go' effect on me. Those mages looked seriously evil and the puny villagers were cute as they ran to the portal for sanctuary - hope life's better for them on the other side!
spotco
01. Sep 2014 · 22:36 UTC
Game goes all black after any sort of click+drag in chrome on Windows.
runvs
03. Sep 2014 · 14:53 UTC
Nice Entry. well executed. Had some problems with mouse input.
mcapraro
07. Sep 2014 · 22:30 UTC
neat feeling game!, simple concept but could make a great mobile/touch game (i played on a pc)
xrm0
11. Sep 2014 · 10:21 UTC
Nice