Rojan by Junber

made by Junber for LD29 (JAM)

You are Rojan a skilled sword fighter on his way beneath surfaces to lash vice.

Control:
WASD + Mouse - Move
Space/Enter - Selcect Menu entrys
P - Pause

Graphics by Nijanex

Tools:
Python + Pygame + cx_freeze
Paint.net
autotracker + sfxr

Post-Ludum Dare Changelog:
1.3 - Better level-generation
- Better block-physics
- Fixed bug in tutorial
- Added explination to "Press R" in tutorial
- New icon
- Health-regeneration no longer at spikes-kill
- Screen is no longer one frame too late
- Screen flashes red at death
- Music in menu
- Esc in menu ends game
- Sound for sword-throwing
- Everything move at 1.5 times the speed
- Different win-screens
- Differnet background for ground-level
- Own art for tutorial
- More backgrounds for menu

1.2 - changed movement (even though i like the old one too)
- removed Surface-Screenshot from Menu

1.1 - fixed bug that sometimes let the game crash
- made the time the "Ad" appeared a lot shorter

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/mkxy624zb5zhqio/Rojan.zip
Post-Ludum Dare 1.3 (see notes)	https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ba1uwg2jc7louz/Rojan1.3.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=33967

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall(Jam)	2.39	713

Audio(Jam)	2.34	581
Fun(Jam)	2.51	594
Graphics(Jam)	2.06	742
Humor(Jam)	2.58	362
Innovation(Jam)	2.42	635
Mood(Jam)	2.21	694
Theme(Jam)	2.00	723

Feedback

eugman

28. Apr 2014 · 21:10 UTC

I think with a couple of iterations, you could have a really nice game. Unfortunately right now, the controls are a little buggy and the advertise banner is really annoying.

Figglewatts

29. Apr 2014 · 16:49 UTC

This was pretty fun. Cracking up at the Microsoft Surface level.

Recon

29. Apr 2014 · 16:59 UTC

Don't put advertisements in your game I didn't underscore it for this time but I played it offline.

stenol

29. Apr 2014 · 17:30 UTC

Please, don't put an advertise banner. It's annoying. Beside that, it's a game with a lot of potential.

🎤 Junber

29. Apr 2014 · 17:53 UTC

It isnt really an advertisment. It was only ment to be a joke.

Seme

29. Apr 2014 · 17:55 UTC

This game really has a potential to be a really nice game. Good job :)

bebopbraunbaer

29. Apr 2014 · 18:24 UTC

these controls man.. i dunno, am i riding a ball while fighting with a sword?

but i played it more than i "should have" so you are definitely on to something : D

good work! i hope to see something from you on the next ludum dare (- :

madalaski

29. Apr 2014 · 19:30 UTC

Interesting fun but not much to with the theme. Liked the Microsoft Surface/Advertisement Joke

morganbengtsson

29. Apr 2014 · 20:17 UTC

Interesting game, the concept is good. Controls a bit strange behaving.

Lacaranian

29. Apr 2014 · 20:20 UTC

Not bad, but a little hard to see the menu text when the background is Surfaceish. Interesting sword throwing mechanic!

AngryPriest

29. Apr 2014 · 21:17 UTC

Crashed for me after the first Ground level. Was pretty fun and interesting.
My biggest complaint was the sluggish movement. Felt really laborious.

Knowledge

01. May 2014 · 14:37 UTC

I get error, but you can post .py file and all pictures(I have Python and PyGame

f7f5

01. May 2014 · 14:43 UTC

Linux version would have been appreciated, especially being a Python game...

🎤 Junber

01. May 2014 · 15:58 UTC

@Knowledge: Did you played the Post-Ludum Dare Version? There was a short time where it didnt worked. Both versions now work for me.

@f7f5: If someone using linux with python and pygame would freeze it, i would send him the source so i could post a linux version here.

Tomski

01. May 2014 · 17:42 UTC

Wasn't entirely sure what was going on but not a bad game! Liked the music

GamerTaters

02. May 2014 · 07:40 UTC

Enjoyed the music. Had a laugh at the ad banners :)

whilefun

02. May 2014 · 12:38 UTC

I assume the "your ad here" type stuff was supposed to be ironic? I found the controls super frustrating, and didn't really understand what was going on. The music was pretty cool.

jhrrsn

02. May 2014 · 12:53 UTC

This game is crazy! You had some cool ideas but the controls were a little fiddly. Thanks for attempting to play my game - if you fancied giving it another try it's now fixed for Windows :)

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=18114

jomomomo

02. May 2014 · 13:44 UTC

Can't play windows games, can we get a web version?

🎤 Junber

02. May 2014 · 14:18 UTC

@jomomomo: No unfortunately there isnt any browser version of python.

@Tomski, whilefun: Did you play the tutorial?

CiderPunk

02. May 2014 · 19:27 UTC

THIS COULD BE YOUR ADVERTISING!

what does 'r' do? it keeps telling it press it

🎤 Junber

03. May 2014 · 07:10 UTC

@CiderPunk: If you press r when it tells you to, your hp will increase.

TomBoogaart

03. May 2014 · 11:46 UTC

haha i enjoyed this

tehryanx

03. May 2014 · 18:19 UTC

lolol the microsoft surface level. This was pretty good overall. I wish his accel was a little faster though.

TomboFry

04. May 2014 · 16:30 UTC

While strangely addicting, the randomly spawned enemies sometimes hurt you straight away. Everything was a little hard to see on the MS Surface level, but still quite fun regardless

kibertoad

06. May 2014 · 19:57 UTC

Game was surprisingly lots of fun. Skipping text in tutorial due to moving in the end of previous level was pretty annoying, hopefully it'll be fixed in post-LD.

igpollitzer

08. May 2014 · 05:51 UTC

Fun to learn to play. Liked the music!

I've seen the comment you wrote on my game, thank you very much for the criticism, I updated the info to make it easier to understand.

misterwalter

13. May 2014 · 17:14 UTC

My first left click did not at all meet my expectation of swinging my sword, which I found hilarious. Finding myself suddenly disarmed was a great entry. The whole thing was pretty entertainingly random, though perhaps you should have made it more obvious that the "Your ad here" screen was meant as a joke. I think the graphics are the biggest issue, I had no idea what the wall were at first, and I'm still not sure which is which.
I also feel obligated to mention that I didn't see a connection to the theme...perhaps that was why there was a Microsoft surface level?