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Castle Engineer by KayZ

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made by KayZ for LD29 (COMPO)
Did you ever wonder who pulls the strings when you visit a castle to free the princess or to loot the treasures?

Beneath the surface, there are a lot of castle engineers who keep the traps and everything running. You are just one of them.

But... today you are the only one! Can you satisfy the demon lord and keep the traps active to prevent the heroes from looting the treasure?
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Game written in Dart
Graphics created with Krita
Sounds created with my mouth and a mic
Web (HTML5) http://denniskaselow.github.io/ld29_beneath_the_surface
Source https://github.com/denniskaselow/ld29_beneath_the_surface
Post Mortem http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/04/28/post-mortem-castle-engineer/
Post Compo http://denniskaselow.github.io/ld29_beneath_the_surface/pc/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=17933

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.22 508
Audio 2.70 592
Fun 3.27 358
Graphics 2.59 925
Humor 3.55 92
Innovation 3.73 143
Mood 2.84 702
Theme 3.68 194

Feedback

BoneDaddy
28. Apr 2014 路 00:47 UTC
36! I like the green sonic. I think the difficulty could ramp up a bit quicker in the beginning as it can be pretty repetitive at first, but once it starts getting fast it gets funner.
馃帳 KayZ
28. Apr 2014 路 09:01 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. You are right, it can take a while until more heroes enter the castle. I'm going to do a post compo version and will change this.

But image how repetitive the work is, when all castle engineers are at work. Every one, just standing in front of his or her own button. Waiting for the light to go off, just to press the button again. Just to wait again... Those poor bastards.
allurious
28. Apr 2014 路 09:38 UTC
Hilarious idea! It's a bit slow at first but then gets pretty engaging. I love that each 'hero' has their own effect on hit (like 'Sonic' losing his rings) and the sound effects are adorably hilarious.
Zolkren
28. Apr 2014 路 13:05 UTC
Nice game.
tayl1r
28. Apr 2014 路 13:08 UTC
Nice work. Could benefit from "more" but that's often the case with game jams.
AgeNt_
28. Apr 2014 路 14:12 UTC
Had fun killing all sorts of heroes. Got a bit stale after a few minutes but it was still fun to kill things!
okkolobr
28. Apr 2014 路 14:14 UTC
33 ! Love the idea. Are the sound "mouth made" ? The whole thing is hilariously good : Great job !
馃帳 KayZ
28. Apr 2014 路 16:02 UTC
Yes, every sound in this game is "mouth made" :D
guardiancs
28. Apr 2014 路 16:29 UTC
I really liked the idea <3
Elforama
28. Apr 2014 路 16:31 UTC
Awesome interpretation of the theme. Loved it.
SkyWolf
28. Apr 2014 路 16:50 UTC
Nice little Sonic reference. And i love the sounds... Just saying. :P
Gaming_Ray
28. Apr 2014 路 17:32 UTC
I love the "Sonic" that loses his rings. SFX are pretty funny too. Cool little game. Good job.
killthealias
28. Apr 2014 路 17:40 UTC
Incredibly clever! I was quite surprised and really enjoyed the game!
Foofur
28. Apr 2014 路 18:16 UTC
Indeed the exact opposite of what I made! :P Love the idea, and the game heroes are really funny :) Well done!
soy_yuma
28. Apr 2014 路 18:41 UTC
I love it! I like the sounds (I use the same instrument to make mine ;-)) and the graphics. I think the difficulty raises too slow at the beginning at too fast at the end. Good job!
Cawrtz
28. Apr 2014 路 19:47 UTC
The songs are hilarious as well as the game mechanics ! Awesome game :D
Covenant
28. Apr 2014 路 20:06 UTC
Very nice, the twist on the concept works... a bit boring after a bit, but it was fun while it lasted!
DrMelon
28. Apr 2014 路 21:50 UTC
Nice idea! Reminded me a little of Deathrun!
ZeppelinCaptain
29. Apr 2014 路 15:22 UTC
Brillant sound effects ;)

Controls were a bit too "slippery" (increase the drag!), and the game was too easy at first.

Very cool idea however, fun interpretation of the theme.
ioboi
29. Apr 2014 路 16:37 UTC
I like the idea and the buildup of the challenge :)
Mase
29. Apr 2014 路 16:56 UTC
I "only killed 39 heroes." This was a bit repetitive but the idea is great. It would be nice if there was some variation in the invaders' movements. Nice sounds.
DarkEngineer
29. Apr 2014 路 17:57 UTC
Nice concept!
Linus Lindberg
29. Apr 2014 路 22:01 UTC
Cool mechanics,very different and fun to play.. but I found it very hard.. :)
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Apr 2014 路 00:55 UTC
Really sweet use of theme, well done! I included it in part 2 of my LD29 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :)
http://youtu.be/JHNjbQTDBuQ
pancakecity
30. Apr 2014 路 17:03 UTC
This is a really good idea, with some more work put in it I think it would be a successful game
MunkeeBacon
30. Apr 2014 路 20:47 UTC
This is a very clever game idea. I really enjoy the idea of the "behind the scenes" bad guy who tries to get at the heroes. Great job with that. Other wise, the game seems a little bit repetitive and it seems as though once you've gotten a bit used to the game you can run around pressing random buttons and still win.
phi
01. May 2014 路 13:50 UTC
It's nice playing the traps that otherwise frustrate me. The difficulty curve could be adjusted a little bit, but otherwise, it's already a fun game. After a while I didn't even bother using the first four traps anymore because I couldn't get over there in time, so they became kind of useless. Also, the graphics are a bit too silly for my taste, but for 48 hours, it's a great accomplishment overall. :D
WhiteWolf93
01. May 2014 路 16:35 UTC
The characters remembers me to mario, poor marios :/ *sniff*, pretty funny XD, well done ;)
Snoother
01. May 2014 路 20:41 UTC
Inventive use of theme, and has changed my perspective on such platforming games: I'll always be picturing this peculiar little man beneath it all.
Larzan
05. May 2014 路 12:54 UTC
Haha, great idea, love it, and fun to play
Brian Stegmann
07. May 2014 路 00:25 UTC
Very innovative approach to the theme. The engineer's movement could have been a quicker, since the challenge mostly seems to be timing the traps just right. Other than that, this was a fun entry to play, expanding on this would make a great game.
romandtom
07. May 2014 路 23:15 UTC
Cool game, nice idea :P
rincewind_cz
14. May 2014 路 08:33 UTC
Nice idea, but actual gameplay is bit too repetitive/flat - maybe some different paths for enemies or multiple enemies at same time would made it more enjoyable.. :)
Andrei M眉ller
17. May 2014 路 08:25 UTC
This is a very funny game! xD

Nice concept! Now I will see with different eyes the evil castles and dungeons that exist in many games, hahaha!

If the game had more levels, with different types of traps and heroes in them, it would be AWESOME!