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Stillness of the Beast by ryann

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made by ryann for LD28 (JAM)
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Game Info
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You only have one strike to hit your opponent without letting them hit you, see how many of their swords you can collect

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Controls
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WASD/Arrow keys to move and mouse to aim, hold down right mouse button/space bar to keep your sword drawn and use left shift for turbo

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Technical
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Tested only on a windows machine, not sure if it will work in any VMs. Made in C++ with SDL. Photoshop for graphics. Audacity & Ableton for sound editing. Music is randomly generated in game.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p5d0hxb4u70jddu/9_ueJ3hFnt
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=26618

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1083
Overall(Jam) 2.65 439
Audio(Jam) 2.58 343
Fun(Jam) 2.43 427
Graphics(Jam) 2.91 351
Humor(Jam) 2.06 344
Innovation(Jam) 2.96 229
Mood(Jam) 2.85 280
Theme(Jam) 3.09 175

Feedback

Pixelbear
17. Dec 2013 · 07:30 UTC
The first round I played was over super fast, so fast I didn't quite understand what happened. But after playing multiple rounds, I finally got it. Challenging (which is good!) and pretty aesthetically pleasing too. :)
kirbytails7
17. Dec 2013 · 08:00 UTC
I really like the atmosphere.
TuxIsBornToFrag
17. Dec 2013 · 08:41 UTC
hard to play on laptop
harsanalif
17. Dec 2013 · 09:14 UTC
I'm unaware of the goal and mechanic at first, but after read your explanation, I have fun playing it. Need more info so player can have more fun :)
Ekilibr
17. Dec 2013 · 20:55 UTC
Too bad I'm currently on a laptop. Found it hard to play :( Bug good game anyway !
🎤 ryann
17. Dec 2013 · 21:02 UTC
@ TexisbornToFrag, Ekilibr: I added space bar key to draw out your sword which helps a little but the game does play best with mouse and keyboard. To be honest I really hadn't considered tracking pads when making the game, I'll be sure to keep that in mind better next time.

As for the lack of direction that simply got dropped as the time was running out but the game is easy enough to replay. It's not exactly user friendly but it is kind of funny to me having your character die within the first five seconds and having to figure out what went wrong.
Venks
18. Dec 2013 · 00:44 UTC
Nothing like a good ol challenge. I can dig this game.
arcticleaf
18. Dec 2013 · 00:54 UTC
nice game :D
Und[0]ne Devs
18. Dec 2013 · 01:23 UTC
Nice job! A little hard in first attempts ;)
MrTedders
18. Dec 2013 · 01:43 UTC
Took me a while to figure it out and then i read you description (should do that first) and it was actually pleseantly fun.
LandoSystems
18. Dec 2013 · 01:53 UTC
Interesting concept for a game. Initially confusing at first, consider perhaps adding instructions to the main menu page. The action occurs so quickly that I feel there's a bit too much random chance involved, though I did get to add a few swords to my belt by the time I was done playing. A bit too much of a pause after each kill/death. Nice audio, good background art. Thanks for putting this up for critique!
Chaoseiro
18. Dec 2013 · 02:29 UTC
Nice game, challenging for sure!
TeamFlare
22. Dec 2013 · 05:18 UTC
love the game, after i played it 20 times and undestood how to massacre the other one :P i also like the music and the whole atmosphere :)
jimmypaulin
23. Dec 2013 · 19:07 UTC
"Not a valid WIN32 executable" :((
jimmypaulin
24. Dec 2013 · 12:11 UTC
Works for me with your new executable! Like the graphics of the dojo and the sword sounds are nice, It was a bit difficult for me though and died within 2-3 seconds each time I tried to play - need to brush up my reaction times methinks! Perhaps a bullet time mode etc would make it easier?