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The Naughty List by Custard Games

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made by Custard Games for LD28 (COMPO)
Have you ever wondered what Santa does to the people on his naughty list? Apparently he sends elves to kill them! Defend yourself from the waves of elves, but remember, you only get one arrow!

There are 3 levels in this game, each more difficult than the last. Kill all the elves in each level without dying to win the game.

It is a 2D sidescrolling game written from scratch in Java without external libraries.

Controls
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W - Jump
A - Move Left
D - Move Right
Mouse - Aim
Left Click - Hold down to charge shot, release to fire
NOTE: You can use arrow keys instead of WSAD too

I will be writing up a post mortem on my website, as well as some blogs about development. I will also be posting a timelapse and video development log on my YouTube channel, so please subscribe if you want to see that.

Website: http://www.custardgames.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CustardGamesYT
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CustardGames
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CustardGames
Win/Linux/OSX http://www.custardgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the-naughty-list.jar
Source http://www.custardgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the-naughty-list.zip
Website http://custardgames.com/the-naughty-list/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=9841

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall 3.04 465
Audio 1.16 805
Fun 3.04 370
Graphics 2.87 534
Humor 2.91 250
Innovation 2.57 709
Mood 2.70 534
Theme 3.51 162

Feedback

MRvanderPants
16. Dec 2013 · 09:00 UTC
Love the character art! Maybe you could have added some tiles to the levels? Nice Game!
mortl8324
16. Dec 2013 · 09:07 UTC
Yeah man. I wish I had time to make art for the level, and some polish like death animations for the elves. I guess it's standard LD stuff to run out of time. xD
sirival
16. Dec 2013 · 09:12 UTC
Nice! I started to get better and got into it :)
crockid5
16. Dec 2013 · 09:23 UTC
That bow is SO fluid I loved it, my only criticism is the arrows collision detection, it seems a bit offset. Really fun though, I felt very MLG playing this game
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 · 09:37 UTC
Fun idea but a bit buggy! With some work it will make a great game!
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 · 10:07 UTC
Good Christmas themed game, I'd say don't post-mortem, post-compo continue. :)
bodsey
16. Dec 2013 · 10:08 UTC
Please think about Azerties next time ;)
ossah
16. Dec 2013 · 10:14 UTC
Once I found out I could reuse the arrow, everything changed!
:) Great fun shooting all those elves! Good controls and humour too.
Stals
16. Dec 2013 · 10:47 UTC
Great idea, really enjoyed playing. Liked that you can shoot multiple enemies at once.
DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 · 13:49 UTC
Bow mechanics very nice! Nice use of the theme too. (and encouraging recycling...) ;-)
Hyoga-3D
16. Dec 2013 · 17:36 UTC
Santa Always make good participations in games :D
rvaquero82
16. Dec 2013 · 22:22 UTC
Character art is fun :D
zconnelly13
17. Dec 2013 · 14:33 UTC
Wow, this game was so hard! haha. I loved the controls tho. The collision detection seemed to be just a tad funky sometimes, but overall it was very well done :)
Bcadren
17. Dec 2013 · 14:38 UTC
One arrow feels like a unique use of the theme. I honestly can't tell if the game is winnable or not though I keep dying on the second level. It feels fun...but the simplicity of the foe AI combined with having to run around/through them makes it feel too difficult and repetitive past the first level. It is really nice to see someone else use Christmas, I'd like to add.
mutilator
17. Dec 2013 · 16:04 UTC
I'm glad there is someone out there saving me from the naughty list elves
Venks
17. Dec 2013 · 16:18 UTC
Just in time for christmas. Awesome stuff. Think you'll add more to this game and expand upon it?
kutullu
17. Dec 2013 · 16:25 UTC
Add some nice tiles and music and you have a winner on your hand. Cool entry, really entertaining. :)
Jellycakes
17. Dec 2013 · 17:10 UTC
Nice game, was really difficult and I couldn't win. But I loved the idea. Nicely done.
Xaychru04
17. Dec 2013 · 19:49 UTC
Nice game, I enjoyed it. Enemies spawning directly on your face is kinda annoying and you could have added variety to the environment, but on the overall it's a good game you made!
rincewind_cz
18. Dec 2013 · 00:42 UTC
Enjoyed this :) Controls feels great, shooting too.. I hated when these elves or whatever it was jumped from nowhere right onto my head.
97%Awesome
18. Dec 2013 · 15:07 UTC
fun but becomes a bit irritating when your arrow get stuck in a bunch of 5 enemyies
AtomicVikings
18. Dec 2013 · 15:18 UTC
great gameplay, a lot of fun. pretty dificult but it is managable. :)
tobbez
18. Dec 2013 · 18:05 UTC
Very difficult game, quite stressful you never really get the time to enjoy the level and what is around you because elves are hunting you. Seem to be some problems with shooting the arrow sometimes especially when shooting it directly into the ground and also sometimes you kill two elves with one shot and that should probably be fixed. Final level seem to require some good spawns to beat.

The shooting when you are not shooting directly into the ground or shooting while an enemy is on top of you feels very nice.
Idovoodoo
19. Dec 2013 · 00:03 UTC
Nice artwork :) On my first go I thought I had to get all elves in one shot... doh! Cool fun and nice graphics, well done!
ResonantCraft
19. Dec 2013 · 09:17 UTC
The idea at the core of this game is really nice. Only one thing bothered me as far as the gameplay is concerned : there is no way to jump above enemies, thus when you miss a shot, you're often stuck between a rock and a hard place (gotta take damage).

Nice work though, nice use of the theme !
euske
19. Dec 2013 · 13:54 UTC
I felt it kinda depends on luck. It gets pretty hard at Level 3.
Jiggawatt
19. Dec 2013 · 14:50 UTC
Gets pretty repetitive fast. I felt the random spawning adds fake difficulty.
DanielSnd
19. Dec 2013 · 20:05 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YDlvTpcRQ
My first impressions on the game :D
Gaspard_
29. Dec 2013 · 16:08 UTC
I played a game that looked exactly the same already, but it was from the jam, and wasn't as good as this one.
The idea is ok, but I felt that charged arrows could be more powerful, the graphics are fine, and the terrain is great, excepted one little detail, it seems to be possible to shoot the arrow, at a place you can't reach.
Great game overall.
Gaspard_
29. Dec 2013 · 16:10 UTC
Also, I like the elves IA(They jump to dodge arrows... )
BradleySmith
04. Jan 2014 · 21:46 UTC
Nice entry. :)