The mighty spear by Poxymyr

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made by Poxymyr for LD28 (COMPO)
Travel across different rooms with one spear as your only weapon! The game may be very hard, and some bugs can get you stuck, so just restart if it happens, and my apologies.

ARROW to move
X to shot / pick the spear
R to restart

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1141
Overall 2.97 528
Audio 2.57 469
Fun 2.97 415
Graphics 2.17 843
Innovation 3.13 344
Mood 2.57 634
Theme 3.53 151

Feedback

jillytot
16. Dec 2013 路 05:37 UTC
Your game wasn't loading for me : [... I'll give you good ratings anyways.
Tyro
16. Dec 2013 路 05:39 UTC
Fun concept, but I got stuck in walls a lot. It's all good though, keep up the good work!
weazen
16. Dec 2013 路 14:21 UTC
Really good job with the theme. Liked your game immensely.
馃帳 Poxymyr
16. Dec 2013 路 18:48 UTC
Thanks guys, it seems that the game runs better with Chrome, so i put it in the link, and also added the source in a .zip archive since everyone is doing it.
BraindeadGeo
18. Dec 2013 路 00:15 UTC
Really like the gameplay implications of the spear sticking in walls!
Sharpevil
18. Dec 2013 路 01:42 UTC
Very interesting idea, glad I booted up chrome for this, as playing it in firefox will drop you immediately into the bottom-left-most pit of spikes. The idea is great, though I think Cartoon Network may not appreciate your use of Meatwad as your enemy sprite. The music... I'm going to take a wild stab and guess you used abundant music to generate it. Still, the gameplay was solid, fun, and challenging, though it was a bit annoying that the whole game had to reload when you died.
Tom 7
18. Dec 2013 路 04:21 UTC
Great idea. The game is so hard though! With a continue feature I would have probably beat my head against it until I finished, but it just got too frustrating for me to start from the beginning.
Mutt
18. Dec 2013 路 05:48 UTC
Dunno why, but I really, really like this idea. It's pretty frustrating though - saving at each door, or having multiple hits, or just restarting faster would have helped. And the controls could be a bit more polished. But the idea has got to be my favorite interpretation of the theme, it's so simple, but it's great. I wish I'd thought of it!
Dmitrix
18. Dec 2013 路 07:27 UTC
Woah, nice innovative idea for a platformer. :)
Antylum
18. Dec 2013 路 09:48 UTC
Nice idea and music - it's brings a lot of atmosphere! But a bit hardcore for me - add some lives or 'continue' button for 'soft' players ^_^ Game has potential, you can improve it also by adding more animations.
Thecoolestnerdguys
18. Dec 2013 路 13:52 UTC
At first, I tried to play on Firefox. Every time I opened the game, I fell through a wall or died for no reason.
Then I opened it on Chrome and it worked fine.
I had a lot of fun with this game. Pretty cool concept and pretty challenging gameplay (maybe just a little too much).
I also enjoyed the music very much.
Overall 3/5.
Brainless Games
18. Dec 2013 路 14:44 UTC
Fun little platformer.
doctorscientist
18. Dec 2013 路 15:38 UTC
This is a great idea. I did have to reload the page a few times for it to run and I'm not sure why. Certainly one of the best interpretations of the theme out there.
aviktorov
18. Dec 2013 路 16:38 UTC
Spear of fun!
JackBid
18. Dec 2013 路 17:32 UTC
I really enjoyed this game, it was fun and challenging and I thought the concept was quite cool! The music was good as well, great job!
GingerMess
18. Dec 2013 路 18:29 UTC
Good platformer, and the spear mechanic is great. Nice entry!
s73ph4n
18. Dec 2013 路 20:40 UTC
Cool game. One arrow and one chance :) I really like this challenging platformers. Great!
somepx
18. Dec 2013 路 21:01 UTC
The idea is interesting: using your weapon as a platform to advance. Game is filled w/ bugs tho
馃帳 Poxymyr
20. Dec 2013 路 15:27 UTC
Wow, thank you all guys for playing my game! :D I'm surprised to see that you enjoyed the idea that much. You encourage me to reowrk on it and fix the 2 main issues : bugs and difficulty. I will make a post about it later during the holidays!

PS : I didn't know who was Meetwad before you talk about it, my sprites are made by myself and inspired by kirby first.
olafsworld98
23. Dec 2013 路 02:32 UTC
Your game wasn't loading for me : [... I'll give you good ratings anyways.
iiechapman
28. Dec 2013 路 00:46 UTC
great idea making the ONE spear not just for killing but also to jump on. seriously good job making this. Solid entry!
JaJ
06. Jan 2014 路 21:12 UTC
Good job on using the theme. Nice concept!