Rascal Ninja by Rafael CP

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made by Rafael CP for LD27 (COMPO)
Rascal Ninja
Use arrow keys to move and jump, space bar to shoot (multiple directions) and down+space bar to slide. You can also double jump and wall jump.

You're Goriza Kantoru, a lazy ninja that steals other clans' ninja scrolls. You must steal all scrolls in each village as fast as you can, because your enemies will notice you in 10 seconds and come to get you.

Development notes: Well, not what I wanted, I needed more time to finish this, but it's playable (lost a lot of time setting up Haxeflixel and getting the sliding mechanics right). I'll try to make a Jam version with title screen, bgm, more sfx, some particle effects and different procedural levels (there is only 1 now, with different scrolls and enemies amounts).
It was my first time using Haxe and Haxeflixel, and I liked it :). I did also use FlashDevelop, Paint.net and Bfxr.

Please, after rating the compo version, take a look at the post-compo (WIP) version :) I'm including a lot of the suggestions given in the comments (thank you!!).

Ratings

Coolness 86% 2
Overall 2.16 1143
Audio 1.40 945
Fun 2.08 1092
Graphics 2.19 961
Humor 1.50 932
Innovation 1.75 1178
Mood 1.56 1074
Theme 1.89 1156

Feedback

Infernal
26. Aug 2013 路 02:31 UTC
not bad, hard to see... questionable banners on the webpage I played it on.
lucidlarva
26. Aug 2013 路 02:33 UTC
Questionable banners indeed.
CogentInvalid
26. Aug 2013 路 02:33 UTC
Good movement. I was going to say it was a little too slow horizontally, but then I noticed you could slide. Overall it's a very good game.
Verrazano
26. Aug 2013 路 02:40 UTC
The game was alright I wish you could move faster it might have felt a little bit more responsive. However I did like the variety of movement you could do. I never did feel like I was in trouble maybe some intense music :) Also please find a new website to host your game. The banners... are... well...
馃帳 Rafael CP
26. Aug 2013 路 02:48 UTC
Hahaha sorry about the site, I was in a hurry to submit the game before the deadline!! Even the game size is wrong there. I'll transfer it to my server ASAP.
馃帳 Rafael CP
26. Aug 2013 路 02:51 UTC
Also, I'm using adblock plus, so I didn't see anything, sorry ^^;
馃帳 Rafael CP
26. Aug 2013 路 03:06 UTC
Done :)
ratalaika
26. Aug 2013 路 08:59 UTC
It's quite fun but I would preferred that the player could jump higher :)
patrickgh3
26. Aug 2013 路 10:15 UTC
I liked the sliding and walljumping mechanics, they felt pretty smooth. Even though you can slide to go fast I still think the player should run faster. Also, the ninjas coming out after 10 seconds was not apparent, but a cool idea nonetheless!
Clurect
26. Aug 2013 路 16:14 UTC
Well done the double jump and wall jump was a nice touch. I think I would have liked more audio or no audio. Seemed a little slow walking around.
01010111
26. Aug 2013 路 18:28 UTC
I agree with some other folks, I wanted to go faster, but otherwise the controls worked pretty well. Double jump and wall jump is something hard to get right. Good job!
tacograveyard
27. Aug 2013 路 00:38 UTC
Game doesn't show up for me.
zn01wr
28. Aug 2013 路 00:35 UTC
A bit too slow for a ninja :D I only realized that I could throw shurikens when I was about to exit the game. Good walljump and IA for the ennemies, must have been hard to code.
mitkus
28. Aug 2013 路 15:41 UTC
Nice platformer mechanics with wall-jump, double jumps and whatnot. Having some animations for those would have really helped. Oh, and I did manage to escape from the level and fall down indefinitely!
ShellfishGames
28. Aug 2013 路 16:41 UTC
Kept me playing till level 7, but it got quite repetitive by the time. I like the controls (although the guy should indeed walk faster, but I guess you already know that :D), the wall jumping was a nice touch and quite intuitive. Made it quite easy to traverse the level.
Nick Weihs
28. Aug 2013 路 21:50 UTC
The different movement mechanics were cool and the walk animation was pretty sweet.
johnfn
29. Aug 2013 路 21:43 UTC
Nice work, though it would be better with some other features to mix up the gameplay. You improved on some of the crucial problems in the post compo version, so nice job with that. Keep at it!
raver
29. Aug 2013 路 21:51 UTC
Really nice and playable game! Player is slow, please increase movement speed. PS: Dropbox link is broken.
馃帳 Rafael CP
29. Aug 2013 路 22:06 UTC
@raver: Thanks! Dropbox file restore, thanks for spotting it. Also, please take a look at the post compo version, the movement speed was increase, among other improvements :)
murilo
31. Aug 2013 路 02:43 UTC
Too slow. I played the post compo version and it's improved! You're going the right direction I think. Keep it up, man!
Tom 7
31. Aug 2013 路 02:59 UTC
I had trouble figuring out why I would sometimes restart right after getting a scroll... was I getting killed by invisible ninjas? They are indeed hard to see. But jumping around and sliding and wall-jumping is fun, and my favorite thing to do is to jump out of the level entirely and Seppuku!
KunoNoOni
31. Aug 2013 路 03:05 UTC
Pretty cool. You did a really good job for it being your first time with the framework.
馃帳 Rafael CP
31. Aug 2013 路 12:29 UTC
@Tom 7: it had a bug in which some scrolls counted as 2 or more, so you would finish the level before intended (as well as other bugs like strange shuriken x enemy collisions). It seems to be fixed in the post compo version (both bugs). Thanks for playing! @KunoNoOni too! :)
馃帳 Rafael CP
31. Aug 2013 路 12:30 UTC
Also, enemies could appear right over you, restarting the level. It's also fixed.
Skye
05. Sep 2013 路 01:59 UTC
nice game. Nice ads
馃帳 Rafael CP
05. Sep 2013 路 02:04 UTC
Ads?? Where?
gravyhands
05. Sep 2013 路 02:26 UTC
I actually really enjoyed this one. It certainly wasn't much to look at, and it could use more sound effects and level design.
But it had a good core concept, interesting mechanics, and a good difficulty. I think it might be more interesting to have the slide be your attack and you would be able to only hit one person and then it would knock you back.
alts
09. Sep 2013 路 06:53 UTC
Ignoring the character's speed, it's apparent that a lot of effort has been put into making motion feel really good in this game. It's just a shame that that motion isn't put to use towards something a bit more engaging. A potential idea might be reducing the number of scrolls to just one, and focusing on _escaping_ with the scroll. Perhaps lay traps on the way to the scroll, and grabbing the scroll triggers the appearance of enemies? Just some thoughts about how to better highlight the movement you've created.
xhunterko
11. Sep 2013 路 09:12 UTC
Did not have much fun. I honestly didn't like the random enemy spawn. I'd collect a scroll, then hit an enemy, and think I died, cause I collected the scroll. Also, the levels seemed much to samey. And I could jump my way out of a level. Not much fun.
馃帳 Rafael CP
12. Sep 2013 路 03:35 UTC
Thanks for the feedback, guys :)
@alts: I'll think about that, I also think the game needs to be more engaging to match the effort put into motion
@xhunterko: very true, and I understand you must rate the compo version, but please, take a look at the post-compo version, everything you said was already fixed :)