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Hukaire by yellowlemming

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made by yellowlemming for LD26 (JAM)
This is a simple text-based, turn-based game where you are trapped in a hostile world filled with Karatoise who want to kill you. This is the first piece of coding I have ever really done and it runs in Command Prompt so don't expect anything particularly amazing. This was intended for the normal 48 hour competition but I had some bugs that still needed to be fixed after the original time.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/jzajbqvenw836oj/Hukaire.rar
Source https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lec5frlfflajxzw/h-seLBdsDo
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=23037

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.69 440
Fun(Jam) 2.59 384
Graphics(Jam) 2.22 510
Humor(Jam) 2.13 274
Innovation(Jam) 2.63 373
Mood(Jam) 2.46 419
Theme(Jam) 3.77 100

Feedback

pighead10
29. Apr 2013 · 16:04 UTC
There's a bit of strategy involved, can be weird to predict where the enemies are moving.
rainblade studios
29. Apr 2013 · 19:23 UTC
Can't play, don't have windows :(
Cirrial
29. Apr 2013 · 20:31 UTC
I am absolutely terrible at this sort of game, but it seems solid regardless. My only question is, what is a Karatoise???
Jed Mayberry
29. Apr 2013 · 20:34 UTC
It's hard to tell what happened when the game ends in a crash. Ideally your game should be more stable. But it was mildly enjoyable, unlike my game.
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 · 15:03 UTC
I like the concept but it's annoying to press enter after each command. If done in real time this would be pretty fun.
Tokken18
01. May 2013 · 14:54 UTC
Can't play, have a mac.
Yoni
01. May 2013 · 15:20 UTC
It's not easy predicting where enemies are going, specifically because it's not graphic but explanatory. I guess that was the point, but to me it felt kind of boring. Good use of the theme though.
Rex Peppers
01. May 2013 · 15:24 UTC
Can't play on windows :-(
MegaBrutal
01. May 2013 · 16:25 UTC
Nice game. :) It's a little frustrating that you can only orientate by coordinates. It would be helpful to have a map. Also it would be nice to see the source code.
GranaDa
02. May 2013 · 15:42 UTC
What is a Karatoise?? A Karate fighting tortoise??????
Nice use of the theme.
🎤 yellowlemming
03. May 2013 · 18:04 UTC
In answer to the questions a karatoise is an interesting sounding enemy, much in the same way as Hukaire is an interesting sounding name, although I must say that a karate fighting tortoise would be a good idea, I should probably make that it's sprite when I get round to making it a 2D game
tiffi
03. May 2013 · 18:30 UTC
+1 for text based game, cool entry
netmute
03. May 2013 · 18:58 UTC
I'm on a Mac, sorry :(
avidgamerNino
04. May 2013 · 05:48 UTC
This is minimalism rpg grinding at its best. I just wish maybe after a certain amout of times without finding anyone it would give me a hint or someting. Great job.
sudorossy
04. May 2013 · 21:21 UTC
Barely worked for me. Very easy to crash it.
JonathanG
06. May 2013 · 08:56 UTC
Interesting game, I liked the imagination invoked by being text-only. Felt like the arena was a little too large. Didn't understand why I lost - it said I killed a monster and immediately after that I died.
stqn
08. May 2013 · 20:35 UTC
I played this under Linux with the help of Wine. It was kinda fun, but as others have said having to press return everytime was a bit tedious, and while I was scanning the map to look for Karatoises, killing weak ones and avoiding dangerous ones, I realized I'd have to do it again because I didn't note the coordinates of the ones I was avoiding on a piece of paper (or in a text editor). This is when I stopped playing because that didn't seem much fun :p.
MinionStudios
08. May 2013 · 20:37 UTC
Very nice text game... it is easy to follow, even without plotting the grid.
KunoNoOni
20. May 2013 · 00:58 UTC
Man I love text adventure games! Good use of theme.