Save the princess of the minimalist world! by Toastation

made by Toastation for LD26 (COMPO)

/!\ WARNING : This game is harder than Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts on NES !

Info :
- Java with LWJGL
- Paint.NET
- SFXR
- Audacity

You are the hero of a minimalist world. Everyone know your courage and your strength.
An evil power, jealous of your princess kidnapped her.
Hurry up! She is dying! You MUST saved the princess. Explore the minimalist world but be careful at the blocks.

The goals is to save the princess at each level before she die. But don't touch at the blocks!

Important : I know that the last level (level 20) is very very very difficult so if you want to win the game press "V" to skip levels.

Could you please report bugs or level difficulty in comments.

Jar	http://www.mediafire.com/?lm8vyap397i5hxi
Web (Applet)	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/122499471/LD26/LD26.html
Source	http://www.mediafire.com/?0bunz1hbz0j19e1
Timelapse	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pJoQAIOao
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=14354

Ratings

Coolness	50%	3
Overall	3.14	584

Audio	3.04	350
Fun	3.03	512
Graphics	2.59	906
Humor	2.91	204
Innovation	2.52	978
Mood	2.42	990
Theme	3.76	339

Feedback

PaidGEEK

29. Apr 2013 · 10:03 UTC

I have nothing bad to say about this xD Really enjoyable and hard! Potatoes!

donan

29. Apr 2013 · 10:30 UTC

Wow, its hard.

🎤 Toastation

29. Apr 2013 · 13:58 UTC

To be honest, I haven't managed to succeed the last level so its hard :) This is why I add the "V" key to skip levels. I want the player to see the last words of the princess

Colisan

29. Apr 2013 · 17:16 UTC

Very good game, I didn't succeed to pass the 9th level xD (and I don't wan't to use 'V', I don't deserve to see the end ^^)

Martze

29. Apr 2013 · 20:27 UTC

The invisible blocks are a real pain in the ass.

Also, you can't move diagonal?

zairon

29. Apr 2013 · 20:28 UTC

This is a pretty fun but hard game.

🎤 Toastation

29. Apr 2013 · 20:41 UTC

@Martze - It depends of the screen, decrease the brightness of your screen to see them correctly. In fact they are not invisible but a little bit darker than normal blocks
- Diagonal? Too easy! I want the game to be hard!

@zairon Thanks!

siondream

29. Apr 2013 · 20:56 UTC

I loved the simplicity of the mechanics and even the graphics, they're nothing extraordinary as you surely know, but they're very cohesive. A few things on the gameplay:

- Bullets are cheeky, can't see them coming! Maybe that's fair enough, they're smart traps.
- The red blocks are cheeky too! You necessarily have to die to uncover them.

Besides that, it's great! Good job!

🎤 Toastation

29. Apr 2013 · 21:15 UTC

@siondream Wow thank you ! I know the red block are cheeky, but on my screen they are a little bit darker than normal blocks. I should make them darker.

NuSan

29. Apr 2013 · 22:51 UTC

Very challenging, i will need much more patience to beat it. I like the idea, but i could not realy grasp the bullet patterns, so sometimes it's more luck than real skill or learning. An option to move diagonaly would be great, or at least use the last key pressed, instead of having like UP overide a LEFT input. Good game.

Beldarak

01. May 2013 · 02:23 UTC

This game is more stressful than the last 4 hours of the jam :D

🎤 Toastation

01. May 2013 · 11:56 UTC

@Beldarak Thank you, it's what I want you to feel when you play my game *muahahaha*

PabloAlexandre31

01. May 2013 · 21:44 UTC

I Like mode that game is hard. Liked art style!

🎤 Toastation

02. May 2013 · 11:41 UTC

@PabloAlexandre31 Thanks!

PPLo

02. May 2013 · 17:17 UTC

Well, you didn't lie about the difficulty! The 8th level is haaaard!
For the game itself, I liked it! Again a simple creation nicely made and with a good difficulty. Great!

danblack

03. May 2013 · 16:00 UTC

Good game, good challenge. Not the most original but a lot of game done really well. Well played

P.S. I used my winning time machine to go back and stop any other time travelers from changing the theme to potato ;)

🎤 Toastation

03. May 2013 · 17:01 UTC

NOOOOOOOO! Why did you do that? :(

BlennosoftGames

04. May 2013 · 05:20 UTC

Fun and interesting game. Challenging, but not frustratingly so. Although the speed-tiles are more of a hazard than a help :P Got up to but not past level 8.

🎤 Toastation

07. May 2013 · 12:48 UTC

Thanks :)