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Line Knight by berareu

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made by berareu for LD26 (JAM)
Well, here's my entry for LD26!

My entry is inspired by an italian cartoon called "La Linea" or "The Line", where the protagonist is a silhoutte of a man walking on an infinite line.
This should be minimalistic enough, right?

It's a very simple and short game, it's a action/platformer...just keep moving forward and remember to use all the controls!

I used HaxeFlixel to develop this game and it was really a challenge since I usually work with Game Maker Studio. Still, I learned a lot!

Music by DST from http://nosoapradio.us

THE GAME IS VERY BUGGY RIGHT NOW! I'M SORRY! I'm just not good enough with HaxeFlixel... I'll try to fix all the bugs as soon as possible!

Web http://gamejolt.com/games/action/line-knight/14340/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=15244

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.34 188
Audio(Jam) 3.07 217
Fun(Jam) 2.95 255
Graphics(Jam) 3.85 105
Humor(Jam) 2.60 173
Innovation(Jam) 3.73 58
Mood(Jam) 3.17 200
Theme(Jam) 4.03 47

Feedback

Prelucid
30. Apr 2013 路 02:13 UTC
Very cool idea. Got stuck at the guy throwing projectiles, but I can see this kind of thing being very interesting, especially with spline shapes or vectors.
tacograveyard
30. Apr 2013 路 02:19 UTC
Nice! Very clever use of minimalism. A little unclear as to who was hitting who at the end, but I think I beat the game!
馃帳 berareu
30. Apr 2013 路 02:40 UTC
Thank you!
@tacograveyard If you reached the end of line, then you beat the game ;)
timtipgames
30. Apr 2013 路 12:20 UTC
The style is awesome.
xgeovanni
30. Apr 2013 路 12:24 UTC
Might want to put the controls somewhere.
thatwhichis
30. Apr 2013 路 12:26 UTC
Very nice! I liked the dynamic of switching to the bottom of the line. Why would anyone ever go back to playing right-side-up voluntarily?
Nisshoku
30. Apr 2013 路 12:27 UTC
I also wasn't sure whether I beat the game or not, I thought the blue screen effect meant that I took a water wave to the face, but apparently it means that I hit the guy.
rwos
30. Apr 2013 路 12:37 UTC
Fantastic visuals, this is really something different! Took me a while to find out that one can switch to the other side of the line. Also, on my qwertz keyboard, the controls are a bit awkward to reach. But other than that this is pretty much perfect - great work!
Colapsydo
30. Apr 2013 路 17:09 UTC
As a fan of la linea, I really like this game. The line effect is well executed.
As you said it's buggy sometime, but it remains a nice small game.
kidevil
30. Apr 2013 路 19:51 UTC
Great art and concept! Kept falling through the floor though, and wasn't sure what was going on when I hit the wolf with the sword and the screen flashed blue.
Jod
01. May 2013 路 12:32 UTC
This was very good indeed! Captured the minimalist theme quite well while still allowing for gameplay. I was really happy when I found out about shifting the line. Very cool indeed.
ghostinthesoft
01. May 2013 路 12:33 UTC
I like the idea and the game you made, it was fun to play
Gama11
01. May 2013 路 12:34 UTC
I really like the artstyle and the concept in general. However, it wasn't very playable due to the controls (the animation that makes you freeze for quite a while when switching sides and the fact that jumping automatically makes you tavel horizontally makes it really hard to control).
Corofides
01. May 2013 路 12:42 UTC
I liked it. Very interesting use of the theme, rather innovative on an old concept.
uncade
01. May 2013 路 15:43 UTC
Cool idea, and the animation is really cool, the controls were tough to get used to, but I still think you did a great job!
Ariake81
01. May 2013 路 21:25 UTC
Really liked it, my favourite game yet! Great sfx and gfx. Although a little buggy a great concept that deserves to be played and further developed.
tankete
03. May 2013 路 09:09 UTC
Original idea. Really liked the style. Well done!
tcstyle
03. May 2013 路 20:05 UTC
Fun little game. Did I get stuck in an endless winning screen?
Great sound and graphics. Controls copuld be improved (jumping was not so intuitive and zxc is bad for German keyboard layout where y is the z)
ShellfishGames
06. May 2013 路 14:43 UTC
I like it. It might lack a little polishing here and there (especially the fighting), but all in all it's a nice minimalist take on "save the princess"-style adventure games.
Sebastian
06. May 2013 路 14:43 UTC
Interesting idea, one thing that I didn't like was that you had forwards momentum when jumping even if you weren't moving originally. That just made it somewhat unintuitive for me..
pentaphobe
07. May 2013 路 16:17 UTC
great work, a little hard to see why you die or how I beat the boss, but very enjoyable!
ethankennerly
09. May 2013 路 05:05 UTC
Seeing the character traverse from one side of the line to the other to dodge obstacles and combat amused me. If you continue to develop this, have you considered exploring the other illusions of the line a little more?
Jarcas Studios
09. May 2013 路 06:02 UTC
Very cool art and theme! A game made up of one-line - love it! Did seem a little buggy when I got to the princess. Still great though!
euwaku
09. May 2013 路 06:20 UTC
Good memories that was this spanish cartoon (la linea?). Never thought of a game adaptation but this game was pretty well done! Too short maybe ^^
Lythom
09. May 2013 路 07:49 UTC
Nice entry, could be very good with more polish and less bugs ! Keep the creative, improve the tech., and you'll make great games !
numpad
09. May 2013 路 09:38 UTC
Good! Awesome idea with this line. Sadly, there were many bugs. And it was short. But the graphics were nice!
galman
09. May 2013 路 10:14 UTC
Really cool idea! The game was a bit too short..
bobiniki
09. May 2013 路 10:25 UTC
Awsome style and great idea. Overall very nice entry!
goerp
09. May 2013 路 11:30 UTC
Wow, 5 stars for graphics. That style is really nice and really wel done!
And nobody else did a minimal style like this I think.
The game worked well for me so I think you know HaxeFlixel well enough.
MinionStudios
09. May 2013 路 15:40 UTC
Great and original game! Love it
Madball
09. May 2013 路 19:33 UTC
This is quiet cool. The first jump is a little bugged, and... well, you know you have bugs. Make a post-compo or something!
Zccc
09. May 2013 路 20:43 UTC
Great idea :)
kill0u
11. May 2013 路 00:08 UTC
Another Haxe game :)
Great game btw.
Jeremias
11. May 2013 路 07:53 UTC
Very interesting concept, sadly not that much content... why not making a post-compo version with more levels?
ahm99
15. May 2013 路 01:28 UTC
Cool idea. I really liked the concept. I think you could make a full game. Good job :)
Sylvain.p
15. May 2013 路 15:41 UTC
Good idea, but the control mapping is a bit disturbing.