Joe, the bad jack! (HTML5) by sletari

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made by sletari for LD25 (COMPO)
For a lumberjack, destroying the forest is the rule. This is not different for Joe, the bad jack! Help him to destroy a forest facing the resistance of indians, what can be more evil than that?!

Control with arrows or WASD, attack with space.

The game is HTML5, built with CraftyJS. Tested on Chrome and Firefox, but probably works with Safari as well.

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.10 304
Audio 2.35 385
Fun 3.14 223
Graphics 2.62 497
Humor 3.38 105
Innovation 2.55 508
Mood 2.68 418
Theme 3.21 365

Feedback

CMaster
17. Dec 2012 路 17:05 UTC
Entertaining. I ended up as an avenging ghost mind, charging through the woods, and killing the -3 men left to defeat.
Geoege
17. Dec 2012 路 18:16 UTC
Ahah it was pretty fun, really liked the -10 people i killed and the -2 lives ;)
馃帳 sletari
18. Dec 2012 路 14:50 UTC
Hahaha, thanks. Yep, I was working on the ending when the time was over, so I couldn't solve this quirk. It's a shame because what happens at the end is not very clear, but since it's not a crash I don't think it's fair to publish a fix for the compo
metadept
18. Dec 2012 路 15:51 UTC
Surprisingly fun! Even the killer ghost ending somehow added rather than detracted from the experience. If you make a post-compo version, I recommend keeping some version of this bug, maybe a flying ghost chopping down an infinite forest...
BarrensZeppelin
18. Dec 2012 路 16:28 UTC
Really enjoyable game and cool graphics/sound effects. I couldn't deduce what was happening at the end though, is it intentional that a tree slams you down?
joekinley
18. Dec 2012 路 16:30 UTC
Yay awesome ghost killer hunter axe man killing -10 people and chopping -3 trees. That was a fun experience. But pressing 5 to play again did not result in anything.

By the way, your link says Windows, but I hacked the system and was able to play it on my MacBook on OSX ;) ... better change it so people know they can play it on another system.

Awesome game, had a lot of fun. Was humorous and fun.
馃帳 sletari
18. Dec 2012 路 16:33 UTC
@BarrensZeppelin yes, that's what you get for being a villain! Unfortunately I lacked the time to make it clearer.

@metadept indeed, this is giving some positive feedback! A ghost would be a good idea, thanks
zenmumbler
18. Dec 2012 路 16:36 UTC
This was fun but I can't seem to get beyond the last couple of knights to earn my prize. Is there some strategy? Pressing 5 resulted in a broken screen.
LogGiant
18. Dec 2012 路 16:44 UTC
For some reason I really like how the trees fell, but im not sure why. The timing to kill indians seemed a bit odd, but it was still entertaining for sure!
馃帳 sletari
18. Dec 2012 路 16:50 UTC
@joekinley I updated the link to Web instead of Windows, thanks!

@joekinley @zenmumbler yes, the 5 button bugged out, you think it's ok if I fix this?
shaneshanekavanagh
18. Dec 2012 路 16:57 UTC
Take that you stupid trees!
NeverAutomatic
18. Dec 2012 路 23:34 UTC
A nice quick and fun game. Running around as a vengeful spirit after I died was pretty hilarious, even if it wasn't intended.
Ludonaut
19. Dec 2012 路 22:27 UTC
Ghost mode is so cool, haha.
Wuhao
20. Dec 2012 路 03:20 UTC
hey pretty fun game, i like how when you died, you can still hack people lol
sanojian
20. Dec 2012 路 18:51 UTC
Wow the end is hard. Sometimes you get hit before the new screen is done transitions, which is unfortunate. Overall very fun!
gnx
20. Dec 2012 路 22:53 UTC
3rd lumberjack-themed game I've come across, I guess they must be evil :D
Gameplay is very entertaining and satisfying. Graphics are ok and sound effects too. The only thing lacking is some good fighting music.
Spelchan
27. Dec 2012 路 21:48 UTC
Enjoyable game. Not sure why the hate for lumber-jacks, though in this case he was also a murderer. Liked how the trees fell, especially when they took out enemies. Really poor ending sequence. I think I get what you were going for in the ending but sadly I think the deadline beat you there.
fishbrain
04. Jan 2013 路 15:42 UTC
Cool! Very much retro fun!
馃帳 sletari
11. Jan 2013 路 19:13 UTC
Hi, thanks for your feedback! I've made a post-compo version in case you're interested: http://jhcp.github.com/LD25