Black Knight Blockade by Smaxx
You are the feared Black Knight. You are in charge of a small passage in the
dark wood and you decide who's allowed to pass: no one!
Unfortunately there are quite a few pesky peasants out trying to cross the
bridge to do some of their daily bidding, something you shall not endorse.
Keep the peasants from crossing, but watch your rage, as you might get angry
enough causing your head to explode in anger. You don't want your head explode,
do you?
Every killed peasant will lower your anger, while every escaped peasant will
raise your rage. If your rage exceeds your rage meter, you're going to explode
and the game is lost. Use your attack key to restart the game.
Keyboard Controls:
Walk left: Cursor left, A
Walk right: Cursor right, D
Walk up: Cursor up, W
Walk down: Cursor down, S
Sword thrust: Space, Return
dark wood and you decide who's allowed to pass: no one!
Unfortunately there are quite a few pesky peasants out trying to cross the
bridge to do some of their daily bidding, something you shall not endorse.
Keep the peasants from crossing, but watch your rage, as you might get angry
enough causing your head to explode in anger. You don't want your head explode,
do you?
Every killed peasant will lower your anger, while every escaped peasant will
raise your rage. If your rage exceeds your rage meter, you're going to explode
and the game is lost. Use your attack key to restart the game.
Keyboard Controls:
Walk left: Cursor left, A
Walk right: Cursor right, D
Walk up: Cursor up, W
Walk down: Cursor down, S
Sword thrust: Space, Return
| Repository (Google) | http://code.google.com/p/black-knight-blockade/ |
| Repository (Github) | https://github.com/MarioLiebisch/Black-Knight-Blockade |
| Binary (Windows) | http://code.google.com/p/black-knight-blockade/downloads/detail?name=ld25bkb-win32-initial.zip&can=2&q= |
| Source (cross platform) | http://code.google.com/p/black-knight-blockade/downloads/detail?name=ld24bkb-source-initial.zip&can=2&q= |
| Binary (Windows; Post LD48) | http://code.google.com/p/black-knight-blockade/downloads/detail?name=ld25bkb-win32-20121228.zip&can=2&q= |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=19197 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 73% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.31 | 190 |
| Audio | 2.69 | 273 |
| Fun | 3.20 | 196 |
| Graphics | 3.85 | 87 |
| Humor | 2.94 | 231 |
| Innovation | 2.52 | 523 |
| Mood | 2.71 | 398 |
| Theme | 3.44 | 263 |
Just a quick note on my game, there is a help file and a splash screen that tells you the commands. I replied to your comment on my page for more information.
Some comments:
- I really expected the bridge to mean something. I understand that the game won't quite work if the peasants can only walk through the bridge, but what if walking across the river made the peasants/knigh move slower?
- Mashing the space bar to attack was not so good. I usually don't like it when games make me mash a key. Maybe just holding it should suffice to keep attaking?
- A minor note regarding packaging: Put all your files in a directory in the zip file! With so many games to play, it is nice if I can open the zip and drag the game directly to my LD folder, without worrying about creating a special folder to it :-)
Thanks for the game!
Spacebar mashing: I know both sides and I dislike both. Maybe I should just make hitting a bit easier, so you don't have to mash that excessive.
Zip folder: I usually extract stuff to sub dirs. named after the zip (not by hand), so I hate included directories - can't make everyone happy there. :)
bigbadwofl: Okay, will have another look.
I also expected the bridge to be of more significance than just a being a different tile index.
Nice.
Didn't expect so many people to actually like it due to it's simplicity. Keep the comments/suggestions coming. :)
The balance of anger going down when you kill, and going up, when a peasant gets away is spot on, I got 40 kills >:)
Also the graphics are good, and the sound effects are a nice touch.
Like others, I loved it, including the pixel art (how did you do it?). Would have been nice to be able to move diagonally but generally super-cute :-)
I think the Android/Ouya/etc ports will do well -- good luck!
You should actually be able to move in 8 directions, so might be your keyboard.
- Water now slows down the player as well as peasants.
- It is now possible to hold down the attack key to keep poking.
I've added an updated binary above (separate link). Updated source code can be found in the repositories.