Adventures in NoLand by ncannasse

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made by ncannasse for LD23 (COMPO)
Welcome to the wonderful tiny world of NoLand !

In this tiny adventure game you'll fight tiny monsters, explore tiny cities and tiny caves, and eventually kill a tiny Dragon !

Tips :
- mouse-over the monsters to estimate their power before getting killed.
- make sure to find enough gold to get the dagger and shield before moving forward
- Make the good choices, and walk carefully

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.52 134
Audio 1.67 684
Fun 3.13 259
Graphics 3.87 94
Humor 2.58 268
Innovation 2.78 501
Mood 3.26 137
Theme 3.42 225

Feedback

SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 · 08:15 UTC
Love how literally you convey the theme! Nice fog effect, and visuals are good :)
jeroenimooo
23. Apr 2012 · 12:14 UTC
Cool game, really like the fight system :)
graphics are also cool :)
Evgis
23. Apr 2012 · 12:17 UTC
I seriously LOVE the graphics. The gameplay is good, but I died alot!
the8donut
23. Apr 2012 · 12:31 UTC
Art style is just adorable! Game's quite fun as well :)
the8donut
23. Apr 2012 · 12:32 UTC
Really love the art style, very simple yet effective gameplay. Yup, this is definitely a nice little game!
bms
23. Apr 2012 · 12:32 UTC
Love it!
cornedor
23. Apr 2012 · 12:39 UTC
Very nice.
Danik
23. Apr 2012 · 12:44 UTC
Great, but I kept dieing before I got far. I saw in the world PNG that the game is much bigger.
🎤 ncannasse
23. Apr 2012 · 13:19 UTC
@Danik : this is the puzzle part, you need to figure out what pass to take / choices to make. Try to mouse-over the monsters to estimate your chances ;)
davidllanos22
23. Apr 2012 · 13:42 UTC
It's too easy to die >.< I'm in love with the graphics! A few weeks ago I was programming a fog that works exactly as yours! haha Well done :)
Danvil
23. Apr 2012 · 14:31 UTC
Nice visuals, so I keep dying...
azmaeve
23. Apr 2012 · 14:54 UTC
Really nice graphics ^^
Cell
23. Apr 2012 · 15:12 UTC
Cool, but that Spider is OP!
wibblymat
23. Apr 2012 · 15:34 UTC
Could do with a way to heal or something. I die pretty quickly every time! Awesome look and feel though.
zitheker
23. Apr 2012 · 17:37 UTC
Un vrai petit bijou. l'effet de brouillard "de guerre" est vraiment trés bien fait et étant donné que j'adore les jeux en pixels, j'ai adoré. il est vrai que l'on meurt peut etre un peu facilement, mais on pardonne vu la qualité de tout le reste. Dommage que tu n'as pas eu le temps de mettre un peu de son, cela aurait été sublime.
unicornpooping
23. Apr 2012 · 18:58 UTC
Cute! Love the graphics. Wish they were like twice as big though. Funny too. Enjoyed myself.
AlwaysGeeky
23. Apr 2012 · 23:30 UTC
Sweet lighting.
Lacutis
24. Apr 2012 · 00:29 UTC
Cool game, I liked the literal translation of the theme. It was a tad on the hard side. Is there a way to regain health?
McFunkypants
24. Apr 2012 · 03:28 UTC
Really fantastic work. Beautiful big world to explore. Cute graphics. Love it. Keep up the amazing work.
MarekkPie
24. Apr 2012 · 19:11 UTC
This game keeps itself from being great by forcing the player to follow a specific path. A little more freedom and it would have been awesome.
whitetigle
24. Apr 2012 · 22:01 UTC
I like the lovely tiny pixel gfx. The game is a little bit hard for me. It really fits the theme ! bravo :)
SonnyBone
25. Apr 2012 · 01:58 UTC
WOW this is tiny... lol. I feel like this entire game could be taking place on the tip of my nose. ELFS LOVE CABBAGE. A LOT!
strega
25. Apr 2012 · 07:46 UTC
Nicely done! I like the simple RPG mechanics. I wish the monsters respawned so I could grid on them a little and advance easier throughout the game.
GreyShock
25. Apr 2012 · 13:46 UTC
Amazing Puzzle with RPG elements. This is the game in wich I spent more time since I've been playing LD games. Congrats. I didn't finished it yet, but I will (sooo hard, like it).
espiru
25. Apr 2012 · 16:16 UTC
I love it !!!

I finish the game. Anybody know how go to the chest, north last live-regenerator near the dragon? The green trees not let me past.
AdventureIslands
25. Apr 2012 · 16:51 UTC
Really nice use of the tiny theme, but how are you supposed to proceed in the game? healing in the hut near the beginning cost insane 30 gold, easy monsters do not respawn and the stronger monsters brutalize you even with dagger and shield. Nice rpg elements, but you have made it unneccessary hard.
blob
27. Apr 2012 · 00:26 UTC
I dont get it either. Tried a few times now, and I very sincerely dont see how I can optimize my choices. I get the shield as soon as possible as there doesnt seem to be any other defense upgrade until long and I need to kill the blue blobs at no costs. But I get to the guy who asks for 25 and I only have 20 gold and 5HP so cant find more ( had to heal once or the green guys kill me).And, I ve killed all the blobs. I dont get it !
Too hard and frustrating.

The world is really cute and the gameplay is fluid otherwise.
arcanmster
27. Apr 2012 · 14:26 UTC
Get dagger/shield asap, kill all blobs, kill green orc to reach the heal point, kill bottom spider, kill a second green orc above the 25 gold guy, and you should have enough. Afterwards, you get another def upgrade and get access to the center of the map where choices are less unforgiving as you have more freedom, and a much larger margin of error until the "boss". You don't even need all treasures/potions to finish the game, except if you really want to optimize your final score (my max is 300pts).

I suppose an optional "easy mode" would be good, where you start with some gold or something like that.
Mårten Jonsson
27. Apr 2012 · 20:48 UTC
Love the effort, good take on the theme, and well executed. Top bad it lacked sound though, that always bring ratings down in my book.
BlackDogg
01. May 2012 · 12:16 UTC
A really effective game ! Nice and quick to play, congrats :)
Misfit
01. May 2012 · 14:25 UTC
Cool game. Nice graphics and gameplay.
Keirua
01. May 2012 · 15:18 UTC
Nice game ! Quite hard, but well executed and the result is fun to play (even though I didn't manage to go very far)
netmute
02. May 2012 · 11:56 UTC
I loved this. The tiny graphics are awesome.

That spider/demon thing killed me a few times until I figured I shouldn't go there again ;)
azurenimbus
03. May 2012 · 02:52 UTC
It looks gorgeous! Good job.
Shifty
03. May 2012 · 18:22 UTC
Really good graphics! I love the tiny blue slimes :) A bit hard from the beginning, I died in less than 3 minutes during my first game. A bit of sounds/music would have make it better. But still a well crafted game :)
ratboy2713
06. May 2012 · 05:00 UTC
Loved the art style, though it really could have used a good sword clang.
ehtd
07. May 2012 · 03:15 UTC
Very good art and loved the unexplored fog
Dr.Pingu
07. May 2012 · 11:22 UTC
Nice game :)
a little bit hard in th begining but i love the idea

good work :)
Syntaxide
11. May 2012 · 00:17 UTC
Fun game. Graphics were really good. I kept needing to restart when I discovered a more ideal course of action. It seems like this game needs to be replayed multiple times to be beaten.
getRandomName()
11. May 2012 · 19:44 UTC
Very nice game with a good concept and good graphics but it is too hard.
gavin5564
11. May 2012 · 21:30 UTC
I really liked the feel of this game. Plays really well too.
thegreystudios
12. May 2012 · 14:02 UTC
Nice one. A little bit too hard but overall fun to play :)