Sad Knight by Quaternius

made by Quaternius for LD 40 (COMPO)

Sad Knight

Description:

Sad Knight is a top-down hack and slash in which your goal is to protect your king from waves of skeletons! The catch is, with the end of each wave you must pick from two poisons, both containing negative effects for the sad knight, from inverted controls to getting stuck to the ground.

Downloads:

PC (Windows): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dqV4XjO9gaXZtmq7aCgVh3XK8tGg2IKF/view?usp=sharing
PC (Mac OS): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yg1UOAUxuDhI2ELuoPhh7Uxn7si-PI/view?usp=sharing

* PC (Linux): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSr53r-Q5hq6upLFM27Zb4D4-EPQD71P/view?usp=sharing

Controls:

Character movement: "W A S D"
Left click to attack
Walk on top of the HP potions to pick them up

Pick the PURPLE potions that spawn at each side of the map to gain some HP back!

Screenshots:

About Me:

I'm Quaternius, i made everything you see in this game from scratch (minus engine) from the models using Blender, to the sword sound effects using two spoons and FL studio.

If you want, you can follow me on Twitter

Windows	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dqV4XjO9gaXZtmq7aCgVh3XK8tGg2IKF/view?usp=sharing
macOS	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yg1U_OAUxuDhI2ELuoPhh7Uxn_7si-PI/view?usp=sharing
Linux	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSr53r-Q5hq6upLFM27Zb4D4-EPQD71P/view?usp=sharing
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/sad-knight

Ratings

Overall	233^th	3.569⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Fun	308^th	3.361⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	379^th	3.056⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Theme	307^th	3.514⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	123^th	3.889⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Audio	89^th	3.681⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Mood	171^th	3.417⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Given		56🗳️	15🗨️

Feedback

MagonX

04. Dec 2017 · 03:58 UTC

I liked the idea of not having arms hahaha really fun game!

banan

04. Dec 2017 · 05:06 UTC

This is (almost) a really good game overall. The mood, visuals and audio all work together and the sword-swinging feels incredibly satisfying. Unfortunately turning around the character is too fast to be able to control accurately and it makes the game too frustrating to be fun. It's a really minor detail, but it completely overshadows all the positive aspects of the game (and there are a lot of those).

🎤 Quaternius

04. Dec 2017 · 13:22 UTC

hey @banan the rotation is fast so you can rotate while attacking to swing your sword and kill multiple enemies, you don't need to really aim much.

DrFallos

04. Dec 2017 · 16:10 UTC

i think controls has to be not from character but from screen. but liked gameplay and graphics.

Ale

04. Dec 2017 · 16:10 UTC

That was awesome! The controls could use some work (especially for laptop players), but the combat was fun.

SvartTand

04. Dec 2017 · 16:17 UTC

Very nice game! Swinging the sword was very satisfying, although doing a 360 degree swing felt a little bit op. The Music, sound and art worked well together and it got harder and harder the further in the game you got which was nice.

Altogether a very solid game.

kezhaar

04. Dec 2017 · 16:35 UTC

Good game overall, nice work!

fakeyou

04. Dec 2017 · 16:37 UTC

The mac build is just a empty folder. I will try it out when you fix it.

🎤 Quaternius

04. Dec 2017 · 16:41 UTC

@fakeyou fixed! Sorry.

Simone

04. Dec 2017 · 16:42 UTC

Quite polished :)

Crock

04. Dec 2017 · 16:44 UTC

Fun game :) Very Nice Grapchics and "curses" are fun :)

Villfuk02

04. Dec 2017 · 16:49 UTC

Awesome execution, cute and funny graphics, Great concept of the random potions!
But the controls were a little annoying

randomphantom

04. Dec 2017 · 17:04 UTC

Nice polish on this entry and I love the music. I'm not a fan of the tank controls though so it wasn't as fun as it could have, but the poison system was a pretty interesting concept. The screenshake feels a little excessive. Fonts are pretty but a little hard to read.

Aarre Entertainment

04. Dec 2017 · 17:16 UTC

Graphics were very nice but the point where this stands out is definitely audio. Best sound and music design I've seen so far. there weren't too many mechanics to defeat the skeletons though, would have been nice with some extra. Definitely a good effort.

NicMagnier

04. Dec 2017 · 17:33 UTC

Really clean game. I love the art style and the mood.
The combat is a bit simplistic (best strategy seems to just spin and attack constantly) but still precise and responsive.
Very cool

fakeyou

04. Dec 2017 · 18:20 UTC

@quaternius thanks for the fix! You made an awesome game with a great concept, would love to see more of this. But the controls are a litte bit sluggish at times, I would prefer attacking in the direction of the mouse cursor.

Leandre Renouard

05. Dec 2017 · 00:23 UTC

I really like the skeleton's poping. I'm such a bad knight, the king didn't live anymore.
A very good concept with the potion choice. Very fun!

FinalForeach

05. Dec 2017 · 00:40 UTC

The linux download is an 0-byte sized file. Sad! Looking forward to it when the download is fixed.

Slyddar

05. Dec 2017 · 02:55 UTC

Controls are a little tough to get use to, but the music and sound is very nice. Graphics are also well suited and fun. If the powerups did more it might of been more useful too. All up pretty decent.

🎤 Quaternius

05. Dec 2017 · 03:10 UTC

@finalforeach Fixed! I'm sorry.

Sushiy

05. Dec 2017 · 16:45 UTC

Fun game, stacking the stuff is a lot of fun! but the controls are really weird! it feels like driving a car more than a person

mess110

05. Dec 2017 · 19:08 UTC

Damn, I almost survived 8 waves. I feel the movement of the character needs some work, maybe a different moving mechanic. Otherwise, the looks and audio are really nice. Love the polish and the little skeleton death animations.

I survived 8 waves by just sitting next to the king. Too afraid to go after potions

GerardB

05. Dec 2017 · 19:13 UTC

Very nice combat and looks. I really like the game concept :)

cogcomp

05. Dec 2017 · 20:09 UTC

Took a while to get used to the controls, but after that it was great!

jasperarmstrong

05. Dec 2017 · 22:05 UTC

This is really cool! There is a lot of polish here for a compo game. I though the movement was a little weird, the guy controlled kind of like a car lol. Overall one of the best games I've seen so far in LD40!

AMastryukov

06. Dec 2017 · 04:48 UTC

**Pros:** Addicting gameplay, cool powerups (powerdowns), polished graphics, matching music and sounds.

**Cons:** Not very player-friendly controls; using the mouse to look around and change movement direction would have been much better.

Nearly perfect - high quality, good polish and solid and entertaining gameplay. Wasn't expecting anything short of amazing from you, good job! Change the controls though.

HazelNumbat

07. Dec 2017 · 02:35 UTC

That was fun! I like the spinning tip, I will try that, it took me a bit of thought to use the turning control. Music is great. The action is compelling! The poison choice was hard and I couldn't choose and had random assignment but with more play I can see developing a preference.

tvance

13. Dec 2017 · 21:36 UTC

This is one of the most fun games I've played so far and definitely one of my highest rated across the board. Great job on sfx and setting the mood. The variety of potions is impressive for a compo. Well done!

Jupiter_Hadley

19. Dec 2017 · 19:13 UTC

Nice concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2J0D0dmydc