Stellar Ninja DX by eruiz00

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made by eruiz00 for LD34 (JAM)
STELLAR NINJA DX

I wanted to make a classic platformer, so this is what I have.

4 mini stages + boss. Cursors+ZX. Made in 3 vacations days.

Typescript + Phaser. VSCode project and source included.

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.24 592
Audio(Jam) 3.43 284
Fun(Jam) 3.29 402
Graphics(Jam) 3.55 468
Humor(Jam) 2.78 432
Innovation(Jam) 2.41 923
Theme(Jam) 2.53 1038

Feedback

fishbrain
13. Dec 2015 路 15:28 UTC
Nicely done! It does indeed feel like a classic platformer, I'm afraid I didn't get too far though - I might have to come back and give it another shot :) I like the visuals.
chriiis88
14. Dec 2015 路 14:09 UTC
Nice and fitting graphics and sound. What I don't like, however, is that on a qwertz keyboard I have to do finger acrobatics to play this game. "a" and "s" would be better choices.
Akhera
14. Dec 2015 路 14:49 UTC
The art and music are awesome, but the controls are just horribly unintuitive. I have to think all the time to do what I want. I can't get very far because of that.
馃帳 eruiz00
14. Dec 2015 路 16:00 UTC
Have to think about... the truth is that is a simple platformer with one button to jump and other to shoot...
aamatniekss
14. Dec 2015 路 16:38 UTC
Nice art and music, though the sound effects got a bit annoying. The controls are a bit unintuitive like it was told already, and that made the game very hard at points. But it's still a solid entry, good job!
JamesMowery
15. Dec 2015 路 06:30 UTC
Not loading for me for some reason. I'm on Safari on OS X. Wouldn't load on LD or via DropBox.
Fathom
15. Dec 2015 路 22:48 UTC
Really cool style - I love the art and sound design. Fun game, good work!
thedashdude
16. Dec 2015 路 03:47 UTC
Maybe I wasn't good or far enough, but checkpoints would be nice. A solid entry none the less.
Codexus
18. Dec 2015 路 14:02 UTC
Well implemented mini arcade game. Bu why make everything hard to see and dull by not using colors?
psychonull
20. Dec 2015 路 20:47 UTC
Amazing graphics and sounds. Great work!
srakowski
22. Dec 2015 路 23:57 UTC
Fun little platformer, well done! And kudos for the intro two button control mini game :)
Captain Awesome
23. Dec 2015 路 18:47 UTC
Fun game, great music and sound. I like your interpretation of the theme. :)
adsilcott
23. Dec 2015 路 18:52 UTC
It's funny the way you worked the theme into a mini game. The game itself is good. Kind of reminds me of the old ghouls and ghosts game, since you have to play over and over to memorize the enemy patterns.
Tangible Games
23. Dec 2015 路 18:58 UTC
;)

Have to say that controls aren't perfect, I am often pressing jump instead of fire and vice versa.
Hot Box Games
23. Dec 2015 路 19:15 UTC
Nice I liked it, almost megaman style platforming. Very hard and very fun.
nihilaleph
26. Dec 2015 路 16:37 UTC
Pro:
+ Art style and audio is great
Con:
- One hit kill with no checkpoints (at least I didn't find one) is a bit cruel
- Collision box are a bit weird, specially on the big guy
Obs:
o You can shoot even after death

Great work!
scorched
26. Dec 2015 路 20:18 UTC
Good overall, but those guys that always catch me right after jumping over pit are frustrating!
alliel_a
26. Dec 2015 路 21:03 UTC
nice game
馃帳 eruiz00
26. Dec 2015 路 21:46 UTC
Actually I finish the game without lose lifes. It's a question of practice. Thank folks!
Xanjos
26. Dec 2015 路 23:43 UTC
Pretty hard (like 8 bit era platformers hard) but solid platformer. Too bad there's no WASD option for movement as I personally find the Arrow+ZX method to be slightly awkward (being left-handed and all).
LeReveur
27. Dec 2015 路 00:51 UTC
I'm so bad I can't go further than just after the first shooter, but yet a good platformer for what I've seen. :)
Imagos Softworks
27. Dec 2015 路 01:26 UTC
Not so much a platformer as it is a game of memorization.
KaiseanGames
27. Dec 2015 路 16:26 UTC
Cool. I almost thought the alternate clicking IS the game. Nice surprise. However, I would like to give you a hint for future development.

Never use Z or Y for controls. These are on different positions on different keyboard layouts (different languages), so on my keyboard, X is some 5 keys apart from Z. Either allow player to bind keys to whatever they want, or set controls to universal keys like space, enter, shift, control etc.

Well done, anyway!

Keep up the good work.
馃帳 eruiz00
28. Dec 2015 路 09:49 UTC
Have no time for more, although did not think about vonttols. Always liked to use z and x as does not intetfere with cursors (although this is my case) but in future compos i'll fix thos. Thanks!
KanedaXIII
04. Jan 2016 路 17:27 UTC
Nicely done! But too hard for me :S