This is quite a fun game! I love the music and the hilarious dialogs

I enjoyed the game a lot, and it had a good sense of humor, I liked the whole idea of a puppet show

I enjoyed the game a lot, and it had a good sense of humor, I liked the whole idea of a puppet show

Looks really good, you've done well :)

Thanks for the laughs, this was a lot of fun!

Really like the style of the game and the music. Overall, original interpretation of the theme. Mechanics reminds of QWOP, octodad, that kind of stuff. Didn't managed to win :D

OMFG This is AWESOME!

Really interesting idea. Nice use of the theme.

Just like QWOP, I don't think I could ever get the hang of the mechanics, though.

This is very funny and impressive. I am mainly impressed by how unique and well defined your art style is. It's nice to see something like that in a jam. Well done.

QWOP story mode fighter, well that's a new one!

Well done, I'm amazed you pulled that off just during the jam time. Looks really uniform, and with a sense of umour thrown in. And good spit on the time - small world as in theatre and as in life on arena.

The controls are, amazingly, quite easy to pick up, the fact that you can't just easily smack your face on the ground wad a good idea :) Walking gets quite easy - hold a/d and alternate w/s, though incorporating introduction as tutorial was a great idea, really helps to get into the game.

I can only imagine what nightmare the hitboxes were during development.

Very well done, you definitely have my vote. Very interesting and enjoyable entry.

Guys! Thank you all for such kind words! =)

I was thoroughly entertained by that! I thought the controls were perfect for making me feel like I was puppeteering. Music was awesome.

Fun stuff, really great art and music! My only criticism is that dying and killing both kind of lack impact a bit - they could do with a substantial sound effect or something. It's funny seeing them being dragged up though :)

I've added rating in addition to my earlier feedback. Cheers!

This game is so cool i really enjoyed playing it. I love the control system and it looks great. A few minor collision problems but aside that it plays well. Great game well done.

Fun game and i really like the design :)

This is absolutely fantastic, the style works brilliant and the theme is spot on. Awesome work! :D

Man, I like this game - it was so weird, but really nice done. The humor was great also. Good job!

hahahaha, this had me cracking up. The gameplay is so ridiculous and frustrating, I loved it. It makes me want a 2-player version, where you're impotently trying to score blows on each other, only to accidentally step too close to the opponent and watch all your blood spill out in seconds.

And the animation when dead guys are hoisted up off screen.

So weird, so great.

Amazing art work. You have skill in your team. Fun game with a good main gameplay ++

Very nice art, goes along great with the unwieldy, QWOP-like movement and mechanics. I understand that it is supposed to be this way, yet it seems almost a little too frustrating to try and get a hit on someone, as I ended up either not having enough range and just hitting their (lowered) shield, or plowing into their sword held at their side and dying instantly. Otherwise, I could see this being good fun once I get the hang of movement more, and I agree with the idea of a 1v1 multiplayer sounding really fun and silly!

I loved the creativity and humor of this puppet-style Conan take on the theme. I appreciate the attention to detail of the lighting and the way the curtains moved. Well done! The combat was super challenging - I quite memorably impaled my barbarian against the first opponent's sword even though he was just standing still.

I lost my damn hand.


This is so MUCH FUN!!!

And you know, I hate this type of game where you have to run moving legs.

But here with the "strings attached" you made this mechanic work amazing ;-)

Also the soundtrack is AWESOME.

@flukeshot

physics, so physics =)

we will turn this bug into feature one day =)

Brilliant take on the theme! This is extremely challenging (and wobbly. My god it's wobbly.:joy:)
I really liked that you even had some story to this. Also, the dead puppets being pulled up out of the scene is a great detail that contributes to this being an extremely well executed jam entry! However, your instructions say 'D': raise left leg, where 'S' raises left leg instead and 'D' is for walking right.

I think it's a very original idea ;-)

Woah! Great concept! The game perfectly fits the theme in its unique way. Everything looks well polished. Arts are truly amazing :smiley: Good job!

lol that was fun, nice art and humor. Very cool entry. If you get a chance check out ours https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/down-the-rabbit-hole

Your game is so cool, I like it, idea is very original :)

Oh, so much fun! I think it is the first time when clunky controls felt so fun, interesting and on the right place. Also amazing polish even for a team.

Wow, very nice dynamics! Creative and hard to learn, I loved it!

# USE PHOTON CLOUD AND MAKE IT MULTIPLAYER
Thats it! The slow physics is perfect for a network-based game.

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Awesome game, even better considering its a **jam**! Full five stars, I cannot rate less than that in any rating. You actually got me. :laughing:

Cons? Playing against the bot is kinda boring, because it applies all forces perfectly and it's movement doesn't feel clunky at all (which is the charm of game). Btw, how did you manage to code such a perfect I.A. in such a short deadline? o.O

Oh yeah, and remove the "confirm" button from <Enter/Return>. Why? If you pay attention to player's hands, one is at WASD, and one is at the mouse, there is no free hand to press <Enter/Return> (well... maybe there is if A.I. cuts one). :wink:

Wow, really creative, love the esthetics and the gameplay ideas. That would be a project worth of making it longer, bigger, uncut (haha)

Hilarious and creative. Well done!

This is hilarious. Very nice game and awesome graphics!

The sword play could be more precise though. And for the love of god please change those uity standard buttons :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I really liked it though, very very good entry! :grin:

Loved this. Rated accordingly high!

I did die in the training by walking into the guy's sword by accident. Laughed pretty hard at my misfortune and shame-reloaded the game to play it right.

Nice!

Thanks for trying our game! This was amazingly well done, I loved the idea and I loved the execution. Hillarious, and I want the source code! :grin:

The was a moment that my shield-arm-string was cut and it start flying around like crazy LMAO, kinda like when you're at the bowl and the strings get entangled? I don't know if that was intended but was fun as hell lol. Nice entry!

The art and animations are very good. I liked the music, but I don't think it really matched the game because of the anachronism. Interesting fact, the game reminds me of last ludum dare's [Shadow Fencer Theatre](http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-37/?action=preview&uid=20984).

Loved it :D

This was absolutely hysterical, so so so well done. The gameplay is nothing alike but a game called "Rock of Ages" comes to mind playing this game, I love the idea of taking medieval style depictions of events and creating games out of them, this was fantastic. Even down to the child that just looks like a small fully grown man, its all perfect.

The art is hilarious and stunning, great comedic atmosphere. I generally don't enjoy physics games that much and this was not exception, nevertheless good job.

That was truly awesome. The game was full featured, polished, hilarious as the players are slowly pulled up and off the screen as they die. The facial expression. I am impressed. Only small complaint was the Enter key is nowhere near the other controls, would have prefer just to use mouse click on any key press to continue dialog (small nit). Keep up the amazing work. Awesome!!!

This is an exelent idea! Multiplayer would be nice!

Nice! Loved the idea, and so well executed! Funny, and excellent soundtrack. Good job!

- the best part of this game is animation of characters , haha i really loved it

This is hilarious - everything from the movement to the expressions! Also a very unique take on the theme! Reminded me of QWOP so much, just less hard and more funny. Great work!

Very fun game with innovative concept. The dialog is very funny, good job! :smile:

I love seeing innovative and interesting ideas like this coming out of Ludum Dare, it's an original take on the theme, looks great and is very funny. I saw that you guys are continuing to work on this, which I think is a good idea, I'd like to see a gentler introduction to the fighting (I managed to win the first fight after a few goes but I think that might have been luck) and I'd like to see a bit of variety in the moves you can perform. Oh and the music is fantastic, fits brilliantly. Overall this is an amazing entry!

That was thoroughly enjoyable. Im a big fan of Conan and this game did not disappoint. It was great to try such an original concept. I loved how the characters would float up into the air after they were killed.

I had a lot of trouble hitting my opponent with my sword. It kept rising and falling onto his shield. It seemed like I could alter the swing a little by changing my center of gravity, but for the most part the swords arc seemed the same no matter what. Perhaps if conan jabbed forward when youre leaning forward it might be easier.

This is just AMAZING! Best game so far... Congrats!

Nice game! I love the art style and those hilarious dialogues. Maybe a bit difficult to control.. perhaps all i need is to practice with my barbarian!! :smile:

I loved this game... great entry!

please, take a chance to my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/the-microns

Great graphics, and pretty amazing you managed to accomplish this in 72 hours.

Guys! Thanks a lot! Such kind words are inspiration for us =)

@rodrigo-denubila , I rated it couple of days ago ;)

Really good concept! One of my favorite games of this LD38! I think the game just need some polish on the controls to be better. Apart from that I liked the story, the way to introduce the mechanics (walk, hit, block).

this is why we ludum dare - for games like this to be made - thank you - excellent game

I love this game, the graphics are awesome , the sound is awesome , and the gameplay, man the gameplay feels unique i never imagined to play a gladiator game with puppets its so fun, i died by accident in the tutorial though which was funny , just ran in the guys sword, great job.

I like the idea of controlling puppets and your introduction of the controls. (It is a bit confusing that in the Controls section you mention D for both shifting weight and lifting a leg). I was quite bad at the actual fighting. ;) The graphics are very nice, (I also liked the curtains!) but the health bars are unexpectedly basic. ;)

Well done!

Great game! The control is so frustrating I hate it sooo much! All 5 from me.

Just what I needed after a long day at work. For the timespan that you had to create this, I am impressed. I was already laughing within the first 10 seconds of the game. I found the controls to be more funny than troublesome- maybe because they are puppets and that's how they're supposed to move...but you made it work! Might need some small polish here and there but this would be amazing if further development went into it. Definitely one of my favorite games so far. Keep it up!

Felt very QWOP-ish, but I like the justification that it is a marionette play. Funny story, gameplay and presentation were great enough to keep me in. good job.

So I had fun playing it. But the visuals are incredible! I love it how everything is attached to strings just awesome!

Nice art concept, it was fun, good job.

Very, very good, very cool! I couldn't pass Arena but game is very cool. Great job!

Wow 5 Stars! Awesome art and music. Excellent game design and intro. Definitely gonna buy it if that comes to Steam in the future. Love Sumoman too!~

OMG!!And there it is my 5* for humor and innovation game :grin:! Absolute a great entry, congrats, keep up the great work!

It's a very funny game, but It's too hard for me. The direction is a great challange. The sound is awesome. You all awesome.

Wow!! This is one of my fav games on LD. The whole setup is wonderfully presented. Also love the use of dark humor especially through the 'tutorial' stage.

Easy to grasp, bloody hard to master. I'm amazed you got all this done in such a short time. I couldn't get very far because I sucked.

Only constructive feedback I dare give is with polish on the controls (especially attacking) would make it even better. I really hope you do something with this as I'd defo buy it.

Well done!

OH Loved the curtain swish effect as they close. Nice little touch!

Very, very, very good looking and funny, but the combat mechanics are lacking. The enemy's sword seems to hurt me on contact, even when it's idle, but I can't get mine to hurt the enemy no matter what I do. Every time I land a hit, it feels like random luck. But besides that, the game is pretty darn great! Good job on the art and story!

Love the theme, and the QWOP movement integration. The movement controls didn't feel intuitive really though, but I'm not sure what you could have done to improve that. The sword play felt a bit clunky too. I think if the sword had more weight it would be much improved (because you could easily generate a downswing as well). Overall it was excellent, and I'd come back for more if the combat was a bit more fleshed out. Cheers!

If you get an opportunity please check out my game Sling Ship:

**https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sling-ship-search-for-a-small-world**

Fun game, funny characters and I did laugh! Fun to play, however the controls and difficulty level did make it a little hard to want to keep playing. All in all, good job!