Ned and His Powerbars by chillhammer

made by chillhammer for LD 39 (COMPO)

This is for my imaginary friend Ned and his (my) obsession with Powerbars.

The UGLY ':^)' faces are out to get your POWER. Punch them and absorb their souls. Eventually you will encounter The Elderly Lady who should NOT be underestimated.

In the beginning of the game, you will find a huge Powerbar which you can either eat to gain power or use it for a special purpose in the end of the game. If you are having trouble defeating the game, just eat the Powerbar and you will have enough strength to crush those UGLY ':^)'.

Place need over greed and live your life the way you feel is right.

Controls: WASD - Movement Left Click - Punch Spacebar - Toggle Zoom for Camera Right Click- Hug the Elderly Lady's Face... (you'll get there) M - Mute Sounds F - Toggle Fullscreen (Windows version)

By the way, press 'F' in the Windows version for the best fullscreen experience, it covers much more area. Also, there's no music because I'd rather just listen to my iTunes, I recommend that for sure.

http://www.chillhammer.com/games/powerbar/

Windows	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0ok5q2g5v_JM21LaWZadVlRNVU/view?usp=sharing
HTML5 (web)	http://chillhammer.com/wp-content/uploads/HTML5Games/powerbar/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/ned-and-his-powerbars

Ratings

Overall	242^th	3.45⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	110^th	3.65⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	363^th	3⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	332^th	3.5⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	139^th	3.75⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	36^th	3.8⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	370^th	2.85⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		9🗳️	5🗨️

Feedback

Aterlamia

31. Jul 2017 · 11:43 UTC

I like the interpretation of the running out of power. I did had a glitch where the gold ? would be in the walls or ground.

🎤 chillhammer

31. Jul 2017 · 20:31 UTC

Glad you enjoyed it! The gold appears where the enemies die so you just gotta make sure you don't punch the enemies off the map. You can also use your dash (double jump) to kill any enemy in your path. Protip, you can dash downwards and diagonally for advanced mobility.

Thorneto

01. Aug 2017 · 07:21 UTC

I saw this on twitter before ratings were available so I've come back to rate it now. I still cant get over how funny those animations on the character are.

Hishicorne

01. Aug 2017 · 07:59 UTC

Oooh this is pretty good ! The art is good, and make sense, the gameplay is fun ! The only thing that is sad is that the controls are only in wasd and not in azerty wich makes the game pretty hard for those who have an azerty keyboard. Otherwise, I like it. The interpretation and the link with the theme is pretty good !

franfox

01. Aug 2017 · 11:10 UTC

Really love the graphics, funny style but super cool and pig enemies are the best. I really like how he's punching like a Dragon Ball weird combat, haha!

🎤 chillhammer

01. Aug 2017 · 14:36 UTC

@Hishicorne Thanks for telling me, I'm actually working on another larger-scale project and I'll be sure to add an option for my AZERTY audience.

@franfox that's exactly what I was going for! I was originally planning on adding a huge laser with Right Click but couldn't find a way to balance it.

🎤 chillhammer

01. Aug 2017 · 14:36 UTC

oops can't delete comment rip

flukeshot

02. Aug 2017 · 10:40 UTC

I really like how the character moves around in this game, it feels nice. The "face hug" is great btw.

Angela He

02. Aug 2017 · 22:27 UTC

Hey Andrew!! Nice to see you on Ludum Dare :D

I can't believe you trolled players in the beginning lmao. I really liked the art; not only did it have a cohesive color scheme and a cute style, but the transitions and animations felt really natural with the movement. Speaking of movement - I really loved the physics in this game - the floaty jump, the angled punches, the downward smash. I always have trouble with that; good job :P And I picked hug her face, not kill it!! XD

My only advice - include a restart button, and maybe give a bigger warm-up period because I had to replay a few times to figure out how to kill the :^).

PS Nice website btw. I share the same vision (re: emotional impact), isn't that great?? :DD

🎤 chillhammer

03. Aug 2017 · 05:07 UTC

@angela-he that's amazing! I'm soo happy you had fun with my game. Thanks for the constructive feedback, I'll be sure to improve in future projects. You're an inspiration to me, and the fact that you liked my art is pretty fantastic.

dgollahon

03. Aug 2017 · 06:11 UTC

Oh man, I laughed so hard when I encountered GG for the first time. The graphics are great (super cohesive/fun style) and it's fairly fun to play. Discovering the downward dive added a lot. I was a little disappointed though that when I got to the end it seemed like I hit a glitch or something because it told me a grandma appeared but i was stuck on the instruction screen. Other than that though, solid!

gmfk07

04. Aug 2017 · 00:49 UTC

👏 Don't 👏 say 👏 you're 👏 a 👏 true 👏 gamer 👏 unless 👏 you've 👏 beaten 👏 this 👏 game 👏 without 👏 eating 👏 the 👏 Powerbar 👏

Jupiter_Hadley

05. Aug 2017 · 16:24 UTC

Nice graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJb17RPmbsA

Belga54

12. Aug 2017 · 17:00 UTC

This game is hard ! I liked how when I eat so much I also run out of power. Also the graphics are nice and I liked the animations.

carlosvVk

15. Aug 2017 · 11:46 UTC

I liked it very much! The movement was great and it was funny :D

Tyler Miller

15. Aug 2017 · 19:57 UTC

I really liked the graphics and animations for this one and how you start out in the tutorial. I also liked the sounds but really wished there was some kind of music, but overall I had fun spamming to punch the ugly faces :smile: