ASTERION by conk

CONTROLS :joystick:
WASD or ARROW KEYS to move about
SPACE or ENTER while moving to charge
OBJECTIVE :notepad_spiral:
Destroy the SACRIFICES by charging them into a pulp.
Avoid the HEROES, but you may charge at them if you like, at your own risk.
Stop the SACRIFICES from stealing your precious gold.
Don't forget to have a jolly good time!
Ratings
| Overall | 173th | 3.592⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 183th | 3.419⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 288th | 3.092⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 397th | 2.974⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 75th | 3.921⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 67th | 3.684⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 259th | 2.691⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 178th | 3.343⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
the theme feels forced, because nowhere other than at the title screen, which i doubt a lot of people read.
but the gameplay is solid. feels good.
- even though i've got confused by diagonal walls, i thought i can ricochet from them and like keep moving in a different direction. would be cool. but you would need a way to stop then mid way.
- i also've got a bit frustrated because my movement speed while in charge wasn't much higher compared to those green peasants. so i've got into a situation where i kept charging for a bunch of those for a while.
- also wasd movement doesn't make a lot of sense, since i pretty much always move by charging. there should be a penalty for using charge too much or remove the wasd movement at all
the art is also great. as well as the music.
great entry overall :v:
Gameplay wise I think I'd not have given the "dash" to tributes, made them quite annoying to chase (and with my gooooold!). Also the gameplay encourages you to camp at the middle, I'm not sure if this is what you intended or not.
In any case, good job!
As some others have stated it can be really hard to catch the tributes since they just run away at almost the same speed which can get a little frustrating
I found it pretty difficult to catch the peasants, as others have said. Charging speed seems like it *should* be a fair bit faster than a fleeing peasant. Also, I'm not sure if I totally understood what the tribute counter was tracking? At first it went up with each kill so I figured it was tracking my sacrifices, but then it went down a couple of times and I didn't know why, or if that was just a bug.
Well done !
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Edit - 33 :)
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It bothers me how the green guys run slightly slower than the dash speed and you can be chasing them for a long while. If the green guys run slower I think it would be even a better experience.
As I said I really enjoyed it though. So congrats!
Overall this was a nice entry!