ShrekUnknown's BattleSwamps by scottyseus
A game created by scottyseus, libjared, jronSomers, and endlessDreamHero for Ludum Dare 44 (theme: Your Life is Currency).
In this Souls-like battle royale immersive experience, control your favorite ogre, Shrek. Capture as many fairytale creatures as possible: their lives are currency to buy back your swamp.
Buy all the items and earn 800 gold to win!
Instructions:
Arrow Keys for movement
A to attack
S to capture weakened creatures in your net
Spacebar to open shoppe menu (must be standing in front of it)

| HTML5 (web) | https://scottyseus.github.io/shrekunknowns-battleswamps/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/shrekunknowns-battleswamps |
Ratings
| Given | 24🗳️ | 11🗨️ |
I like the graphics, even for "programmer art" it did it's job well. The concept of the game is good.
I found the control layout to be a little odd, being so used to WASD for platformers. Guaging the striking distance to hit enemies was a bit though.
I started out disliking the high knock back on the base weapon, I felt it pushed creatures too far back. Then I got the knock back upgrade. While it did lead to a couple frustrating moments of having enemies sent overly far away from me, I came to love the fact that it sent them to the moon while doing it. Wouldn't change a thing!
Good job on this one folks!
Also the background music was pretty cool and worked well with the theme of the game. Nice work :thumbsup:
The controls took some getting used to, but I picked them up eventually. I liked the differences in movement between various creatures, but was there any difference in gold value?