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Protect The King by Schwarcraft

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made by Schwarcraft for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Protect your king from bandits along his journey. Block arrows, heal your king, and strike/charge down enemies!

How to Play:

"WASD" to move

Left/Right click to attack. Attack Follows cursor

"Q" to Heal (takes half your energy)

"R" to charge (follows your mouse and takes half your energy)

Stand in front of arrows to block them and survive as long as you can!

(The background music and the heal sound were retrieved and were not made by me during the Jam.) (Made with Godot)Menu.JPG

Youtube https://schwarcraft.itch.io/protect-the-king
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/protect-the-king

Ratings

Overall 779th 3.677⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 327th 3.806⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1390th 3.21⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 211th 4.177⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1456th 3.452⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

cowa
20. Apr 2020 · 17:00 UTC
Nice little game! Congrats for your first game!

One thing to improve would be to add more feedback when hitting enemies, to make it feels like we really hurt them.
Sheinxy
20. Apr 2020 · 17:04 UTC
I like it!

The gameplay is quite fun and addictive, maybe a bit repetitive after some time (some kind of upgrade system could be fun, for example a shop were you could buy a bow and arrows? ^w^)

The graphics are nice, and the music is catchy

Well done! uwu

![New_Piskel.gif](///raw/045/e/z/2dafe.gif)
Prox276
20. Apr 2020 · 17:25 UTC
Good job! I like the graphics and the concept is really fun! There isn't much player feedback though and
the pacing is a bit on the slow side.
Good job! :)
Seothen
20. Apr 2020 · 17:26 UTC
I was not able to keep the King alive; that charge noise made me smile, that was really funny. Borderline brought me back to some C64 goodness; nice work!

Only suggestion would be the hit mechanic - it just didn't feel like my attacks were connecting, so maybe an added effect on hit would be good.
PartTimeBadBoy
20. Apr 2020 · 17:26 UTC
Really fun to play and cute characters. Sometimes it could be a lit bit challenging to use all the keyboard commands + mouse but overall it was a great experience! Nice Job!
ClarrisMusic
20. Apr 2020 · 17:26 UTC
Nice little game, ramps up quite a bit, enjoyed playing it though.
Krebzor
20. Apr 2020 · 17:27 UTC
WOW!! the game was really fun and to topic was great, I loved the part of keeping the king alive in general and all animations are cool AF!!! the only thing that obviously needs more time is the graphics, but for me it was a 6/6
Justin Toyo
20. Apr 2020 · 17:30 UTC
Fun to play and got quite challenging very suddenly. Great game!
Edwin
20. Apr 2020 · 17:31 UTC
I really like the game. It's lots of fun. My one complaint is that I'd like to be able to charge backwards, and also make the mana take longer to recharge. As it is now, there's essentially no wait
Darkfire92
20. Apr 2020 · 17:32 UTC
score 718 I have to improve my score. Good concept, but collisions are a little sloppy. I like the difficulty level curve :D
curleyrach
20. Apr 2020 · 18:16 UTC
I like the artwork, sound and overall concept. Collisions could do with some tweaking but it was a fun experience to play through :D Nice job!!
Wolfier
20. Apr 2020 · 18:53 UTC
Really like the game, but i feel that the charge was a bit too wild for my taste. Also i think it would be better to make the heal an overtime thing then a delay. Like "Hold button to heal"
Bork Bork
20. Apr 2020 · 18:57 UTC
Addicting little game with a super nice and catching concept ! I made it to a score of 3130 after four tries. It becomes really difficult after some time, but it's challenging and really entertaining ! The animations are simple but cute and functional. Congrats for this great game !!
antomatti
20. Apr 2020 · 19:47 UTC
Nice little game, good job!
mbrezu
20. Apr 2020 · 20:09 UTC
Really fun, despite being quite difficult! I think diagonal charges would make it somewhat easier.

I think the pixel art graphics are amazing!
Courtmac
20. Apr 2020 · 20:27 UTC
Yes! Diagonal charging would make the game that much better. It's a fantastic short game and I love the pixelart. I might lower the difficulty curve though, because it got way hard way fast. Or maybe I just need to git gud
Ionut Arsene
20. Apr 2020 · 21:40 UTC
Really cool game, love the idea and the pixel art graphics.
ilPrinny
21. Apr 2020 · 01:57 UTC
I like the music! and the game was pretty fun. Great work, for improvements I would say more feedback when you hit the enemies, and maybe let the play dash diagonally if possible.
RodPraet
21. Apr 2020 · 06:04 UTC
Nice game! Art is simple but effective. I really enjoyed the text animation when earning points!
It starts as a slow game, but it gets harder.
Really liked it.
demontoon
21. Apr 2020 · 09:01 UTC
It was very very fun great job !
Amazura
23. Apr 2020 · 04:59 UTC
i've failed you my lord :laughing: nice concept and cute art too.
G.A.GameStudio
24. Apr 2020 · 04:09 UTC
Great game. Just needs more polishing.
Dave Follett
30. Apr 2020 · 03:45 UTC
Fun game, I liked it a lot. I'm impressed with the graphics for people. I did find it hard to move with the keyboard and use the shift key.
Noxalus
30. Apr 2020 · 15:40 UTC
1668! :sunglasses:

Good job for this game :thumbsup:
honey
11. May 2020 · 19:50 UTC
Very nice idea and great artstyle! Really finger breaking key binding for me though, would appreciate to have charge on space or something. Even though it was fun to play! Every action felt responsive and juicy :) Good work!