Backpack Hero by AR Borno

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made by AR Borno for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Backpack hero is an action-adventure game. Play as a hero who is stuck on a loop with an evil monster. *Please read the control description provided in game page to fully understand the gameplay.. Screenshot (50).png

Ratings

Overall 1550th 2.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1337th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1532th 2.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1012th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1421th 2.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 890th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1389th 2.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

DarkRoasted
05. Oct 2020 · 18:55 UTC
Cute little game, I like it. Gets pretty hard, pretty fast though
BobParis75
05. Oct 2020 · 18:57 UTC
I find that the theme is fully respected and that it is fun to play. GG to you.
hyblis
05. Oct 2020 · 19:00 UTC
The fight is very polished!
wizard sino
05. Oct 2020 · 19:02 UTC
If you stand under the eye and just span up you can kill him before you die. every time. Not bad tho.
EvoGenGames
05. Oct 2020 · 19:06 UTC
I love the character design. He really looked cute.

The game itself was not really fun. Went to 5 or 6 cycles but it just ends up spamming x and up as fast as you can xD

Overal a good job! Thank you for the game
nohac
05. Oct 2020 · 19:19 UTC
Pretty fun, charming graphics. The game is very easy if you just stand under the eye and shoot fast, you always win.
BinaryPrinciple
06. Oct 2020 · 02:55 UTC
I like it, maybe a bit more of balancing in the fight but overall nice entry.
TangoMango
07. Oct 2020 · 14:11 UTC
Nice job! However it is very easy! All I ended up doing was spamming X the entire time haha!
Gonzalol
07. Oct 2020 · 15:00 UTC
Nice work!
Spodthewizard
07. Oct 2020 · 15:27 UTC
Great concept and fun to play, just maybe reduce the health a bit, as you can kill them before they kill you if you stand underneath and spam. Overall amazing work!
arron-fowler
07. Oct 2020 · 17:06 UTC
I found the control layout a bit offputting. Started to avoid features and just spam. Other than that I got through it all.
Fupi
07. Oct 2020 · 17:38 UTC
It's an ok game. The graphics are really not that good but they serve its purpose, nothing was hard to identify. Also I was hoping there would be an ending, but instead when you beat the final boss you just get reset. I get that's the point, but it's kind of disappointing. The mechanics are cool but very unbalanced, for all bosses you can just hold C and mash X while shooting up and not moving, and you'll win. I think enemies could do some different things to the player instead of just subtracting from HP, for example knocking you back, or making you slower. That would make it harder to cheese the boss by standing still.
PatrickRMC
08. Oct 2020 · 20:28 UTC
I found the game pretty fun for some strange reasons, I like the way you implemented the theme but as others have mentioned, it's pretty easy to cheese the boss, I didn't even know there was a dash feature since I just stood underneath the eye and spammed my shoot button. But congratulations on finishing non the less :D!
Eugenik
09. Oct 2020 · 18:40 UTC
Nice concept and graphics, makes a lot fun.
Mightymaster99
11. Oct 2020 · 14:37 UTC
Your game was alright. I really liked all the music, I actually stopped to listen to it all after playing. This game has potential, too. It could use some balancing, as others have said, but I think, with some effort after the jam, this could be a fun boss rush game.
ditam
12. Oct 2020 · 13:46 UTC
Neat little game, congrats on finishing it! Is there a way to beat the game or get out of the loop? I gave up after the 500 HP boss, where no more new battle elements seemed to have been introduced.
jk5000
12. Oct 2020 · 13:48 UTC
The idea is simple and the game is pretty fun to play. The gameplay could have worked better, but it's not to difficult to find a way to defeat the monster. Overall a fine little jam game.
LetterAfterZ
12. Oct 2020 · 14:11 UTC
Nice one. I found spamming the attack kinda dominates everything a bit too well, but I thought you did a great job overall. Great submission.
Samuli
12. Oct 2020 · 16:13 UTC
Is there way to break out of the loop? I looped back to 100hp monster.
Peace Of Cake Games
16. Oct 2020 · 22:04 UTC
Fun game! I beat every level monster and probably set a speed record. The trick: stand under an eye, hold Up Arrow, and GO CRAZY WITH THE X BUTTON!!!!!! You'll kill the boss before it kills you.