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The Holy Sword by PastelGames

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made by PastelGames for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Just a heads up I do understand that making a local multiplayer game in the middle of a pandemic was maybe not the best idea but parsec is a great alternative if you want to play with your friends. https://parsecgaming.com/downloads/

A fighting game in which you don't actually do damage to the enemy player! Your goal is to stop the other player from destroying your shrine through rituals. When you pray, you completely immobilize yourself and you have to outsmart the enemy in order to get a fighting chance at keeping your shrine alive.

:exclamation: The bot is only for demonstrative purposes. It is not representative of actual gameplay. :exclamation:

Changelog: Fixed major balance issues making the game actually worth playing.

Youtube https://pastelgames.itch.io/the-holy-sword
Youtube https://github.com/PastelGames/The-Holy-Sword
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-holy-sword-1

Ratings

Overall 2158th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2092th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1808th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2218th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Ioan Pop
20. Apr 2020 · 21:11 UTC
Loved the art, and music, and the unique take on the theme/fighting games!
1257th or nothing
20. Apr 2020 · 21:31 UTC
Good challenge to make a 2P game, but I'm confined alone... I miss a little bot to completely try the game

Nice music, and neat simple graphics as well as animations
Just by playing alone, I don't really imagine how you can pray without being hit immediately...
I think it's just too simple for a barbarian-like to give a good gameplay.



(Bug ? : praying does not work if you're not oriented to the right)
Nakami
20. Apr 2020 · 21:50 UTC
Cool pixel art and music.
To be honest I did read the description before launching the game and I try to make damage for a while before admitting that I should read the description before playing games :p
AdamCYounis
21. Apr 2020 · 08:04 UTC
I like the idea of making a 2P fighting game for ludum dare. Multiplayer games in general don't get much of a chance here, especially ones that are trying to do something different, which yours is. That said, I struggle a little bit to see the creative decision-making that would make me excited in a fighting game. It seems like a "solved" game in terms of choices (always pray ASAP, then attack if you're losing and hope the other player doesn't pray sooner than you after getting hit). I wonder if there was a ranged attack or an advantage for standing closer to the plant, if that would help create that extra dimension.

Thanks for the game, keep experimenting with ideas like this! I appreciate playing them :)
Sergei
22. Apr 2020 · 12:02 UTC
Nice gameplay! Could not completely get used to the controls/attack timings, though. My hit box just could not reach the opponent when I attacked too early or too late but that made it challenging for me, so I had more fun winning!
ROBOWARRIOR1982
22. Apr 2020 · 13:38 UTC
This one remind me the old game barbarian, pixel art is good ! Well done!
divadyugi
06. May 2020 · 18:55 UTC
Good game. I really like the idea of a 2p fighting game, and the way you incorporated the theme into such a game was really innovative. Really good concept.
Mykola
06. May 2020 · 19:30 UTC
Original idea! I like the gameplay, the art and the music create very good mood. Would be great to have more moves to diversify the strategy. Great job!
Trigueiro
06. May 2020 · 23:52 UTC
I enjoyed the game and idea is very nice. Did not liked much of the stalemateness of the game and I think the reach of the sword should have be a bit higher. Great graphics and music.
Iak
07. May 2020 · 09:17 UTC
I like how you took a fighting game, shoved the theme in, and it somehow actually worked.

The game has solid graphics and music making for a good style.
Like others mentioned before it's a bit too easy to get a stalemate, so some additional mechanic to break that up would be cool.
🎤 PastelGames
07. May 2020 · 19:06 UTC
@iak @trigueiro I agree with you on that! I think that a time limit would add some urgency to the game loop for sure. Thanks for the feedback guys!
Rik_Thunder
09. May 2020 · 12:31 UTC
I laughed so hard. Such a squatting simulator xD
It looks cool though.
Why can't I rate the graphics..they are neat.