Castle Crew Conundrum (Co-op!) by ChromeWisp

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made by ChromeWisp for LD34 (JAM)
This game is a Local Multiplayer Game. Find some friends to play along!

Oh noes! Stone Golems are attacking your castle! How do you stop them?

Call upon your friends to vanquish the stony fiends by using their own bodies against them! The Castle Crew has devised the most ridiculous way possible for defeating the golems:

1) Pick up any dead golems using The Claw.
2) Smash the golems into rocks for a catapult.
3) Filter out any golems that were smashed too much or not smashed enough.
4) Carry the stones to a catapult.
5) Aim the catapult.
6) Wind up the catapult, and...
7) FIRE!

But... how on earth can one person manage all of these tedious tasks? That's why you need to call upon the aid of any friends you have around so that together you can eliminate your foes.

In this local multiplayer game, each of six roles is assigned two buttons. Divide your players wisely among these six tasks!

CONTROLS:

1) Q/W: Q deploys the claw, and W moves the claw out
2) Z/X: Z and X smash the golems to pieces when on a conveyor belt
3) T/Y: T retracts the last conveyor, and Y extends it back. Retract the belt when you want a stone to proceed to the next step!
4) O/P: Use O and P to move rocks from the conveyor belt to the catapult.
5) : The < and > keys aim the catapult on the miniscreen.
6) Arrows: Finally, repeatedly tap the Left Arrow key to wind the catapult up, and press the Right Arrow key to fire.

(hey, they never said how many two-button controls we can have...!)

Credits:

* Brendan Phillips - Game Design and "Art"
* Timothy Foster - Game Design and PROgramming (@tfAuroratide)
* DuskRaven - Music and Sound Effects

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1727
Overall(Jam) 3.10 724
Audio(Jam) 3.05 492
Fun(Jam) 3.10 568
Graphics(Jam) 2.81 818
Humor(Jam) 3.05 302
Innovation(Jam) 3.43 301
Mood(Jam) 2.95 730
Theme(Jam) 3.29 810

Feedback

PowerSpark
16. Dec 2015 · 00:46 UTC
I liked the idea but I couldn't play with anyone co-op. Good work!
fistmaker
16. Dec 2015 · 01:08 UTC
Fun game, but too hard to play alone.
NoradZero
16. Dec 2015 · 01:09 UTC
Interesting concept. Didn't played coop through.
tantumgames
16. Dec 2015 · 15:14 UTC
Wow! Awesome gameplay. Very fun.
maunovaha
16. Dec 2015 · 18:42 UTC
cool concept, but I didn't get to play it with my friends, they all lives kilometers away from me :( Tried my best to multitask though, but my castle were quickly destroyed. darn it. :D
Andrew Deem
17. Dec 2015 · 20:51 UTC
Cool idea. I like the use of multiple 2 button controls. :) I'll have to try and find a buddy to play with though (like my roomie). A little hard on your own, but with two people I bet it'd be great! Nice work!
Evannex
18. Dec 2015 · 02:21 UTC
Great idea, but I don't have anyone to play co-op with! ^_^ Much too hard solo.
hpearson2
18. Dec 2015 · 02:22 UTC
*Played alone
Looks like a good LAN game, nice upbeat music too!
mockthebear
19. Dec 2015 · 17:04 UTC
Foxtacy: Very interesting concept! Congratiulations!
GeeItSomeLaldy
30. Dec 2015 · 10:16 UTC
It would be nice to have the buttons for each guy indicated above their heads while in game
patvanmackelberg
05. Jan 2016 · 00:11 UTC
Good entry, it was a lot to deal with as a single player!