Sir Golde and the Layer of the Minnowtaur by Knatt
You, Sir Golde; a Goldfish knight of high renown, have been tasked with saving the princess from the Minnowtaur's Layer. A simple enough task, if only you're memory was as good as your sword hand! Every 10 seconds Sir Golde will forget where he is! Such is the memory of a goldfish. Use magical magnifying glasses to reveal the area around you. Slay the Minnowtaur's dastardly urchin minions with your razor sharp sword... if only you could remember where you put it....


| Link | https://knatt.itch.io/sir-golde |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/sir-golde-and-the-layer-of-the-minnowtaur |
Ratings
| Given | 0🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
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The 10-second memory was honestly not as much of a hindrance. I could still easily find my way around and remember where things are. Although, the axes flying at you from beyond could be quite deadly. The magnifying glass was a nice touch and a unique mechanic, and you could really deploy it strategically to make some of the encounters trivial.
Music is very nice, even though short.
The UI only accommodates for 5 hearts, but it seemed to me that I can pick up more than that. A few times, when I have taken damage (judging by the animation), I didn't lose any hearts - so I surmised that those extra ones I picked us counted, and I was loosing hearts, just not seeing it. Or maybe it's just a bug.
It was kinda disappointing and anticlimactic that the big bad boss died from one hit. But maybe the fight really lasted for hours, Sir Golde just forgot :wink:
Overall, I had fun with the game, and it's a very nice compo entry!
The only minor fix would be how the player gets weirdly stuck when walking in small one block hallways. Besides that I really liked this game, fantastic!
I very much like the idea of the memory loss.
The magnifying glass was a nice idea, but I didn't need it very often.
I noticed that the live counter can go higher than the shown hearts, because I didn't loose any heart when I collected enough.
Also a very nice feature to be able to change the controles, I did it with WASD to move and Left and Right to use the tools.
All in all a very well done game!