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Mead War Valhalla by UnidayStudio

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made by UnidayStudio for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Welcome, to the Mead War Valhalla!

A Game about Vikings versus Saxons, but from a safe spot...

You are a Lucky warrior, behind the Imperial Supplies of the Viking King, and have an essential task to delivery the right Packages to all the other solders fighting in the Battlefield:

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Well, that may be just a fancy word for "Stand on top of a fortress Throwing Mead to your comrades, but who cares? They need you anyways!

And most of the times, it's more than just Mead!

But I have to warn you...

please, no matter what...

..DON'T DELIVER THE PACKAGES TO THE SAXONS!

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Have fun! :)

PRO TIPs:

  • You can control the package mid air by moving the mouse, but it gets harder and harder on every second it remains on air (until you barely can control it).
  • While mid air, prepare yourself to move the mouse abruptly, since it works best.
  • It works if you have a mousepad with the size of a football field :P

Extra Screenshots:

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Thank you for playing it!

Link https://unidaystudio.itch.io/mead-war-valhalla
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/mead-war-valhalla

Ratings

Overall 598th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 405th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 208th 3.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 425th 4.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 221th 4.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 264th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 487th 3.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 71🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

Hora-Timer
02. May 2023 · 00:06 UTC
**Very cool!** I loved the idea, it's just a little difficult to make the game more challenging haha
🎤 UnidayStudio
02. May 2023 · 01:06 UTC
IMPORTANT!

You can control the Package MID AIR (read the Pro Tips), but some people were complaining about the mouse sensitivity being too small... and I agree! So I managed to do a small patch a minute before the jam ends increasing it, but I also left this file here:

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That you can edit it yourself and increase/decrease the sensitivity (it gets clamped to the range [0.001, 0.015], btw). It takes some shoots to get used to the controls, but once you do... it gets very fun :smile:

Have fun!
Sevla
02. May 2023 · 02:55 UTC
Very nice assets. The theme was explored in an interesting way tho. Congratulations
Alexsandro
02. May 2023 · 14:30 UTC
Excellent! In fact, when I played I couldn't hit anything, maybe the biggest problem was really the sensitivity or the object between the chair and the monitor kk Guilherme I know it's asking too much but after playing my game I would like some feedback because you are great at it.
stellarnightmare
08. May 2023 · 10:52 UTC
It was pretty nice, but very hard to try actually hit anything.
Rodrigo Denúbila
09. May 2023 · 04:28 UTC
Great game concept and visually stunning graphics! However, I found the game quite challenging. Maybe incorporating a progression system where the targets start off easier and become more challenging with each level would enhance the gameplay experience. Keep up the good work!
Steve Sparkes
17. May 2023 · 20:01 UTC
A very cool concept with some nice flare! Visually it's a very nice game. I struggled with actually hitting the targets, but I've never been that good in aiming in games anyway. ;) Great job, keep making games!
LeGromp
17. May 2023 · 20:30 UTC
The idea and theme are great but controller... and it is not about sensitivity - it is counterintuitive. There is no any solid ground to base your cultulation it is too abstract. In order to hit the target u need to make some adjustment shots, but there is no base to adjust these shots. Ive player 5 games and failed to hit event 1 target.
It is littery hard to tell how far it will fly and what direction.You can make approximately shots but the game requires high precision which is almost impossible
PSV Games Studio
17. May 2023 · 20:43 UTC
Great idea! This looks like a really fun game, too bad it didn't run on my PC. Good to see you here!
Huitre
18. May 2023 · 03:36 UTC
That's a fun idea! I couldn't hit anything either at first... Until I read your comment about being able to control the package in the air! Yes, I didn't read all the instructions. Then once I tweaked the mouse sensitivity I could really play, and it was fun!
This kind of mechanic on top of a pretty classic slingshot-drag'n'drop could use more emphasizing in game I think!
Here's my score:
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Alexander Tan
18. May 2023 · 07:09 UTC
Love the visuals, solid concept and surprisingly hard to hit something
MountainInn
18. May 2023 · 07:35 UTC
Nice graphics, reminds me of 2000's RTS games. At first it was realy hard to hit vikings with packages but then i figured you can control the package midair and it became easy :) Good game overall.
LDJam user 0
18. May 2023 · 09:50 UTC
Score 1 and I'm still proud of myself :smile:
Pawciu
18. May 2023 · 09:51 UTC
Score 1 and I'm still proud of myself :smile:
Poppy Entertainment
19. May 2023 · 12:58 UTC
the game was fun, but its kinda hard to undestand where to trow for the ebst result, even if you can ajust it mid air, the best advice I could give you is to look a lil bit into how the pyshics of trowing objects work and trying to improve based on it, becuase we are used to how it normally works if you take a lil bit of caluclations form the real word it could be very usefull
WeirdBitGames
19. May 2023 · 14:24 UTC
Holy heck, that title screen music really blasts you in the face when you load it up! Amazing! It's really suitable for the style of game you went with! I don't think I've seen anyone else make a game where you have to delivery supplies to your side in the middle of a war! It's quite inspired! I found it really hard to aim or delivery any parcels, but it was still super fun to play! I really like the tactile sword sound effects too. Seriously, a great entry for this jam! <3
Theg
19. May 2023 · 15:52 UTC
It took many attempts but I successfully scored a point. Nicely polished, quite interesting, but I didn't understand the mid air control at first and when I did it was still VERY difficult.
3079
19. May 2023 · 16:02 UTC
Really cool game！Loved the idea, graphics audio and controls are on point, but I wish the room for error was a bit bigger and that you'd maybe get healed for successfully delivering the package, since I found it to be quite hard, even though I am one of those people with a mouse pad a size of a football field. Also, mouse behaves weirdly when hitting the corner of the screen while aiming, it could possibly wrap around the screen to avoid misfired shots. Great job nonetheless!
ScrapMetal
19. May 2023 · 19:43 UTC
This was fantastic!! Love the art style and idea.

At first it took me a sec to figure out the controls. But got the hang of it pretty quick, and launching packages was a blast! (And I LOL'd quite a few times when it smacked a pole in front of me :rofl: )

For the time, I thought the UI worked fine for launching, but the look of the game has this nice chunky, almost Blizzard style look to it?... I really wanted it to be an in-world catapult or slingshot or something.

I also kept trying to pull back for power (like it was a slingshot) at first.

Loading the packages by dragging items to the box would feel more tactile as well.

I loved the feel of the world, but I think the UI and number keys took me out of it a bit.

But dang, I had a lot of fun with this one.