samurai-dash by enricomandelli

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made by enricomandelli for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

if you are playing the web version, there is a bug that the move does not register when the mouse gets out of the game window!

* play updated version at https://trashbait.itch.io/samurai-dash02 *

you are a samurai in a city that's being sucked by a black hole, as any good samurai, you have the ability to dash through the air to try to survive

but beware, since everything is being sucked out of existence you'll find enemies and obstacles in your path, you can slice through enemies with precise usage of your sword, but you can't slice through rocks

how to play:

  1. Drag your finger through the phone screen to dash
  2. Your dash has a significant cooldown, represented by a bar on top of the player, but there's no delay if you slice through an enemy
  3. Getting hit by rocks or enemies knocks you you closer to the black hole
  4. If you touch the play hole, its game over

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Ratings

Overall 907th 3.52⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 515th 3.62⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 578th 3.5⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1661th 2.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1190th 3.42⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

🎤 enricomandelli
26. Apr 2021 · 21:00 UTC
https://trashbait.itch.io/samurai-dash
diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 00:16 UTC
really nice animation. sometimes I seem to dash in the wrong direction and I'm not 100% sure why?
like the idea a lot though
CinderBlock
27. Apr 2021 · 00:22 UTC
I think the animations are really good. And is nice that there's no cooldown if you hit a dash successfully. It does seem to be pretty hard, not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I was not able to get more than like 30 seconds in haha...
🎤 enricomandelli
27. Apr 2021 · 00:24 UTC
@diabolical-sloth ty for your feedback, did you play the browser or the android version? browser version was kinda bugged, I did it to make the game more accessible, but i didn't find any bugs in the android version yet, so let me know :)
diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 00:28 UTC
@enricomandelli browser yeah I'll try and give it another go on android tomorrow morning :)
NinjaCatz
27. Apr 2021 · 18:00 UTC
The idea is interesting. The graphics look good. I don't know if this should be the case, but left-shift does not work in the browser version; And several times at the start I immediately hit a stone in the face XD
rgb-games
27. Apr 2021 · 18:03 UTC
What? I can't slice through rocks? What kind of samurai is this??
Seriousli though, very cool concept. Can be a little buggy sometimes, but pretty great overall.
kel
27. Apr 2021 · 18:04 UTC
animations are A1, and it's completely playable with mouse, I thoroughly enjoyed this!
🎤 enricomandelli
27. Apr 2021 · 18:05 UTC
@ninjacatz in browser, the game cant register input if the mouse gets out of the game window :/ because of maybe it was it
cninja_
27. Apr 2021 · 18:57 UTC
Simple yet fun to play. Played android version and I didn't encountered any bugs, anyway I'll keep your game on my phone and play it while I'm bored, good job!
Obelex
27. Apr 2021 · 20:42 UTC
Great concept and addictive game! It is a little bit hard though
DoctorTM
28. Apr 2021 · 00:11 UTC
It took me a while to understand the mechanics XD
Nice art, great jam!
Simpathey
28. Apr 2021 · 16:15 UTC
It took a while for me to get good, but after I got it this game was a blast! Simple and fun!
rhoff95
28. Apr 2021 · 17:55 UTC
Really cool game. Would have preferred for desktop to be supported primarily. Well done.
Bongard22
28. Apr 2021 · 18:41 UTC
Not everyday you see a mobile game in LD. I feel like the mobile version is definitely a lot better than the web. The controls on web just feel clunky and slow. However @aevek did play it on his phone during our stream and reported that it felt much better. I think if I were to suggest a change it'd be to make the enemy dudes not push you back like the rocks do.

Timestamped link to the twitch vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003143985?t=2h48m38s
Sestren
28. Apr 2021 · 22:47 UTC
I played the web version, and the mouse input wasn't so bad. The sound effect of hitting the guys is satisfying, and the background music is nice.
Linkwin
29. Apr 2021 · 05:44 UTC
Android version is killer! Tight game loop, really challenging but not frustrating, well done!!
AndideBob
29. Apr 2021 · 07:12 UTC
So cool to see a mobile game for the jam! I got to 22 points! It is a simple yet addicting game loop. If you exand on this making more levels, maybe some different mechanics I can really see this going somewhere. There is a lot of potential here, but even without all that, just the way this is it is a fun timewaster, the music is nice, the sound effects fit the visual artstyle.

A cool game, well done!
Villanelle
04. May 2021 · 03:40 UTC
Tough game. Wished to see more levels, cool entry for sure.
Ryan Dotsikas
05. May 2021 · 00:25 UTC
This was awesome! Nice job! The overall gameplay loop is fun and addicting and I could totally see this on mobile on the app store! It's satisfying to pull off a chain of slashes on enemies and dodge around rocks. The graphics were a great pixelated look too. I just found that the buildings at the bottom of the screen (I think that's what they were) would get bigger and block your view if you got in the lower section of the screen. Anyway, overall I was very impressed, awesome job!
ursagames
06. May 2021 · 07:18 UTC
Hello! Your game was played on stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 5/05 (Day 3 of LDJAM streams).

You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/LDJAM48-ursa
YuriKun
07. May 2021 · 04:24 UTC
I loved the game. It was a little difficult to get used to the controls on the PC, but it was very fun and challenging. Congratulations to the developer.
drludos
15. May 2021 · 00:15 UTC
Hi! For some reason, the web version doesn't work here (I'm on Firefox on Windows / 32 bits). I have the error "indirect call to null" after the game finishes loading. I tried both the original and bugfixed version, and it crashes on startup in both cases.
LDJam user 243489
15. May 2021 · 01:46 UTC
Nice looking, I imagine it would be far more better with touch controls, good job!
🎤 enricomandelli
15. May 2021 · 16:43 UTC
@drludos weird never seen this error, maybe it only works on 64 bit, only thing i can think it might be