Horse Rider by Lawrence

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made by Lawrence for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Overview

Cold and gruesome ride on a horse in the enemy territory. How many will you kill before going to Valhalla yourself?

Please rate and leave a review. Appreciate it! :thumbsup:

Controls

A, D - Leaning to steer and not to fall of the horse. Space - Jump. Mouse movement - Aim your axe. Mouse left button - Extend axe to hit enemies.

Gameplay

gameplay-opti.gif

Tools used

  • Unity
  • Aseprite
  • Audacity

Ratings

Overall 159th 4⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 556th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 122th 3.981⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 99th 4.288⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 178th 4.308⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 447th 3.56⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 80th 4.192⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

vizitas
04. Oct 2021 · 22:18 UTC
Very fun game. The atmosphere was soo good, the sound, gameplay and visuals fit together very nicely. Gerai padirbeta :)
![highscore.JPG](///raw/c08/9/z/46201.jpg)
Aidan and seb
04. Oct 2021 · 23:33 UTC
Like the concept of balancing, struggled initially with the controls a bit, but eventually wrapped my head around it. Really tough game, the difficulty is pretty extreme and takes some adjustment for newer players like me. But the aesthetic is really nice, love the colour choices and ambient sounds.
Ravenmages
04. Oct 2021 · 23:41 UTC
I really, really liked this. Its nice and simple and very fun. Maybe this is something you can refine and port over to mobile sometime?
IkerNoya
05. Oct 2021 · 00:19 UTC
Loved the visuals and the concept of the gameplay, good job!
fabY
05. Oct 2021 · 13:38 UTC
holly molly the art and concept is so good I died a lot at first to understand but it's actually very polished and well made. Super fun and original !
Yuko
05. Oct 2021 · 15:15 UTC
Really good idea and a nice interpretation of the theme!
I'm really bad though...
almightyzentaco
05. Oct 2021 · 16:30 UTC
Awesome little game. It gave me King's Field vibes. I once read that berserkers would consume copious amounts of psychedelic substances before going into battle, and from this game it appears that was true. Don't drink and ride folks.
Evgeniya Zapolnova
05. Oct 2021 · 18:38 UTC
It was fast travel to Valhalla 🤣
Cool game, riding is great idea here
Myles Doupe
06. Oct 2021 · 03:53 UTC
This game is oozing with atmosphere and style. I love it.
peterfiftyfour
07. Oct 2021 · 13:01 UTC
Love the visuals and audio - I wish I could just ride around and not worry about falling of haha. Was pretty hard to steer between the trees!
brads.space
07. Oct 2021 · 13:36 UTC
Took some time to figure out how not to fall off, love the art style though!
TheWustache
07. Oct 2021 · 15:28 UTC
I'm a sucker for this kind of low-res aesthetic! Together with the muted sounds and music you've created an amazing, dark atmosphere. I felt kind of drunk riding that horse to be honest, but that's part of the fun I suppose :D Is there any reason not to extend the axe all the time?
🎤 Lawrence
07. Oct 2021 · 16:29 UTC
@thewustache thanks! No, not really, you can just keep the axe extended. Not the best design decision. :smile:
Bruno Molteni
07. Oct 2021 · 17:02 UTC
Amazing atmosphere and aesthetic! the gameplay was hard but fun!
Copito
07. Oct 2021 · 17:12 UTC
Loved the atmosphere of this one and I definitely felt unstable.
mhorth
07. Oct 2021 · 23:37 UTC
Aha! We have balance games, we have horse games, and now you have the balance and horse game! I haven't enjoyed many of the games that put instability in the controls, but you did it pretty well! Nice job here.
elysiagriffin
11. Oct 2021 · 15:11 UTC
Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173738676?t=2h44m5s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
mar3k
13. Oct 2021 · 17:09 UTC
Thanks for including Linux version as well (I hope more devs will do that as well), but unfortunately it does not work for me. The menu loads, but buttons are all over the place and when the game starts its just black screen with sounds and I die immediately.
Specs: KDE Neon (Ubuntu based distro)

From pictures it looks promising though, good luck
PashaLoban
13. Oct 2021 · 19:21 UTC
Cool game
🎤 Lawrence
15. Oct 2021 · 16:18 UTC
@mar3k just tested on Ubuntu machine and see the same result. :(
Another person previously played this on Arch and didn't have any problems. I think I'll remove Linux build for now
Toomblercazz
17. Oct 2021 · 11:05 UTC
This is definitely one of my favourite games from the jam: Great use of the theme, super nice sounds and visuals which create a mood and complement the mechanics.

I did feel a little dizzy at points, but I had a lot of fun.

There might be a small "exploit" where if you continually steer right, due to the way the obstacles are generated you don't run into any of them - but you can't score this way so not a big deal.

Thanks for making this!
LDJam user 228990
21. Oct 2021 · 15:05 UTC
I love the idea. Good job!