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The Last Guardian of Some Orbs by Klumaster

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made by Klumaster for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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For centuries, ZARBROX THE AGELESS has been trying to gain control of the the three MYSTRO-DEUS-ORBS, which grant the user MYSTERIOUS POWERS as POWERFUL as they are.. uh, MYSTERIOUS. The only thing standing in his way is an ancient order of buffalo warriors known as the TWO-TOED TEMPLARS of TIME. Despite their mortality, each member of the templars vows to dedicate their service until the end of their days.

You are ARTUUL, the second last surviving member of this order. Your son TIM thinks the templars are pretty cringe and has decided to leave for MANCHESTER, UK and try to make it as an indie games developer.

This makes you...

THE LAST GUARDIAN OF SOME ORBS (TM)

ZARBROX attacks every twenty five years with his army of minions. You plan to keep your vow and give every fibre of your being to protect the orbs from darkness. But with every fight you feel old age, exhaustion and past injuries set in just a little further...

WASD/arrows to move, space/click to attack

The enemies stay the same each time but you get weaker and weaker!

The Boss guy is unkillable - kill his minions to progress!

Link https://klumaster.itch.io/ludum-dare-50
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/the-last-guardian-of-some-orbs

Ratings

Overall 567th 3.609⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 754th 3.326⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 829th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 218th 4.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 281th 4.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 301th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 422th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

CobGoblin
05. Apr 2022 · 21:28 UTC
Fantastic art, great music! Loved the narrative take on the theme. Hope Tim makes it as a dev.
Wilson Taylor
05. Apr 2022 · 21:35 UTC
Neat! I liked that the theme was encapsulated in both the narrative and the actual gameplay!
Wilson Taylor
05. Apr 2022 · 21:35 UTC
ciderpunk
05. Apr 2022 · 23:44 UTC
I will forever hate purple eggs! great game, disappointed i couldn't get past 95
Egor010121
06. Apr 2022 · 16:45 UTC
Great game! I like the decoration and design!
LDP
06. Apr 2022 · 17:31 UTC
This could become a nice little game here. The art is gorgeous, the music is great, having the narration inside the game screen is smart. The gameplay in itself is a bit too hard, the purple monster shoots a bit too fast and the repulsiveness is a bit too powerful. But overall nice work.
SeabirdDigital
07. Apr 2022 · 02:00 UTC
Beautiful art and a very good design. I love the fact that age is what drives the difficulty. Great idea and execution.
stamestratagem
07. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
Very nice look. I think a less cheerful music could support the concept well
Alviniano
09. Apr 2022 · 04:47 UTC
I liked the concept of aging and the catchy song, keep up the good work, i would suggest you if you can try next time to use Unity, you can do a smaller build and port it to web easly, (and its really friendly to develop a 2d game).
TeddyIncDev
09. Apr 2022 · 17:59 UTC
I didnt know that space was an attack... looked more like a reflect, and didnt have enough feedback for when im actually damaging the Egs.

The art and story was decent, and the game scaled well
Allax
10. Apr 2022 · 08:30 UTC
game has potential!
AmyE123
10. Apr 2022 · 11:46 UTC
Amazing artwork!
The scrolling story at the beginning made me laugh a bit!
And I liked the progressing music alongside the progressing age and artwork, that was interesting.
The furthest I was able to get was 70, but then at one playthrough I was able to knock an enemy into the abyss in the black and wasn't able to beat the level
fatPenguin
10. Apr 2022 · 19:45 UTC
I really want to know what happens after 95 but I'm just to slow :sweat_smile:

Graphics are great and the bg music and sounds are great too. I was only missing some visual feedback for my HP - or did I miss an UI element? Also I was having a hard time because I couldn't see the enemies behind the speechbubble of ZARBROX THE AGELESS.

Overall very good entry! I had lots of fun playing it :) good job!
GreenPig
10. Apr 2022 · 19:54 UTC
Holy frick, i didnt expect much from the thumbnail and the very long name of this game, but it was amazing i reeally reaally liked it, it has a lot of potential great sounds and awesome story.
zimny11
11. Apr 2022 · 16:55 UTC
I love the art style and the story :) Really cool concept with getting weaker and weaker. It looks like there is no hp bar, which is fine, but I guess I got used to having one that it feels weird without one :) Great job!
Bea
11. Apr 2022 · 19:56 UTC
I really enjoyed this little game. I think its a really nice simple concept, I'd love to see something like this implemented with a more complex system. I love the art and the simple arena. I like how it tells its simple story very quickly though simply game play. Solid Entry!
🎤 Klumaster
13. Apr 2022 · 13:49 UTC
@Bea thank you! Yes we had some much bolder plans about a complex system on the first day! Things went as you might expect
🎤 Klumaster
13. Apr 2022 · 13:51 UTC
@zimny11 Thanks for the feedback, the missing HP bar wasn't intentional, I just forgot to put it on the final to-do list, we realised right after publishing the final game... then again, we were pretty tired and we might have screwed it up
🎤 Klumaster
13. Apr 2022 · 13:53 UTC
@teddyincdev fair feedback on the lack of feedback
SirRed
16. Apr 2022 · 04:27 UTC
Love the visuals and concept as a whole. I do wish you added something that I could choose to continue to the next level because I feel like I was being rushed to read your flavor text of me getting older.
LDJam user 279507
26. Apr 2022 · 20:52 UTC
Love the main character's cute walk anim. Found this pretty hard, wish my dude was a bit quicker to help dodge out of the way.