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Prison Arena by taran95

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made by taran95 for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

​You are a prisoner in some medieval European empire. You have been sentenced to death. So you are​ sent to an arena to fight. In each round, you will have to fight against some other prisoner. If you kill the opponent, you will have to fight another prisoner(your health won't regenerate). If you die, it's over. Your death is inevitable. Can you delay the inevitable?

Use A to move left and D to move Right Use Escape to pause Use Space to attack Use M to use shield Use Control or shift to switch weapons

(tested in jdk 17.0.1)

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Link https://taran95.itch.io/prison-arena
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/prison-arena

Ratings

Overall 1279th 2.911⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1225th 2.806⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1097th 2.824⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1072th 3.278⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Audio 839th 2.82⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Humor 575th 3.111⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1218th 2.855⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 71🗳️ 106🗨️

Feedback

ekeller217
04. Apr 2022 · 18:37 UTC
I like the part where I'm in an arena
Adrien Tremblay
05. Apr 2022 · 06:19 UTC
Didn't work for me :/ It's just a white screen
🎤 taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 06:36 UTC
@adrien-tremblay I have tested the game in jdk 17.0.1 . Do you have a jre installed in your machine?
Adrien Tremblay
05. Apr 2022 · 06:46 UTC
@taran95 Oh wow I didn't. After I installed that it worked. The game was interesting I see what you were going for (swords and sandals). I found the game kinda hard though. The opponents have a ton of health.
🎤 taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 06:56 UTC
@adrien-tremblay yeah it is hard. My high score is just 4. It's my first game jam. Thanks for your opinion.
Sodoj
05. Apr 2022 · 08:30 UTC
A pretty simple game. The concept reminded me of Swords and Sandals, which I am a really big fan of. The artstyle is crude, but very charming! Not a bad time, good job!
Fluortungue
05. Apr 2022 · 09:10 UTC
This is art! Props for using graphics library too. Noticed you were streaming your assets straight out the texture file, so I had a bit of fun changing the assets up. ![1.png](///raw/af6/44/z/4c744.png)
PhoenixofForce
05. Apr 2022 · 10:30 UTC
The sounds were great :) The attack and shield buttons were a bit too far from another (for me).
🎤 taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 10:55 UTC
@sodoj thanks

@fluortungue haha thanks

@phoenixofforce they were close by in my keyboard. I will consider using mouse controls next time
GreenPig
05. Apr 2022 · 16:24 UTC
@fluortungue wow, how? please tell me how you did that
🎤 taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 16:28 UTC
@greenpig download the game from the above link and then extract it. Open the extracted folder and go to 'res/textures/'. Here, you'll find all the textures used in the game(and also some unused textures). You can edit them using any image editor. But don't change the edited image's name or else the application will crash.
GreenPig
05. Apr 2022 · 16:29 UTC
Really fun game and cool concept. I liked the sounds as well, i dont if there is but i didn't have any music and would've really liked to have some sweet sweet medival music in the background, but maybe its just a bug for me. Cool mechanics, fun game.
🎤 taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 16:35 UTC
@greenpig you can download music from freesound.org Rename the downloaded sound file to music.wav then replace the music.wav file located in res/sounds with the downloaded sound file. btw thank you for rating and leaving feedback.
GreenPig
05. Apr 2022 · 16:46 UTC
@taran95 thank youuu:)), I've tried it and the character looked really funny with thanos's face
ZachsButt
05. Apr 2022 · 18:16 UTC
the second i hit the play button the enemy moved across the screen at like a million miles and hour and punched the crap out of me. it scared me, but in like a funny way lol.
Kaljal
05. Apr 2022 · 18:56 UTC
I couldn't open the game even though I installed java but good job for the effort :)
meg4cyberc4t
05. Apr 2022 · 20:15 UTC
I like your creativity. Externally, it can be modified, but the idea is great!
clemonades
05. Apr 2022 · 20:44 UTC
Your first game jam? Congrats! You finished (most don't) and you made a fun little game, be proud my friend! Obviously a little hard (but what game jam game isn't). I like it!
RemiCraft
05. Apr 2022 · 21:22 UTC
Reminds me of flash games I used to play. Well done on your first game jam!
Cover Club Media
06. Apr 2022 · 03:37 UTC
Agree this is seriously oozing with nostalgic flash game look. I love it!
SAGIII
06. Apr 2022 · 11:14 UTC
Hello! You should upload a better executable file because we need to do more than usual. You will lose a lot of players because of that.
Human Writes Code
06. Apr 2022 · 11:23 UTC
Well. You did it. You made me install Java again. I swore I'd never go back but... here I am.

Anyway, this is a great concept (although it's bleak as hell when you think about it). I had fun playing it. The sounds were cool and the art style, although basic, has its charms.

Good job and congrats on your first LD jam!
bodCodes
06. Apr 2022 · 14:37 UTC
Enjoyed your creativity here and the detailed HUD. Pretty challenging gameplay :sweat_smile: Nice job completing your first jam entry.
🎤 taran95
06. Apr 2022 · 16:01 UTC
@zachsbutt lol I should've added some time interval.

@kaljal appreciate your feedback. Do you get any error message when you open the game?

@meg4cyberc4t thank you! :)

@clemonades thank you for your feedback!

@remicraft thank you!

@cover-club-media thanks!

@sagiii I'll upload a link with bundled jre next time

@human-writes-code haha :) thanks!

@bodcodes thank you!
Kaljal
06. Apr 2022 · 16:08 UTC
@taran95 yeah something about java but I couldn't get through it, but I get the idea and I'm seeing the effort you put it in so no worries good job and nice effort all the way :)
LDJam user 242787
07. Apr 2022 · 00:48 UTC
The sound design and flash game feel of this game are great. The art puts this game among the top graphical masterpieces in modern graphics history. Truly amazing.
yusovv
07. Apr 2022 · 21:17 UTC
Very good game, you should work on the graphics to make it even better! good luck with the project
gamescodedogs
07. Apr 2022 · 23:28 UTC
I was thinking of so many ways how to interpret the theme but never thought in this way! Really really nice :) As for graphics - in my opinion, there is something cool to work with this visual style in Ludum Dare, it's always really cozy to see these "Paint.exe" styled games :) Best of luck!
LDJam user 120213
08. Apr 2022 · 02:31 UTC
Crashed on launch, doesn't like my java version i guess :/
LDJam user 235915
08. Apr 2022 · 07:54 UTC
Overall not bad, but it was difficul!)
MrPouletBZH
08. Apr 2022 · 08:26 UTC
Nice little game, clever approach of the theme. I felt like I could just spam space to win a fight, but not sure how efficient it was x) Good job overall :)
sillyman987
08. Apr 2022 · 12:57 UTC
Not quite sure how to open it.
LDJam user 0
08. Apr 2022 · 16:45 UTC
The graphics are so bad they become great, same goes for the musics. The battle is a bit messy but I had a lot of fun and I thank you for that. And GG to you for building a game from scratch with no game engine.
wEEWSA
08. Apr 2022 · 17:13 UTC
I can't open the file. What am I doing wrong:grey_question: ![error.png](///raw/5e8/64/z/4d8d6.png)
🎤 taran95
09. Apr 2022 · 03:55 UTC
@matterlinx thank you!

@yusovv thank you for your feedback

@gamescodedogs thanks!

@raptor851 I have tested it in Java 17. What is your java version?

@bassilij thank you!

@mrpouletbzh thank you! If you spam space the the enemy won't wait for the attack cooldown and spam attack you

@sillyman987 install java and then double click on the .exe file

@weewsa you need java 17.
Lecloow7
09. Apr 2022 · 07:13 UTC
Nice game
Noiyy
10. Apr 2022 · 11:26 UTC
Seemed to me like other weapons than dagger weren't very useful, as the AI for enemy was kinda weird, following me all the time and only putting down the shield when I attack, didn't do much damage but I got hurt quite a bit. I wasn't exactly sure what was happening, when the enemy was literally almost on me. So, the enemy AI improvement, giving more patterns etc. could also really improve this game.
AlbionBrown
10. Apr 2022 · 16:48 UTC
Like @sodoj it reminded me of swords and sandals! Fun game, like the audio and cartoony homemade graphics. I found that I would stand with them and fight in a phone box and be winning, taking their health down without taking nay damage, then suddenly all my health would just disappear! But fun game, thanks!
Quinn_Patrick
12. Apr 2022 · 20:36 UTC
Nice job making a game with no engine, cool stuff. A game like this really requires some sort of feedback when you connect with an attack. A punchy sound effect and an animation or particle effect to accompany a successful hit would elevate this game more than you probably think. Also it would be nice if the enemies would do something more like bobbing in and out rather than just running at me and hugging my body, but any kind of enemy AI in a jam game is pretty impressive.
Necdilzor
14. Apr 2022 · 18:27 UTC
*Teleports behind you* Nothing personal, kid

Haha, that resumes my experience :)

On a more serious note, a gladiator can only delay their death with every win. Interesting take on the theme! I feel like this game has potential if you polish it and invest more in it. Cheers!
LDJam user 263763
20. Apr 2022 · 11:48 UTC
Lol! The doctor character is funny, nice art, original concept, the minigame of the window (nice one), i enjoy it, cool entry!