Seconds in Command by Javid Ladhani

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made by Javid Ladhani for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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After all those years you’ve finally defeated your nemesis... However! His second in command has appeared and challenged you to a duel to take revenge for his fallen commander.

Instructions are explained in game Next level (Cheat): P

Ratings

Overall 480th 3.62⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 289th 3.712⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 531th 3.375⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1126th 2.769⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 735th 3.404⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 308th 3.615⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 64th 4.1⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 474th 3.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 202408
03. Oct 2022 · 21:05 UTC
Straight forward, Easy to understand and fun! that's all I would ask from a good jam-game, and your game did just that! this is one of the best games I played so far. really love the idea(s) and the design of each character. game got stuck at miss roxane and had to start over lol but other than that I had fun playing this game, great work!
blobo
04. Oct 2022 · 03:32 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this! The variety was outstanding, and I enjoyed every minigame. The characters and animations are also very well made, and I wish there was more! I love the idea of everything I kill having a right hand man to avenge their death. It's pretty funny, and it makes me question the relationship between a disco man, and their samurai sidekick, or a school teacher and their dinosaur in command. Absolutely hilarious!

I also recorded a video of myself playing these games if you want some extra feedback. Great game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTbhCEVxNs
Henrik Ganard
04. Oct 2022 · 10:11 UTC
This was great fun. I liked the minigame but for me, Bobby Fleetfeet never lost any health in the dance-off. Anyway, I enjoyed the game very much, especially the jousting.
Georgy
04. Oct 2022 · 10:16 UTC
A very fun game. Thank you for making me laugh)
Developer On Trip
04. Oct 2022 · 10:20 UTC
The music is so cool the art to0. I Liked how every boss have his own unique way to defeat you, one in horse one with music etc...
chingle
04. Oct 2022 · 10:49 UTC
This game is pretty funny and enjoyable, I like that it has a different gameplay per challenger.
Flaterectomy
04. Oct 2022 · 10:59 UTC
Ha, and here I was really expecting a basic cowboy shootout game. I was very pleasantly surprised by the different minigames and the unexpected opponents.

I ran into an issue fighting Rexie where no matter what I tried with the spacebar (or any other key I tried) my character would just stand still and Rexie would lunge at me. So I hit P to bypass the level and it turns out that was the last one, so I got pretty close to a clean victory. :laughing:

The art style on the basic side, but it is consistent, the music added a lot to the vibe of each opponent. The different opponent intro-screens were a great touch. All in all, nice work!
toreskovic
04. Oct 2022 · 11:01 UTC
Pretty fun spin on the theme, nicely done.
Kaech
04. Oct 2022 · 12:17 UTC
Music and art was perfet :ok_hand: Horse battle was pretty confusing though when sides switched and i was controlling the enemy i think? But otherwise the humour and mechanics of every battle are amazing.
elysiagriffin
04. Oct 2022 · 12:35 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1608912292?t=4h27m31s

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

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Eugenik
04. Oct 2022 · 13:57 UTC
Good job on the game! Very good art style!.
evgenimp
04. Oct 2022 · 14:03 UTC
Love the commitment to the bit. I 'd love the game to be faster in general and less passive during the dance-off.
Deniz ARAS
04. Oct 2022 · 17:29 UTC
This is a great game. I love the bosses and little gimmick fights till rex (it was too long). I did not understand how you incorporated jam theme into the game but very nice game.
kuami6
04. Oct 2022 · 17:40 UTC
Cool game with creative minigames, I dont see how it fits the theme though. Overall i had fun :)
LauraHur
04. Oct 2022 · 17:52 UTC
I was not expecting that xD great idea! I particularly enjoyed the 2nd one (not giving out spoilers) There was only a coumple of them that I found nearly impossible so it was nice to have the "P" key to see the game the whole way through. Fair play!
Sean Esopenko
04. Oct 2022 · 17:58 UTC
It's a little confusing at times but the variety is great.
tharky
04. Oct 2022 · 21:53 UTC
Incredibly fun game :) nice minigames.
Ava Skoog
19. Oct 2022 · 23:39 UTC
Very well done, and a funny (punny) take on the theme. Really impressive how much stuff there is, all these characters with graphics and their own music. And a different mini game for each one! I'm not very good at button mashing, so I'm thankful that it was fairly forgiving. I did get dance arrows side by side in every lane once so that I couldn't avoid getting hit, is that a bug or intentional? I guess the only thing I can really criticise a little bit is that the graphics could've been more unified, and that pure red on green (health bar) is quite harsh-looking, but with so many assets I'm still wowed 🤩 Really nice work!!