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The Elves end the Shoemaker

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor153.98
Fun553.66
Audio773.49
Graphics993.84
Mood1103.34
Overall1753.42
Theme2123.45
Innovation2923.24
Coolness82435

Comments

karnak 2012-04-23 03:29

Tiny pleasant game, good work.

sidetrackgames 2012-04-23 08:31

Hilarious :)

jijaweb 2012-04-23 13:56

This was so great! hahahahahahaha.

rik 2012-04-23 14:52

Haha, amazing. Very funny.

orgarus 2012-04-23 20:46

WHAT!!! :D
Congrats!
Cheers!

kunonooni 2012-04-24 01:20

That was so AWESOME!

jrasmussen24 2012-04-24 02:14

I was too stupid to figure out to punch the shoelace panel. Good work overall.

touch 2012-04-24 02:55

oh my car!

leafo 2012-04-24 03:01

Cool little game

aaronflippo 2012-04-24 03:55

Cute!

graytest 2012-04-24 04:47

The gameplay is a bit too simplistic and repetitive for me.

NacMacNeedle 2012-04-24 07:17

Technical:
Works well, interesting use of the mouse as a controller, crisp and responsive movements.

Game itself:
LMAO that's hilarous! What a silly idea! I love it!

davidpeter 2012-04-24 07:35

Adorable!

chambers 2012-04-24 07:51

I loved it. It's indeed a very simple game, but I see nothing wrong with that. Needless to say, reminds me of street fighter II. The graphic style, animation and sound are very coherent!

shieldofvalour 2012-04-24 10:24

I found it amusing, but the game mechanics seem to consist of 'press the button as fast as you can'.

fysx 2012-04-24 10:59

Short, but good game. Also good mouse clicking training ;D

uberneen 2012-04-24 12:27

Simple and cute.

uuav 2012-04-24 14:20

awesome

shaunxcode 2012-04-24 15:04

I liked this - totally reminded me of an actual NES game graphically/music/sound wise which is a plus in my book. wish it had been a bit longer.

soy_yuma 2012-04-24 15:54

Cute! Though I think it's a bit shallow.

mrho 2012-04-24 18:01

Silly but awesome!

nolanlabs 2012-04-24 18:21

I love the retro style, very well done. Great little game.

jimmypaulin 2012-04-24 20:02

I just loved that haha! Beat the hell out of a shoe, and why not? You've got sole dude...

kroltan 2012-04-24 20:09

I laughed at the nonsense.
Nice game!

triplevisiongames 2012-04-24 20:19

Awesomes!!!!!!!! Kill the boot!!!!! Very much fun and definately tiny!

piterlouis 2012-04-24 21:32

This game remember me the bonus stages of final fight. Awesome!!

vipah 2012-04-24 21:53

Very cool, love the retro graphics.

lereveur 2012-04-24 23:39

Tiny, fun, simple. Short, but good.

skelethulu 2012-04-25 02:21

Fantastic! Really wanted the shoemaker to come out at the end and say "OH. MY SHOE."

datamosh 2012-04-25 07:08

Just great! Lovely NES tribute too! But really tiny!

datamosh 2012-04-25 07:08

Just great! Lovely NES tribute too! But really t

gnx 2012-04-25 10:52

The graphics are spot on emulation of 8bit times. I find the controls workable and the action fun. A very simple, pleasent game.

frederickk 2012-04-25 15:35

Very creative! Loved!

orni 2012-04-25 15:51

ridiculously funny game
enjoyed it a lot - very japanese game-style

cr0ybot 2012-04-25 16:07

Great polished game for 48 hours! Excellent scope, for sure. Perfect for this sort of short game dev challenge.

sheepolution 2012-04-25 17:35

Haha, sweet short game.

bompo 2012-04-25 18:15

Like the good old times ^^

edbadiux 2012-04-25 18:28

Simple, polished and elegant. Great game! =)

maximschoemaker 2012-04-25 20:08

Hahahahaha! This game made me laugh so hard xD
Gorgeous graphics too! ^^

davidllanos22 2012-04-25 21:36

Very funny and lovely graphics :)

sudorossy 2012-04-25 21:41

Quite a fun little game, I can see how it can become addictive trying to get the highest score. I don't think it quite fits in with theme though.

elzingat 2012-04-25 23:04

I liked the art and sound style. Pretty simple as far as gameplay goes but a good amount of polish. Nice work.

ziomorti 2012-04-25 23:51

Simple yet so much fun! Really enjoyed playing with this!

rvmook 2012-04-26 10:10

Controls feel great, cool game! Would've been nice to see the story back somewhere in the title or endscreen.

blob 2012-04-26 10:24

Hahah ! Hilarious. I want a level two versus a dc martens.

maple 2012-04-27 07:32

Damn, that was good. Really simple, but effective little thing. :) And the concept, haha. Those elves are ruthless, man. Also, I miss-read the title as "The Elves and the Shoemaker", which I'm glad I un-miss-read before playing, because it's a good title, hehe.

tcstyle 2012-04-28 19:18

Neat game mechanic and lovely retro style. Quiet short.

matthias_zarzecki 2012-04-28 19:26

Well, that was stupid. And fun!

moonmagic 2012-04-29 05:04

The fanfare at the end! Perfect. A gleeful expression of the futility of the bootstrap myth.

lanoiadimuu 2012-04-29 16:16

Too bad I can't give you 6 stars in humor, this is absolutely the most nonsense and humorous game.

make-a-game 2012-05-02 11:48

How did you come up with this? I love the backstory and how simple the controls are.
The character art reminded me of River City Ransom, which actually made the goal very clear right from the start.
Well done!

onehandclap 2012-05-02 13:30

This really came as a pleasant surprise, good job! =)

GreyShock 2012-05-02 13:30

Great gameplay, theme approaching, art... tiny game with solid fun. Congrats! :D

jhelle 2012-05-02 13:59

Lovely retro game, simple and sweet. Good job!

summaky 2012-05-02 14:30

Very cool!

endurion 2012-05-02 19:00

Nice little game :)
Fun to play, movement with the mouse is a bad idea though, especially since the elf moves slow and my screen does have a right end.

bneutral 2012-05-02 22:19

Hahaha, fantastic!

shelby 2012-05-02 23:32

Love.

mrbarnslig 2012-05-04 05:10

Ha! This was really fun, albeit incredibly short. The control scheme was a little unintuitive, I expected to use space or X and the arrow keys for a side scroller, it kind of reminded me of that Mario AI competition. But the artwork and the music were spot on NES era. Love the Street Fighter beat up the car gameplay. Nice work!

lythom 2012-05-05 15:06

Not a lot of depth but nice mouse smashing game.

brighterorange 2012-05-05 21:16

Cute!! The graphics are great. The game is very short, as you know, but a fun and complete little bonus round. :)