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Adventures in NoLand

By ncannasse

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics943.87
Overall1343.52
Mood1373.26
Theme2253.42
Fun2593.13
Humor2682.58
Innovation5012.78
Audio6841.67

Comments

sidetrackgames 2012-04-23 08:20

Love how literally you convey the theme! Nice fog effect, and visuals are good :)

jeroenimooo 2012-04-23 12:19

Cool game, really like the fight system :)
graphics are also cool :)

evgis 2012-04-23 12:22

I seriously LOVE the graphics. The gameplay is good, but I died alot!

the8donut 2012-04-23 12:36

Art style is just adorable! Game's quite fun as well :)

the8donut 2012-04-23 12:37

Really love the art style, very simple yet effective gameplay. Yup, this is definitely a nice little game!

mikesoylu 2012-04-23 12:37

Love it!

cornedor 2012-04-23 12:44

Very nice.

danik 2012-04-23 12:49

Great, but I kept dieing before I got far. I saw in the world PNG that the game is much bigger.

ncannasse 2012-04-23 13:24

@Danik : this is the puzzle part, you need to figure out what pass to take / choices to make. Try to mouse-over the monsters to estimate your chances ;)

davidllanos22 2012-04-23 13:47

It's too easy to die >.< I'm in love with the graphics! A few weeks ago I was programming a fog that works exactly as yours! haha Well done :)

danvil 2012-04-23 14:36

Nice visuals, so I keep dying...

azmaeve 2012-04-23 14:59

Really nice graphics ^^

covebit 2012-04-23 15:17

Cool, but that Spider is OP!

wibblymat 2012-04-23 15:39

Could do with a way to heal or something. I die pretty quickly every time! Awesome look and feel though.

zitheker 2012-04-23 17:42

Un vrai petit bijou. l'effet de brouillard "de guerre" est vraiment trés bien fait et étant donné que j'adore les jeux en pixels, j'ai adoré. il est vrai que l'on meurt peut etre un peu facilement, mais on pardonne vu la qualité de tout le reste. Dommage que tu n'as pas eu le temps de mettre un peu de son, cela aurait été sublime.

unicornpooping 2012-04-23 19:03

Cute! Love the graphics. Wish they were like twice as big though. Funny too. Enjoyed myself.

alwaysgeeky 2012-04-23 23:35

Sweet lighting.

lacutis 2012-04-24 00:34

Cool game, I liked the literal translation of the theme. It was a tad on the hard side. Is there a way to regain health?

McFunkypants 2012-04-24 03:33

Really fantastic work. Beautiful big world to explore. Cute graphics. Love it. Keep up the amazing work.

marekkpie 2012-04-24 19:16

This game keeps itself from being great by forcing the player to follow a specific path. A little more freedom and it would have been awesome.

whitetigle 2012-04-24 22:06

I like the lovely tiny pixel gfx. The game is a little bit hard for me. It really fits the theme ! bravo :)

sonnybone 2012-04-25 02:03

WOW this is tiny... lol. I feel like this entire game could be taking place on the tip of my nose. ELFS LOVE CABBAGE. A LOT!

strega 2012-04-25 07:51

Nicely done! I like the simple RPG mechanics. I wish the monsters respawned so I could grid on them a little and advance easier throughout the game.

GreyShock 2012-04-25 13:51

Amazing Puzzle with RPG elements. This is the game in wich I spent more time since I've been playing LD games. Congrats. I didn't finished it yet, but I will (sooo hard, like it).

espiru 2012-04-25 16:21

I love it !!!

I finish the game. Anybody know how go to the chest, north last live-regenerator near the dragon? The green trees not let me past.

adventureislands 2012-04-25 16:56

Really nice use of the tiny theme, but how are you supposed to proceed in the game? healing in the hut near the beginning cost insane 30 gold, easy monsters do not respawn and the stronger monsters brutalize you even with dagger and shield. Nice rpg elements, but you have made it unneccessary hard.

blob 2012-04-27 00:31

I dont get it either. Tried a few times now, and I very sincerely dont see how I can optimize my choices. I get the shield as soon as possible as there doesnt seem to be any other defense upgrade until long and I need to kill the blue blobs at no costs. But I get to the guy who asks for 25 and I only have 20 gold and 5HP so cant find more ( had to heal once or the green guys kill me).And, I ve killed all the blobs. I dont get it !
Too hard and frustrating.

The world is really cute and the gameplay is fluid otherwise.

arcanmster 2012-04-27 14:31

Get dagger/shield asap, kill all blobs, kill green orc to reach the heal point, kill bottom spider, kill a second green orc above the 25 gold guy, and you should have enough. Afterwards, you get another def upgrade and get access to the center of the map where choices are less unforgiving as you have more freedom, and a much larger margin of error until the "boss". You don't even need all treasures/potions to finish the game, except if you really want to optimize your final score (my max is 300pts).

I suppose an optional "easy mode" would be good, where you start with some gold or something like that.

xeeko 2012-04-27 20:53

Love the effort, good take on the theme, and well executed. Top bad it lacked sound though, that always bring ratings down in my book.

blackdogg 2012-05-01 12:21

A really effective game ! Nice and quick to play, congrats :)

misfit 2012-05-01 14:30

Cool game. Nice graphics and gameplay.

keirua 2012-05-01 15:23

Nice game ! Quite hard, but well executed and the result is fun to play (even though I didn't manage to go very far)

netmute 2012-05-02 12:01

I loved this. The tiny graphics are awesome.

That spider/demon thing killed me a few times until I figured I shouldn't go there again ;)

azurenimbus 2012-05-03 02:57

It looks gorgeous! Good job.

shifty 2012-05-03 18:27

Really good graphics! I love the tiny blue slimes :) A bit hard from the beginning, I died in less than 3 minutes during my first game. A bit of sounds/music would have make it better. But still a well crafted game :)

ratboy2713 2012-05-06 05:05

Loved the art style, though it really could have used a good sword clang.

ehtd 2012-05-07 03:20

Very good art and loved the unexplored fog

dr-pingu 2012-05-07 11:27

Nice game :)
a little bit hard in th begining but i love the idea

good work :)

syntaxide 2012-05-11 00:22

Fun game. Graphics were really good. I kept needing to restart when I discovered a more ideal course of action. It seems like this game needs to be replayed multiple times to be beaten.

getrandomname 2012-05-11 19:49

Very nice game with a good concept and good graphics but it is too hard.

gavin5564 2012-05-11 21:35

I really liked the feel of this game. Plays really well too.

thegreystudios 2012-05-12 14:07

Nice one. A little bit too hard but overall fun to play :)