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Konkey Dong

By saampahlavan

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme154.12
Coolness360
Fun343.56
Humor493.36
Overall553.57
Graphics863.71
Mood1023.14
Innovation1313.05
Audio1932.59

Comments

bentog 2012-12-17 21:02

Nicely done, you showed that playing as a villain is pretty fun too! :D

mrspeaker 2012-12-17 21:04

Flippin' great! Great idea and great graphix... really fun too.

cardboard 2012-12-17 21:12

Looks great and is fun. Sometimes the barrels fell down the ladders before I could grab them, but this didn't happen too often.

vilcans 2012-12-17 21:22

I have to vote pretty low on innovation, as I had the exact same idea at first. I like the gameplay, but it could use some tweaking. The barrels disappear too quickly, and it's so easy to get hit in the head that the best "strategy" seems to be to pick them up as quickly as possible and throw them away before you get hit in the head.

Liking the graphics and humour.

zedutchgandalf 2012-12-17 21:52

Great idea! And beautifully executed :)

naxum 2012-12-17 21:52

Oh man, this is so good Saam! The tutorial area is perfect. Well done!

mava 2012-12-17 22:00

Cool, I've never had so much fun killing those stupid mario and luigi clones!

yogr 2012-12-17 22:01

great!

luclabelle 2012-12-17 22:04

Simply Awesome

catmoo 2012-12-17 22:07

I thought it was awesome! And the win screen was great. I liked that the Mario's seemed a little sneaky.

My only issues would be the speed that Konkey Dong moves at when put together with the quick despawn on the barrels. Otherwise loved every minute of it.

beerman 2012-12-17 22:07

Clever, but I couldn't really get into the gameplay. Most of the time it felt like I was just throwing barrels at random.

dek 2012-12-17 22:28

Funny game! Nice graphics and gameplay. A bit easy and uneventful though. Maybe make tons of marios and let the barrels roll over them. Anyways, good game.

buspickle 2012-12-17 22:28

Fun!

tomvert 2012-12-17 22:32

A solid entry.

recursor 2012-12-17 22:59

Great modification of a classic.

retroid 2012-12-17 23:03

Who knew playing as Donkey Ko.. err I mean Konkey Dong would be that much fun!

evilseanbot 2012-12-17 23:47

There's something I loved about the flat faced luigi on top of the cage.

loren 2012-12-18 04:35

Cool art and sound, the screen shake is a nice touch :)

georgebroussard 2012-12-18 04:46

This was fun and one of the better "play the bad guys" retro remakes I've seen. Echo what someone said above about being easy and uneventful. Maybe a smaller play field, and less ladders would yield faster action. Also, barrels should last longer once they hit the ground. Dong can't get to them fast enough.

losinggeneration 2012-12-18 06:47

As I said in the earlier comment, I had the same idea, and it was mostly what I was expecting. The mechanics were a bit different than what I had imagined. Overall, it was quite good. I did find it a bit easy, and I think I'd echo that a smaller field might make it more eventful and possiby more challenging.

I said, I was looking forward to trying this, and I was not disappointed :)

saampahlavan 2012-12-18 07:43

Thanks for all the comment/feedback everyone. The difficulty of the game could definitely use some tweaking. I'm hoping to add a 2 Player mode later and really polishing some stuff. Thank for playing!

peping 2012-12-18 18:59

Great game. The difficulty increases to slowly. Has cute graphics.

laughingleader 2012-12-18 22:36

Pretty great. I loved all the little things the little guys said when they got hit. "Ah my meatballs eh!". Haha.

teamtibbles 2012-12-20 01:38

Decent game. Gets boring after a while. Barrels disappear quickly. The graphics were a little traditional mario, luigi and donkey kong. You ever named the game konkey dong. Very low on innovation.

samoojamies 2012-12-21 10:27

Haha my game has some similarities. Very good pixel art. Nailed the theme. Background music would have been nice. Good job!

amidos2006 2012-12-24 09:41

Nice game :) It reminds me about good old days :)

matthias_zarzecki 2012-12-24 14:10

That is a wonderful concept! I like how you have to avoid the barrels and then send them. Unfortunately you can't pay attention to what goes on below.

fishbrain 2012-12-27 11:49

Nicely done!

saampahlavan 2012-12-29 22:18

I've added a post Compo version: It now has a 2player mode!
Enjoy :D

ditto 2012-12-30 14:17

5 in all fields, this was really solid! :D

nolanlabs 2012-12-31 18:36

Haha, I love it!

bneutral 2013-01-03 18:17

Really good

azurenimbus 2013-01-06 20:34

Great effort! It's great to finally see things from (K)Donkey's perspective.

Thought the game was pretty solid. I'd only suggest adding a tiny bit more speed to Konkey, or maybe allowing the barrels to remain in their place longer before they disappear. Because of the speed, often it was literally impossible to get a barrel for minutes.

Great job!

arhpositive 2013-01-07 21:23

While the thought of reversing popular games is a common idea in this LD, this one is implemented really good. Solid entry for a first LD. Nice graphics. The gameplay seems a bit straightforward as most of the time I didn't even think about where to throw the barrel to, but still, the game is nicely done. Good job.