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You are the hero

By philip-wagner

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness289
Graphics2393.26
Mood2453.00
Theme3323.28
Overall4222.87
Audio4302.20
Humor4712.21
Fun5242.51
Innovation5302.51

Comments

singpolyma 2012-12-16 22:55

Didn't even try on the theme, and pretty simple, but fun. Not sure if this is intentional or common, but I got weird little visual artifacts (squares) as I went on.

philip-wagner 2012-12-16 23:17

I tried, but it's a little bit subtle. And those glitches are intentionally

namuol 2012-12-17 05:01

I dig the glitchiness -- reminds me of ROM CHECK FAIL.

edocentrique 2012-12-17 09:54

The theme is here, but the fake glitches are a little bit strange !

mvt 2012-12-17 16:04

Some issues with sprites, a game a little bit short, i think you can improve it, i'll play it with joy.

gamecook 2012-12-17 18:59

Loved the glitches and how things get shifted around towards the end. Great setup for the ending as well. Wish it was a little bit longer.

robashton 2012-12-18 00:54

I liked the transition from beginning to end - could have done with a bit more though

sos 2012-12-18 04:42

I love how you actually tricked people with the glitches! I always struggle to make such things realistic, awesome!

gnx 2012-12-19 07:12

Lovely looking game (apart from the glitches). The combat feels nice enough and I'm liking the minimalist sound approach.

tijmentio 2012-12-21 19:12

I know that they're intentionally, but still i find myself confused about the last glitch( I suppose it's the last one as it appeared nothing after 5 minutes with me smashing random buttons on the keyboard). Anyhow I think the way of putting in glitches this way is kind of interesting!

nilstastic 2012-12-21 20:27

Good: good idea! Fun with the glitches and stuff. Also liked when the "knights" started running away =)
Improve: Audio perhaps? =)

vids 2012-12-21 20:33

Graphics are great and I like your take on the theme. Kinda reminds me of my entry, especially the whole king/queen setup.

rvmook 2012-12-21 21:06

Sound was a bit harsh and like others already said the game felt short. But hey we only got 48 hours so it worked out. I like the art (nice job on the sky) and I like the idea of the glitch/switch thing.

mmorphinee 2012-12-21 21:48

Great idea but insufficiently tapped, surely because of lack of time. Nice game anyway.

arkadydracul 2012-12-21 21:50

Not bad technically, but out the theme I think

zatyka 2012-12-22 01:01

Unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of depth, but I really liked how you used the theme.

cardboard 2012-12-22 01:56

Really cool game, but really short. I like the glitches and how the knights start running towards the end.

norgg 2012-12-22 12:51

Nice and clear little story, would have been nice if doing a pascifist run was recognised in some way.

daredevildave 2012-12-22 16:56

Nice, I liked it.

And I 'got' the glitches ;-)

rylgh 2012-12-22 22:30

Great job, short sweet and effective. Cool glitches. Funny how some people didn't think you addressed the theme, I thought it was one of the best uses of the theme I've seen.

sonnybone 2012-12-23 18:14

Wow, a lot of people are really just not getting your awesome link to the theme AT ALL. If you play this and think it's just 'glitching' then maybe you need to slow down and really think about what's going on. The dude thinks he's the hero but the player slowly starts to view beyond the character's version of the world and starts to see reality for what it really is... a guy slaying innocent creatures in a happy little valley and not some hero slaying evil knights. Great job on the theme, and NIIIIICE job on the visual effects. It's rather short and not very challenging as a 'game', but it is a very thought provoking experience. Good work!

conflictivelabs 2012-12-23 20:05

Very original, short and sweet

h-attila 2012-12-23 20:24

A bit too short, and the sound effects could be improved.

deathbysnail 2012-12-23 21:05

Nice twist at the end.

ethankennerly 2012-12-23 21:30

The twist at the princess evoked a rye smile. If you continue to develop, I wasn't always clear where I needed to stand to swing the sword and wanted to do something more than swing a sword.

felix20 2012-12-24 16:08

Nice graphics, good use of the theme.
the glitches were pretty cool

barigorokarl 2012-12-25 12:18

Didn't get it. Or did I? Didn't got me, then .. sorry. Nice graphics, though.

krides 2012-12-26 15:49

The game looks nice. Like everyone else, I'm not a big fan of the glitches, plus the collisions were the main reason I died, so it was a bit frustrating. Other than that, good job.

lotusgame 2012-12-27 09:08

Im impressed how many people developped games with html5 and js :) Nice try i find, its ashame for the bugs !

dragonfi 2012-12-28 13:12

It is fun to see how we interpreted the theme in a similar, yet different manner, including the title. (Althoug, to be honest, your game is better executed in my opinion.)

jaj 2013-01-06 12:16

I think this worked really well, I think the ending was a bit in-your-face, pointing out that I wasn't a hero because I killed the princess. I think the fleeing knights did a much better job to illustrate the point.