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Towers of Rage

By robotality

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall243.97
Coolness374
Fun273.80
Graphics334.33
Humor613.26
Theme643.93
Audio843.59
Mood913.57
Innovation2423.07

Comments

atlantian 2013-04-30 05:36

Won't open on os/x. I have the latest java version.Looking forward to playing it.

gornova 2013-04-30 08:40

really nice idea, works fine on windows xp 32bit with java6.

I love style, with more time and good moves could be a minimalistic double dragon "sort-of" game :D

mollymus 2013-04-30 09:26

I love how you managed to make fighting animations with 3-4 pixels! Game was quite easy, but very cool!

robotality 2013-04-30 09:50

@atlantian: it does work on os/x, however only with Java 6. Working on a fix.

therestlesstaxidermists 2013-04-30 10:11

Really easy, but I enjoyed it very much. Cool graphics! Loved every pixels. :)

tinytouchtales 2013-04-30 10:34

haha nice one!

jaydenb 2013-04-30 10:45

Absolutely loved it. Only thing I feel like I can comment on is that footstep sounds was way too loud and the character seemed a little slow (that's probably because I just wanted to complete this awesome thing faster!)

namuol 2013-04-30 10:52

*Shoutout from a fellow libGDX user* (although my entry is uses an unreleased HTML5 engine)

Love the tiny animations!

The gameplay was too repetitive/easy to be fun for very long -- if things moved faster and you incorporated some kind of combo system, or even just offered a "difficult" setting, I could see myself playing this for extended periods.

Nonetheless, great entry -- Bonus points for a decent soundtrack!

markavian 2013-04-30 10:54

Badass.

miharbi 2013-04-30 10:56

Amazing Game. The graphics were simple yet clear and the whole aesthetic of the game was really cool and looked great. I also really enjoyed the audio and the music. The game, itself, was really fun and I like how you took a fighting game and made it "minimal".

ashdnazg 2013-04-30 11:05

The game looks, sounds and feels awesome, but it lacks challenge.

rxi 2013-04-30 11:12

Loved the hyper realistic blood and violence. This reminded me of them 3 pixel drawings of The Simpsons characters. It's quite amazing what you can portray with such little information.

aquilicoco 2013-04-30 11:21

Great game!
Beautiful pixel art

stromchin 2013-04-30 11:25

Awesome! Can't believe you can get so much out of so few pixels

pereubu 2013-04-30 11:27

hahahahaha i love the aesthetic, the animations are great.
The only bad thing is, i think, the slowness.

Super nice job overall

theawesomeprogrammer 2013-04-30 11:28

Awesome game, a little hard for me, but I love the graphics and i think you have a minimalistisk theme :D
Very awesome pixelart!

flai 2013-04-30 11:31

Great graphics and pretty good sounds too :) The gameplay itself was fun for a while but then just got repetitive, especially since you only had to smash the kick/punch button. But still, it was a great game and the mood was awesome :) Good job!

314 2013-04-30 11:32

The graphics is gorgeous! The gameplay could be a bit faster and more intense - with more variation like jumping and weapons (but maybe I don't understand the combo system).

beshr 2013-04-30 11:37

Love the graphics! Great gameplay and awesome sound effects.

realyuniquename 2013-04-30 11:45

I like the game overall, but it looks too easy and sometimes repetative.

tijmentio 2013-04-30 12:00

Great job! Had a fun time playing it, and it all looks and feels fantastic :)

reverso13 2013-04-30 12:30

I really like it!! Great minimalistic graphics and great gameplay. The only thing I would have added is "jumping", it will give the game a more depth combat. Only my opinion :P

arkadydracul 2013-04-30 12:33

Nice

metalcan 2013-04-30 12:50

Loved the graphics and sound! Really cool little game. I didn't like that when I punch or kick, I have to press the movement keys again to start moving, and it would be fun to be able to jump, but it's still amazing.

sestren 2013-04-30 13:04

As a huge fan of Streets of Rage, I really appreciate this take on it. The punch and kick animations, despite being only a couple of pixels, are effective.

keyboardthrashingfactory 2013-04-30 13:05

Love this, really makes me want to bust out streets of rage again. Great Game.

zappi 2013-04-30 13:28

A lovely pixel art! Special thanks for beat 'em up! I want to mention it would be ideal if the camera would have been closer!

edocentrique 2013-04-30 13:57

That was a fun time !

jhelle 2013-04-30 14:41

Loved the graphics in your game. The gameplay was a bit simple but would like to see a more expanded version of this game.

blizzil 2013-04-30 14:41

From every perspective (gameplay, art, audio) - a really nice game!

orangepascal 2013-04-30 15:13

looks awesome, and plays great! :)

wonderwhy-er 2013-04-30 16:14

Well, its sure minimalistic :)
Love graphics but got repetitive too fast.

bytegrove 2013-04-30 17:53

Cutest blood effects I've ever seen! :D Very nice art style and execution, I really like the fighting mechanic. My only complaints are that the main character moved a little too slow imo, and the boss guy was too easy to kill. Other than that, awesome game, really fun!

sparkleswirl 2013-04-30 20:25

Great game! I love how you guys were able to convey so much gruesome violence with by just moving one or two pixels on three pixel characters. Also, the diversity of enemy visuals on just changing the colors of three pixels? Brilliant!

jadams 2013-04-30 21:19

Amazing how much you've expressed the combat in a handful of pixels.

seconddimension 2013-04-30 21:35

I know it's hard on such a small scale but more moves/variety to the combat would have been nice. Great fun to play though.

judasbenhur 2013-04-30 22:33

that was awesome and pretty violent for its minimalism. Does get a bit repetitive after a while tough.

dissonance 2013-05-01 02:57

Pretty fun game. My only gripe was the walking sound. Would love to see the character's kits expanded.Good job!

kevinzuhn 2013-05-01 04:39

Great looking and playing. I enjoyed using the bullet powerup on a floor-full of enemies. I would have liked to get it or possibly other powerups more often, to change up the gameplay floor to floor.
Still, it totally captures the minimal core of beat-em-up games!

meta87 2013-05-01 07:00

Love the graphics, and a fun concept great job :)

cniangel 2013-05-01 07:41

Great work guys. I love the use of the 3 pixel animation.

matrixbai 2013-05-01 07:41

Great job. Best game I ever played in this jam.

benjamin-soule 2013-05-01 08:09

Very nice beat them all, It was really neat to make the boss visible on each tower but only meet him in the end --> retro style :)

I had a small bug after killing the boss; He died in one hit ( maybe normal ) and after that the ending tune was keep repeating on a very short loop. I had to focus out so the music could continue.

It was also nice the way room and monsters was telling a story without having you to need to type it.

robotality 2013-05-01 08:22

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments :) We are considering doing a post-combo version, which will be more challenging and will have a real boss fight and not only a one hit kill. ;)

chman 2013-05-01 09:43

Easy but epic :] I really love the way you managed to make a combo system with 2 keys and... 3 pixels :D
The footstep sound is annoying though, I had to mute because of it.

brookman 2013-05-01 10:54

WOW, I'm impressed! Best game so far. :D

pushmepullyu 2013-05-01 12:10

Good use of the theme and also a lot of fun.

psychomonster 2013-05-01 20:05

Awesome!

justinmullin 2013-05-01 23:30

Took me a couple minutes scanning the screen wondering where the gunfire was coming from to realize it was the footstep sound effect. ;)

Other than that, an excellent entry, lots of fun, and an awesome art style.

monxcleyrproductions 2013-05-02 03:33

Great, if simple, little beat 'em up. The art was fantastic - varied color palette and I was impressed at what you were able to achieve with just three pixel characters.

lotusgame 2013-05-02 12:27

This Pixels make me feel nostalgic.

vapgames 2013-05-02 13:51

Everything is awesome! Love the gameplay and the graphics (great colors choice). Music was also great. And it even has some self-contained little story.

pplo 2013-05-02 16:33

Hahaha, a minimalist beat em up. Original!
The game is pretty funny, but a bit repetitive for me. Maybe a little bit of explanation about the combos could help? I only found fist-fist-feet that trow a low kick. Also, I didn't see the difference between the 3 playables characteres.
Nice work anyway!

domrein 2013-05-02 18:46

Fun game.Great job on the graphics, theme and gameplay.

deepnight 2013-05-02 20:19

You managed to make expressive characters with 1x3 pixels o_O
Everything works nicely! The punches/kicks lack strong feedbacks to emphasize the power of the hero. An extra gameplay element, like throwing furnitures would have been a great addition!

Good job :)

terrivellmann 2013-05-03 02:00

Awesome!

saintheiser 2013-05-03 14:16

Cool game! Love the simplicity gameplay and animation =)

minionstudios 2013-05-03 15:22

Incredible use of pixels! The depth you achieved at that resolution in that time frame is impressive!

_rilem 2013-05-03 16:18

Awesome, amazing what a mood you've set with so few pixels. :)

shawn42 2013-05-03 17:10

Wow, just wow. Great game! Lots of fun. Button mashing for the win!

rafaelsales 2013-05-03 17:29

Veeeery nice game. Extremely nostalgic. I tried to use kicks, but puncks is much more efficient, at least in the early stages. Congratz!!

daanvanyperen 2013-05-03 18:45

Very well made. Cute graphics.

misfit 2013-05-03 19:14

Awesome! Cool retro graphics, nice music and great gameplay.

moomoo112 2013-05-03 22:31

I really liked the style of graphics, good job with this one

sharbelfs 2013-05-03 22:38

The Jam Entry is good, have some problems in the character controller, but it's ok.

The Awesome Version fix the controllers, but when I'm reached the 2ยบ floor, gives me a error and the game stopped.

GwtApplication: exception: (TypeError) : Cannot read property 'u' of undefined
GwtApplication: exception: you have to call SpriteBatch.end() first

snoringfrog 2013-05-04 02:14

Loved this, especially the character graphics. Did feel a bit easy though.

robotality 2013-05-04 15:18

Thanks everyone for the love :) Your feedback is really appreciated! We've made a post-compo edition which improves on most points you guys have mentioned. Hope you enjoy it!

@sharbelfs: Unfortunately I can't reproduce your problem here. Everything seems to work fine :/ What browser, OS?

loxo 2013-05-04 20:30

It's incredible what's possible with only 3 pixels. I never had thought that this is enough to represent a player in a fun to play beat 'em up!

geckojsc 2013-05-05 17:08

Wow, loved the whole design! Was really satisfying to play, though I didn't get the hang of the combo system, I won the whole thing just by mashing N/M. I kinda wish the guns had been more strategically placed (they felt quite useless in rooms where there were only 3 or 4 people).
I played the post-compo version too and I like the improvements you made. :D

zyxer 2013-05-05 23:31

Awesome game! Gameplay gets a bit repetitive, but who cares, graphics, sound and level design are great.

lightsoda 2013-05-06 00:18

Crazy to have combos and stuff when it's all just a couple of pixels, pretty fun.

luxorix 2013-05-06 06:24

Good job! 5+

finefin 2013-05-06 11:36

how to illustrate a person with 3 pixels? see Towers of Rage!
great graphics and audio! I dig this game! 5/5 overall

entrusc 2013-05-06 12:12

Pixel violence - I love it! Disturbingly addictive! And libGDX - really nice. Only thing I miss is an endless mode with random generated towers ;)

fermcg 2013-05-07 02:53

Really nice... paused the 10s video to play!!

goerp 2013-05-07 19:30

Very good how you are able to combine the minimal pixelgraphics while still making it look so good! Nice music as well and background and all those different buildings.
Pretty impressive.
The gameplay was not really for me. Not my kind of game.
But that doesn't mean that the game doesn't kick ass, just that I dont :)

tankete 2013-05-08 03:25

Wow! Great game. Fits the theme perfectly. Had a lot of fun with this one. There was one sound when walking that got a bit annoying, but otherwise, no complaints. Nicely done!

dector 2013-05-08 08:39

Very nice minimal pixel-art.

8bitpimp 2013-05-09 21:34

Astounding. Very very nice.

beerman 2013-05-12 11:49

That was great. Amazing how much variety of characters you got out of just 3 pixels.

paulmcgg 2013-05-18 12:45

This was fun! Absolutely love the art, super low-res stuff like Small Worlds always gets me and the blood here works really well with it, uncomfortably satisfying. Good job in getting a beat-em up and combos into a three pixel high character.

I look forward to the updated version, I think the game still needs something else to make it v. special (not being able to jump and flying kick makes me sad). Oh, and the kick button being a high kick, I assume, and thus looking identical to a punch is a bit confusing. One of my favourites of the jam.

brassawiking 2013-05-19 18:31

Footsteps were really loud and broke the really nice atmosphere. A bit repetetive, would have been nice to see how much progres you have made. Still an excellent entry and really like the minimal sprites.

beldarak 2013-05-20 14:18

Really nice game. Loved the art style and the music