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Proletarian Ninja X

By deepnight

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall34.44
Fun14.33
Theme184.09
Graphics44.61
Coolness359
Mood333.87
Humor493.76
Innovation583.89
Audio1613.27

Comments

snowpato 2013-08-26 03:28

Great game deepnight! Enjoyed the concept of killing silently. You deserve a 10! ;)

gfm 2013-08-26 03:58

This is simply amazing! So polished and awesome! :D

The combo-system is a great addition! I'll definitely come back later to play this game again. =D

rasmusrn 2013-08-26 07:26

I found the difficulty curve too step though. I really tried to "get it" and learn it but levels 4 (or was it 5?) was soooo hard.

But great idea and execution as always. The graphics are beautiful as usual. And lot of small little details; the smoke when he runs and the cool jumping animation :)

krobill 2013-08-26 07:38

As usual, awesome production value.

yopsolo 2013-08-26 07:43

amazing and really fun storyline :)

fullmontis 2013-08-26 08:24

Amazing! Very fun to play and great cure to details.

zathalos 2013-08-26 08:27

Amazing. Super fun and addicting. A little hard but well worth it. Good job.

ncannasse 2013-08-26 09:11

Good one, but where's the music? :) One thing I would have like is to improve aiming of the shuriken so you don't have to be extremely precise.

dezlad 2013-08-26 09:59

Sound stops working after level 1, other than that it's a great game. Really fun!

hardgrafter 2013-08-26 10:35

Cool Game!

marcellus 2013-08-26 11:20

nice game

amour-maternel 2013-08-26 11:21

That's fun, but i can't beat the last level (i hope that's the last).

janmavzla 2013-08-26 11:23

Incredible! Amazing work as always, expected nothing less from you :)

Top-notch art and fun gameplay.

recursor 2013-08-26 11:32

Yeah. This is good... really good.

ooya 2013-08-26 11:45

Again, another awesome game ! Good job ! ;)

lurieh 2013-08-26 11:51

Snappy controls, tight level design.
I like the fact that the bad guys are modern age real bad guys.
Great graphics but you did better :p

eggdestroyer 2013-08-26 11:59

Amazing. Simply amazing.

munchor 2013-08-26 12:33

Where's the source code?

nvictum 2013-08-26 12:58

I really like this one!

mattysvn 2013-08-26 13:05

Amazing game! Very fun! Nice work!! :D

hughsk 2013-08-26 13:21

Very difficult, but amazing graphics!

matthias_zarzecki 2013-08-26 13:45

Nice Stealth-game! Very good work on the blood-effects, they feel punchy :)

sakuyan 2013-08-26 14:03

Really difficult but quite enjoyable game :)

jah2488 2013-08-26 14:25

Amazing. Great game.

2013-08-26 15:34

This is pro. Super-fun game! Love it!

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-26 15:50

A really and fun great game.

andrewkennedy 2013-08-26 16:05

After seeing Budget Squad, I knew whatever you made in the future would have my attention. Nice work!

lesterpig 2013-08-26 18:29

Good game, really hard but really fun :)

jlauener 2013-08-26 18:43

Great game, as usual!

munkeebacon 2013-08-26 19:14

Fun :D

stevesalmond 2013-08-26 19:39

Wow, so this is how it's done... Amazing work. :D

sebb 2013-08-26 19:53

Holy shit this is well done in so shot time!

vagabondex 2013-08-26 20:11

Ninja games FTW! For such a simple game, it's really tricky to balance between the required hiding time, and the pressing 10s limit. Very good little game, spot on for the mood and the balance.

2013-08-26 20:17

Amazing game! The art is soo good! ^_^

flarb 2013-08-26 21:20

WOW?!?!!?!? This is amazing. Really neat mechanics too--practically ready to be shipped as a commercial game.

idovoodoo 2013-08-26 21:29

You god damn genius you. Awesome! :)

bombjack 2013-08-26 21:46

very nice game!

jmaggard62 2013-08-26 22:22

Absolutely Awesome. This is so polished. I love it.

01010111 2013-08-26 22:29

Excellent work as usual! Animate that Title Screen and GOTY :)

moonmagic 2013-08-26 22:39

This is really satisfying, lots of juice. Would be stronger without the exposition at the beginning. The title says it all; additional explanation feels heavyhanded.

wally2069 2013-08-26 23:08

Speed and tactical stealth, Ninjas are cool!

rezoner 2013-08-26 23:13

Brilliant mate. You have improved in both quality and gameplay design since last LD

raggy 2013-08-26 23:22

Amazing control scheme and very responsive! You did this in 48 hours?!

ludipe 2013-08-26 23:31

Awesome game, one of the best things I've seen on this ld edition.

psychomonster 2013-08-27 00:14

Omg... this game is so AWESOME! Is this really made in 48h??? You are a genius :) Difficulty is hard++ but it is so much fun to kill proletarians :D saved in the fav-list ^^

seconddimension 2013-08-27 00:17

Really solid as usual, good use of theme this time!

keithe 2013-08-27 00:19

Alright, this was great. I really liked how simplified the controls were. An amazing amount of depth for a 48 hour game. Great job!

McFunkypants 2013-08-27 00:50

Great work, as always! So nice and FAST!

diogomuller 2013-08-27 01:04

Whoa. Incredible, VERY polished game. One of my favorites, for sure.

Could probably be sold on some DL services, and I bet it would sell well.

dissidentdan 2013-08-27 02:24

Fun and addicting. Gets absurdly difficult. Very, very trial-and-error type of game.

sittaman 2013-08-27 02:41

Amazing! Simple and unforgiving.

saintheiser 2013-08-27 05:49

As usual great looking.
But slightly frustrating and controls as usual are awful. Can't beat the game with that terrible controls..

gabriel 2013-08-27 06:37

Very interesting controls! And uses very well the theme while still making sense as a game. Great work as usual, I'm a fan of your work! :)

graytest 2013-08-27 07:21

This game is amazing! It feels very polished and complete. It is in a level of its own compared to my and many other LD games.

sengi 2013-08-27 08:10

Absolutely amazing work!!! Well done!

colapsydo 2013-08-27 08:10

Since you did it in a reduce amount of time, it's even more impressive.
What's next ? Will you type your code with only one hand ?

makerart 2013-08-27 09:09

10 sec.. AAAAAA!!! A hate them, and light..! Bat love this game - it complitly awsome!

hypnohustla 2013-08-27 10:32

Pretty goddamn good. Love the control mechanic. The feel was great and the use of theme was good. Very solid game! :)

zappi 2013-08-27 10:46

The best, as usual :)

01101101 2013-08-27 10:57

So much fun! It's really satisfying to find a good way of killing them all, kinda makes me want to replay the level and try to beat my time ^^
Graphics are really nice too, love how you leave a mess of blood and flesh bits in your wake :D

rawani 2013-08-27 11:10

WOW
Nice job

Check out our Roguelike Game

yakka 2013-08-27 11:39

The new Hotline Miami <3

andrewshouldice 2013-08-27 12:24

Awesome! Love that additive glow. This is a great candidate for post-compo expansion. Maybe a level editor?

valerien 2013-08-27 13:21

Very polished, as all your games are.

deammer 2013-08-27 13:42

Great game as usual. Would love to see the source!

sense 2013-08-27 13:50

Graphics and gameplay are awesome, one of the best, as usual !

davidwparker 2013-08-27 14:41

Pretty good, but incredibly hard to play on a trackpad...

zlowrance 2013-08-27 15:02

Amazing game. Theres nothing I can say that hasnt already been said by the droves of other comments. My winner so far!

codecranker 2013-08-27 17:32

Very impressive!

ratking 2013-08-27 18:06

Fucking great game.

xgor 2013-08-27 18:34

Fun game. Brutal difficulty though.

zerkruemler 2013-08-27 19:33

Not easy to master

nicotr014 2013-08-27 19:38

Excellent. Great job

gre 2013-08-27 19:56

Awesome!!!

dreamteam 2013-08-27 20:04

Surprisingly difficult, and it really turns into a sort of challenge against yourself to remain focused and calm after repeated failures. Great concept, nice interpretation of theme, and really innovative take on stealth games.

triplevisiongames 2013-08-27 20:44

Love the graphics, especially the animations and the little touches like jumping over the table, and it feels really nice to play. Great idea for the game too, the 10 second thing almost holds it back. Would work really well as a slow planning puzzle game.

aquilicoco 2013-08-27 21:05

Great game!! The graphics are great too :)

ddionisio 2013-08-28 00:46

Damn this game is difficult, I'm not cut out for this ninja stuff! There's so much to worry about: getting spotted, corpse spot, then 10 seconds time limit! Yikes! Even with the shurikens being able to kill in a straight line. Great visuals and effects! Plus, high replayability. Mad props for a 48-hour game!

ianmartin 2013-08-28 05:41

Fast and brutal! Very nice! :)

pierrec 2013-08-28 06:44

This might be my favorite deppnight's LD entry since the time-travelling pygmee. It's also the hardest, mainly because of the time limit. I would like to play this game without the 10 seconds limit, but hey...that was the theme after all (jumping above tables was awesome)

mesene 2013-08-28 07:16

Awesome, like always :)

2013-08-28 11:46

This game is getting a lot of attention for a very good reason, it's beautiful.

lustdante 2013-08-28 11:51

Wow, it's like every single one of your entries are all really fun to play. Great job!

designatius 2013-08-28 13:56

Best game so far on this #27 LD to me! No doubt! Nice story, brilliant graphics with sweet animations, complex but fun game mechanics... absolutely AMAZING JOB!

jools64 2013-08-28 14:37

Beautiful game.

The graphics are excellent, the great sprites and tiles mixed with the cool lighting effects really make the game incredibly polished looking.

The game-play was really fast paced and fun. I thought the difficulty curve felt fairly natural although it did get too hard for me eventually. The implementation of the theme fit the game well.

The sounds where nice but it's a shame that the game didn't have any music.

Excellent work!

jorqell 2013-08-28 14:39

Extremely impressive work!

lightmarestudio 2013-08-28 15:28

Amazing game and level of polish ! :)

roguenoodle 2013-08-28 15:49

It's crazy how good this looks. Just... wow.

lars-faust 2013-08-28 16:17

Fantastic work. Absolutely stunning.

To make such a quality game in only one day. Phenomenal.

timtipgames 2013-08-28 16:24

Awesome.

nerlin 2013-08-28 16:27

Awesome. Sounds bit aggressive and loud but the other things are just fine. I like your pixel art graphics. Fun game! Well done.

split82 2013-08-28 16:31

Awesome graphics :) Really hard and psychotic, but executed perfectly.

minionstudios 2013-08-28 16:31

Awesome game! very fun and intuitive. Wow the mechanics are quite deep.

loxo 2013-08-28 16:35

Amazing graphics and fun to play. I like it very much!

orni 2013-08-28 16:41

I simply can't believe you made this within 48h, that's totally unreal

if this had some nice audio to go along with the fluid gameplay and amazing graphics, I totally would pay money for it

please consider releasing this on mobile platforms

incredibly well done!

spitfire87 2013-08-28 16:52

Very polished graphics, controls and original stealth mechanics. Its pretty hard. Well done.

hyperbox 2013-08-28 16:55

Really fun and frantic, great take on the theme. Visual style is fantastic with vivid colors and textures, as usual with your stuff :P The only critique I have is that the little icon highlighting your target position is lost after the first level. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but it would have been helpful for a game that required such precision.

2013-08-28 16:55

Can't imagine what you would do if you got this theme since the beginning of the Jam! You would have the twice amount of time available for awesomeness :D

markusfisch 2013-08-28 17:07

What a great game! Really nice graphics and animations and even a challanging game play all in just 48 hours. Just impressive.

kristof 2013-08-28 17:10

Great visuals and cool ideas on the gameplay. I like that there is pathfinding helping the player. Still, extremely difficult. I like it!

lubial 2013-08-28 17:18

Awesome! really fun :) I don't like pixel art but the game is just good!

esayitch 2013-08-28 17:23

Megatough and mega-well made puzzler... I hate saying what other people have already said, so no comments on the obvious from me. Just... high ratings across the board :P

Good luck.

beardbotnik 2013-08-28 17:35

Fantastic game, the controls worked really well, the concept was fun and the graphics are beautiful. There is an extremely large sense of gratification when you can take out large amounts of fancy men in succession under the time constraints. Really makes you feel like a ninja from the movies. This game would be perfect if it had a little music to go with it. Awesome work!

m-gryko85 2013-08-28 17:41

Great game! As usual :)

lassedissing 2013-08-28 19:30

Awesome game and beautiful graphics as always. Though it annoy me that the guards could detect a corpse even though they you die a millisecond later. But otherwise a really nice and hard game. (I like hard games!)

unept 2013-08-28 19:35

Add me to the butt-kissers list. ;)

Very cool game, loved the gameplay and graphical style. There have been a lot of games in a similar style, but most had collision and control issues that kept them from awesoming all over the place like this one does.

Funny, my game is sort of opposite in scope, though it also has a ninja in it. somewhere.

tifu 2013-08-28 20:14

I got what I assume was pretty far (large dining room with a kind of L shaped corridor in bottom left, guards standing on dining tables), but it was too difficult at that point, it would be hard enough without a time limit D:
Very good job of what I did experience though, love the graphics and the simple but very challenging mechanics.

paraple-geek 2013-08-28 21:11

Really enjoyed the game! Will you do an extended one, maybe without the 10 second limits ? the gameplay is really good!

zammy 2013-08-28 21:46

Amazing and really funny! :) I don't know how you've managed to do so much in so little time! (Bow)!!!
Incredible job! The best game I've seen so far...

someone 2013-08-28 22:55

Wow, that is awesome. Great job once again!

p4nurge 2013-08-28 23:06

Wow. Everything about this is great.

benjamin-soule 2013-08-28 23:46

Death to bourgeois !!!
The game is great but it tooks me time to understand the fact that a bourgeois seeing a corpse mean instant death.

Everyone should check that timelapse, here reside the true way of the ninja gamemaker.
And by the way, this guy is a lyar. He want us to believe he made all of this in 48h... but he did it in 24H. I had to write that somewhere because he dont brag enough about it.

bassarisse 2013-08-29 01:05

A bit too difficult, but excellent!

erkberg 2013-08-29 01:16

Great game, pretty hard, but the gameplay is really fun. Also love the graphics.

hbocao 2013-08-29 03:09

Holy ****! This is incredible! LOVED it. The art style is amazing. Great concept. I just can't believe people can pull it off games like this in 48h. Congratulations, dude!

lekochen 2013-08-29 07:38

Completed! A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

carduus 2013-08-29 08:00

Like The Famous Myamoto Musashi Samurai, your obstination brings your art to the top.
Even if i really prefer your narrative games, this one is maybe the best arcade game you ever made for Ludum Dare. You bring speed in an infiltration game wich are usually so slow (Solid snake struggling in the mud makes me crazy)

bumpkinrich 2013-08-29 08:54

Fantastic for a 48 hour entry. Really enjoyed playing. Thanks.

Jeremias 2013-08-29 13:48

Fun concept and very nice visuals. I felt the selecting of a target a bit frustrating, as my ninja often stands near the target instead of killing him. Anyway, just awesome!

rhy3756547 2013-08-29 17:10

The graphics are beautiful, and I really enjoyed playing! I especially like that there's no one way to complete a level, yet it's still incredibly difficult. Amazing work.

crazi456 2013-08-29 18:11

Really cool game. Solid mechanics, nice work!

musket 2013-08-29 18:27

Wonderful game, great execution overall. 5/5 from me!

sergilazaro 2013-08-29 18:34

Amazing graphics! So awesome, and by just one person :O

dohan 2013-08-29 19:11

Awesome game! And unveliable how polished it is, congrats!

tnorman 2013-08-29 21:26

We have a winner!

acro 2013-08-30 01:33

Deserves to win outright. Addictive, cool, amazingly well animated and produced. Visceral, silent and deadly...
I spent so long trying to perfect and pass the later stages - just brilliant.

suese 2013-08-30 05:27

Great graphics again. The gameplay, flow and audio aren't as good as your last few entries. Way to set the bar too high for yourself :p Still getting a great rating.

nezzhil 2013-08-30 07:40

Superb game. Great theme and wonderful gameplay. The last levels are very hard, I need to think a way to finish the lasdt of them, because as more I tried, I cant find the way to success.

gsmproductions 2013-08-30 10:20

As always, very impressive, and very solid game. The level shown in your main screenshot is way too hard though :D

customphase 2013-08-30 10:53

This was really fun, one of the winners, no doubt. Cant believe youre doing such gems in under 48 hours.

mesene 2013-08-30 12:52

Since minute 0 I'm waiting for the code D: don't forget it! I'm eager of knowledge

vaalen 2013-08-30 13:09

It's a really good game but the difficulty increases to fast. I can't go over the fourth level.

adventureislands 2013-08-30 16:35

Fun game! Super hard but very polished, dig the graphics and simple controls, nice work!

garethiw 2013-08-30 19:18

I have no words.

tamat 2013-08-30 19:37

you nailed again...

rpmoura 2013-08-30 23:20

Really cool, reminded me of Hotline Miami, but a bit too hard...

almax27 2013-08-30 23:47

Really difficult after the first level but very good as well :)

georgebroussard 2013-08-31 07:05

Great stuff as always. LIke some mentioned above, after 4-5 levels it just got too hard too fast. Loved the idea and simple mouse controls. The ninja also looked great moving around :)

tijmentio 2013-08-31 13:33

You just make games on a whole nother level

pereubu 2013-08-31 14:02

nice job on art/feedbacks as usual 3:

zatyka 2013-08-31 14:28

That was a whole lot of fun. Really nice job. Action packed. Great graphics as usual. Great work.

vaelzan 2013-08-31 15:36

Holy crap. Infuriatingly hard, but very satisfying. Graphics and sound amazing as always. Felt very powerful playing this. Loved the little attentions to detail such as jumping over furniture. Only criticisms I could give is that some levels felt out of place in the difficulty curve, the 3rd and I think 5th in particular. Also, I felt that getting caught for discovering a corpse was a bit too brutal given that the guy catching me would die with the same shuriken (pretty much instantly). Could not finish this game but got a lot further than I thought I would and felt very satisfied by that.

brotherst 2013-08-31 16:09

Pretty damn good. Shame the baddies seem to spot corpses if they're still in the process of looking away.

neekobus 2013-08-31 19:22

"Take that, bourgeois" : excellent scenario :)
I love the tumble above the tables.
Nice work.

codexus 2013-08-31 20:13

Nice implementation, good graphics but it really gets annoying quickly. Or maybe I just lack the patience for that type of game.

paulmcgg 2013-08-31 23:03

Nice art, loved jumping over tables. Not a huge fan of the stealth particularly having the enemies spot corpses. But this is a really tight game, good feel. Really well made!

gritfish 2013-08-31 23:37

As always, you have one of the best looking games of the Dare.. Damn it gets hard quickly. So addictive though..

megashroom 2013-08-31 23:48

Wow, beautifully made, and extremely enjoyable.
It fit the theme perfectly too, I might add.
Good work!

antidote 2013-09-01 00:01

This is beautiful, gameplay is really fun, impressive work, especially under this deadline.

taiters 2013-09-01 09:31

This game is awesome! Love all the small touches as well, like the flips over tables. Good job!

nek 2013-09-01 14:10

The best entry I've seen so far and the only one that deserves 5/5 for theme.
The only problem is the difficulty curve. I'm stuck at the level from the screenshot and it's several times harder than the previous one.

I do hope to see post LD version of this game.

snemanden 2013-09-01 15:23

Wow! That's a fantastic game and a great accomplishment in 48 hours! The concept of the game is very nice, and the gameplay was amazing; simple but both hard and fun. Really nice animations and graphics.

dantezack93 2013-09-01 18:25

Awesome game as always, i really like the concept :)

nsun 2013-09-01 18:58

Who would pay a ninja to destroy capitalism? A proletarian ninja who killing the rich, is is in a way to bite the hand that feeds you.
I'm sorry for that remark, but you must not lack deserved praises.
Deepnight is a gem for the Ludum Dare!

nsadie 2013-09-01 18:59

Excellent gameplay, graphics and sound! Will play this again!

kunonooni 2013-09-01 20:32

Really cool, as usual :)

adamharte 2013-09-02 07:03

Amazeballs

lokarunith 2013-09-02 23:32

Woah! This game is not for the short tempered, it really took me some time to finish it and I'm glad it did because every second I spent playng it was a second of joy!!

jackyjjc 2013-09-03 09:58

Really Good game!! The game is really polished and the mechanics works really well. Enomerous fun and RIP my mouse... If there are better sound effects then it would be perfect.

duff 2013-09-03 13:35

Very good game. Have to appreciate the simple controls. I will play this again.

arcturusdeluxe 2013-09-03 13:44

Awesome. Graphics are great. Cool take on the theme too. Reminds me of Hotline Miami a bit, except with more brandy and top hats. Nice job!

cafeine 2013-09-04 04:11

Bravo!

jhelle 2013-09-04 09:25

Yet another game by deepnight thats amazing. Great graphics and fun gameplay. Hope next time you can add some music too :)

ravenousgames 2013-09-04 13:46

Great game as always! Wasn't expecting click-to-move, felt like a nice throwback. Highly polished. Good job!

jacob123 2013-09-04 15:33

I thought this game was pretty neat. Very fast paced game. Ninjas rock!

gravyhands 2013-09-05 02:17

Awesome graphics, liked the sounds, cool concept, liked the story, nicely implemented. Well done!
Yeah, not much to gripe about. I just suck at it, haha

capro 2013-09-06 10:21

Nice game, great work!

pinkmonkeyhead 2013-09-07 12:49

amazing!

ddrkirbyisq 2013-09-08 08:32

That last level was intense! There was a bit of a bug where one of the guards in the last level would mistakenly locate a corpse that wasn't near him--seemed to occur when I made a kill while he was turning. Other than that, great work! Really needs a catchy 10-second audio loop for each level though ;)

zyxer 2013-09-08 14:09

Wow, best graphics I've seen for LD 27!

cosr 2013-09-09 01:51

Great game. Getting the grove of a level and just blasting through it leaving a trail of body bits in your wake has a really good feel to it. Sometimes you gotta work a bit to get that balance between going fast enough, but not too fast (so you don't misclick and run past someone (which is thrilling on its own if you manage to recover from it), or that guy down the hall doesn't spot you despite having your shuriken in his face), which has sort of a rewarding thrill when you get it right.

laelien 2013-09-11 02:17

Just... Wow. Excellent.

aceria 2013-09-11 19:34

All out 5/5 apart from audio. Could have used some nice background music if you ask me. Superb job!

koltiman 2013-09-11 19:49

Really nice game! The levels were hard, but not impossible, so when you finally got through one of the later levels, you feel like you really accomplished something!

manuq 2013-09-11 21:56

This game is so well designed!

mrblade 2013-09-15 00:49

Awesome work! I put over 40 minutes in this game! I saw this for like the 100th time though, stealth really doesn't fit the theme. I know your point was to get these like streamline speed runs, but it felt more like a stressful Hotline Miami to me. That is another thing! This game is very similar to Hotline Miami! I love that. Nice polished graphics, good sounds, nice animations. 8/10.

flai 2013-09-15 14:28

:O

This was amazing! Really really good :)

tompudding 2013-09-15 17:10

Looks gorgeous, extremely polished, funny concept and great control system. The gameplay itself is quite frustrating though, too hardcore for me. Amazing work overall though.

exergy 2013-09-15 17:19

As always you present something amazingly good! Just flawless!

theholychicken 2013-09-15 22:43

This just makes the perfect mobile game. I've got a lot t learn from you!!

meszka 2013-09-16 08:37

Phenomenal gameplay and cool setting :)

studioarmix 2013-09-16 13:34

Really polished game that simply looks and plays fantastically. :) Love it.

ravine 2013-09-16 22:02

Great game!

chaoseed 2013-09-18 00:41

Well executed, but very difficult...

nyrrrr 2013-10-13 15:28

might you reupload the source please?

waynetron 2013-12-09 02:27

Source code: http://deepnight.net/proletarian-ninja-x-source-code/