FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD28 → Hammerfall

Hammerfall

By pixlexia

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun64.13
Coolness290
Overall343.86
Graphics884.08
Mood1173.38
Humor1862.69
Theme2082.95
Innovation2392.94
Audio2642.88

Comments

rottenmage 2013-12-17 05:39

I really dig the game's aesthetics =D. Thought the game could be a bit more fast-paced though. Nevertheless, good game!

tombofry 2013-12-17 12:23

Wow, loads of fun, I thought it was amazing!

tanser 2013-12-17 12:39

Incredible graphics style, good job! :)

danbo 2013-12-17 12:40

Game looks really nice and is well-polished. Though, assuming it's meant to be something like "You Only Get One Skill", isn't it more like "You Only Get Four"?

peripheralgames 2013-12-17 12:44

I really liked, this it was fun to play and I liked your use of the theme, nice work!

gungnir 2013-12-17 12:55

Can't resist a good arena shooter - and this certainly is that. Nice work on the controls, they quickly felt natural. It was fun considering what combination of single use skills to take in, just enough strategy to keep me playing. Good balance. Would have like some more obvious feedback on the player damage.

zconnelly13 2013-12-17 14:39

Awh, this looks so cool, but I'm on a mac :( is there any chance of a port? What technologies did you use?

01rafael 2013-12-17 14:40

Cool game! But why you did't web version?

nyrrrr 2013-12-17 14:46

This game really looks and feel nice :D Do you by-chance might want to share the source? :)

Anyways, I like it pretty much. Is it inspired by Hammerwatch or is the name a coincidence?

nelien 2013-12-17 15:00

Great fun with surprisingly intuitive controls! Some balancing work would be nice, I felt it was a bit too easy. Survived 10 waves, died on 11.

kumokairo 2013-12-17 15:00

Nice game :) Had fun until those creatures literally blocked me - I had no ability to move at all..
Sound are great btw!

mrtedders 2013-12-17 15:17

Great game! Had a lot of fun playing it. However, the only thing is im kinda confused as to where the theme fits into it.

pkenney 2013-12-18 03:25

I liked it! It was fun to pick my different upgrades. I struggled to make use of them well once the heavy waves started coming. I lasted until #10.

Took a few rounds before I realized I could hit enter to skip the wait, because the font with the hint was really small.

pixlexia 2013-12-18 04:51

Hey everyone,

A web version should be online shortly. The Mac version however will be in about less than a week from now since I don't have a mac to test it until then.

We are currently continuing development for the game and might put up a post-jam version with a few updates, maybe more skills and levels. Maybe even an endless mode!

Anyway, thanks for all the feedback! :)

mrvanderpants 2013-12-18 07:57

I like the games graphics. Missed some background music thou. The upgrades were really nice too.

joserodolfofreitas 2013-12-18 10:52

The game is fun, the shooting buttons could be on arrow keys, as in bind of isaac, so the hands get a more confortable positions. The graphics are awesome. Congratulations.

supremefist 2013-12-18 11:18

This was really good! Had a lot of fun, you've done well!

venks 2013-12-20 06:52

Really nice to pick up and play. Good stuff!

windwalkerranger 2013-12-20 11:43

Enjoyed the gameplay and graphics, and the take on the theme was accurate. Gold income as a little lower than I expected, but I maybe this gives importance to greed is good skill... However, experience and gold were disappearing from the level so greed skill is hard to use in future levels. But overall, a very nice arena game, definately one of the good ones of this LD, and I would really love to see a post-compo version that walks it's own way.

arkrothe 2013-12-20 12:10

Game was decent, with solid mechanics, but i felt the use of the theme was a bit weak :/

sertkaya 2013-12-20 12:15

Its very nice game I really enjoyed and It has addictive gameplay. 5/5 from me well done

kroltan 2013-12-20 12:16

Great gameplay! the hotkeys were well positioned. Got to wave 10.

domantas 2013-12-20 12:21

I really liked playing it at first, but later it got a bit boring. Monsters are just running around or chasing you, so i just ran in circles while killing all the weaker ones, and then i could easily finish the ones that were chasing me. Maybe you can make some monsters that would have more interesting AI? For example stop further from you and then charge to you in a straight line, or make some enemies that would try to stay away, dodge your shots and attack from range.

teamflare 2013-12-20 14:26

Really like the look and the action :) Would have been abit easier to play if aiming the directions used the mouse, but anyway a very very nice job:)

gaspard_ 2013-12-20 16:25

Nice little game! I found some spells worth far more than their price and vice versa.I think the theme was hit just right: only one spell use!

zkenshin 2013-12-20 21:05

Really liked the enemy art. Fun entry. :)

czepta 2013-12-20 22:53

Awesome game with great graphics. Really fun and challenging gameplay. Great work!

diptoman 2013-12-21 14:18

Wow, this is really one of the better entries. Really cool, enjoyed it a lot. Though I hated it when the exp and money disappeared if I couldn't get to it in time. Makes it a lot harder ;_;
Anyways, nice use of the theme and cool control scheme, too! Had some trouble in hectic situations and pressed the wrong skill button a number of times, but got used to it. Had a lot of fun overall. Also, impressively polished.

johnnysix 2013-12-22 00:20

Excellent stuff, loved the different enemy types , the power ups and the pixelly wizardry. Keeps you on your toes. Is fun herding them behind you and lining up the scatter/powershot combo. :D

senevri 2013-12-22 07:09

The arena-style didn't suit me, but the game mechanic is great.

ViliX 2013-12-22 09:51

Interesting idea and gameplay :)

wojworks 2013-12-23 06:11

A really fun top-down shooter with some rpg elements. Nice.

2013-12-27 17:37

Hi ! Really enjoyed the game and the use of the theme ;)
As I did for the last Ludum Dare, I picked up a few games to review them, yours was the first of this 28th LD!
Video here : http://youtu.be/J3OKHgYL7cM (In french tho ;))

01101101 2013-12-29 11:07

Amazing work! The art is perfect, the game is challenging, fun and extremely polished... You even had time to had a tutorial, so good job on that :)
Favorite game so far!

jejkobb 2014-01-03 08:46

It was really fun, I really liked it! But it didn't really have much to do with the theme though, at least not notisable. But the music and everything went pretty well together so I liked it :)

frederickk 2014-01-03 09:00

Very good arena shooter! Also, you improved the game a lot on the post-comp version!

threef 2014-01-03 11:58

I like it.

juaxix 2014-01-03 14:12

Very good balanced, i liked, it is very completed, i envy your skills :)

foul 2014-01-03 15:03

This game is awesome but could fit the theme better with only one slot. Not only I pressed "the wrong" shortcut couple of times, but felt the skills ware a bit overlooked. Maybe it needs some more powerful and expensive skills - remove the EXP and Money boosters and add a weapon power-up?

hadesfury 2014-01-03 15:37

Great game !

mephi 2014-01-03 16:00

Very cool game! I wish it would have been more rogue-like with dungeon exploring, than just defending from waves of enemies, but anyway I've enjoyed it very much!

gfm 2014-01-03 21:39

Nice arena game! The difficult curve was just right!

Jeremias 2014-01-03 21:45

Nice and addictive game. I survived 10 waves, killed 194 enemies, collected 1687 gold and earned 875 experience :D I had sometimes the feeling that I got stucked on enemies while running. And I wish, I could change the mapping of the skills afterwards. Anway, good job!

roguenoodle 2014-01-05 12:21

Excellent entry - would love to see this working with a gamepad (and some different locations with environmental hazards maybe?)

michail 2014-01-05 23:52

I really loved the old school graphics! The entry feels very solid and complete (even in the original version). I also liked the 2-handed controls scheme, partially because I have used a similar scheme in my own entry, so I didn't really needed to get used to it ;)

2014-03-11 21:02

Amazing!