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Grimlock's Lair

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness281
Fun303.91
Overall923.70
Graphics1174.12
Humor2262.98
Mood2363.36
Theme3823.14
Innovation4582.80
Audio5282.63

Comments

tweak 2014-04-29 09:25

spoiler:


Haha I did not expect that boss to go bullet hell on me!
Much needed boss after the basic first part.
Good job!

soupwithbits 2014-04-29 09:27

Best game so far... NEED AXE! ARG!

popogames 2014-04-29 09:28

Fun concept. One bug i found is that if you die during the boss battle you respawn there with full health and no way to damage the boss.

allurious 2014-04-29 09:29

Love the bullet-hell inspired boss! Nice game, great graphics. Audio gets a little repetitive but the game is challenging and I spent quite a lot of time playing it.

oatsbarley 2014-04-29 09:31

The SFX work really well, and the game is juicy in general!

chase 2014-04-29 09:31

That was cool, the art style is consistent, and it was even challenging at times dodging all the projectiles. Overall it was good fun!

rogberth 2014-04-29 09:36

Initial part was easy but fun. Boss part was hard, couldn't beat it and miss the axe. Fun game, well balanced

curiousexpedition 2014-04-29 09:50

I liked the art style and the genereal mistery of founding out what lies beneath! The gameplay is simple and fun (although its a bit repetitive). Maybe tuning down enemy health slightly and adding some fun physicalized death reactions would help. It reminded me a bit of Nuclear Throne.

kbm0 2014-04-29 14:38

One of the better entries to this LD, really liked it, nice job!

move127 2014-04-29 15:00

Fantastic game all around.

comicsans 2014-04-29 15:00

Super fun! Wish there was a third weapon.

gravitygames 2014-04-29 15:05

I wasn't able to beat the boss (probably because I use a laptop with a trackpad, so I can move and aim at once), but I had a lot of fun. Probably one of the best LD games this go round.

fullmontis 2014-04-29 15:06

Best entry I've played so far! I finally was able to beat the final boss! Very satisfying and challenging gameplay. The graphics are great and the sound effect snappy. Love it!

baykush_figtree 2014-04-29 15:20

Bullet hell bro fist for this entry!
I haven't played a melee Bullet hell for a while, great game!

quill18 2014-04-29 15:24

Fun and satisfying. :)

xbcw 2014-04-29 23:47

Bullet hell for the win.

jacklehamster 2014-04-30 14:30

Nice entry. I got annoyed by the controls until I realized I can just hold down the button, I didn't have to keep clicking! The controls are actually pretty smooth.
One more weapon (a range one) would have been nice!
Anyway, I think you have pretty good mechanics to make a large scale game from here.

damrem 2014-04-30 14:31

Excellent! With all that frenzy, my left mouse button might have lost a few months of lifespan! Special thumb up for the graphics and the universe... :)

nichii 2014-04-30 14:33

A pretty nice game, and I like the variety and difficulty progression :)

thorig 2014-04-30 14:46

Really well done game. I like it.

frump 2014-04-30 15:58

A lot of fun. I felt very motivated to keep playing and beat it!

buriteam 2014-04-30 16:09

Nice! This with music please

bebopbraunbaer 2014-04-30 16:14

awesome game! here i thought i bet the boss and then .. had genuine fun playing it!! really good work. Hope to see more from you in the future (- :

landosystems 2014-04-30 16:18

Nice game, attacking is very crunchy and satisfying! Could use some music though :)

daanvanyperen 2014-04-30 16:44

Like the graphics!

acerunox 2014-04-30 16:52

Great game.

zkenshin 2014-04-30 17:00

Enjoyable art style, and fun concept. Well done. :)

bazld 2014-04-30 17:57

Love the art, and very satisfying to play/control. Top job!

asotelo94 2014-04-30 18:01

One of the best! Liked a hole lot. Sad there was no music. Made me think about nuclear throne.

dector 2014-04-30 18:37

Awesome fox-game :)

crazi456 2014-04-30 18:38

Very entertaining game! Would have been nice to have some music during the bullethell portions of the boss fight. Overall great work!

mase 2014-04-30 19:14

It was cool that the boss had multiple stages... nice graphics as well. The sound effects were monotonous though.

7hesama 2014-04-30 20:04

Solid game, puts mine to shame. The balance of the weapons/their drop rates seems a little off, and I got the same bug as popogames. Still it was fun.

catman 2014-04-30 20:13

Wow, this was a really fun one! Those graphics are quite good and the boss reminds me of some of Chrono Trigger bosses (which is cool ;) )

aaronjbaptiste 2014-04-30 20:52

Heyyyyy, that was awesome. Completed it too. Could have done with a few more weapon types, but hey, it's amazing for such a quick turn around.

bukaneerz 2014-04-30 21:43

Awesome work !
Your graphics are really cool (:

mimic 2014-04-30 22:04

The gameplay started out pretty fun but then got really repetitive. Wish there were more weapons to play with. Good job with the art! The attacks always felt really nice.

greg-power 2014-05-01 04:14

This is fantastic. I like the trade-offs of the long, quick sword, and the short, slow, powerful axe. Great character designs, and a super fun game all round!

savethejets1 2014-05-01 04:58

Wicked graphics and pretty solidly implemented good stuff. With more types of enemies/attacks this could be bomb.

phocker 2014-05-01 05:30

one of the best so far - added to my favorites - great job

moosefly 2014-05-01 18:34

Phew, managed to beat it on my first try with 6hp left. Good graphics and effects and the gameplay, while basic, worked nicely. Thanks for the spoiler alert!

delca 2014-05-02 09:47

Great game! I especially liked the boss going danmaku, that was unexpected.
Only drawback is that I spent some time grinding for an axe, and it got lost when I went to the boss...

priorblue 2014-05-02 12:42

Very funny pixel art style.

degtyarev 2014-05-02 12:43

Nice game! Bullet hell boss was a nice surprise.
Repeating swooshing sound felt too monotonous, if your game had music this would have been so much awesomer.
Graphics are very detailed. Art Style reminded me of Nuclear Throne.
Great job!

lowcade 2014-05-02 14:50

What!
They are very similar!!!
Very Scary O.o

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-02 20:49

Really fun little game, super polished and addictive! The boss is a tough one!

loneshark 2014-05-03 03:27

You should consider making more levels =)

icereci 2014-05-03 10:50

this was alot of fun.. hard to crack those rocks though :)

ehtd 2014-05-03 15:35

One of the best games in this LD! Add a background fighting loop and it will be awesome.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-03 20:10

Really fun game, sweet graphics as well! I included it in part 11 of my Ludum Dare compilation video if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/-vf2U372Ego

magicrat 2014-05-04 02:42

Fun game! I really enjoy the graphics, and whacking the enemies to death is very satisfying. I do wish there was some music, but overall, really well done!!

evildan 2014-05-05 20:45

Fun! I found the 4 stones oddly compelling from the start

conormn 2014-05-06 01:26

Holy Hell! Awesome game, I suck at bullet hell tho :)

raiyumi 2014-05-06 01:48

Solid game with slick gameplay.
Didn't expect a bullet-hell, but that's a + for me. :)

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-05-06 01:53

Really good game!
Some feedback on the player and towers life would be nice

mechabit 2014-05-06 02:26

very well done

zanenga 2014-05-06 02:54

Really good game! Love it!

bushmango3 2014-05-06 02:58

phew! beat it with 4 health

tehryanx 2014-05-06 03:16

haha that took a few tries. Great game!

petey123567 2014-05-06 03:55

You won my heart when it went bullet hell!

chuigum 2014-05-06 04:40

very fun!

oye-beto 2014-05-06 04:54

Nice! I beat the game, it was fun.
I liked all the graphical feedback but the sound was lacking.
I see some Vlambeer influence ;)

infectionteam 2014-05-06 07:21

Died on this guy: http://puu.sh/8Bf7W.png not sure if it was the last one, so hard XD wish the boss had a health bar. And what was up with all the swords? I just wanted to keep my axe ;_;

papygaragos 2014-05-06 10:52

I never managed to dodge the orange boss (second phase), so it killed me multiple times. Good thing there is a checkpoint just before the boss.

I think more feedback than a single sound when you are hit could be a great addition, but otherwise this is a pretty awesome job!

ryan-up-in-here 2014-05-06 17:09

Kickass game. Cool Sprites. Rad story.

jhelle 2014-05-06 19:13

First part was a bit bland. But the second part I really enjoyed Good job!

thaaks 2014-05-06 20:32

Nice game! Somewhat reminded me of "Binding of Isaac" and some Vlambeer games. Very polished and fun to play!
I could not beat the bullet hell end boss but the chicken and shooting eyes were cool! Some background music would have been cool but it's still a very good game!

zebi24 2014-05-07 00:13

Cool game, really like the graphics style! :)

erkberg 2014-05-07 00:52

Really cool game, so fast paced!

guyunger 2014-05-08 13:06

ccol stuff dudes!
Has an awesome feel to it!
keep up the good work

ultimatewalrus 2014-05-14 16:26

It's a nice little game! I like the art, though it seemed like it was missing some sounds. Music would've been nice; even a little ditty that plays when a level starts does wonders for the mood of a game. For future reference: it's standard practice in bullet hell shooters to make the player's collision box very small (even just one pixel). This makes dodging bullets more satisfying and less "cheap" feeling.

wschorn 2014-05-19 04:10

yeaaahhhfffuuuu