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Arrow Rain

By maxium

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness293
Fun573.74
Graphics964.17
Overall1763.53
Mood2353.36
Humor3992.38
Audio4702.82
Innovation5282.78
Theme5772.64

Comments

demorro 2014-08-26 00:29

Pretty fun. I like the way the arrows behave, and having a boss character in there is pretty impressive. Couldn't work out if I was damaging him at all though, I assume so because I got him to fall over at one point.

h1s2 2014-08-26 00:30

nice look. like the low poly style.

jayemjee 2014-08-26 00:31

It's a little hard to tell that you're hurting a boss. I like the graphics, and the dragon and golem are pretty well-designed.

It's a little hard to get up the tree to do anything.

robert 2014-08-26 00:32

THESE GRAPHICS O_O. But the controlls are very glitchy(the the 2 bosses). Did i say that i love these graphics !

transmit 2014-08-26 00:32

Had quite a lot of fun playing it, ended quite abruptly though. But good job.

graebor 2014-08-26 00:33

Whoa, this is really neat! The first thing I did was shoot an arrow at a bird and to my delight it flew away. Love details like that!

My biggest complaint is that it was hard to tell when I was hitting the bosses. Some kind of obvious hit effect/red flash/sound effect to let you know you're doing damage would have been nice.

Overall great work, it was a fun experience :)

robert 2014-08-26 00:33

THESE GRAPHICS O_O. But the controlls are very glitchy(the the 2 bosses). Did i say that i love these graphics !

powerspark 2014-08-26 00:36

Had some fun with the enemies, but the controls are awkward and the Golem is way too easy compared to the Minotaur in my opinion, but I guess it was because there are only two enemies.

ltpats 2014-08-26 00:40

Pretty short, though I enjoyed the boss fights. The theme seemed a bit forced to me, especially since it was all text-based. I think having some visual feedback to the text would be nice. For instance, if the universe will glow red with fire, why not have some fire all around the map in the end? I think a little bit of additional visual feedback to compliment the text could go a long way.

Overall I enjoyed it, would love to see something like this more fleshed out with more bosses, consequences, etc.

maxium 2014-08-26 00:57

We fixed some things due to feedback and comments, just barely in the knick of time. The golem now makes noise when you hit his weak spot, and a tip appears to make it more clear to aim for it.

andrewshouldice 2014-08-26 02:15

This reminds me in spirit of Titan Souls, or Shadow of the Colossus: just bosses. Neat! Maybe an idea worth expanding into a larger project.

pixeloaks 2014-08-26 02:21

Great job, love the arrow arc. Wish you moved a little waster.

andybrown 2014-08-26 03:06

That low poly art was gorgeous! The spear throwing animation for the Minotaur cracked me up. He ended up glitching out and throwing spears in the opposite direction as my character when I ran into him and right behind him, but it was a lot of fun.

jgthespy 2014-08-26 03:08

This is pretty cool. Shooting arrows is fun and I like the graphics. The golem fight was the best, although seeing the Minotaur stuck with 20 arrows was also nice.

resonious 2014-08-26 03:10

Hahaha it's pretty choppy in a few ways (controls, indication of taking damage) but I thought it was awesome.

crazeeruskee 2014-08-26 03:22

Pretty cool game! I loved the art and the sound effects. The bosses were also pretty cool! Overall very nice! :)

hogtrick 2014-08-26 08:12

Nice monsters and preety good graphics

enigmaraigne 2014-08-26 13:44

Really good graphic, especially dragon!

hb3p8 2014-08-26 19:19

Cool gameplay and very nice creatures animation. Great work!

rawbosaurx 2014-08-26 20:43

Yup, definitely keeping this on my hard drive. The artwork looks great and the arrow mechanics are fantastic. Really great work on this project. Wish there were more bosses to fight, or even some grunts around the map. Would definitely support a full version.

hbocao 2014-08-27 03:07

Nice art style and very fun to play. The second boss was kinda easier to kill. And I fucking knew it! You can trust dragons!

papacheech 2014-08-27 04:07

wow. Great game, and great graphics. For 48 hours, this is freakin sweet!!

ragepaint 2014-08-27 04:13

Enjoyed playing your game. I liked the low poly look of everything. All those spears the Minotaur was throwing freaked me out at first XD

buckslice 2014-08-27 04:14

Controls are a little rough, but the combat is still pretty fun. Also, I really love the low poly graphics and animations. Nice ending lol.

dhargan 2014-08-27 15:54

I don't understand the connection with the theme. great game tho, good job :D

dragonxvi 2014-08-27 21:15

Ambitious idea, and decent enough. Collision seemed a bit off in places, specially trying to hit the Golem's eye? And a bit more feedback for when you successfully hit would be nice. Pretty lofty goal and reasonably well executed though, congrats!

paps 2014-08-28 03:44

Good game, nice poly graphics, I would have want a bg music during the boss fight to add more tension. And that minotaur is way harder than first boss, I jumped on my chair when he charged me.

pansapiens 2014-08-28 05:51

Love that low poly faceted look, and the feel of the bow (controls, animation, physics and audio combined) is great. While not perfect, the boss behaviors were decent too. A little more feedback on whether a boss hit was successful would be good. Overall, I liked what is there, but I think you could have got more mileage by having a level or three with lots of smaller enemies to shoot, followed by the boss. I'd also reverse the order of the bosses, since the attack sequence required to beat the Minotaur seems less complex (just shoot it anywhere ?) compared with the Golem.

haymanmarc 2014-08-30 07:27

This was a great 3D romp in a fantasy world. I liked the dragon a lot. Very clean, and well made FPS.

aaronflippo 2014-08-30 18:44

Very ambitious :)
I like that you can shoot the birds and they react, and the general physics of shooting. The actual hit feedback is a little weak - would be cool if there were a hit effect, and maybe a slight flash or something on contact with an enemy. I was disappointed that I couldn't really see arrows sticking out of the targets!

mrexcessive 2014-08-31 18:01

Hi there. Great! First archery game played. Love archery IRL so this was good fun. Killed both and reached end... would love to see more of this game! Nice intuitive aim and move/dodge/sprint. Good sounds. Great job!

partiallyexciting 2014-08-31 23:22

I really liked the graphical style and the bow mechanics. The animations were pretty impressive for a jam. Nicely done!

eastes 2014-09-01 12:35

reddit sent me! Great game. I love low poly.

wertle 2014-09-02 19:18

Nice work. I thought the camera felt a little low to the ground which made it tricky to navigate portions or the world with any sort of rise to them (like the spiral tree). It's interesting that you put the golem second when its combat mechanic seemed a bit more complex than the minotaur, but I liked the minotaur's attack. Something that could help would be some audio or visual feedback for getting hit, as it took me a long time to notice the hearts. My favorite thing was the bubble effect, it was stylized and felt kind of great.

jukimv1986 2014-09-07 10:21

Wow, I loved the "Zelda - Ocarina of Time" memories the first scene brought me. The visuals were great, however I find the controls very challenging to master and I was not hitting anything with my arrows. Good game!

gerjj 2014-09-07 18:08

Awesome low-poly style! We used it in our game as well, so much fun to play with :) Love boss battles as well; everyone likes a good boss battle!

jupiter_hadley 2014-09-07 20:39

Nice graphics! I included it in part 20 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/3H1YVzN-nuA

lokarunith 2014-09-13 10:45

Quite fun, It has a very abrupt ending, but it was a quite pleasant experience.