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King of the Castle

By adamwfindlay

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun1573.55
Graphics2203.84
Overall3123.43
Humor3382.91
Audio3573.10
Mood3883.19
Theme4003.66
Innovation4843.06
Coolness155045

Comments

dlowe 2014-12-09 00:39

Thanks for the game!

vikinggames 2014-12-09 00:43

Fun game, but without a high score table, there's not much reason to play more than a few times. Graphics and audio were both good too.

tonbery 2014-12-09 00:59

Woow! Nice game!

rogberth 2014-12-09 02:16

Fun game. The meteor fire doesn't seem to hurt me, is that ok?

mutatedsoftware 2014-12-09 06:10

Very enjoyable and a fun concept. My only suggestion would be to give an indicator of if a goblin is about to shoot or can't shoot at the moment. Thanks!

arpeggiatura 2014-12-09 07:35

Great controls. Fun to play!!!! I like the art style.
Thank you!!

6downstudios 2014-12-09 08:01

Brilliant! Simple but very well designed mechanic/map. Platform and ladder placement made for a very active playing field, and I love the low-rez art and sounds.

Keep it up guys!

adamwfindlay 2014-12-09 08:09

Thanks everyone! :)

@Viking Games - yeah I would like to of been able to add a high score table!

@Rogberth - It's correct in the current build, but something that I would implement given more time.

@mutatedsoftware - thanks for the suggestion, I like it!

alfadur 2014-12-09 21:39

Nice, a very well-rounded game! I especially like how the King flies off the ladders when going up. :)

buzzjeux 2014-12-09 22:52

Very nice and cute pixel art, fun and very reliable, congratz for your this pleasant game !

superdisk 2014-12-12 16:12

I keep dying for seemingly no reason. Other than that, it's actually nice. Meteors seem to come in pretty often.

mase 2014-12-12 16:19

Needs more luscious animation... more frames.
Gameplay is fun and engaging; the difficulty seems to scale nicely as well. I got 4300.
The audio is too harsh.
Sometimes the arrows reversed direction... one bounced between the two side towers several times.

ryannielson 2014-12-12 16:24

Great little game, I especially like the presentation and the mechanics. Although the hit detection on the sword could use a little work. Well done overall.

germanunkol 2014-12-12 16:31

There was one fire where I'm not sure I could have put it out -> it was on the side of a tower, and in the heat of the battle I did not figure out how to stop it.
And I also saw returning arrows. Other than that -> awesome game. Very well done, it just works, is fun (and funny)!

klianc09 2014-12-12 16:31

The game looks great, but the music and sound effects are a bit too loud.
And it would be great if there was some kind of feedback, why it was gameover. Took me several tries to realize I had died because of the fires, I was too busy putting those flags back up.

broknecho 2014-12-12 16:32

That was a lot of fun. Well done! Some awesome mid air sword swipe kills!

freaknarf 2014-12-12 16:36

Nice game and cool pixel art :)

snemanden 2014-12-12 17:20

Really fun! The game is quite hectic without being overwhelming or too hard. Nice graphics.

zncatlaw 2014-12-12 17:35

This was good! I sometimes felt like I died out of nowhere. When the enemies hit you, and when you take damage, there is no feedback besides the hearts going down. Normally the player might flash, or be knocked back, or better yet... the screen might shake!

Anyway: very nice entry all in all!

Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U

krunoslav 2014-12-12 18:07

Very nice game, i liked the graphic and sound. It is very fun well done!
Why the enemies appear in the doors of the castle? :P
A very complet game!

frump 2014-12-12 18:17

Fun entry. When the player is getting hit and losing hp isn't well communicated enough. I kept dying without realizing it.

bushmango3 2014-12-12 18:33

Cool game! My controls got really laggy for some reason after a while. I love the art direction.

night 2014-12-12 18:59

Very nice oldschool game. Good way to relax.

puppetmaster 2014-12-12 20:56

This game is very cool! Nice controls and splatter effects!
Well done!

ltyrosine 2014-12-12 22:40

Nice game! Really fun to play, cool music, nice graphics. Top entry.

redoxkun 2014-12-13 17:53

I like it, but the controls makes quite dificult to play

kddekadenz 2014-12-13 20:16

The high tones of the audio were annoying, imo.
Nice pixelart.

pkenney 2014-12-15 00:37

Cool multi-goal game design! Very slick graphics, too. There were a lot of high tones in the audio - the music reached some high pitches and the jump sound was quite long. Personal taste of course but that wasn't my favorite aspect.

Very strong entry with good ideas and execution!

drgeraud 2014-12-17 18:44

Neat little game !

shimone 2014-12-18 10:45

Great entry. I loved the graphics and the gameplay. Audio volume was a bit too high in my opinion.

mathmadlen 2014-12-22 14:59

Fun, simple game, nice art and sound. Very well put together - good job!

shivur 2014-12-29 02:28

Fun game!

rojo 2014-12-29 02:48

Really nice retro feel! Graphics and audio were pretty solid. I think the next step would be to add some purpose - high scores and the like. It might be interesting if you had to tap a series of buttons to raise flags as well, rather than just standing next to them. Good job, though!

diningphilosopher 2014-12-29 16:04

Very nice entry, my only suggestion is to give some feedback when the player gets hit, and show when a goblin is about to shoot.