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Animancer

By nickw

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme134.37
Mood433.90
Fun533.88
Overall553.93
Audio743.77
Graphics1283.93
Innovation2483.56
Humor3273.16
Coolness195232

Comments

franklins-ghost 2015-04-20 11:50

Liked that you had the animals help with the fight back against the robots and that you had time to include a boss. Took me awhile to beat him but once I had, I liked the surprise ending.

ultrarat 2015-04-20 19:22

I really want to know what sound does a summoned squirrel makes.

lizengland 2015-04-20 19:38

Am I the savior of the animals or sending them to their deaths?!

The sound & music is top notch.

xewlupus 2015-04-21 05:52

I summoned an eagle! <3

syncxzoz 2015-04-21 05:58

lol... i like this game!!!

the summoner.... who summon animation.. then the animation will kill any enemy... lol

the sound and that trick to summon bird are good!

lorenzo456 2015-04-21 06:00

This game is awesome, I really like it. The sounds were really good, I loved the boss animations, you've really but in some small details like when you die your health goes all the way down before restarting, stuff like that. I really liked it :), simple and fun game. Plus boss was challanging.

sararycow 2015-04-21 06:08

Good art & music, I love the animal animations. And what an end! :O
I enjoyed the experience.

mandolin 2015-04-21 06:28

This may be my favorite LD game I have played yet! Summoning a horde of animals feels so amazing. Animations are solid, sprite work is spot on, movement feels perfect. Spot on game!

wg_phancock 2015-04-21 07:14

I really enjoyed the greyscale, and I think it actually probably came out better than it would have if you had done color. The silhouettes just really feel "right." Overall a very sold platformer with a good challenge.

The part with the two bomb throwing guys on the stairs was tricky. Gave me trouble, but I got past it!

adreqi 2015-04-21 07:19

Couldn't beat the boss *_* (well I suck at bosses anyway)
Great game though, I love sending animals to their death to kill robots :3
Liked both graphics and music, well it doesn't loop perfectly but it does the job.

archonthewizard 2015-04-21 07:25

Great game, very well made. I felt super powerful summoning hordes of forest creatures to my aid.

georgebroussard 2015-04-21 07:38

Great entry! I loved this. It was really satisfying to summon animals to attack. Loved the b&w style art. Music was great. And a terrific boss fight. Legitimately great entry.

georgebroussard 2015-04-21 07:45

re: source...took a quick peek. Didn't see any Unity stuff and a lot of XNA source?

pixel_3 2015-04-21 08:29

Nice solid game with some good potential here. The boss patterns were pretty good and the enemies were used in pretty smart ways. Could use a graphic overhaul and some more bosses, and whales.

murchurl 2015-04-21 11:20

Really well presented game fore its simplicity! love the idea for the theme great job!

alpha_rat 2015-04-21 11:24

Great entry with a very original idea
I especially like the music

nickw 2015-04-21 17:26

@GeorgeBroussard My process involves creating the game initially with an engine/tools set that I made based on XNA. I then import everything into Unity using a compatibility layer that I also made. I've linked the unity source in the description.

atomicvikings 2015-04-21 19:14

I had fun. I loved the way you taught the player, without actually telling the player what to do, but through gameplay.

pixel_3 2015-04-21 20:46

Made a Twitch highlight of my playthrough. http://www.twitch.tv/alucardx60/c/6578467

asobitech 2015-04-22 08:38

I really liked this, great art style and animation. Lovely variety of animals to attack with, all with different speeds and sizes. A little sad they all got slaughtered by the robots.
The castlevania/megaman knock back was a killer, but I liked that as it made me more cautious.
Great variety on the final boss attacks and lovely ending.
Music and sound was all very fitting.
Excellent work :D

decodersmith 2015-04-24 05:01

Great music and graphics! A very impressive entry. All of the animal animations are really smooth. Feels like a long lost Gameboy game.

vidar 2015-04-24 20:43

That was amazing!
A fun, fast paced and beautiful game.
I think the game length was perfect, it was engaging the whole way through and the final boss fight was epic!

buzzwerd 2015-04-25 06:42

We really enjoyed playing this on our stream. Super cool concept and really fun to play! It seems like a lot of thought was put into the game design.

triplevisiongames 2015-04-25 09:35

Very lovely audio work and you've done a good job with the look of it too, particularly with the animations. Felt well made altogether

2015-04-27 23:28

This is pretty fun. I think this could be a really awesome game if fleshed out after the Compo. I could see leveling and different animals to accomplish different tasks working out really good.

I made a video of my playthrough: http://youtu.be/xMZ2pqRubcc

flannelvindicate 2015-05-01 16:03

Pssst - you are featured in todays Ludum Dare to Believe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmc4AHczjLo

lukbebalduke 2015-05-01 16:47

The animations are amazing!
Congrats =D

chuigum 2015-05-02 04:33

I LOVE the idea, really innovative. Perfect with the theme too, well done!

joe40001 2015-05-02 07:46

Great, innovative well polished little game.

stevesalmond 2015-05-02 11:22

That ending.. XD Really cool concept, and love the fact that you put in the boss battle at the end. Props!

taro 2015-05-05 00:44

I enjoy commanding the animal kingdom to destroy mean robots.