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A Nunexpected Weapon

By leo_p_mahon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio1793.40
Humor2203.39
Theme4163.50
Overall5263.20
Graphics5793.00
Fun5803.00
Mood6642.79
Innovation7352.83
Coolness138347

Comments

robothobodanceparty 2015-04-20 03:37

This is really cool! Laughed a bit too much at the pun in the title. Great work though! XD

handkor 2015-04-20 03:39

That was cool. Crosses everywhere. Good Job.

deathray 2015-04-20 03:42

The pun title made me laugh right away, and the juxstaposition of all these themes was pretty awesome. I like how it uses only one button (hold vs tap). Music is very appropriate too. Nice work.

raggy 2015-04-20 05:16

That was... a nunexpected game.

I found I didn't have enough time to recover from jumps, but it was a laugh.

dkoding 2015-04-20 17:56

Nice mix of elements. Don't like the controls. X for both jumping and shooting? I also seem to die after a few seconds no matter what I do...

leo_p_mahon 2015-04-20 18:27

Thanks everyone for the feedback! @bnhw Okay I will factor that in to the post compo version! @DKoding The idea was to make it as simple as possible but maybe I oversimplified it! I will try a prototype with separate controls.

leo_p_mahon 2015-04-20 18:28

Also @DKoding I think I made it too Hard at the start introducing two elements at once, I am going to ramp the difficulty up more slowly in the post compo version.

ultravisitor 2015-04-20 21:12

The music in this game is amazing. Its odd that jumping shoots and the mouse just aims but you get used to it. I like how the ctrl breaks convention. I can see the seams in the tiles sometimes... It would be cool to maybe add a scrolling city scape behind you or some other simple environmental effect. Again really great music loop :)

latency 2015-04-21 00:26

Game was awesome, took me a bit to get the hang of the jumping always expected it to be a bit longer. Good job, it was fun!

leo_p_mahon 2015-04-21 18:26

@internetpaulicy Thanks, that really means a lot :) The track is on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/leo-mahon/a-nunconventional-weapon-soundtrack-ludum-dare-32-unmastered I personally think it sounds best in game though, if you need music for a game at some point drop me a line. Doctor Dropper was fun and I love your art style! If I am going to fix the seams bug and a cityscape is a good idea!

leo_p_mahon 2015-04-21 18:27

@Matsuki Thanks :) I'm thinking of having the game start with just spikes so it gives the player a chance to get used to the jumping. Type Comander art is also V.Cool, im a sucker for minimalist art as you might have guessed!

mutatedsoftware 2015-04-22 20:05

Was a lot of fun, thanks for sharing! Only got to 310, but enjoyed my journey getting there. Took a bit to get used to jumping, but I don't expect myself to be awesome at a game right away :)

cstudios 2015-04-22 21:27

it was a priest? On skateboard? Fighting robots? With holy crosses? Lol. The graphics and the music is awesome!

mokujin 2015-04-22 21:28

After i used to controlls, and get how to make jumps over barriers i managed to score 550! Nice game, though a little hard controlls

designernap 2015-04-22 21:35

had that "one more try" thing about it. Good work!

deadfragment 2015-04-22 22:15

Love the art style and the movie style description :P, I felt like the jump was hard to get the hang of and didn't feel quite as good as it should, but overall an awesome game!

-Neith

crowbeak 2015-04-23 13:58

I like the title pun and the animations. I feel like having the jump button also be the fire button made the game more difficult than it needed to be, but the mouse aim felt good.

jk5000 2015-04-23 16:57

Simple and great.

blobo 2015-04-25 18:04

Hilarious game! i love the pun, and the concept.

badlydrawnrod 2015-04-26 16:58

I was able to get quite a long way just by keeping X held down. When I tried to be a bit more discerning then I died - a lot! Good first LD - hope to see what you do next time.