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Captain Ninjabeard
Captain Ninjabeard
By ghostbomb
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 79 | | |
| Fun | 34 | 3.98 | | |
| Overall | 44 | 4.00 | | |
| Humor | 76 | 3.59 | | |
| Mood | 84 | 3.77 | | |
| Innovation | 100 | 3.85 | | |
| Audio | 107 | 3.61 | | |
| Graphics | 147 | 3.85 | | |
| Theme | 523 | 3.68 | | |
Comments
esayitch
2015-12-14 12:42
You could probably sell this on steam right now. It's that good! Reminded me of Luftrausers in terms of game arrangement.
Great usage of the 2-button theme, as you both control movement and weapons with only 2 buttons.
Game was full of content as well, really brilliant stuff. Visually pleasing and audio was awesome too.
The only thing that I would improve is maybe putting a cap on the captain's maximum movespeed, as right now it felt really fussy controlling him with the shoot button held down. Instead I opted to fire in short bursts, only to better control the movement.
Wonderful! Good luck!
Excellent game good job
transmit
2015-12-14 14:54
That was really great! Very good job
Super rad! Aesthetics and gameplay really awesome. One of the fav games on this LD.
btw, my best score 94 XD
Instantly became more fun when I realized that the right mouse button is not just a teleport but an attack as well.
Really fun little game. I almost didn't give it a try because the screenshot looked unappealing. Boy that would have been dumb.
Loved everything about it. The music could have been more piratey, but the gameplay was solid, had nice variety of enemies, and had me hooked for about 5 minutes.
Pretty simple implementation of the theme, but it works.
Shark is a fucking bitch.
vdz
2015-12-14 19:58
Great game. Using shooting mechanics for movement works well with the gameplay of avoiding enemies, and the precise movement (and motion reset!) caused by the katana works very well to balance out the imprecise control of the gun recoil movement. Having them work in opposite directions also creates an interesting contrast. The game has quite a learning curve due to the unorthodox controls, but it gets more fun as you get better at it.
Minor nitpicks: The laser enemy seems to be too powerful, as it completely dominates the game once it starts appearing; it often comes from off-screen, is hard to dodge, and the movements required to dodge it frequently cause you to run into enemies/bullets. It deals several times more damage to me than all other enemies combined. Also, feedback on being hit seems to be too subtle; sometimes I don't even notice when I'm hit, and when I'm hit I'm not always sure what dealt the damage.
The graphics look nice, though I'm left wondering what's with the pirate theme when you're floating in the air propelled by some machine gun-like weapon, being attacked by flying enemies (including some that shoot lasers). The audio is nice and functional.
I can't say I'm very impressed with the implementation of the theme. Sure, you have two buttons, but the most important part of the controls is the mouse movement. You could call pretty much every single PC strategy game ever a two-button game like that.
Regarding controls, I think the game could be further improved using twin stick controls. Mouse movement is slow when you try to move large distances, particularly when you need to reach the exact opposite location (when trying to katana in the direction you're already moving, for example); something like dual analog sticks could make this much more convenient. It would also help with the awkwardness of mouse controls near the edge of the screen.
vdz
2015-12-14 22:56
Also, my high score was 94.
headmade
2015-12-15 20:59
This game is great fun! The graphics are nice and everything works well together. Nice audio, too. Good job.
Minor nitpicks:
I would prefer if the game would capture the mouse as I accidentally clicked a couple of times on my second monitor.
Also I would prefer if there was a small zone on the edges of the screen I could not fly to. It would make it easier to turn around using left click.
I really enjoyed this! Nice feel, nice gameplay it was just a real blast to play! My high score was 153, those pesky laser spinny things got me in the end! Overall fantastic job!
adonaac
2015-12-16 12:17
Cool game. A bit hard to get used to but after you do it's pretty great. If I had one thing I'd do differently it would be to give the player a katana charge back if they defeat an enemy. This would make it easier to keep long katana-only combos going
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ardy
2015-12-17 18:08
One of the best games I played.
Really simple and intuitive. I love how when new enemies show up I know exactly what it does. The controls works and there is enough challenge to keep bringing me back. I'll definitely keep this game on my pc so I can play it from time to time.
The only issue is that running it on double monitors the mouse kept escaping so I couldn't shoot away from one of the sides but I just dashed away.
Ah highscore saving feature would be nice but it's really good.
Great entry! I loved the shark jumping out of the water.
I like the concept of having to stay in the air by using your two attacks and trying to manage how much of each you have left. Good use of the two button theme.
Great artwork, sound, and music. Good job!
Great game :) Really fun to play
Nice!
A cool game for cool people.
When I right-clicked and sliced through the air several times in a pattern, I felt acrobatic. If you continue to develop this, when I started and got swallowed by a shark a few times in a row, I felt unaware that right-click did something. And I'd be curious to try katana patterns that are a little slower or combos.
63 points
Pretty good stuff! I found a good strategy for starting is to kind of do short burst fires to hover in the center.
A weekend game dev jam just isn't long enough for these projects as I can totally imagine more amazing ideas you might have implemented provided more time and rest =)
pkenney
2015-12-24 04:21
Cool graphics and an interesting idea to move around with the recoil and have some hard-to-control flying fun.
One small idea - I found it hard to get away from the edges with the gun, I think maybe if the game world ended but my mouse could still go a bit into a margin so that I could aim back to the center that would really help. I know I can teleport away but it was a trap that got me all the time and broke me out of the zone.
Other than that everything felt pretty smooth, and it's always interesting to see what you can do with some teleportation.
Nice entry!
stending
2015-12-29 00:36
Génial ! Ce jeu est beau, intuitif et fun. Perfect !
This is great. Very intense.
I read the name is Captain Ninjabread and was disappointed when I realised it wasn't.
Love the balance of the two attacks. Overall really nice. Needs more juice.