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Charge!

By randomhuman

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun1023.76
Humor2193.28
Theme2963.92
Overall3903.44
Audio3953.23
Graphics4353.61
Mood6473.05
Innovation8282.65

Comments

yamzho 2015-12-15 14:38

Nice work. :)

zero2121 2015-12-15 14:39

It is Fun! Although it is still some display bug in the game.

dusho 2015-12-15 14:41

nice game.. vikings are so in, this year :)
btw. have same issue with WebGL animated sprites, no idea what is going on, so I published WebPlayer at least

skullpixel 2015-12-15 14:47

Nice work! I liked the colorfulness of the scenery and Einar's comments at the beginning.

lordsavage 2015-12-15 14:47

Well done, this is a neat game - your parallax'n of the mountains etc was subtle but really nice.

firellon 2015-12-15 14:51

It's fun, but requires you to be rather quick, as arrows fly quite fast. Disappointed with a graphic of shielded viking, though. Overall good.

bazkur98 2015-12-15 14:53

Not to bad at all. I used the Web version on a windows box without any issues I could find. Bit difficult to avoid the archers but that's probably just because I suck at it :) I enjoyed it

oski 2015-12-15 14:54

Sounds were a bit too loud for me.

randomhuman 2015-12-15 14:59

@dusho Ha ha, all aboard the bandwagon!

I've tried a WebPlayer build as well and it has the same glitch, but white instead of black :S I might just remove the web link until I can figure out what's going on...

tyrants-not-found-team 2015-12-15 15:00

Simple and fun, does the job very well, could use a little more variety and he should do those funny battlecries more often than just at start, heh

Cheers,
Ionut(Tyrants.not.found team)

ultravisitor 2015-12-15 15:06

Great submission. Its fun and challenging. I am not sure why I am murdering monks. I guess thats what vikings do :) The arrow guys can be pretty tough to defeat as things heat up.

danielsann7 2015-12-15 15:08

very challenging game, realy liked simple and fun the archers are realy hard to pass but it is possible just very hard haha nice work!

tomenluca 2015-12-16 22:47

I will feast in Valhalla tonight!

xanjos 2015-12-16 22:52

Absolutely loved the mechanics and the battlecries at the beginning were pretty amusing.

andyman404 2015-12-17 01:55

By Loki's Thighs! That was a challenging but fun game.

travisroot1 2015-12-17 06:00

Not incredibly theme-based or innovative, but a very good feeling game with a ton of polish. Killing is fun, defending is SUPER fun when you time it just right. And I love both the random phrase generator at the beginning and the snark at the end. Nice work!

iamspencer 2015-12-18 06:43

really fun game with a simple concept that allows players to understand controls within seconds, but allows for a surprising amount of challenge.

every time I died [which happened a lot haha], it felt like completely my fault. The game seemed very forgiving, and yet still tough and fun, which is a tough thing to make, especially in 72 hours.

Great work, this was a surprisingly solid little game! :)

2015-12-18 16:54

I played this for way longer than I should've, got an eventual score of 27, I was happy to be awaited in Valhalla. :D Great fun.

phi6 2015-12-18 20:59

Great simple endless runner, nice colour scheme. Web version works nicely. Some screenshake would add a bit of juice to the feel of it. Overll, good job!

gyfis 2015-12-18 21:12

Love the theme of Vikings! Also good game mechanism "learn by dying" :)

dcrfj15 2015-12-19 00:47

I liked the graphics, and the game itself was very polished. The screen shake was a nice touch too :).
Good job!

wilsk 2015-12-19 14:16

A fun infinite runner with nice looking graphics. The volume of the "ping" sound effects was pretty loud compared to the music.

adreqi 2015-12-19 16:34

Fun and efficient infinite runner, running and controls are reactive, I like it :)

Maybe sound effects are a little too loud compared to the music.

lawendt 2015-12-19 19:10

Loved everything. I bet this will get even better with more enemies and more mechanics. Keep up with the good work!

sk16games 2015-12-20 16:48

I'm from Denmark so it's nice to know how it was like when my ancestors were looting christians in England and stuff :)
Really great game! Love the mechanics and use of theme! 5/5

randomhuman 2015-12-20 18:45

@SK16 Games Guaranteed 100% historically accurate ;)

randomhuman 2015-12-20 18:48

Thanks all for the kind words and feedback. I think I might expand on this one a little bit over the next few months.

galvesmash 2015-12-20 19:29

Really liked the game, it is simple but cool. I think the sounds could be better, because it's repetitive. With more type of enemies, effects and a good use for the money you can release it in mobile. Congrats, good job!

zulman 2015-12-21 16:37

Vikings FTW! Want it for my iPhone right now!

zyow 2015-12-21 21:15

Simple but effective. I love the theme! Nice work!

asixjin 2015-12-22 03:17

This was simple and very fun. I like the way the two button theme was used for the sword and shield.

nowandstudios 2015-12-22 07:48

Nice endless runner here :D. Mechanics is simple but effective!

cptalbertwesker 2015-12-22 10:47

FANTASTIC! I could play this for hours!

suppi 2015-12-22 14:13

I like it. the colors blends really well, the music is good and the game is quite interesting. good job!

weloxux 2015-12-22 14:48

Lovely little game!

High score: distance 446, plunder 4200, kills 31

alpha_rat 2015-12-22 20:33

Simple and efficient, but the sound effects where a bit harsh

codecranker 2015-12-23 02:24

It would be nice if you would have mentioned the controls somewhere :)

publicidadeba 2015-12-23 02:58

I felt like I was Ragnar from the TV Series! People will enjoy this over mobile. Good job!

randomhuman 2015-12-23 10:16

@Anshul Goyal They're on the title screen...

krafty 2015-12-26 05:38

This game was pretty cool and fun, although it got a bit boring after a little bit. I thought it was funny and I liked the graphics and music! Great job! :)

scorched 2015-12-26 15:54

Nice, the music IMHO doesn't suit well the violent game

trasevol_dog 2015-12-31 16:32

Feels a bit empty but somehow keeps you playing. Good work!

local-minimum 2016-01-03 12:55

Great controls and nice graphics. The timing of then enemies was also really well made as well as the difficulty progression. I got to 19 kills. Would have been cool with some global ranking for it of course, or at least personal high score.

That one actually had to kill the archers were a bit surprising first time I failed to do that, though it makes great sense from the difficulty perspective. It would help with some animation of the archer whipping the character over the head as he falls down. To make it more logical.

One thing I would urge you to fix too would be to either automatically with a bit of delay just restart the game upon death or have either of the two buttons used to play also allow to retry. I find it critical in these types of fast play-fail-retry type of games to minimize the effort and time between plays. Don't let the player escape wanting to just play one more time.
In general a very solid made entry.

randomhuman 2016-01-03 13:09

@local minimum That's good advice, thanks.

gameproducer 2016-01-04 17:25

Interesting entry. I can imagine the speed increasing faster and faster and then with accurate controls you try get more and more points. Well done entry.

jupiter_hadley 2016-03-30 16:47

Good game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/S5oK4fsls3Q