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Jeffrey with a Sword

By mrshoestore

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Audio4593.00
Humor6322.26
Graphics7872.92
Mood9412.46
Theme10192.48
Innovation10732.17
Overall11432.43
Fun11451.96

Comments

le_sarus 2016-04-19 22:39

The sword attacks don't seem to happen half the time, which is a shame since the opening makes this seem badass.

aaranos 2016-04-21 16:24

The sword animation doesn't end until you move. I had to just let the sword sit where they fall to collect kills or risk dying from the attack not working.

andreasxx1 2016-04-21 18:05

Nice intro hahaha, pretty difficult to control, but good job finish it!

ryjcio 2016-04-21 18:08

Yeah, very cool art I see here! But the game is very unbalanced. The animation attach seems to be triggered with delay. It makes exteremly hard task to kill someone with so overweight sword :)

Very nice approach on theme!

arzi 2016-04-21 18:46

BIG SWOOOOORD!!!!

mooncalf 2016-04-21 20:03

Not a lot of criticism I could level you don't cover in your own comments. Its playable and a great effort. Congrats!

joemid 2016-04-22 00:09

Great effort! I jumped right in and was trying to figure it out- the sword was slow- then i realized i could jump and kill mario-style, then i almost got old- then I read your write-up! P.S. - Those titles are rad!

djfariel 2016-04-23 06:04

I also experienced the attack bug.
I found that the sword has a permanently activated hit box, so if you simply let the enemies run into your resting sword, you win, haha.

riftpoint 2016-04-23 16:03

It seems a little confusing, I didn't understand what's going on in the game. I believe that the attack have a bug. The sound and art are really cool, a beautiful pixel art.

gnerkus 2016-04-24 07:50

Is Jeff's surname Strifer? Just saying.

I thoroughly enjoyed the music. A few retro sound effects would have made the game more awesome.

The attack controls were a little too slow. I had to move after each attack to perform the next.

tayl1r 2016-04-24 12:20

Nice idea, but I cannot attack consistently at all...

marmpa 2016-04-24 13:14

I liked the game. You could improve the jumping system(I could jump beneath the floors for ever :P).REally nice entry though

goibon 2016-04-24 15:30

Someone clearly likes Super Crate Box :P

domrein 2016-04-24 15:39

I really like the idea of this game, but the controls are sooooooooo bad. A for effort! Of, and the title screen and music are amazing.

dssiege11 2016-04-24 16:52

The concept in the description sounds quite cool, too bad the execution isn't that great. You should definitely continue working on it to polish it more :)

lereveur 2016-04-24 18:26

It would be better if the sword behavior linked to age was more obvious (and if it's not, so there is a big bug XD).

odyssey 2016-04-24 19:30

The combat got annoying but at least the title looked good

linealgames 2016-04-24 20:25

I found this to be too difficult because of the delay on the sword swing and not being able to swing multiple times

tomlum 2016-04-24 21:39

Cool concept, and also, fantastic title haha

okoto 2016-04-26 03:19

man, the main mechanic is very buggy ...

toastedgames 2016-04-27 15:28

Having issues attacking, the sword doesn't seem to work half the time. Also, getting hit once by an enemy and dying seems to be a bit harsh.

anaguilefdez 2016-04-27 23:49

Graphics and sound are cool! I like the idea too. However, controls are buggy, so it is a bit hard to play.

rock-eaters 2016-04-28 23:30

problems with the attack i think or there is something i dont understand

sunflower 2016-04-29 14:13

Creative concept, but kinda killed by poor mechanics. Just for the record, I've found the most efficient strategy to stand around and do nothing, with a sword lagging behind; enemies would then walk onto the sword themselves and I'd be virtually invincible, if not for the aging.

Graphics are alright, but not stunning. Music works fine, though I haven't heard sound effects.

Next time, you might want to focus on the mechanics rather than title (or at least in-game art player will see 99% of time, rather than a title that player will see only for a bit). ^^'

mintarcade 2016-05-01 08:54

Very innovative approach to the theme! Great fun.

trulyvile 2016-05-03 18:07

Haha you're right, the title screen IS awesome. I do really like the idea of aging as a shapeshift mechanic. Control difficulties aside, the biggest issue I had was that the sword dealt damage without moving so by positioning yourself right you don't even NEED to use controls, just let the bad guys fall onto your sword from both directions!

thecams 2016-05-04 12:21

Also had this attack bug that made the game a bit unresponsive :(
Nice graphics and nice sounds design though :)

11schotter 2016-05-08 08:46

growing older for shapeshift is an awesome idea!

davidb 2016-05-08 19:28

controls react slowly or strangly.