Sacrifice by Sword

dougdevs 2018-12-04 01:03

This game was much better than I expected it to be. I actually liked the graphical style of sprites on chunky 3D terrain. The upgrade system was not bad either. Well done- I think this could be expanded into a very fun game.

Feedback: - I think if you are going to have attack on left click, then the character should attack in the direction the mouse is pointing instead of the direction the character is facing. This might also make it easier to kite enemies. - Sometimes I walked for a long time and couldn't find any enemies, other times there were too many. I don't know how to remedy this besides adding a map or an arrow indicating where to go to find action. - I think there should be visual feedback when you are able to swing your sword again. - Spectator mode was a really good inclusion - the terrain could use some landmarks, or random decoration like trees, rocks, or grass.

torn 2018-12-04 11:06

@dougdevs Thank you very much for the feedback. A minimap and some terrain decorations were planned, but I ran out of time to implement them. I agree that having to turn around to attack feels kind of tedious, but I felt like it might be too easy otherwise. In hindsight, I think there is some better compromise to be found between the two. The sword cooldown indicator is a good idea.

syrapt0r 2018-12-04 13:10

I really enjoyed the graphics, combining pixel art with low poly produces a pretty nice artstyle. The shop system was a good addition even though I felt like movement speed or attacking speed were a bit too expensive. Other than that, my feedback is exactly the same as dougdevs, nothing to add there. Surprisingly fun game!

call-me-nutty 2018-12-04 13:58

This game screams 'cool as hell' to me. I was a bit confused at first (I thought it was all online :/) but when I got into the game it all made sense. I think the actual play mode could do with a bit more work and polish (everything @dougdevs said) but Spectator mode is an awesome mode, flying around and seeing all the battles happen is cool as hell. I also really like the art, most of my criticism were covered by Doug but for a 48 hour compo this has a lot of potential.

eggshelldog 2018-12-04 17:19

This is a solid entry, I enjoy the process of being a great warrior. Also the art style is pretty good, it is simple but it looks comfortable and smooth. two things, I think you should add collider in the edge of the map so players don't fall down :joy: Second, you should let players know where the enemies are, I know you are planning on minimap but I think you can just simply apply the inspector mode into it to let players able to rotate and move up the camera to check the situation around them Overall it's a good entry and I enjoy playing it!

aeveis 2018-12-05 10:06

I played until I got killed by a guy bigger than me. Pretty fun! I wish there were more landmarks or so, but the progression is very real. The minimap idea could work really well for seeking out enemies.

Nice job!

erikkire 2018-12-09 21:07

Fun idea. Would like to play more but the controls have to be improved. I would like to attack much faster and to have some more variation in the combat. Also, some sound would be great.

torn 2018-12-09 21:27

@erikkire What improvements would you recommend for the controls? What do you feel is most wrong with them? I agree it's more fun to attack really fast, but I figured I would set the attack speed low at first so you couldn't just mindlessly hold down attack. Spend some points into attack speed, and the situation should quickly improve.

Sadly even for such simple sprites, the animations took way too much time for me, so I scrapped the idea of having fancy attacks or more enemy types.

erikkire 2018-12-09 22:02

A way to parry attacks for example, or using your mouse cursor to make different attack moves by "drawing" simple shapes. Also, maybe adding different weapons.

megalink 2018-12-09 22:15

This is pretty cool! I like the stickmen art style and the shop concept. Some more visual feedback during combat, e.g. screenshake, freezing, or enemies flashing red on attack could really improve the game feel. Overall this is a neat game, good work! :)

candlesan 2018-12-09 22:39

This is pretty cool! I'd love to see a web build on this on a new site you make called "sacrific.io" or something :) I farmed AIs for a looong time to get some upgrades and unfortunately I dont' think I came across another human, but I still had fun!

bentglasstube 2018-12-09 22:58

I really liked the stickman pixel art (especially how he changed for all different angles). The Highlander-esque mechanic of stealing people's power was also pretty great. Early on the game felt a bit too slow as I wandered around looking for anyone to fight, but eventually the pacing was good and I was able to find groups of people to battle. The attack speed upgrade didn't seem to do enough good, and it was hard to know when your attack was ready again. Overall this was a really enjoyable game, great work.

anyonebacon 2018-12-10 00:28

Good idea and the pixel art was cool. I liked it.

commanderstitch 2018-12-10 00:52

i liked it. the skill points really made it for me. the only negative was the wandering around forever. No knowledge of recharge, but heh fun! would make a really fun multiplayer game.

geckoo1337 2018-12-10 06:43

Nice gameplay with a minimalist aesthetic. Stickman is always cool :)

hempuli 2018-12-12 01:07

Very interesting! The concept was fairly brutal for my tastes, but any kind of autonomous AI shenanigans interest me so playing this was neat. I liked how I could see massive fights in the horizon, and it would've been good to be able to rotate the camera to better find where opponents are. The fighting was simplistic but the aforementioned grouping behaviour made it much more interesting. I think the enemies possibly favour getting more HP too much, though, because it was easy to become an unbeatable monster. Also the ability to see in some way your power level relative to an enemy would be sweet. Still, nice!

zgragselus 2018-12-12 01:12

Stickman approach on 3D terrain is quite nice artistically! Game was quite good, I kind of liked it.

Good job!

nicknameless 2018-12-12 09:45

Really neat concept! I sacrificed around 1100 souls before alt-tabbing to read that the gameplay is essentially endless, haha.

The idea seems to revolve around the same systemic loop of battle royale games, however, what I enjoy about this concept is that, due to the use of choice-based stat growth, player strength is more theoretically dependent on player skill rather than map rng (e.g. finding a powerful weapon). The combat isn't much at the moment, and the ai tends to mindlessly conglomerate into "fight trains" (haha) but nonetheless the idea is interesting and fun for a small experience!

The spectator mode is fascinating, and gives the sense of watching over little ants go about their business, haha. All in all, great idea with solid execution that could definitely grow in some interesting ways!