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Courage, My Knight

By sparewizard

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall563.8522
Fun523.7522
Innovation1143.5222
Theme583.8522
Graphics304.2321
Humor573.5521
Mood623.7321

Comments

aplite 2019-04-29 12:16

Really enjoyed this game. The artwork was sublime and the theme was well captured. I would definitely enjoy playing a more in-depth version of this game.

tony-redmer 2019-05-03 14:30

The pixel art here is really simple and wonderful! Good use of the theme as well :)

gaming-night 2019-05-03 14:51

Well, I had a great time playing your game, even if the end is not really finished as you mentionned. I would love to see more.

flamus 2019-05-03 16:35

Really this is one of my fav by now. First of all, great graphics. I just felt that amazing flow of the game and whole story, and story is so simple but fits in the gameplay perfectly.Missing some simple background music, but as a 1 person compo BIG congrats! Please let me know, when the full version is ready. Good job!

japes 2019-05-03 19:41

Not usually a fan of story-driven games but enjoyed this one :) What a fun experience, tidy little slice of fun perfectly scoped for a compo. Like anyone who's ever taken part in LD, I can identify with the feeling of not quite finishing :) but it was still a joy to play! thanks for this!

balance686 2019-05-03 20:33

This game is very enjoyable! The writing is good and the life limiting what you can do in a day mechanic works well and ties in nicely with the theme. I enjoyed the pixel work as well. It has a Tandy era feel that I dig. Some music would definitely help the mood but I didn't manage to squeeze in any after 3 days let alone finish in 2 like you haha great job!

klianc09 2019-05-03 21:10

Really cool concept. I got stuck when I spent all my hearts and couldn't do anything anymore but it wouldn't give me a game over.

sparewizard 2019-05-03 21:16

@klianc09 You can sleep at the tavern to restore to full energy.

simplepotential 2019-05-03 23:38

Nice little game, the art is perfect fit. As others stated some ambient music would be nice, I missed on that one myself.

klianc09 2019-05-03 23:40

@sparewizard Yes, I later found that. No idea how I never saw that the first time around. The ending is actually quite satisfying. I enjoyed the writing, especially the meeting with the wizard.

tommyflower 2019-05-04 13:29

Wow, what a nice little game! I love this kind of games and in this short time you managed to create something that is complete and polished. (I know it's not actually "complete" :) I laughed when I saw the notes about the work in progress parts). The narrative and the quests are interesting, I loved that I could figure things happening in my mind even if graphically you don't see anything (this is called good writing skills!). The graphics are simple but perfectly fitting, a big plus because they show the way to deliver meaning with just a couple of pixels, brilliant! I know you were alone doing this beautiful job, but picking a stock music just for added athmosphere would have make this perfect.

tjakka5 2019-05-04 14:39

Very fun and innovative game! It took a few moments to understand the mechanics, but once I grasped it it was really cool! It's too bad the story isn't quite finished. If you had done that + Some fantasy music it would be pretty much perfect.

lexyvil 2019-05-05 07:55

Fun adventure game! I had up to 19 hearts by day 23. I guess in this case the hearts are stamina. I'm assuming there was nowhere to go beyond that point, since I still needed a few more to enter the Dragon's lair.

4knights 2019-05-06 12:49

for a game that is not fully complete it feel super polished, and been a compo this make this entry even more awesome ^_^. the story is so immersive, the art is simply beautiful and the VFX add a ton the game feel all that make this a great experiencing. well done sir <3

gonutz 2019-05-07 13:26

Cool game but I got stuck with 18 hearts and could not make the monster take me instead of the town.

Nice graphics and a cool story. The mechanic works really well for the theme. Also nice screen animations :-)

Good job! Keep up the good work!

h-m-murdock 2019-05-07 15:33

Seemed a bit weird at the start, but once you get into it, a whole story reveals. Very nice how some parts are related. I think you could have gotten more quests in it, if you only had more time, but really nice game after all. The end is as you said "anticlimactic" :D

hitchh1k3r 2019-05-18 04:56

I think I got to the end, there were a few lose ends though. I really want to know what the Wizard and Forest Satyr do, so you've managed to make something pretty compelling.

It was a shame there wasn't a bit more content, but what you have is really good.

Overall great job, I really enjoyed playing this!