Castle Custodian by ectucker1 2018-08-14T00:37:18Z
Fun game! Fun use of the theme too. Wish enemies were introduced slower, sometimes it felt as if hoards of new foes would appear and I have to figure out how 3 of them work at the same time.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Roy Berardo
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | You Wanna Pizza Me? | jam | 819 | 3.17 | 3.14 | 2.88 | 3.07 | 2.82 | 3.37 | 3.46 | 3.10 |
Fun game! Fun use of the theme too. Wish enemies were introduced slower, sometimes it felt as if hoards of new foes would appear and I have to figure out how 3 of them work at the same time.
Incredible work! Very unique method of movement... I am a fan. Visuals were beautiful and the amount of content in this was phenomenal. Great job with all the cutscenes(?) too. That introductory animation was especially incredible!! Some notes- While getting about three minutes in, I found myself loosing my sense of direction.. not necessarily direction as in what's up or down (I think it's cool how you loose that one) but direction as in where the player needs to go and what platform is next up. Also, there were a couple times where accuracy made things difficult. Throwing the ball thing over the first barrier took me at least fifteen tries, and let's not talk about the part where you have to bounce it (which was a cool "Aha!" moment, don't get me wrong!). Definitely a great game!
Fantastic idea with the theme! A couple bugs I noticed: You could mine the floor underneath you on the very right side and then get kicked out of the map. Also, It seemed enemy shots weren't that clear and the mechanics were still a little confusing after the tutorial. Would be great to add some sort of shoot sound, even if its a simple pop or something. On that note, enemy bullets did feel a little fast. I also encountered the problems with the music continuing when going back to the main menu and the game freezing when you loose a round. Loved the music!! Great game!
Very well-done and executed game! The concept is original yet simple and easy to grasp. I couldn't get past level five or so as I could not figure it out. Didn't run into any bugs. My one note is that I just had to assume the R to restart and knew click and drag from the GIF. Those two features could be a little more clear or even just mentioned in the description as I imagine new players not understanding those controls. Overall fantastic job!
Good stuff! Loved the dynamic music. Would be cool to have a couple more levels with limitations such as a forest block in the middle or funky tile shapes. Also the fail sound jumpscared me a bit which is funny! Great entry!!
This is a very fun shooter and a very thorough game! While the 'Floor is going bye-bye' idea has been done a lot in this challenge, this interpretation of it is unique with it as your health bar. Also I absolutely loved the art style and the story to this game. Very well done! Just a couple criticisms: The brief period where you could not shoot when enemies hit you isn't a fun period. It's almost a second punishment in addition to the platform shrinking. It occasionally becomes an instant feedback loop, where I would get hit, can't fend myself off, and then get hit again when immunity wears off. The other note I have is that the green enemies felt very overwhelming when they were first introduced. Starting with one and working your way up over a longer time would be the way to go. Overall a fantastic game, one of my favorites so far of LD42!
This is sure a fun one! I sure loved the visuals too. It was a great "Aha!" moment When you realized you should move slowly through and not zip through the mazes. I could imagine other elements which encourage you to move fast would add a nice dynamic to the gameplay. The spikes were an interesting touch, but as minibobbo mentioned, they are essentially insta-kill. I found that if I touched them I would loose so much oxygen and then I'd choose to suicide because its hopeless. Overall great job! Didn't run into any bugs which is very very impressive.
Was trying to play this but it seems W and A as well as Left Click do not work, so I was unable to progress just to let y'all know!
Awesome experience! Seems like there was an optimal strategy to just run along the blocks on the base and that would get you a pretty good time. Cool feature with the high score!
@iloveyourface hahahah very true!!
Fun game! Absolutely loved the graphics of it, had a very polished look. At points the game felt a little too hard or impossible. The green sludge was very frustrating and felt somewhat unnecessary as I would corner myself into it and wait for it to clear. I would expect the controls to feel off with a tricycle in a maze but it actually handled really well and I was never held back by clipping walls or bad controls! All in all great entry! Thanks for making this!!
Was great until the dialogue ended.. From then on I wasn't able to do anything. I tried using the arrow keys, pressing other buttons randomly, and clicking on files. Don't know if it glitched or if I'm missing something. Fantastic job with the setup and fun humor!
Fun game to play. My favorite part is definitely the punches. The ragdoll and sound just meshed together so perfectly for that satisfaction. Really creative use of the theme too, great job! I could honestly just stay in this and punch people for hours
Nice interpretation of the theme! Couldn't make it past level 1 as a lot was going on. Maybe you could consider lowering the spawn rate of the viruses and bring it back up in later levels. Also I couldn't tell if it was a glitch or an intended feature but it seems my antivirus would shut off after a short amount of time, but only on some ports. If it is an intended feature, I would recommend raising that time a bit as I could only get to about half before they start to turn off.
Wow!! This was incredible!!!! So much effort clearly went into this, amazing job. Took me quite some time but finished it (I think heh). Love how you have to search all over. Defnitely my favorite entry for LD42, incredible job once again.
I see you have 0 karma points.. Having more makes more people see your game on lists. You should go around and rate/comment on other games to get that score up so more people will see this gem!