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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThHuMoCo
201532An Unconventional WeaponZeldishjam7662.912.573.573.322.322.4484

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Comments by spike.house.games

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

Zeldish by spike.house.games 2015-04-23T04:19:00

Thanks for the comments:

@eXpl0it3r: Even though there are a ton of skeletons, they aren't so bad because you have a pretty good stretch of invincibility after you get hit, and they don't cause knock back.

@pkenney: They do get there pretty quick; one thing I wanted to do is have a skeleton jump out the door on the first screen before anyone tried to go through the door and get the wood sword.

@MegaMasterX: I'll try to hunt down that bug. Was it a problem regarding the collision with the player, or were the skeletons having trouble with the environment? I can think of ways that either thing could go wrong in the code. One funny thing is that the skeletons don't z-order properly, but you never really notice because they are always running aroud all crazy.

Zeldish by spike.house.games 2015-04-25T16:27:00

@eemmbbeerr: I converted the PNGs in to BMPs and updated the Linux build. This should make it work until I figure out why Pygame is sometimes having trouble with the image module.

Zeldish by spike.house.games 2015-04-25T17:28:00

@ArcturusDeluxe: Thank you. I was thinking about doing some sort of quick introduction with the red witch (who has the same powers as you) so that I could show that she is an enemy and show that the tile swapping is not really useful as a weapon. Just something that just takes a few seconds; maybe she summons the skeletons.

Zeldish by spike.house.games 2015-04-26T14:21:00

@jmborden: If you mean, this game would be better if it took place in a world actually designed for the play mechanic, then I whole heartedly agree. I was thinking of adding a level editor post-jam. The game is basically a level editor anyway, so this shouldn't take much.

But if you mean, the mechanic isn't fun, then less nostalgia isn't going to help it. I need to either fix the mechanic, or double-down on nostalgia. Maybe the main character saves Error. They have beautiful kids, but can't find them in the woods. Everyone talks constantly about how dangerous going alone is.

@SuperPokeunicorn: I knew there was a reason I missed the old Zelda screen transitions.