December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
Horrible Horace is hungry for power despite a bad hangover. Help him conquer the kingdom of Hibblesworth.
Find a sword and some treasure. Kill or Corrupt The People. Kill Everything Cute. Wait for a Hero to turn up... and defeat him. Avoid Monsters.
2D roguelike (kinda) with a ZX Speccy Aesthetic.
You can either download the platform independent Java build, or run as a Web Applet.
NOTE: When game is over (either you die or you win), it says "PRESS ENTER" but nothing will happen. Just restart the program completely if you want to play again :-)
See the full play guide on my compo blog, or go to http://tinyurl.com/boh8wat
Enjoy!
Downloads and Links
Ratings
| #251 | Audio | 2.76 |
| #334 | Overall | 3.04 |
| #379 | Fun | 2.82 |
| #435 | Mood | 2.65 |
| #485 | Humor | 2.18 |
| #503 | Theme | 2.90 |
| #520 | Graphics | 2.55 |
| #567 | Innovation | 2.43 |
| #776 | Coolness | 45% |
Comments
I get a Pixel format not accelerated error on the web version. And from the windows version I get an UnsatisfiedLinkError in the loadLibrary function.
I'll try again later on a different computer
It was a bit confusing at first, but fun after I got the hang of it!
Very fun to play despite the fact that it need many tries to undestant where is the "hit zone of the items".
I also get stuck on the gameover sequence, even if I press enter nothing happen.
Fun game, I like the retro style and all the audio effects and music. Difficulty is also from the eighties.
Great game Borkano! I loved spectrum style of graphics and sound. Big plus for minigame to proove that you are innocent. I have fun with this game, very innovative and fun for 48 hours.
@prettymuchbryce thanks for letting me know, unfortunately I don't have a Mac to test it with :-( Does the web version work for you? And you could try running this directly from Terminal: java -Djava.library.path=./native/macosx -jar game.jar
@starspell It might be a limitation of LWJGL + your graphics card or might be a bug from me, I'm not sure sorry!
@Benjamin glad you enjoyed it! Sorry, yes there is no way to restart when the game is over or you win, I'll add a note!
Quite fun, everyone loves killing fluffy things with swords!
I like the water effetct when i run in an wall, it make my screen blink :s
Pretty fun game. Absolutely loved the aesthetics, and the game feels pretty solid. No obvious bug or anything (except the restart thing). Very well done!
Not a big fan of your collision detection and controls, but otherwise really pleased by this Spectrum imitation. Good job.
I really liked this game. The collision detection could have been a little more intuitive (such as the attack direction), but overall this was really enjoyable. I liked the minigames such as pleading innocent at trial, and could see this game being expanded into a full version.
By the way, if you're looking for a better host than dropbox, you might check out the free Java hosting I offer at http://StaticVoidGames.com. We handle LWJGL automatically. Either way, nice work!
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