December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
Build a town and defend it from the knight that's come to clear you out.
Remember to use walls to defend your huts!
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 83% |
| #266 | Graphics | 3.18 |
| #319 | Fun | 2.92 |
| #321 | Innovation | 2.95 |
| #347 | Humor | 2.59 |
| #403 | Overall | 2.91 |
| #409 | Mood | 2.70 |
| #585 | Audio | 1.33 |
| #629 | Theme | 2.51 |
Comments
Seems a little buggy. After the knight destroyed my tower he didn't progress. And some of the little guys got stuck around his head. I like the idea, I think you could expand on this and make a solid game. Also, it didn't really seem like you were the villain in this. Good effort, and I liked your graphics.
Nice job! I didn't feel like a villain playing, but had fun experimenting with placing structures!
Pro: The meatball minions are very amusing
Con: Needs more things to do...
pretty cool game, it would be nice if the minions had a tiny bit more power or knight had a little less!
I won! At first I couldn't figure out the controls for the knight and then remembered the theme! The trick is to get behind him.
Interesting idea, lovely graphics. Would be great if there were more building types.
I really like the idea of this. I thought it was a lot of fun. I would like to do more than 1 level, if you decide to pick this up in the future, add more buildings? Different types of attackers?
I like it! Tickling a giant knight with your tiny sword. It's so amusing.
Did the meatballs build their huts on the knight's garden or what makes them villains?
The idea is ok but the game is really lacking.
I really enjoyed fighting alongside a mob of AIs. It wasn't clear how it relates to the theme, but it was definitely a lot of fun! :)
If only you give one more $ so I could have another wall :D pretty nice.
Trivia: what was the sprite editor you used?
Love it. If i timed it correctly I could make the knight swing for my meatball instead of the building and by myself some more time.
The knight is really great! The game makes me think about the crusader. :)
Walls? I just hacked the knight until he died. Timing the point when he's about to attack and jump over him...
anyway, nice effect when dying. I didn't get why I should build walls when I just had built three houses next to each other. Sounds would have been nice, and also the bounding box of the knight seemed a bit off
Neat - too bad my minions get stuck on my own walls. They should have some maximum life span so they respawn if stuck.
Pretty fun and cute! Knight seems to have a fair bit of health though, makes it hard to beat him in close situations.
CUTE MEATBALLS SCOTT!
I beat the knight on my third try; I liked stategizing the placement of huts/fences. Great job!
A bit grindy but I love the fact that you play as one of the many disposable meatballs :D
Honestly, I'm trying my best to find something good about this. The gameplay consists only of tapping a button, hacking and slashing at an enemy that could as well be invincible. There seems to be no action, no strategy, nothing to keep you going. There's seeds of AI and tower defense mechanics, but they haven't been developed far enough to be useful.
And what particularly strikes me as lazy is the game's complete disconnection from the theme. It doesn't help the impression that the author didn't give a damn.
I really liked to look of the game and to objective of the game is clear! The knight has a ton of health though! Can't see a connection to the theme other than that knights some times are good? Other than that, good job!
Interesting. The knight seemed incredibly strong, and I didn't have a lot to do.
I enjoyed this - I especially liked that you both were the builder of the village and then could play the people :-)
Very nice! First time the knight killed me, but then I just built towers to get behind him and attack him. Very fun to beat.
Really liked the graphics in this game, although I'm wishing there was some audio (even just for the hits). The controls of the little meatguys were really awesome, I loved the way they jump. I'm just not sure if I feel like the little meatguys are the villains. Sure, they're not knights in shining armor, but that knight kinda seems like a bully in this setting :]
I liked the art, specifically those little meatball dudes. Their attack animation is really funny.
Finally killed that knight. He has a lot of health.
I like the little jumpy platformer critters.
N/A for audio, as it looks like it either didn't work or you had none.
Had fun with it. Knight is a little to strong :) And i would love to know how to build at later stage of the game. Either way nice idea end execution!
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awesome idea. super cute little dudes. that knight has a tonnn of health!