December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
Alright here's my First Ludum Dare Game - KONKEY DONG. You play as a well dressed ape throwing barrels at a familiar looking duo. Don't let these little guys save the girl at the top.
CONTROLS:
LEFT & RIGHT - MOVE
SPACE - THROW BARREL
PRESS ENTER to START GAME or THROW A BARREL AT ONE DUDE AT THE BOTTOM
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 60% |
| #15 | Theme(Jam) | 4.12 |
| #34 | Fun(Jam) | 3.56 |
| #49 | Humor(Jam) | 3.36 |
| #55 | Overall(Jam) | 3.57 |
| #86 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.71 |
| #102 | Mood(Jam) | 3.14 |
| #131 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.05 |
| #193 | Audio(Jam) | 2.59 |
Comments
Flippin' great! Great idea and great graphix... really fun too.
Looks great and is fun. Sometimes the barrels fell down the ladders before I could grab them, but this didn't happen too often.
I have to vote pretty low on innovation, as I had the exact same idea at first. I like the gameplay, but it could use some tweaking. The barrels disappear too quickly, and it's so easy to get hit in the head that the best "strategy" seems to be to pick them up as quickly as possible and throw them away before you get hit in the head.
Liking the graphics and humour.
Oh man, this is so good Saam! The tutorial area is perfect. Well done!
Cool, I've never had so much fun killing those stupid mario and luigi clones!
I thought it was awesome! And the win screen was great. I liked that the Mario's seemed a little sneaky.
My only issues would be the speed that Konkey Dong moves at when put together with the quick despawn on the barrels. Otherwise loved every minute of it.
Clever, but I couldn't really get into the gameplay. Most of the time it felt like I was just throwing barrels at random.
Funny game! Nice graphics and gameplay. A bit easy and uneventful though. Maybe make tons of marios and let the barrels roll over them. Anyways, good game.
Who knew playing as Donkey Ko.. err I mean Konkey Dong would be that much fun!
There's something I loved about the flat faced luigi on top of the cage.
This was fun and one of the better "play the bad guys" retro remakes I've seen. Echo what someone said above about being easy and uneventful. Maybe a smaller play field, and less ladders would yield faster action. Also, barrels should last longer once they hit the ground. Dong can't get to them fast enough.
As I said in the earlier comment, I had the same idea, and it was mostly what I was expecting. The mechanics were a bit different than what I had imagined. Overall, it was quite good. I did find it a bit easy, and I think I'd echo that a smaller field might make it more eventful and possiby more challenging.
I said, I was looking forward to trying this, and I was not disappointed :)
Thanks for all the comment/feedback everyone. The difficulty of the game could definitely use some tweaking. I'm hoping to add a 2 Player mode later and really polishing some stuff. Thank for playing!
Great game. The difficulty increases to slowly. Has cute graphics.
Pretty great. I loved all the little things the little guys said when they got hit. "Ah my meatballs eh!". Haha.
Decent game. Gets boring after a while. Barrels disappear quickly. The graphics were a little traditional mario, luigi and donkey kong. You ever named the game konkey dong. Very low on innovation.
Haha my game has some similarities. Very good pixel art. Nailed the theme. Background music would have been nice. Good job!
That is a wonderful concept! I like how you have to avoid the barrels and then send them. Unfortunately you can't pay attention to what goes on below.
I've added a post Compo version: It now has a 2player mode!
Enjoy :D
Great effort! It's great to finally see things from (K)Donkey's perspective.
Thought the game was pretty solid. I'd only suggest adding a tiny bit more speed to Konkey, or maybe allowing the barrels to remain in their place longer before they disappear. Because of the speed, often it was literally impossible to get a barrel for minutes.
Great job!
While the thought of reversing popular games is a common idea in this LD, this one is implemented really good. Solid entry for a first LD. Nice graphics. The gameplay seems a bit straightforward as most of the time I didn't even think about where to throw the barrel to, but still, the game is nicely done. Good job.
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Nicely done, you showed that playing as a villain is pretty fun too! :D