December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
For a lumberjack, destroying the forest is the rule. This is not different for Joe, the bad jack! Help him to destroy a forest facing the resistance of indians, what can be more evil than that?!
Control with arrows or WASD, attack with space.
The game is HTML5, built with CraftyJS. Tested on Chrome and Firefox, but probably works with Safari as well.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 57% |
| #105 | Humor | 3.38 |
| #223 | Fun | 3.14 |
| #304 | Overall | 3.10 |
| #365 | Theme | 3.21 |
| #385 | Audio | 2.35 |
| #418 | Mood | 2.68 |
| #497 | Graphics | 2.62 |
| #508 | Innovation | 2.55 |
Comments
Ahah it was pretty fun, really liked the -10 people i killed and the -2 lives ;)
Hahaha, thanks. Yep, I was working on the ending when the time was over, so I couldn't solve this quirk. It's a shame because what happens at the end is not very clear, but since it's not a crash I don't think it's fair to publish a fix for the compo
Surprisingly fun! Even the killer ghost ending somehow added rather than detracted from the experience. If you make a post-compo version, I recommend keeping some version of this bug, maybe a flying ghost chopping down an infinite forest...
Really enjoyable game and cool graphics/sound effects. I couldn't deduce what was happening at the end though, is it intentional that a tree slams you down?
Yay awesome ghost killer hunter axe man killing -10 people and chopping -3 trees. That was a fun experience. But pressing 5 to play again did not result in anything.
By the way, your link says Windows, but I hacked the system and was able to play it on my MacBook on OSX ;) ... better change it so people know they can play it on another system.
Awesome game, had a lot of fun. Was humorous and fun.
@BarrensZeppelin yes, that's what you get for being a villain! Unfortunately I lacked the time to make it clearer.
@metadept indeed, this is giving some positive feedback! A ghost would be a good idea, thanks
This was fun but I can't seem to get beyond the last couple of knights to earn my prize. Is there some strategy? Pressing 5 resulted in a broken screen.
For some reason I really like how the trees fell, but im not sure why. The timing to kill indians seemed a bit odd, but it was still entertaining for sure!
@joekinley I updated the link to Web instead of Windows, thanks!
@joekinley @zenmumbler yes, the 5 button bugged out, you think it's ok if I fix this?
A nice quick and fun game. Running around as a vengeful spirit after I died was pretty hilarious, even if it wasn't intended.
hey pretty fun game, i like how when you died, you can still hack people lol
Wow the end is hard. Sometimes you get hit before the new screen is done transitions, which is unfortunate. Overall very fun!
3rd lumberjack-themed game I've come across, I guess they must be evil :D
Gameplay is very entertaining and satisfying. Graphics are ok and sound effects too. The only thing lacking is some good fighting music.
Enjoyable game. Not sure why the hate for lumber-jacks, though in this case he was also a murderer. Liked how the trees fell, especially when they took out enemies. Really poor ending sequence. I think I get what you were going for in the ending but sadly I think the deadline beat you there.
Hi, thanks for your feedback! I've made a post-compo version in case you're interested: http://jhcp.github.com/LD25
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Entertaining. I ended up as an avenging ghost mind, charging through the woods, and killing the -3 men left to defeat.