December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
You play as the castle attempting to stop heroic knights from rescuing the princess held within your walls.
Controls:
Mouse: select active enemy
Space: use enemy ability
R: Restart level
To retry a level after failing or proceed to the next level, just click.
Source is included in the windows download. Made in MMF2 (and not commented), so be prepared for that I guess.
Postmortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/12/16/first-ld-castle-of-doom-a-post-mortem/
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 78% |
| #43 | Theme | 4.02 |
| #55 | Fun | 3.61 |
| #71 | Audio | 3.38 |
| #83 | Mood | 3.42 |
| #93 | Humor | 3.43 |
| #114 | Innovation | 3.50 |
| #124 | Overall | 3.48 |
| #335 | Graphics | 3.02 |
Comments
The music was really hilarious, too bad it stops playing after resetting the level.
I got through all level using cannon spamming, not sure if it is intended ;D
Your audio-work is awesome ;)
The basic game mechanics are really nice. It is really difficult though. It feels like one has to be nearly perfect to reach the next level. Also the cannons feel a bit unbalanced because they can do the majority of damage.
But the "handdrawn-graphics" together with the unique sounds make it really a nice game to play.
Cool, realy difficult too, and it took my a minute to understand that i wasnt the nice knight but the master of evil creature ^^
Floor spike maybe useless, he slashes it before jumps into it. But the audio is good. Is that you who do the rap? :)
Good game. I think the only problem is that when an enemy/trap is destroyed, you automatically select the next one - this resulted in me, for example, pressing space to try to activate a skull bomb, but the knight destroys it, and I instantly set off the next trap :(
I love this more than I have a right to! The art style and your voice/music track is - awesome. Could definitely see this as a real game with lots of levels and trying to 3-star levels, etc, like Angry Birds. Lots of potential here. Explore it! Would work on some of the mechanics a little. I had trouble damaging the Knight enough and some of the traps seemed ineffective. Totally fixable, though. Love it.
Love everything about it. Reminds me of Deathrun Mod from Counter Strike 1.6, but applied to a 2D Platformer. Timing is tough to get right, what a brilliant entry!
5/5 Audio. Easily! Gosh, it's so much fun.
I really like the concept, and it is fun to play. And watch. The graphics are adorable.
I'd love to have a little bit more strategy instead of just reaction, but I dunno about any concrete mechanics there myself. Oh, and I'm not sure why I can't just click on them to trigger!
All in all, a really enjoyable game.
The cannons rock. Love the beatboxing and the humor in this game.
One of the best implementations of villain-sets-the-stage mechanics I've seen!
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Love the music!