December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
This game isn't the most user-friendly, and for that I apologize.
You play as Mr Wizard, spawning monsters to fight those pesky heroes in this turn-based arena fighter!
Every turn, your mana increases. If you can't cast anything for any reason, press Enter to go on with the turn. If a hero attacks and you have no monsters spawned, you will lose HP and gain mana.
If nothing seems to happen on a turn, the monster(s) or hero(s) missed.
Controls are explained in-game, but I was unable to put some details in, such as the mana cost of each monster.
Here are the stats of every monster:
Slime:
HP: 2
STR: 1
DEF: 1
SPD: 1
COST 2
Skeleton:
HP: 2
STR: 1
DEF: 2
SPD: 2
COST 3
Goat:
HP: 3
STR: 2
DEF: 2
SPD: 2
COST 6
Cat:
HP: 3
STR: 3
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
COST 7
'Monster' 5 is a heal spell, which heals all monsters by 1 HP, and costs 5 mana.
I'm excited about the potential (I think) this game has, and will continue to improve it, maybe to the point where I think it could sell.
This game was made with Haxe + NME + HaxePunk. A linux build should be up soon.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
| #389 | Audio | 2.33 |
| #456 | Humor | 2.25 |
| #508 | Innovation | 2.55 |
| #531 | Overall | 2.70 |
| #539 | Mood | 2.45 |
| #553 | Theme | 2.76 |
| #613 | Fun | 2.27 |
| #687 | Graphics | 2.00 |
| #711 | Coolness | 47% |
Comments
Would be useful to have some basic instructions during the game (just "Press 1 for..." etc). Good concept though.
web link is completely black, flash version 11.5 chrome
windows link throws std@get_env__1
Simple game, but I never got past the last hero :( Enjoyed it.
I had great fun killing the boss. Had more fun destroying the hero partys though!
kewry, Nutter: Do you have a filter running? Is there any newer flash version? I've uploaded versions that might fix it, but you two are the only ones encountering this. :(
Might have been nice to put the monster info on the bottom of the screen, or somethin'.
That is one mean goat monster! Hehe, nicely done with that.
It was a bit hard to tell what was going on and when. Animations would have been great, but even just some simple +5 or -1 or some way to show that stats have changed due to attack would have been good!
Fun enough though I wasn't fully engaged.
Good job! :D
Fun game! I definitely agree that this has potential, Jacic, you should keep at it and explore the dynamics some more. Nicely done. :)
Managed to beat the boss! this was pretty good, it could use lots of refining and making it clearer whose turn it is and who did what, but otherwise I liked it.
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
I've uploaded post-compo versions, which include a visual reminder of which keys spawns which creatures, as well as the mana cost for each. The windows build is also fixed for real now (post-compo version)!
arrgh I got the boss down to 1 then died!! Fun idea would be worth working on to make it more responsive and a bit mroe fun
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fun! I liked this mechanic