December 13th-16th 2013 :: Theme: You Only Get One
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*** NEWS: Screen flashing in Chrome fixed ***
Heart is a zelda-like in which you start with 1 heart instead of 3. This makes the game more challenging, but there's more. To win the game, you need the Heart Blade so that you can fight evil. To wield the Master Sword, you need 3 hearts. The only way to get a heart, is for another player to give you theirs.
To play, you need to log in with your twitter account. The rest of the instructions can be found through playing the game. The game is, sadly, extremely short. I consider you a winner if you: get 3 hearts, wield the Heart Blade, and slay all evil.
There is a leader-board, which will display the players
with the most hearts.
-- CONTROLS --
Arrows to move, space to attack (when you have the sword), x to give someone your heart.
-- KNOWN ISSUES --
The screen transition is buggy: don't hold keys down while the screen is sliding, or the game will probably freeze. Who knew that could be so hard!
Once you get the sword, maybe swinging it too much will freeze the game? I've only seen it once.
-- ATTENTION --
As discovered by @nicolasdet, you need to use the twitter handle, not the user name, of the person1 to whom you give your heart. For example, my handle is @ArrogantGamer, but my name is arrogant.gamer
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 71% |
| #633 | Theme | 2.62 |
| #648 | Innovation | 2.67 |
| #773 | Humor | 1.44 |
| #822 | Graphics | 2.21 |
| #908 | Mood | 1.90 |
| #992 | Fun | 1.65 |
| #1000 | Overall | 1.93 |
Comments
Sorry dude, but I'm not going to authenticate my twitter to play your game. :-( I wont rate it, but you may want to fix that.
interestion idea, but even if i had twitter .. but don't stop the innovations!
Apologies; I didn't read the full instructions. Didn't realize it was a multiplayer. That's a clever idea.
I apologize to all the folks who don't have twitter... but listen: not everyone gets to be a hero.
Good idea! Anyway, can someone please give me a heart? Pleassse! You can find me under this name (or maybe nicolasdet)
Ha ha! Thanks, you are the first! I will give you MY HEART! (but you need three to get the sword...)
I don't understand the complaints about Twitter; the game only asks to read your tweets and see who you follow, something anyone can do. The real problem is that I could not play the game at all. When I loaded the web version I just got a flickering screen :(
I tried passing the guys at the top right until I gave up. Then I realized I can go for the sword. So I went there. Tried picking it. Pressed x and I was asked for a name. So I entered another account I own. And then I got "game over" reloaded and were stuck in an "game over"-loop.
So ratings may be better if I could see more of the game.
Maybe you could explain why this game needs twitter.
@Cbeed: I agree that the in-game instructions could use work. This game is opaque, but with very little reward for those who appreciate/figure it out. I plan on extending it post-jam to make it more worth the effort. Thanks for playing!
Also, yeah: perma-death! So be careful with your hearts.
Damn I love Zelda-like games. Too bad I don't have a twitter account.
The concept floors me. Love it. The game needs work, though. But you know that. =)
Hey, it's Ted Brown of Oreganik! We talked about Chess Heroes at SIX. Your words, they fill me with joy! I'm definitely going to spend some hours this/next month trying to add a compelling zelda-like to my high-concept zelda-like. ^o^//
In particular, I want the player to have to keep getting more and more hearts to progress... maybe as many as 20!
I may have broken it by giving my heart to myself. When it asked for my handle, I was all like "Hmm, maybe this is so that whoever gets my heart can know of my sacrifice." (In this scenario, I guess I thought that the heart would go to someone at random haha.
Nice use of the theme, though!
I like the idea, would be cool to see it developed beyond what you got here in the 48h with some pixelly zelda style art and more solid movement. Are the red guys swarming around other people? I got a pop-up asking if I wanted to give a heart, just before I died vibrating on the bottom of the screen. :D
Ha ha, don't give your heart to yourself! Careful with that thing, you only get one!
@anttiviljami, as mentioned above, the game asks for read-only permission which is exactly the same as me reading your twitter account off your LD profile (which I just did).
Read the artists statement, and I love the idea! Sadly it didn't really translate into the game. 5 on innovation and theme.
Great concept, high points on theme. Crashed several times while moving between screens (as you are aware).
interesting idea but the game is a bit too glitchy for me. How do I give my heart?
Ack, forgot my twitter account's login. Sadly couldn't play it. Maybe it's possible to get my twitter-followers without authenticating?
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What the twitter, man...