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This is an arcade game where you play as Ep a tiny little guy. Ep is protecting his growing arena from monsters those who are destroying it.
This game was made in 33 hours by William Beinö(xTacobaco).
If you got any questions that you want me to adress, please mail me at william.beino@hotmail.com or type it down in the comment section.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 100% |
| #285 | Fun | 3.42 |
| #313 | Audio | 3.02 |
| #316 | Humor | 2.74 |
| #388 | Overall | 3.35 |
| #490 | Mood | 2.94 |
| #498 | Innovation | 3.13 |
| #551 | Graphics | 2.97 |
| #735 | Theme | 3.37 |
Comments
i love everything about this game, good job.
highscore: 48
Fun shooter. The music got old after like, 20 seconds though.
An indication on when tiles are about to disappear would be great. I've only died to that so far.
The music loop sadly didn't pass the long term annoyance test even though it was catchy at first.
Nice little game, I wonder how the real Ep voice sounds like o.o
Got high score of: 47
The sound effect used for the scream makes this game so good.
Sounds is great, and the mechanic of not shooting guys over your land squares is a great twist, nice job
I like the fact that your game actually makes me afraid sometimes. Standing on a lone tile, ghosts closing in - will the next shot kill me? Will a new path grow in time? I got really engaged after figuring out everything about the controls.
A simple concept but very well executed. The intro was cool.
It get's though really fast! (Or I had some badluck)
Nice game, the scream sound is funny.
It kinda sounds like a cat getting hurt :P
Cool gameplay! I liked the music and the simple mechanics. I'm not really good at it.. highscore 22 after some tries =)
Cool little game - I like the idea that your own attack can kill you if you fall behind too much! Also has a nice simple graphical style that works.
Really innovative game. The screams the character makes remind me of Super Mario.
Like everyone else said: I like the simplicity of this game. Only wish there was a bit more to do with that growing Arena. But it had me playing for some time
Nice fun game. I don't get the reason of the vanishing board.
The theme was way off too.
Your game was fun and I enjoyed playing it. I think it's a quite unique concept. I got a high score of 28!
For 48 hours this is a well done game. Things to improve would be death sounds when the ghosts died. A sound when a block disappeared. maybe some visual cue if a block has the potential to be destroyed. I hope you work on this post compo its a great little game.
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Fun and addictive! I got a high score of 34. I also like the mechanic of enemies blowing up part of the arena when they die.