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Ludum Dare 41GamesArbust's Revenge

Arbust's Revenge

COMPO GAME by sirikan (@sirikan)

Do you have what it takes to destroy the evil Arbust and his fellow wizards?

To defeat them you must venture into an arena to fight his minions while playing a card game with him at the same time.

Controls:

Move - WASD
SideStep - QE
Shoot - Space / Left Ctrl
Click on cards to play them
Right click on cards to discard

Tips:

You must play a weapon before you can attack

Use lighting to attack the evil wizard directly.

Win the game by destroying all 3 wizards.

You can mouse over a card to see what it does.

Links

GitHub

https://github.com/wiltaylor/LD41

Windows/Linux/Mac

https://wiltaylor.itch.io/arbusts-revenge

Results

Final results

Overall: 511th (3.125 average from 26 ratings)

Fun: 390th (3.208 average from 26 ratings)

Innovation: 416th (3.229 average from 26 ratings)

Theme: 444th (3.375 average from 26 ratings)

Graphics: 509th (2.833 average from 26 ratings)

Audio: 298th (2.979 average from 26 ratings)

Humor: 493rd (2.182 average from 24 ratings)

Mood: 413th (2.917 average from 26 ratings)

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Metrics

Advanced data on this game

Karma from Feedback given: 20

Ratings given: 31

Ratings received: 25.75

Classic Balance: 111.9163 *

Smart Balance: 26.1837 *

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Comments

COMMENTS

by fashionbatman (@fashionbatman), published 7 years ago

Once you get used to the movement this game can be quite fun. Great job!

1

by incobalt (@incobalt), published 7 years ago

I couldn’t figure out where the wizard was to fight them, and I didn’t seem to have lightning to do it anyway. Still, I enjoyed the game :)

1

by AdroitConceptions (@adroitconceptions), published 7 years ago

interesting game… the movement was disoratanting to an extent… took a few plays to figure out how to move/etc.
once I figured it out… standard MMO kite and attack until I got lighting to attack with… ended up having to spam through the cards just so i had room for new ones (so the junk ones didn’t keep me from getting stuff that did thigns).

1

by LMB (@lmb), published 7 years ago

Beated it! I find the camera angle a bit awkward initially. As @incobalt, I spent some time looking for the wizard – until I understood it exists in a different place (so to speak). The music was nice, created a good mood. Very stable, I didn’t see any glitches.

1

by smallboss (@smallboss), published 7 years ago

Really cool and neat idea. A bit hard to control but it fits the theme pretty well.

1

by Vinterskog (@vinterskog), published 7 years ago

I agree that the controls are not optimal. I think it would be better if this was a mouse based control-scheme. Like, click where you want to go, click on an enemy to attack. The game would probably still be hard enough. :)
That being said, I like the mood of your game and the general idea.

1

by SHINBAXTER (@shinbaxter), published 7 years ago

LOL.u got sum real atmosphere going on here. that music was awesomely DARK! the actual game made me feel like i was on one of those kids spin around playground rides XD also did u do that sound effect with your voice? it’s really amusing lol. cool stuff dood!

=)

1

by Hello.Coder (@hello-coder), published 7 years ago

A card / battle royale game. You mixed those genres well, and everything was well done. My few criticisms would be that there should be something to tell you to look for the wizards, and that the turning responsiveness was a bit off. Initially, I thought that wizards would spawn after a certain number of waves, and I couldn’t aim well because I couldn’t stop turning at least semi-instantly. Other than that, I enjoyed myself!

1

by Harry Light (@harry-light), published 7 years ago

the spinning camera makes me nauseous

0

by Evan Minto (@evan-minto), published 7 years ago

Took me a while to figure out how to shoot, but I think that was just my not reading the instructions right. I also wasn’t able to find the wizard. Once I got the hang of balancing using my cards and shooting it got kind of fun, but the discrete turns made aiming pretty tough. It would help a lot to make the turns smoother.

1

by Aarre Entertainment (@aarre-entertainment), published 7 years ago

Finished it. It was very entertaining! Enjoyed playing it and I value good gameplay experiences in this contest.

1

by David Boeger (@david-boeger), published 7 years ago

I reread the instructions and tried everything I could, but couldn’t seem to attack. I’m not sure if I just missed something. The gameplay is actually an interesting blend of genres, and seems pretty fun. But I just had no idea how to kill things.

1

by Zinkler (@zinkler), published 7 years ago

The camera is definitely rotating too fast, but other than that, a great game. It would be nice to see any other cards played by the wizard, except of spawning the minions, so that it look like an actual card game, but I totally enjoyed what is implemented there already. Oh, and the wizard impersonations are great btw!

1

by sirikan (@sirikan), published 7 years ago

@David-Boeger You need to use a card to equip a weapon.

0

by Tiberon (@tiberon), published 7 years ago

Took me a while to figure out all the subtle hints on the screen (dots for showing where enemies are, wave spawn indicators, remaining ammo etc) but that didn’t stop me from winning the game! All in all a very good execution and game all together. The rotation with A/D was a bit too fast for my taste but other than that I really enjoyed playing the game! The sounds gave a nice ambient to the game, thus setting the mood very well! A very good game!

P.S. I think I found a bug: If you’ve capped your HP and you activate the card that increases your max HP by 5 temporarily, after the effect ends you’re no longer at the max HP cap, but 5 below that

1

by tomdeal (@tomdeal), published 7 years ago

that was a fun experience! Managed to get to the end credits and had a lot of fun while doing this. The controls could be a bit more precise, but I had no problems controlling the vacuum cleaner like robot. Graphics and sound were very good, too. One of the best games I played this LD so far. One minor thing: the game balance was a bit too easy, and most of the cards did not have any effect once you maxed out life and mana, so you were just constantly cycling for weapons and lightnings. Great job!

1

by Logic Monkey (@logic-monkey), published 7 years ago

A saw all the discarded pixel art shields and was sad for the fallen eight-bit heros who went before.

1

by Tim Ruswick (@tim-ruswick), published 7 years ago

Wil this was awesome!!! I want to play more if you ever updated it and add some more cards!!!

1

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