The Rise Of Dracula

I’m developing a similar game so it was very interesting to see how to build levels around a few basic moves!

Overall it’s nicely done, the mood is clear, platforms well contrasted with background (one of the things I was studying for my game).

I had issues with my enemies spamming attacks and the soldiers with their heavy lagging attack really do the job here. Unfortunately most enemies use the same pattern with slight time variations (Level 2 boss has more lag before hit, which means you can chain two hits before dashing, making it easier to beat than Level 1 boss - and above all, we expect a wizard to use spells not just melee - but I get the point of reusing the same code for enemy behaviour esp. for a jam).

The hardest for me was platforming though. There is a forced momentum at the end of an air dash which made me fall from many platforms. When I landed just on the edge, physics made me slip and fall anyway (better use snappy physics for this kind of game).

So I restarted the levels over and over, and since killing enemies doesn’t bring a bonus I just dashed through them, making it a pure platformer. In the end, I couldn’t get past Level 3. I could probably by trying again and again, but I’d rather spend more time on combat. cpwebmarketing’s last suggestions would probably make the combat more rewarding and platforming easier.

You could also never require the player to chain jumps on many platforms high in the air: if they fall, they just reach the “lower path” (as in Sonic) which is filled with more enemies, so a skilled warrior can always finish the level, while someone good at platforming could avoid a few enemies and speedrun.

Even if you don’t update the jam game further, I learned a lot from it already! I wish you good luck on your future projects!

this is a short but amazing game

I just say that the mage is harder than the righ hand. Really like it, the dash don't always work, but hey is funny anyway.

Really cool, but you can easily abuse the boss ai - just get close to them so they always use their melee attack, dash behind them and hit them once, rinse and repeat :D
Works against executioner, wizard and royal guard.

The last boss was pretty amusing, "ha, ha, ha".

PLZ nerf second boss, cuz he just spam fire

Nice game,I love it, plus is it me or does dracula look like moistcritikal?

Great game but I found no reason to face the enemies.

it'd be cool if when you killed someone it gave health back cause yk vampire

Hii, I've made a video about the game and wanted to share some feedback about it, hopefully it is useful to you ^^

-The gameplay mechanics are good and fun, but the need some polish as you end up finding out that not fighting enemies is a good tactic and as the combat needs to be more dynamic.

-Visually the game looks pretty great, but I've seen some strange texture artifacting sometimes while playing.

Hopefully this is useful to you :D, also if you could subscribe that would help me a lot :)

Regards

I liked it, very good use of the mechanics, the third boss has taken me a long time haha I recommend taking him to a wall to hit better, one thing that I feel he lacks is the importance of killing enemies, since there is no bonuses for this, you find yourself in situations where you just dodge them and go fast to the end, outside of that I liked the soundtrack and the art, very funny!

i made a game review on the game its my first time doing it considering the game is awesome :D