Very good.
Simple but fun combat, nice graphics, a bit short but a fun game none the less. Truly deserving of a sequel
Reviews for "Year of the Snake"
A good game that just needs a bit of story
I'm not sure I believe that this is indeed a first attempt at game design; while I don't doubt that Armor Games provided plenty of library code for use, many of the basic game design decisions were sound, and the overall game feels polished, if simple.
Year of the Snake is a side-scrolling beat-em-up with the hero battling ogres (or something) with his sword. The available techniques are simple, but there is depth hidden within them; try hitting jump and attack (both buttons!) at the same time for an upward slash reminiscent of the Dragon Punch. Also, with a bit of skill one can mix it up with slashes, lunges, or even do a cool falling-backward slash. The regenerating health bar allows a player to stay in the action, and I was pleased to see that enemies can hurt each other (a nice touch!).
So what's missing? Although the progression of scenes seems to tell a story, I would have liked to get a bit more information up front. I will confess that I didn't get all the way through, as the game got laggy on my old, slow computer (my gaming rig is in the shop). Also, I found that the enemy required kind of a lot of slashes to kill, which caused combat to sometimes bog down somewhat. Still, there was an undeniable thrill to jump-slashing an enemy into the air and juggling him while other foes slashed at where I had just been, then backward-slashing them as I landed and as they ran past. A solid game worthy of a sequel!
Void24 responds:
This game is not a first attempt at game design, but it is a first finished game. I have to say I am somewhat insulted at the idea of Armor Games providing me library code... This game's code is arranged in 7 actionscript2.0 class files, all of which were scratch written for this project.
This game was created by those listed in the credits, for the Armor Games Challenge contest. Armor Games, while providing the excellent contest and games site, did not contribute in any way to the design, code, art, or sound of the finished game (their logo was provided for the opening animation).
Very Good
This is excellent. Make more.. but make it so thers an adjustable difficulty cuz im not very good at these but they're hella fun and it was kinda hard for me... but good work and keep working hard!
Great game
Very well done. This game seems very unfinished though because it doesnt have a story to it, and the levels ended a bit too soon, but overall nice work and I love the way he slashes his sword. The technique there was very good.
Great game, expand it!
Loved it, simple controls, no noticeable bugs, nice artwork...Only suggestion would be to expand it, add a storyline of some sort, and possibly some more moves!