The pixel art and music gave it a nostalgic feel. I liked that you could just collect coins without needing to fight. Some enemy variety would have been nice, but im sure out of scope for a Jam, and I did notice the enemies could be tricky to dodge at times. Overall, fun and well put together
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound | #162 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Aesthetics | #243 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Overall | #259 | 3.389 | 3.389 |
| Fun | #303 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Music | #333 | 3.111 | 3.111 |
| Mechanics | #348 | 2.944 | 2.944 |
| Theme | #425 | 2.944 | 2.944 |
| Story | #590 | 1.722 | 1.722 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
https://pixel-boy.itch.io/ninja-adventure-asset-pack
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Unfortunately I don't have anyone here to play the game with, so this was a solo victory.
I'd be interested to know if this game fulfills its goal of having young children play together without fighting or crying. :)
I appreciate that, in addition to the player's being immune to harm, you don't have to defeat the enemies if you don't want to. It's enough just to get their coins.
23 days ago(+1)
Yes, my kids ages 20 months, 4 years and 6 years played for about 30 minutes yesterday without fighting or crying (a rare occurrence these days)! While the “every-character-gets-their-own-coins” mechanic meant no one was crying because someone got more than the other, I didn’t count on the difficulties that would come from my older 2 kids needing the help of the little one to actually complete the levels though…
23 days ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback and the kind words!
Unfortunately web versions of the game don’t seem to detect gamepads for some reason. I made my own dynamic input mapper instead of the one in Project Settings; there will always be at least 1 Ninja (the keyboard) and +1 Ninja available at the selection for each gamepad detected when the game starts. But, if there is only 1 Ninja, no gamepads were detected, sadly. Maybe it’s a browser permissions issue or maybe I didn’t configure the export correctly, or maybe an engine limitation. I’ll have to look into it.
Sure. Web version of the game could not be detecting due to focus outside the window. But the game pad also did not work on the windows build as well. Here is a screenshot of my bindings(Custom Ones) for the game pad and it worked on both the web and windows builds of the game. I have highlighted the gamepad mappings. I have tested these on an old school retro gamepad Microsoft Side Winder gamepad USB.
[Note: These use standard custom keymapping rather than the custom dynamic mapping you have created via code, which would be needed for more than one player]
23 days ago(+1)
Thanks! I noticed the same “invisible zombie enemy” bug that you did but only after submission :D
The player can’t die by design but maybe a health bar for the enemies might be a good idea going forward.
Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
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