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GMTK Game Jam 2025

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A jam submission

Long Live the KingView game page

A puzzle-shooter about ending monarchy - Crazy Chicken style
Submitted by DrBluestone — 7 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Long Live the King's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#10683.5003.500
Narrative#14973.0003.000
Creativity#35063.3643.364
Artwork#41462.9552.955
Enjoyment#46262.7272.727

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
When The King dies (or in this case gets killed) an heir is alread standing by to become the new King. This continues in an ongoing circle that has to be broken by the player.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Russian Infantry Musket By Armémuseum - https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024390410/gevar-m-1845, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128809569

https://pixabay.com/de/photos/cit%C3%A9-de-carcassonne-schloss-5855595/

https://pixabay.com/de/vectors/schach-spiel-st%C3%BCcke-schachfiguren-145184/

Copyright (c) 2011, wmk69 (wmk69@o2.pl),
with Reserved Font Name MedievalSharp.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license available with a FAQ at:
https://openfontlicense.org

Freesound.org:
angry mob loop.aiff by bevibeldesign
Concrete SMASH 2 by magnuswaker
RemingtonGunshot.wav by fastson
Winchester rifle loading and cocking.wav by SpliceSound
1_Knife_Slash_A.wav by lmbubec

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Nicholas Bluestone

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Comments

BrukSubmitted1 year ago

The king is dead! Long live the king?!

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Loopmage
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SoftServeDemoSubmitted1 year ago

Very well put-together. Ultimately amounts to a single, extremely simple puzzle, but great for what it is.

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One Hell of a Bird
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Ripperley1 year ago

Fun concept for a puzzle game it would be neat to see expanded into more levels. Had a fair bit of technical trouble unfortunately, between the long load times and frequently loading in to a black screen, or no scope overlay, or having shot immediately before I have control.

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DrBluestoneDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Unfortunately  you are not allowed to click during loading screens or else things break a bit. I would like to fix and improve the game in the future but I'm afraid my Code is beyond saving. 😅

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James AllenSubmitted1 year ago

The king is dead! LONG LIVE THE KING!

simple but effective. would be cool to see this expanded upon for different scenarios with different ways to take out all the guards :)

Cool little game though mate!

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Groundhog Slay
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arcturus_artSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Loading time aside, it was worth waiting for when I figured out the trick to get every guard and see the cutscene afterward lol, nice fun game I can see it having more puzzly levels in a more fleshed out version !!

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WHO'S THERE !!
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canestroSubmitted1 year ago

It was pretty slow to load in browser (using chrome), regardless, it was definitely fun! really cool game :)

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The Myth of Fishyphus
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DrBluestoneDeveloper1 year ago

Yes, the long loading time bothers me too. It comes from a last minute workaround I sadly had to do that unreasonably increased the file size.

But nice to hear that you enjoyed the game afterwards :)

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greenphoxSubmitted1 year ago

very nice one! I loved the ending. It was also very interesting how you used the chess pieces as characters! the bishop giving the cross to king was also a very cute small detail. The voicelines were also very funny. Well done!

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Your worst enemy
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BBardzSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

"Now that I am King I will raise the taxes and ... ehrrmm... raise the taxes even more!"

5/5 Story. Would Dethrone again.

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Tasks of the Spell Looper
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Eugene_SavSubmitted1 year ago

Great game, really funny. It took me some time to figure out how to kill all 4 guards, but in the end I figured it out :)

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Don't Mess Around
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DerAndreSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I find it really amusing. For your first game it's impressive and creative. I was kinda puzzled how to win but the screenshots gave me a hint. I had fun with your game.

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How To Repair 3325-T
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