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A jam submission

The King's ShieldView game page

The first bodyguard who needs a brain.
Submitted by 1ChuckNorris1, KingKev007, krassername, AHuman — 6 days, 14 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1093.8523.852
Innovation#1303.6673.667
Gameplay#1753.5933.593
Overall#1943.6363.636
Theme#2293.8893.889
Audio#3603.3703.370
Visuals#6273.4443.444

Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
You can't trust anyone in each level because each might try to kill the king

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The player movement.

How many people worked on the game?
4

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Submitted

Awesome game! I thought about a similar mechanic for mine. 

I like that it clearly inform you how should you keep an eye on, while talking a a walk with your over confident king.

Submitted(+1)

I like the premise of this! You also have a really fun and colorful itch page that I really liked. The only thing I wished is that there was some way of confirming who I wanted to kill, since sometimes I ended up causing accidental collateral damage.

Submitted(+1)

This a really solid entry for this jam! I love the approach that you took on the team! Very well done! You have a really fun game here! :)

Submitted(+1)

Really fantastic game! Way harder than I expected it to be lol!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, very polished and fun check out my game pls)

Developer

checked it out

Submitted(+2)

This is the second escort game I've played, but this works much better within the theme and mechanics.  Requires a sharp eye and patience. Lots of nice details in here and the uniqueness of the characters and the randomness gives it a lot of replayability.

I feel like in one run I got the message that I had eliminated all the murderers and then immediately lost, maybe collateral damage? Took a bit to realize I could play Fullscreen from the settings, was expecting the expand button on itch. Playing Fullscreen was a big boon to the immersion. I did just want to shove the King along and other people out of the way though too... 😅

The whole vibe really fits the theme spot on too, as you just have to keep looking and be like, is that the one? It's simple, but it works really well.

I could see this being expanded with a bit of story and maybe some kingdom management, where the villagers come for assistance and your likability as King effects how many people are coming after you, and those would be the ones you may have scorned through not assisting earlier too when you go out for your daily walk around town... 😋

Submitted(+2)

It was a very fun game! The concept of having to memorize the killers makes the gameplay very engaging. Good job!

Submitted(+2)

Cool idea. the slight variations on each wanted poster do make it a bit tough (used a larger screen) but its overall good

Submitted(+2)

Really nice idea! I had some trouble to memorize the murderers  :D Such a fun simple game. Really like the artstyle too. Good job!

Submitted(+2)

It was a nice game. and I found that it's more enjoyable to block the murderer than killing them. to win.

Submitted(+2)

A very creative game that fits the theme really well! It’s easy to pick up and the controls are simple, but it’s surprisingly fun once you start playing. Every time I thought I remembered everything clearly, I somehow ended up forgetting things again during the actual game!

It’s a small but polished experience, and perfect for a quick, casual play session.

Submitted(+2)

I really enjoyed the game, it's just great to play. Rate my game too

Submitted(+2)

Really clever idea, and it's surprisingly hard to memorize characters! I kept making up nicknames in hopes to remember and murders the wrong people hahaha

Submitted(+2)

The lose screen dialogues are hilarious lol Honestly had there been more time I can see much more potential out of it. I loved that you can kill the king too lol I kept killing him by accident whenever murderers got close

Submitted(+2)

Great game, really fun.

The audio fit the game well, sounded like a medieval village.

Submitted(+2)

A really clever idea, I have a shit memory so by the time I got into the game I completely forgot who I was supposed to kill, I just kept shouting in my head "GREEN HAIRED BITCH". I really believe a time limit could really benefit this game a lot, the urgency would make it more fun. Also a minimap where you can see the entire area you can explore, and where people are located (not how they look just that theres a person there). Great game, loved the artstyle.

(+2)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS GAME ITS FUNNN!!!!!!!!

Submitted(+2)

I had fun! even despite being a bit colorblind. The only issue are the npc's they like to stack in one place a lot and its really hard sometimes to get to the king.

Developer(+2)

Thanks! we unfortunately didnt have enough time to fix the npc movement entirely but u can pull the npcs a little to clean the kings path

Submitted(+1)

this is a great game, i feel like adding a reminder mechanic that can only be used once per round would be a good call.

overall super fun and one i will come back to play and finish, good art style, good concerpt and fits the jam perfectly

Developer

thanks so much fir ur feedback we unfortunately only had four days (we went to Gamescom afterwards) so we couldnt add any more features 

Submitted(+1)

I love the game!! But my memory is too bad :(( 👑

Developer

yeah especially the last level is almost impossible if ur playing alone - j moght wanna play the hard levels together to share memory(its also really fun)

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