{"id":2137,"edition":12,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":13309,"name":"Courage","authors":[{"name":"Nicklas Löf","login":"nicklaslof","gh":331622}],"description":"<p>A game for JS13k 2024 by Nicklas Löf. Follow me on <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@snukey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mastodon</a></p>\n<h2>Story</h2>\n<p>Help Billy to overcome his 13 different phobias by playing 9 different chapters in a simple 2D dungeon crawler with arcade style battles.</p>\n<h2>Controls</h2>\n<p>Play with mouse and keyboard. Using a trackpad is probably going to be very <strong>difficult</strong></p>\n<p><strong>WASD</strong> or <strong>Arrow keys</strong> to move around</p>\n<p><strong>Mouse</strong> to aim</p>\n<p><strong>Left mouse button</strong> to fire</p>\n<p><strong>Right mouse button</strong> or <strong>Space</strong> to glide on the floor to avoid taking damage</p>\n<p><strong>E</strong> to throw bombs</p>\n<h2>Lights</h2>\n<p>Please notice that the game is quite <strong>dark</strong> in some areas so it’s <strong>recommended</strong> to not play in broad daylight or in a very lit room.</p>\n<h2>Difficulty</h2>\n<p>There are three different difficulty levels. Easy, Normal and Hard. The difference is a balance between more enemies with more health, bombs with lesser range and faster boss mechanics. In hard difficulty you will get more bombs because you really need them.</p>\n<h2>Mini map</h2>\n<p>Below the courage meter there is a mini map of the current level. Green is the exit. Blue is the room you are in currently. Plan your journey trough the level by going in the opposite direction of the exit so you don’t have to run back and forth if you are reaching the exit too early.</p>\n<h2>Save function and random generated rooms</h2>\n<p>If you quit the game and return later it will remember the chapter you last played and continue from there but all levels are random generated so the level layout and also some room layouts will be different from every play.</p>\n<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/bitnenfer/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felipe Alfonso</a> for <a href=\"https://github.com/bitnenfer/tiny-canvas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tiny-canvas</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/KilledByAPixel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Force</a> for <a href=\"https://github.com/KilledByAPixel/ZzFX\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ZzFX</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/senokay\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kang Seonghoon</a> for <a href=\"https://lifthrasiir.github.io/roadroller/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roadroller</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://end3r.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrzej Mazur</a> for organizing js13k every year! :)</p>\n","source":"nicklaslof/courage","stars":1,"comments":[{"at":378858055,"author":"Mezriss","login":"Mezriss","gh":615453,"text":"<p>Nicely executed, but just too easy - both weapons feel overpowered and enemies don’t really present danger, in part because of how they are placed.</p>\n","games":["13th Gate"]},{"typ":1,"at":378861112,"re":378858055,"author":"Nicklas Löf","login":"nicklaslof","gh":331622,"text":"<p>Thanks for the feedback :)</p>\n<p>A beta tester said it was too difficult :D</p>\n<p>That’s why I added the difficulty selection so it can be played on Easy, Normal and Hard.</p>\n"},{"at":378890118,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"<p>Nice little arena shooter. I liked how you had to collect resource to proceed to the next level.</p>\n","games":["Badluck Butter Chicken Goes To Outer Space","Badluck Butter Chicken Flies The Unfriendly Skies"]},{"at":378906675,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"<p>I really liked this one. I like the art style a lot and the concept was good. I felt the collision detection was a little off. If I have to dodge a lot of things, I think you should make the hitbox really small, like a couple pixels in the center. Still really enjoyed the game though. Got really far but then couldn’t build enough courage to progress.</p>\n","games":["13th Floor"]},{"at":378962261,"author":"Federico Jacobi","login":"federicojacobi","gh":3521974,"url":"https://federicojacobi.com","text":"<p>I like the phobias idea and to beat them with a shooter is not bad, but the main gun its just too overpowered, makes the game rather easy. There is no downside to just leave it firing continuously, and the fire rate is so high that all you have to do is walk.</p>\n<p>I don’t particularly like maps where you find the exit, but can’t take it yet because (in your case, there is not enough courage built up) … makes it so you have to walk back to the start and then return in now empty rooms. This is a personal opinion, and it is quite ok to have them this way if it is by design.</p>\n<p>On the bright side … the bomb is 100% amazing! the fact that the enemies are rather dumb and come together only makes the bomb more awesome than it already is. There is a bug where if you throw across walls, it just flies way away.</p>\n","games":["13s"]},{"at":378964122,"author":"aselitto","login":"aselitto","gh":17676172,"text":"<p>Absolutely fantastic game, well done! I enjoy the style and how it feels. The bombs worked and dashing was a nice touch. Great work with only 13k!</p>\n","games":["Dekatria Mansion"]},{"at":378968869,"author":"Jonas Olmstead","login":"sanojian","gh":428082,"text":"<p>I like the theme of overcoming fears.   There needed to be a reload time or some pause in the shooting.   It did not feel dangerous with a constant stream of bullets protecting you.   The physics on the bombs was a little funny sometimes.  They would go in the wrong direction from time to time.  I like the dynamic lighting.</p>\n","games":["Wendol Village"]},{"at":378981831,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"<p>Played for quite a while, lots of content in your game! I ran through on easy but should have tested hard mode. Lots more to shoot on hard!</p>\n<p>All really well made.</p>\n<p>The lighting is very well done, lots of good pixel art. I like the mini map, changing enemies and tie in with the theme.</p>\n<p>If I was being picky, Id have said to zoom in the view a little, have have upgrades on the weapon and let you plough through the enemies quicker, might be more satisfying.  Corridors also allowed me to cheat a little and hide from enemies, or maybe this is a valid tactic.</p>\n<p>Great entry and lots packed into the 13kb!</p>\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"at":379054532,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"<p>I could not properly play the game: I have “search as you type” enabled in my browser, so sometimes (especially when throwing a bomb) the browser search suddenly shows up. You should call <code>.preventDefault()</code> on all keyboard events to prevent this.</p>\n","games":["Lord Balsekil's Lairs of Bad Luck"]},{"at":379057617,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"<p>Excellent pixel art, love the pixel overlay effect, reminds me of Deepknight’s jam entries!   Excellent dungeon crawler, I enjoyed it.</p>\n","games":["Six And Seven"]},{"at":379236201,"author":"IroncladDev","login":"IroncladDev","gh":50180265,"url":"https://connerow.dev/","twitter":"IroncladDev","text":"<p>The gameplay is good but kind of the same. I wanted more difficulty and combat in there.</p>\n<p>Graphics were awesome. The lighting effects really added a nice touch.</p>\n<p>Controls were intuitive and easy to use.</p>\n<p>Great job.</p>\n","games":["Salvadoran Reclamation: MS-13"]},{"at":379318246,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"<p>Nice job.  Lovely pixel art and lighting effects.  A couple of times I think I got soft locked in a level, and couldn’t find any more enemies to kill, and then didn’t have enough courage to exit.  Or maybe I was doing something wrong?  Either way, this is an impressive amount of art and content.  Great job!</p>\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"at":379563654,"author":"Alex Delderfield","login":"AD-Edge","gh":3481465,"url":"www.delta-edge.com.au","twitter":"Alex_ADEdge","text":"<p>Good graphics, satisfying gameplay. I like the way the attacks feel, shooting feels effective and those bombs are a lot of fun to lob into a room. Well polished and balanced overall!</p>\n","games":["The Anti-Poker Protocol"]},{"at":379912844,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"<p>NIce sound effects. Would be nice to able to move small movements to corridors. Very nice graphic effects and crt effect overral.</p>\n","games":["13th Guy"]},{"at":380112768,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"<p>A really fun and slick game, I played this for ages.</p>\n<p>The graphics were great, love the pixel sprites.</p>\n<p>The skulls were everywhere so I’m glad they weren’t enemies.</p>\n<p>The boss clown was a bit evil, spawning those mini clowns, and what was that red stuff they were shooting?</p>\n<p>I’m glad the shots were infinite, as I just kept on holding down the mouse and whizzing around.</p>\n<p>The levels were well made and challenging, and the lighting worked quite well to create a phobia type environment.</p>\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"at":380314102,"author":"Almar Suarez","login":"wololoa","gh":10622012,"twitter":"repunkgame","text":"<p>Wow! You managed to pack a lot of things in your game. The lighting is awesome and it feels good playing. I enjoyed my time quite so much that I managed to reach the end.</p>\n<p>If I had to give some feedback, it would be using the actual -phobia names for each fear (arachnophobia, triskaidekaphobia, etc etc). But in general I think the idea of beating your fears and link that with your health (to “build up courage”) is awesome. Good job! :)</p>\n","games":["DECK 13"]},{"at":380336402,"author":"Ben Gillbanks","login":"BinaryMoon","gh":1004130,"url":"https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/","twitter":"binarymoon","text":"<p>I like it. A classic dungeon crawler but with phobias! :)</p>\n<p>I found the controls a bit challenging but I use a trackpad rather than a mouse so that’s a me issue really.</p>\n"},{"at":380351281,"author":"Eoin McGrath","login":"eoinmcg","gh":96340,"url":"http://eoinmcgrath.com","twitter":"eoinmcg","text":"<p>Love the lighting &amp; CRT - looks beautiful!</p>\n<p>Fun game, too! Nice job.</p>\n","games":["Gecko Blaster"]},{"at":380356612,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"<p>Nice gameplay with really neat pixelart. The CRT-effect adds a lot to the atmosphere of the game.</p>\n<p>I like the autofire (so i dont have to kill my mousebutton by slamming it dozens of times per second)</p>\n<p>Good job!</p>\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"typ":2,"at":380491820,"author":"Noël Meudec","login":"Noel-FB","gh":71314518,"url":"https://facebook.com/instantgames","text":"<p>Nice dungeon crawler. I really like the art and style. I would have loved a creepy background music for this one. Controls were good, even if I played on a trackpad. And thank you for adding a minimap! Overall, a great little game.</p>\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380491960,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"<p>I think that killing things you are afraid of might not help with fears, but I do like the story and connection with the theme. The audio and graphics are really well polished as well.</p>\n"}],"results":{"theme":{"rank":13,"min":1,"score":3.56,"max":4.2},"innovation":{"rank":82,"min":1,"score":2.78,"max":4.47},"gameplay":{"rank":31,"min":1,"score":3.56,"max":4.29},"graphics":{"rank":27,"min":1,"score":3.85,"max":4.76},"audio":{"rank":60,"min":1,"score":2.93,"max":4.34},"controls":{"rank":24,"min":1,"score":3.52,"max":4.24},"primary":{"rank":27,"min":6,"score":20.19,"max":24.47},"label":"Overall"}}