In this colorful gamification of a real historical event set in the 1300s, you take the role of a sole, supernaturally gifted Tibetian Monk in charge of protecting the famous Chumbi Valley against the incoming hordes of horsemen and charioteers of the warlord Bakhtiyar Khalji (a.k.a Khilji).
\nShoot the incoming enemies with the multitude of fiery balls of fire (with fashionable particle effects to boot!) and see the score rise. Be careful, though. Some enemies can soak up more damage than most ammo can make!
\nWe had to skip our original soundtrack made specifically to the game due to space constraint. You can still enjoy it here cut-content
\nGNU General Public License v3.0
\n","source":"iShafayet/khiljis-folly-js13k","stars":4,"comments":[{"at":347748253,"author":"Grav","login":"merlinvsalfonso","gh":144820721,"text":"What a great game. The sprites are indeed smooth and the fireballs look really cool. It feels snappy to control and fits the theme well. Great work there!
\n","games":["Merlin vs Alfonso"]},{"at":348179656,"re":347748253,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"We are glad that you loved the game! Thanks for your comment!
\n"},{"at":347983241,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"Well Done:
\nFeedback:
\nThanks for your valuable feedback! It means a lot to us. After submitting the game, I felt the same about the need for an archer horse-rider too!
\n"},{"at":348157059,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"I enjoyed playing this game. I think it gets more and more difficult over time, which helps keeping me engaged. I also like the animation of the characters, and the overall look and feel.
\nI think the controls could be improved if we also had the option to select our fireball with “1”,“2,”, and “3” as well, because for me, it’s easier to change to a desired weapon with one click instead of scrolling through them. If we had this option, I could probably handle the fast 1HP horses more efficiently. I kept using the largest fireball because aiming wasn’t a problem after getting used to the speed of the fireball.
\nI wasn’t sure what advantages the monk would get by moving back and forth. If positioning the monk accordingly had some advantages, I think it could be more useful.
\nThe sound of killing a horse, and shooting is very similar. The game would feel better if the “hit/kill” sound was different. Some music could also help elevate the game experience. I know it’s difficult to get everything done in less than 13kb and under 1 month.
\nThat being said, I liked this game, and I think it has potential.
\n","games":["Samurai Sam"]},{"at":348180836,"re":348157059,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"Thanks for your thorough feedback! I liked your suggestion about choosing the fireball type using three keys instead of scrolling using one key. Secondly, If we had an enemy with a ranged weapon players would have to move upwards or downwards to avoid the arrows. That would improve the gameplay.
\nWe made some amazing soundtracks for the game. However, we could not incorporate these because of the size constraints.
\n"},{"at":348316088,"author":"Chris Subagio","login":"csubagio","gh":756253,"twitter":"csubagio","text":"Great little arcade game! Clear premise, well executed. I really liked the sprites, they looked super detailed for a 13k game. Also great 13th century reference, it really stands out from the crowd.
\nI didn’t find much of a need to move the monk though. I’m assuming you had other mechanics planned that didn’t pan out that would have needed that?
\n","games":["Robin of Thirteensley"]},{"at":348544390,"re":348316088,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"Thank you so much for your comment, Chris. We wanted to feature warlords that shaped (for better or worse!) South Asia since we hail from that part of the world :3
\nI felt the same about the monk’s ability to move on the mountains. I guess, if we added horse-riding archers in the enemy army, it would be more fun to play the game!
\n"},{"at":348541560,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"I think the animation of burned enemies will add effectiveness to the game :). Loved the fiery arrows - it was fun, thanks and congratulations!
\n","games":["Crusaders and their Journeys"]},{"at":348544720,"re":348541560,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"Thanks for your feedback! As there was a size limitation (the main challenge :V ) we had to trade off the animations depicting the death of the enemies!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":348694861,"author":"Frahaan Hussain","login":"SonarSystems","gh":6967779,"url":"https://sonarsystems.co.uk","twitter":"SonarSystems","text":"Super simple and fun to play. It reminded me of a game I used to play as a child but I cannot remember the game, nice throwback.
\n"},{"at":348695555,"re":348694861,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"We are glad that the game gave you a ride on the nostalgia train! Thanks for your feedback :D
\n"},{"at":348795585,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Nice game. Gets challenging really quick. There’s quite a lot of options to shoot, but I barely had any time to think about that because the horsies were coming in so fast. Overall really good. The sounds could be softened a little. Nitpick: the 13th century is actually the 1200s ;)
\n","games":["Market Street Tycoon"]},{"at":348845188,"re":348795585,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"Thank you so much for your feedback and thorough review. The event that we depicted happened in 1206. However, we mistakenly put 1300s in the document. Thank you so much for pointing it out :D
\n"},{"at":348820930,"author":"Mefistofel","login":"mefist0fel","gh":1374506,"twitter":"Polar0cean","text":"13-th century is 1201-1300s)\nFirebals are also very historical)\nBut all the rest are good, nice Job.\nInteresting Artillery game, several types of enemies and bullets, some sounds.\nAlso I have some issues with targeting speed, it looks like there are too fast targeting.
\n","games":["Castle wars"]},{"at":348845352,"re":348820930,"author":"Shuhan Mirza","login":"shuhanmirza","gh":14150804,"url":"https://shuhanmirza.com","twitter":"shuhan_mirza","text":"Thank you so much for your feedback! Fireballs made the game quite dramatic, didn’t it? The event that we depicted happened in 1206. However, we mistakenly put 1300s in the document. Thank you so much for pointing it out :D
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":348851617,"author":"Taufik Sani","login":"tictacx-gm","gh":106235867,"url":"https://linkedin.com/in/taufiksani","twitter":"gorilatictacx","text":"Instead of inserting the whole text intro at the start of the game, it might be better to introduce the player to the game and its narrative line by line.
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