{"id":1921,"edition":10,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":13288,"name":"Norman the Necromancer","authors":[{"name":"Dan Prince","url":"https://danthedev.com","login":"danprince","gh":1266011}],"description":"

Mouse to aim, click to cast spells, spacebar to resurrect.

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Arrow keys and enter to select rituals.

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Had much fun playing Norman, i like the rituals, but their effects are a bit too good: towards the end it was really easy, to defend.\nThe visual effects (particles, etc) are really great!

\n","games":["Death's Apprentice"]},{"at":315694789,"author":"Jonas Olmstead","login":"sanojian","gh":428082,"text":"

So many ability upgrades and different enemies! Really impressive. I like the graphics too. I felt really powerful after a few upgrades. My only criticism is that it seemed too easy. I was never really in any danger of losing. Really fun game!

\n","games":["DEAD AGAIN"]},{"at":315730296,"author":"Mark Racette","login":"mracette","gh":8781763,"url":"https://markracette.com","twitter":"markracette","text":"

Very fun! I would have perhaps made it a bit more difficult, and as others have noted the “no gravity” buff is OP. I would have also greyed out upgrades the player can’t afford.

\n","games":["Bardo"]},{"at":315772557,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"

Great game. I had a blast playing it. It got easier rather than more difficult during the end, but I admit struggling a little on lvl9, because I couldn’t avoid the shots from the spartans. The art is really superb, and I love how the music changed between each wave, as well as the surprise during the boss fight. I got a little scared (which is a good thing), The particle effects are pure eye candy.

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I’d love to have some sound effects too, but overall a great entry.

\n","games":["Hang by a thread"]},{"at":315903867,"author":"ckolin","login":"ckolin","gh":25738463,"url":"colins.computer","text":"

That was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed the graphics. I died towards the end but somehow I was able to continue playing, with an invisible Norman :) Great game!

\n","games":["Templo Mayor"]},{"at":315954458,"author":"Superman","login":"superman2211","gh":1331864,"text":"

Good gameplay and cool graphics!

\n","games":["Survivors"]},{"at":315961073,"author":"Justin Gilman","login":"EyeOfMidas","gh":3173530,"url":"https://eyeofmidas.com","twitter":"eyeofmidas","text":"

Awesome tower defense! It was touch and go at the beginning but some of those spell combos really work well together. I loved the theme and graphics.\nThe music was great, I found myself fighting the last boss to the beat :D

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Easily a winner.

\n","games":["Merchant of Death"]},{"at":316173515,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"

Really loved this game. at first I was unsure what to expect other than the pixel art was cool but the more I played I wanted to see more.

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Not only is the pixel art great but the animation (bobbing) also, really well done.

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The music is really well made, goes with the theme. . Love the level layout and simple contrast difference between the enemies and the skeletons that you res.

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The spell menu has lots of variation and makes for a different play through each time.

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All of the particle affects really add to the feel of the gameplay, especially those little bones.

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Played through the game several times to see all of the spells and try out different combos!

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Cons

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Excellent game, perfect fit in theme, nice gameplay easy to control, nothing to say about this game!\nVisual effects are smooth, audio increasing at every level, shop to improve, difficult but not that much after some tries. really good!

\n","games":["Tindeath"]},{"at":316184381,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"

Amazing ensemble of superb pixelart and particle effects, tasteful music, deep upgrades, perfect fit for the theme.

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I love that a new game starts in the state the previous one got lost, giving the nice feeling to be stuck in a timeless loop!

\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"typ":2,"at":316232874,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"

the graphics are incredible: the sprites are so well drawn, with interesting variety! the gameplay is really good, satisfying and tactical, and it even has cool boss battles! what an awesome game. so impressive!

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Lots of different possibilities in the game. Very strategical. I found the drunkard spell to uncontrollable. :D

\n","games":["Death Tournament"]},{"at":316249383,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Another one of my favourite games this year. Spent quite a while playing this. Absolutely loved it.

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There’s a little bit of aiming skill and a little bit of strategy involved.

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5/5

\n","games":["Hell Inc."]},{"at":316360370,"author":"Matthew Diamant","login":"matthewdiamant","gh":806338,"text":"

Super fun game. All the graphics and details and particles were great. Gameplay felt very tuned. All the powerups felt good. Music was good.

\n","games":["There Can Be Only Death"]},{"at":316599586,"author":"David Brad","login":"dbrad","gh":2112441,"text":"

Fantastic game! Super addicting, a lot of replayability!

\n","games":["Forgotten Depths: Path of the Necromancer"]},{"at":316605046,"author":"Vivian Easley","login":"vivianeasley","gh":650185,"text":"

Great game! Was really easy to get into to and I had a ton of fun playing it. Loved the art style. All around great job!

\n","games":["Claw & Order"]},{"at":316712959,"author":"Kang Jung Min","login":"kangjung","gh":28768760,"url":"https://kangjung.github.io/game/index.html","text":"

It was a great game.\nI think cool BGM, simple manipulation, and fun skill upgrades have grown addictive.

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Personally, I had the most fun playing this game.

\n","games":["Death Scythe"]},{"at":316816625,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

Love the pixel graphics and game concept.

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The game was fun to play and fitted the theme well.

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The arcing spells looked cool with the particle effects.

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There was one point when I was in the “shop menu” where the spell info said “undefined”, but pressing up/down fixed it.

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I would like to have been able to hold the mouse down to do repeat fire. My poor mouse took quite a beating.

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I did feel that the game got much easier as it went on with the power ups I accrued along the way.

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The sound was a bit repetitive, not sure if it was broke on FF and Chrome or was meant to be the same note played over and over?

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I can see how this game would also work well on mobile.

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Well done though, it’s a great entry.

\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"typ":2,"at":316817789,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"

This one is really nice. The music adds a cool boss battle type feel where you are the boss for once. I thought the upgrades would be static and only increase power of certain abilities but was pleasantly surprised with the really nice alternate upgrades and can see how this game would get more and more intense the longer you play.

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The ressurect feature is super simple but works insanely well, really feels like you have lots of things at your disposal which is fun. The green souls you throw out look and feel nice, also the graphics of things like the lightning are also really fun. The take on the theme is also really cool, everyone likes necromancers and reviving skeletons.

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Overall, its really nice. I would maybe look at adding some more abilites that the player can use mid-round to keep them doing something and thinking about how best to win. Otherwise, really nice stuff. Congrats!

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really addicted game, played it many times!

\n","games":["Ghost Smash"]},{"typ":2,"at":317012917,"author":"Richard Davey","login":"photonstorm","gh":164476,"url":"www.photonstorm.com","twitter":"photonstorm","text":"

Poor Norman - everyone is out to get him! Thankfully, being a Necromancer, he can revive the dead and fire deadly spells at the oncoming hordes. You aim with the mouse, and at the start, your spells are impacted by gravity, so you have to aim carefully to ensure they hit their targets. Think of classics like Worms or Gorillas, and you’re on the right track.

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Pressing space will resurrect any of the piles of skeletons that litter the ground. The more villagers you kill, the more skeletons you get, and they charge off into the oncoming masses, helping you kill them. But you have to be careful, as your spells can destroy your boney allies, too.

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After each wave, you get to spend points upgrading. The upgrades are many and varied, including such delights as ‘Rain’ which causes your bombs to split apart before hammering down. There are spells that increase your casting and hit points, allow your spells to pass through your skeleton army, and do all kinds of fun and nasty things.

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Should one of the villagers reach you, it’s game over. But like any true Necromancer, you can just click to play again :)

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The graphics and particles are great, the music is quiet and unobtrusive but adds a nice edge to the proceedings, and it all plays really well. I had great fun during my many play-throughs of this.

\n"},{"at":317092736,"author":"Gabor Héja","login":"gheja","gh":1894642,"url":"https://gabor.heja.hu/","text":"

I love the colors, the graphics, the particle effects and the build up of the music, it is a great game! Every run of the game is different and it is great that I can try different tactics and combinations.

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Only two minor notes: adding a visual feedback when Norman is hit would be nice and also an end screen perhaps with some stats.

\n","games":["Cooking for Skully"]},{"at":317182941,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

Cute game! I didn’t understand what Avarice actually does, as I wasn’t resurrecting anyone. The music was well done and fit the game. The rats were really annoying to kill, aiming at them was really hard.

\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"typ":2,"at":317331874,"author":"Fernando Serrano Garcia","login":"fernandojsg","gh":782511,"url":"http://fernandojsg.com","twitter":"fernandojsg","text":"

I really enjoyed this one! I finish the whole game and I want more!\nThe huge amount of upgrades, different enemies, and the graphics are amazing. I really would like to see a full game out of this.\nCongratulations

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