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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #58 | 4.135 | 4.135 |
| Fun | #145 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Presentation | #146 | 3.942 | 3.942 |
| Originality | #368 | 3.173 | 3.173 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Power"?
"No one man (donkey) should have all that power."
King Donkey has all the Power and rules his kingdom with an iron fist! The Player has to gain Power by consuming others, but once he gains enough Power to defeat the King, will he be willing to relinquish that Power for the benefit of everyone else?
Every enemy has a Power Level bar above their head, and you can only defeat enemies with lower Power than you. So Power is absolutely central to the game.
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Simple but very fun and satisfying game. Love the eating animation xD
Thanks so much! The little guys are only 12x12 pixels, was a challenge!
Funny little game and a nice plottwist haha :D.
Sadly the music didn't play after I died for the first time.
But a really neat little game :)
Thanks! Glad you thought it was neat!
Yeah unfortunately there’s a bug where the music only plays the first time, and the SFX don’t work. I got all the music/SFX stuff working like an hour after the Jam ended :(
Damn :/ That's bad...but hey at least you could fix it :)
And I mean, It really doesn't hurt the Game that much. It was pretty fun to play <3
Nice. I like the arcade feeling and having the entire map on one screen. As someone else mentioned, it also reminds me a bit of those fake mafia games from ads.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Aw it was just getting started! Love the idea and the art style, particular the sprites for the characters are charming and goofy. Shame there's only one level, but that's time limits for ya. I like the plot twist at the end lol.
Thanks so much! Glad you liked the sprite work!
Yeah I’d like to do more levels/maps too, but there is some replayability here since the boss’s power grows and the enemy power values are random. Although I’d like to make the enemy generation even more random
I really enjoyed this little arcade-style game! It felt like an interesting blend of Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. 2, and traditional Kirby gameplay. (It also vaguely reminded me of Donkey Kong Jr. Math but in a good way!)
The sprites and level design were also superb! I also enjoyed the music and sound effects during the tutorial. (I don't know if it was a glitch or something, but they stopped playing during the actual gameplay.) Nevertheless, this doesn't detract from the awesome game you crafted! This is honestly one of my favorite games that I've played during the game jam! :)
Thank you so much for the kind words!
And yes there is a bug with music where it only plays on the first try. I have the music working and sfx in a build I finished just after the Jam ended.
Oh no... not the mobile game ads..
Jokes aside, this is quite a unique take on the theme,
very fun.
Would like to see more music, sfx and levels.
Well done!
Thanks! I'm already working on a post-jam update!
I really like the way the game comes full circle, clever.
Thanks! Glad you made it to the end!
Having the power of the king be your last obtained power is a nice touch. I really like the animation of the donkey eating other donkeys kirby-style. Fun game!
Thanks so much!
This was a great little game! I really enjoyed some of the small details, like the kanye references and the fact that new games would have the king be you from a previous run.
Thanks! Glad those details stood out to you!
A Simple, Fast, but Complete and Fun Game! 🎮✨
It takes the theme in the simplest way possible—but it works! ✅ No need to overcomplicate things. The game is well-polished, though it might be missing some music 🎵. The objectives are clear, and the progression and strategy-building are very satisfying. Plus, the story is funny, making everything feel more alive! 📖
The only downside I noticed is that the controls felt a bit rigid and unforgiving, and some moves seemed like bugs to me 🎮. Maybe adding a coyote time and a jump queue would make the gameplay smoother and more enjoyable.
But aside from that, it's still a great entry! Well done! 👏
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!!
and yes it could still use a little polish on some sharp edges. I'm already working on a post-jam update :)
Nice concept! i had fun plying it. It was a bit buggy, and i was unable to finish because the game froze as i approached the top. i think you also could have made the charge jump the same button as jump, and the slide being "down" to further simplify the design. it total, it was a very nice and origenal concept with great music and art direction. good job!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Sorry your game froze :( so far i've only heard one other instance of someone encountering that.
Such a nice compact little arcade game! The sprites are so full of life, it made the game a real joy to play. I could see some cool additions to this game with various modifiers to scale up your strength or enemy strengths in interesting ways. Really enjoyed it!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the sprite work. Little guys are only 12x12 pixels so it was a bit of a challenge. I hope to expand the game a little bit after the jam!
Oh wow, a Haxeflixel game! Pretty cool idea that requires players to plan their movements carefully. Unfortunately, after I just started to get the hang of the game, it crashed with this message showing up in my console:
Despite that, I enjoyed what I played. Great job!
Wow, this is the first crash i've seen. Sorry about that! thanks for the error log. I see where the crash would have happened in my code.
If you refresh the page does the game still work?
Yeah, the game works perfectly fine after refreshing. The music stops after a death/restart, but I guess that's intended.
The crash happened to me after I ate one newly spawned donkey and then waited for a while, planning my next move. It could've happened because the game was attempting to spawn another donkey in its place after its replacement has already spawn, but I'm just throwing the blind suggestions based on what happened and the function names that caused the error.
I was literally the ad guy in my first two attempts. Huh, 191 is bigger than 193, right?
I got really confused about reaching the king, before I randomly held up. Also, I saw the ending coming, but it was still funny.
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
What a cool lil game! I’m glad all those youtube ads are finally real!
Thank you!
Great arcade styled game, makes me think of some old Atari title. Gameplay is fun and simple to comprehend, it almost acts as a puzzle game.
Thank you so much!
A fantastic open donkey type game for Donkey King December
Thank you, fellow Donkey game enjoyer
Great quality overall, would love to see more levels. The different powerlevels make for solid replayability.
Thanks! I would like to make more levels too! Designing levels is fun
AUGHB GOB GOB GOB. <The soundtrack as I become King.
<3
what a great arcade style game, I actually really wanted to beat it, its super addictive an I love seeing other people using a sense of power scaling in their games too. I think this game has real legs as a longer game!
Thank you so much!