[GAME][2.1+] Shurican - ninja jumping, demon slashing, trap dodging & shurikens

SnottyApps · Jun 15, 2014

Good day!

This is my new project - a little ninja fighting time waster with one-finger controls, flappy bird movement, a variety of obstacles and moving traps.

Gameplay trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIH7Mx1fssg

Tap to jump & slash, double tap to throw shuriken. Dodge obstacles, moving traps, demon-imps and their fireballs. Currently working on an endless score-based level and more fighting mechanics.

Try it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoutup.shurican

SnottyApps · Jun 17, 2014

Gameplay Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIH7Mx1fssg

Update!

* new (endless) mode for point scoring
* two new enemy types (headcrabs & melee demons)
* duel mechanics
* charge attack ability

dragon658 · Jun 18, 2014

This game is awesome! But why doesn't it support portrait mode?

jckhng · Jun 18, 2014

This looks fun. I will try it out and let you know how it goes!

Just tried it. It is good fun! But I have problem aiming the shurikens at the bad guys. Seems like when I double tap, the shuriken always fire higher than expected due to the first jump...

Sten Jarkoni · Jun 18, 2014

dragon658 said:
This game is awesome! But why doesn't it support portrait mode?

This kind of game can be in landscape mode only. You should know what the obstacles are ahead.

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"Flappy Bird" and a lot of blood - the best fans for the game. It is bound to be successful. :good: Good app!

SnottyApps · Jun 21, 2014

jckhng said:
This looks fun. I will try it out and let you know how it goes!

Just tried it. It is good fun! But I have problem aiming the shurikens at the bad guys. Seems like when I double tap, the shuriken always fire higher than expected due to the first jump...

This is kind of intentional to keep controls consistent - double tap will do a double jump, so it is pretty hard (but possible after you get a hang on it) to aim and with a reward of sniping enemy from long distance, you have to risk bumping character in some spikes. I'm planning to add some upgrades to shurikens to make up for the usage difficulty.

dragon658 said:
This game is awesome! But why doesn't it support portrait mode?

Sten Jarkoni said:
This kind of game can be in landscape mode only. You should know what the obstacles are ahead.

---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:05 PM ----------

"Flappy Bird" and a lot of blood - the best fans for the game. It is bound to be successful. :good: Good app!

Exactly what Sten Jarkoni said. Obstacles in Shurican are dynamic, some constructions are large and there are plenty of different ones, so it makes sense to see further and have some time to prepare even when you face something completely new for the first time. I think Flappy Bird was made vertical to better suit playing with one hand, obstacles were always the same and there was not a lot of sense to prepare for the pipes ahead.

And thank you for good words! I would love to see this project succeed and already working on more cool stuff for it. Like this:

SnottyApps · Aug 7, 2014

Update! Granted, I would have loved to add more content, but was working on iOS version and got a bit demotivated after a while. But I made some nice UI changes!

* progress is now visible while playing challenge level
* last and best score are visible at the start of challenge level
* previous deaths now marked by blood spots in challenge level
* new social sharing UI (Share demon!)
* removed in-game ads, added rare interstitials, which appear every 20 deaths, so as you get better - ads get rarer!
* minor bug fixes

SnottyApps · Aug 18, 2014

An important note! You can try Shurican in your browser and also download to your iOS device!

HTML5: http://snoutup.itch.io/shurican
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shurican/id895045580?ls=1&mt=8

Happy demon slaughter!

imandic · Aug 19, 2014

Nice game...
I would love to see more graphics details (few shadows, better textures,...)

evilentity · Aug 19, 2014

Really cool game! Keep em coming! Nicer graphics would always be welcome.

SnottyApps · Sep 28, 2014

evilentity said:
Really cool game! Keep em coming! Nicer graphics would always be welcome.

Thank you! Unfortunately, my graphic skills are quite limited...

Shurican update!
* 5 new levels
* bug fixes
* removed some of the permissions

wshwshaqua · Sep 28, 2014

so much blood~~~HOHO

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

SnottyApps · Sep 30, 2014

wshwshaqua said:
:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Yes! Fun fact: first time iTunes rejected iOS version was because of blood particles in the screenshots. So I had to use boring screenshots only, because I wasn't sure if changing blood color to green would be okay with them

SnottyApps · Oct 2, 2014

A quite exciting update just went live! It has a boss fight! First ever boss fight! And 3 hard-as-hell levels.

Get it now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoutup.shurican

SnottyApps · Oct 3, 2014

jumpy_goat said:
Look great , Good luck with that
In which engine did you used?

Thank you! I'm using GameMaker

Pixcel Studio · Oct 3, 2014

Thanks for sharing

SnottyApps · Oct 4, 2014

Pixcel Studio said:
Thanks for sharing

Thank you for playing! I updated first post with some sweet trick-kill screenshots.

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