Lotus Crusade
Lotus Crusade
v1.11 © 2021 neko(zuki)
Move :
WASD -or- ↑←↓→
Attack :
RMB -or- Z
Item :
LMB -or- X
Select item :
Mouse wheel up/down -or- SHIFT/CTRL
Pause :
SPACEBAR
Reset :
F5
Retro platformer. Beware of difficulty. It is recommended to play this game in TRUE full screen mode (i.e. hiding the address bar, etc), which can be achieved on most browsers by pressing F11 (and F11 again to exit full screen). Do not be alarmed if your cursor vanishes; this is intentional so that the pointer doesn't get in the way. It will reappear again if you exit full screen and move the mouse upward.
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Great job capturing the gameplay cadence and control of Ninja Gaiden. I wasn't able to complete the first level, but I look forward to trying again. It's very difficult to avoid damage in some spots. In particular I just don't know how to deal with the boss without taking a lot of damage.
A minor glitch: attacking while crouched turns the character red.
thanks so much for checking it out, and for sharing how far you managed to get. like old school NES titles, this game isn't meant to be finished on the first try. just keep grinding away and you'll get it. and yes, you're meant to eat a lot of damage during boss fights, hence the importance of saving up enough HP.
as for the glitch, i'm not sure what's causing it. i test this game on firefox and chrome and have never run into that. what browser do you use? i implemented an alternate outfit recently which is red and may have something to do with it (press right + attack at title screen to use it).
Sorry for the late reply. I can no longer reproduce this in any browser, were you able to find the issue?
yes, thanks for pointing it out. i was debugging the game using the mouse + WASD controls when the problem was in the ZX + arrow keys layout.
did you manage to pass the zone 1 boss yet? i really want someone other than me getting past level 1 in this game... ^^;
Not yet, but I will give it another try soon.
thanks so much <3 i will check yours out soon as well
Pretty impressive game, I love the wall climbing. Really does have that old game vibe great work on that. It also is very difficult like you mentioned, maybe a block would be a great addition because between melee and arrows it's really hard to dodge it all. Great work! Keep it up!
thanks a lot, yeah i was considering implementing some kind of block or evasion function, but wanted to make the game as Ninja Gaiden-ish as possible, which didn't have any such ability