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Swords and Claws

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This is a game developed under a nudist/naturist perspective [Nudity is here depicted as something completly normal and is explicitly presente througout the entire game.], set in a fantasy world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
A Young cat named Nicholas, retuning home from his morning training, finds out that his family and friends got kidnapped, and now he must face lots of challenges and enemies with the help of new allies to get them back!

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Not bad, but primitive.

The story is interesting and I was curious to see what happened next. I've only played the first few levels, but I intend to beat this game and find out how it ends.
Also, I liked the attempt to destigmatize nudism.

The platforming is nice, but the background and foreground use the same assets, so initially, I kept trying to jump on a block because I didn't realize it was a part of the background. It took me a few minutes.

The coins, while a nice addition, don't really fit the theme or do anything other than add to a score. They feel tacked on simply because it's a 2D platformer.

The combat is pretty bland with a basic attack and block. I wouldn't mind it so much if the enemies had a tell before they attacked, but their attacks are instant. I can't anticipate when I should and shouldn't block. I started having more fun when I tried to go pacifist and started jumping over and running past the enemies instead.

All in all, it's not bad, but it could have been better. If you ever try to make another game, I wish you luck.

ColonelLazuli responds:

HAhahah!
Yeah... That was one of my first games and made with the little to no free time I had back then, so I can't deny it has a lot of flaws... ^^;

And indeed, I started working on a lot of other games, from which you can find the demos in my itch.io account.

But yeah... none of them got propper polishing or conclusion because, just like this one, I had to work on them while juggling several real life time-consumers, and also having a lot of other projects to work on... ^^;

Still... thank you for the feedback! ^^

Also, if you're interested in the story, I also developed this into my own full Fantasy universe, with comics, short tales, several stand-alone images and so on! ^^
You can find all of it on my Deviantart account! ^^

I love it when people normalize nudity thank you!

ColonelLazuli responds:

Glad you liked it! ^^
I've been putting some real effort into that!
I believe people won't stop with all of the taboos and unnecessary over-sexualization of the body unless we start depicting it as something normal/natural more often

If you want to see more of my works you could check in my DeviantArt account! ^^
( https://www.deviantart.com/colonellazuli )

This game has a great concept! It could use some tweaking, but I had a lot of fun with what you've done so far. There needs to be more naturist games like this, so thank you for providing a great example! I'm looking forward to more games if you ever expand on the Swords and Claws universe :)

ColonelLazuli responds:

Glad you liked it! ^^
And indeed... that was literally my second 2D game ever, and I didn't have much time to work on it.

But I am turning Swords and Claws into an actual franchise... already having comics, lore files, many images and so on.
I already have the Demo for the next game, and intend to complete it whenever I have more time to work on it.
You can look for all of that on my DeviantArt page (https://www.deviantart.com/colonellazuli )
It is a shame I don't have time enough to put some actual effort into game development, but at least I can create something to have fun with once in a while...

And indeed...
Naturism really could use more media content in general, with mainstream appeal. (I mean, content that isn't about nudism/naturism specifically... but about somethingelse that iscool, and nudity is simply there, depicted in a casual way). That would really help a lot on getting rid from those pointless taboos! ^^

This game has really potential to be a great game but it's use of minecraft backgrounds is problematic so i don't expect anything ever mor eof a internet release

ColonelLazuli responds:

...
I... didn't use Minecraft backgrounds... ^^;

such a great game such cute characters

ColonelLazuli responds:

Thanks a lot! ^^
Glad you liked it! :D

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Aug 4, 2019
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