This is my entry into Ludum Dare 50, where the theme was "Delay the Invevitable!"

It's a simple rhythm game. Flee from the Mountain King while you can, but you're only delaying your inevitable death. How long can you last?

Press the keys that scroll along the top or the bottom in time with the music to survive

Music : The music is provided by “In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg, performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra as the Musopen Symphony Orchestra for the Musopen Kickstarter Project.” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musopen_-_In_the_Hall_Of_The_Mountain_King.ogg

Tiles / Effects / Monsters : http://opengameart.org/content/dungeon-crawl-32x32-tiles

Player : www.lonegames.net

Big Ghost : Stephen Challener (Redshrike), Matthew Nash, Tunicate, Ben “Cookiez” Potter (with a link to this page: http://cookiez999.deviantart.com/), Charles Gabriel, as noted in description. Also include a link to OpenGameArt.org (https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-in-battle-rpg-sprites)

Shield Effect : Bonsaiheldin (http://web.archive.org/web/20211121190406/https://opengameart.org/content/shield-effect)

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