DeadLock

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%
DeadLock

Controls
WAD - Move
Click/CONTROL - Whip

Bio
Hi I'm Seb, 16 yo, self proclaimed programmer and this is my first Ludum Dare.
A side-scrolling platformer with a simple whip mechanic allowing you to decapitate and kill your enemies with ease.
The music was created by my brother Oliver. I'm in love with the piece and he has some other great stuff on his sound cloud, worth checking out -

https://soundcloud.com/o-h-orchestral-1.

I spent way to long trying to get decent 2d platforming out of unity, that I forgot to do decent level design. I will hit this up in about a day or 2 and make a bunch more levels for it, but for now you get a nice 30 seconds of gameplay.
The concept of the game is that you are a prisoner in a dungeon guarded by mysterious hooded men, It's rather vague but being a 1 man development team, it was difficult to get round to developing a story.

Known Bugs
-Blood can flicker after going off map
-Can get caught on corners
-Rarely upon dying the game will not reset
-Enemies are oblivious
-Various whip issues

Comments10

MobsterSquirrel21 Apr 2015, 03:54
It looks nice, I'd love to see more challenge in this game :)
siryakko
siryakko21 Apr 2015, 05:45
Nice game, need more work on it to make it even better. Worth playing it
AdamW22 Apr 2015, 11:23
At first the controls felt a bit floaty, but I quickly became used to it. The range of the whip could be a bit longer. Otherwise it was a great game!
tripleVisionGames22 Apr 2015, 13:11
Would love to see this expanded a bit more. A dungeon escape game would be pretty interesting - the audio is good too, really fits in with the mood of the game
Yakka22 Apr 2015, 16:39
I was sad to see only one level :( but really good mood! Game feel is maybe a bit slow.
jhrrsn
jhrrsn22 Apr 2015, 16:41
Cool art, and the music is nice and moody. Could use some SFX. The whip was a little floppy and unintuitive, but the character felt decent to control. Good work!
rectangular Tim22 Apr 2015, 16:44
Very atmospheric. You already listed all the issues I had with this game, so I'll spare you the criticism.
SuperPokeunicorn
SuperPokeunicorn23 Apr 2015, 23:16
Neat little proof of concept. The graphics were nice and I like the idea, though the player had a delay when stopping and the whipping wasn't always very responsive. I encourage you to keep working on it. Good luck!
Langouste29 Apr 2015, 16:47
Super Game! I love it ;) Thanks

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