"A battle for the graveyard" is my submission to the Ludum Dare compo category !
It is a one keyboard multi-player 2D kinda battle arena. Players are shape-shifting monsters, swapping from one shape to another to get different special abilities. The gameplay is symmetrical as both players can use the same abilities.
Player 1 plays with : - WASD to move (or ZQSD for a French keyboard) - 1234 to change his/her shape - E to use the ability
Player 2 plays with : - IJKL to move - 7890 to change his/her shape - P to use the ability
The playable shapes/forms are : - Frankenstein (hand fight, does high damages, lowers received damages, moves slow) - Skeleton (distant fight, does medium damages, moves fast) - Slime (can leave goo that deals damage over time on an large area, doesn't take damages from those gooes, moves slow) - Slender (cannot deal damages, can teleport)
The game starts as soon as the game is launched, players can play as long as they want as there is no timer. They can reset the map and start a new game by pressing X and M together, at the same time ! ;)
Hope you'll enjoy the game ! Leave comments !
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I published a post compo version with two little changes : - I added the possibility of pressing ";" instead of "M" when resetting world (for French keyboards) - The Slender now recover 15% of maximum health when teleporting. A player cannot recover more than half his total health. - The Skeleton was able to one shot an opponent during close combat. To avoid this, bones inflicts more damages when they hit at a far distance from where they've been thrown. - The Skeleton throws twice more bones now.
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I'm just one person so I couldn't really test it but I checked out all the mechanics and they seem interesting. I bet if 2 people had a competitve fight they could pull off some neat tricks with those mechanics.
Really nice graphics and overall consistency/mood. The gameplay is very simple, but I really like these multiplayer on single machine games, and the various special abilities of the monsters was a nice touch.
Graphics are nice. I see some idea to make innovation with different characters. Music is terribly annoying. I don't feel fun from playing it. Even if I played together with someone I still doubt if it would give me fun.
Love the graphics, great game. I included it in part 13 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/1VzFVc1MuWc
Skeleton was extremely overpowered, and was actually more effective at melee than ranged combat. Don't know what Slender was supposed to be for. Decent game, I'm sure I would've enjoyed it more with two players, but it is even okay playing against yourself.
Awkward testing this on my own (kinda wish there was an AI opponent)but I like how each monster's unique ability fits certain playstyles (e.g. Skeleton and Slime for people who like to zone and Frankenstein and Slender for those who like to get in close) plus the game actually looks well balanced (good thing abilities have a cooldown period otherwise Skeleton would be too OP :P)
Interesting game, I like the multiplayer aspect, and I'm sure it's really fun with friends. I tried both the submitted and post compo version. The controls are a bit awkward. I do like that different characters have different abilities with cooldowns, nice execution of the theme
Interesting take on the theme well done. I jus wish I had someone to test with also maybe a slight colour difference between the two sides enemies could go a long way towards readability in a 2 player situation.
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sorry ffor my bad english
But the graphics are nice.
Music broke if there is any.
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 x64
JRE: 1.7
The ability to switch between mosters is awesome. Slime is OP. :D
(BTW, Slender feels unbalanced - maybe if each teleportation gave you some health or other bonus the character would be more useful).
Art and audio deserves 5 too, because game looks and soud good!
All in all, one of best entries!
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