It's pretty obvious that I have an obsession with the 80's. Making the synthpop track was lots of fun! This was my first LD, and I have a lot of things to say about it; will make a blog post sometime soon.
This is really cool! I like how vibrant the colors are. The song you wrote goes really well with the pace and feel of the game, too. I think the screen shake is a little too rough for my eyes. When choosing to play again, no monsters spawn - but I found myself using that to my advantage to make my character "dance" to the song :P
felt a little bit shallow. Outside of the boss fight, there was no noticeable difference between the different masks, and the combat against waves of ghosts wasn't really all that interesting - it really just boiled down to hammering the spacebar and occasionally turning around to cover your back. I am fairly impressed by the number of art assets in this game, though. The amount of backgrounds, enemy sprites, projectile sprites, etc. was greater than what I would normally expect from a jam game.
I did not get the idea of the game. Change the mask to get a new weapon? "Boss Fight" without a boss, but much more ghosts? Anyway a nice submission to the Theme. And graphics an sound are great too.
I really enjoyed the graphic style, it had a nice theme to it that ran through the whole game.
I felt like there was a lot of polish like the intro video and the TV style overlay.
I do actually hate Halloween as well so that helped! The game finished too soon, played it through twice and I would have kept going if it were longer.
Cool use of the mask mechanic with the boss, would've liked to seen some more use of that, maybe different sort of attacks or something. Overall enjoyable, solid game!
Great mood! I loved the mask switching concept, and it would have been even cooler if projectiles had been different enough in terms of gameplay (or their effects more noticeable in case they were already differences, which I think is the case) to be used strategically . And nice touch on the boss battle, too!
Yeah- that seems like Halloween to me-- killin' ghosts with candy and blowin' up the arcade. I especially like that the shooting noise changes with your mask. Nice!
I enjoyed the game much. It's always nice getting to the end of LD-games and it's a hard thing balancing a game when you are so stressed about just completing it. I solved the final boss, since I was too stressed about staying alive, but just waiting for the correct mask-matching to come up. The music and graphics were really nice. I think the sound FX were a bit loud though. Especially since the game started without music and only the very harsh effects it felt a bit rough (and since the volume on my speakers was quite high I got a bit scared). The play-instructions could maybe just show up around the character the first seconds of play rather than at a separate screen. It took me a little while to get going and remembering the controls. To sum up: well made game!
I love the bossfight. I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/UXRiA5Goh28
The boss fight is super cool, switching the mask to beat the machine is a great idea. Nice music and graphics, the ghosts are pretty funny. Great job !
Nice cutscene, simple but fun gameplay and a really fun boss fight! I really like how the boss worked, and I also really enjoyed the graphics and the "TV"-filter on it all. It's feels a bit like a mix between Hotline Miami and Altered Beast.
Coll pixel art and an awesome boss fight... I was wondering what the masks were for and I felt great when I figured out how to use them in the boss fight. Well done.
That face in the end, hahaha. Enjoyed the boss fight. Didn't notice much difference in attacks with each mask, something unique for each of them would be cool. Congrats on the entry!
Great sound and visuals. Simple game play but it kept me playing. The gamejolt link didn't work for me but playing the embedded version was fine. Funny collection of projectiles. Very complete entry. Good job.
I really liked your game, the vignette on the screen was great giving an old tv look. The game was violent yet also felt like it wasn't. Plus I really liked what you did with the boss fight. I just wish it was a little more than left or right and shoot as quickly as possible.
Otherwise well done on your first LD, you made a really good game :)
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I am fairly impressed by the number of art assets in this game, though. The amount of backgrounds, enemy sprites, projectile sprites, etc. was greater than what I would normally expect from a jam game.
I felt like there was a lot of polish like the intro video and the TV style overlay.
I do actually hate Halloween as well so that helped! The game finished too soon, played it through twice and I would have kept going if it were longer.
Overall, a pretty solid entry, congratulations!
I recall having a costume like those ghosts on a Halloween when I was a kid =)
The music and graphics were really nice. I think the sound FX were a bit loud though. Especially since the game started without music and only the very harsh effects it felt a bit rough (and since the volume on my speakers was quite high I got a bit scared).
The play-instructions could maybe just show up around the character the first seconds of play rather than at a separate screen. It took me a little while to get going and remembering the controls.
To sum up: well made game!
- graphics
- different masks
- the boss
- soundtrack
The nay:
- masks don't change much aside from boss
- alright, I get that ghost can go through closed doors, but why my bullets do that, too? ^^"
The meh:
- main gameplay mechanic
Somewhat fun little game, even if not a stand-out.
I really like how the boss worked, and I also really enjoyed the graphics and the "TV"-filter on it all. It's feels a bit like a mix between Hotline Miami and Altered Beast.
I liked the intro cinematic ^^
Art and music is a great combo for this game. If you like the 80's theme, come check out our entry!
Great entry!
-Loi LeMix
It played smoothly and it was well executed. Really nice game and very well done for it :)
Otherwise well done on your first LD, you made a really good game :)