
Ludum Dare #33compo
You are the Nightmare
You find yourself in the same nightmare as so many times before. But this time, you decide to fight back. But beware - your nightmares are part of you, and what you do is in some way reflected in them...
HOW TO PLAY
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WASD or Arrow Keys to move
Space to fire
Kill all nightmares on each level
Beat all 8 levels to win!
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I went for a pretty literal interpretation of the theme. You control the hero and at the same time all the monsters. Although their movement is mapped differently than the hero's.
At first I was thinking of explaining it with a faulty mind-control device. But with the monsters from a game mechanics point of view already sort of being distorted versions of the player, it seemed to fit better to have them be inner demons and nightmares instead.
Other features:
-Randomly generated levels.
-Randomly generated movement and attack patterns for monsters. Becoming more difficult the futher one makes it.
HOW TO PLAY
-----------
WASD or Arrow Keys to move
Space to fire
Kill all nightmares on each level
Beat all 8 levels to win!
-----------
I went for a pretty literal interpretation of the theme. You control the hero and at the same time all the monsters. Although their movement is mapped differently than the hero's.
At first I was thinking of explaining it with a faulty mind-control device. But with the monsters from a game mechanics point of view already sort of being distorted versions of the player, it seemed to fit better to have them be inner demons and nightmares instead.
Other features:
-Randomly generated levels.
-Randomly generated movement and attack patterns for monsters. Becoming more difficult the futher one makes it.
Genres: action
Comments12


TiByte24 Aug 2015, 12:32
Music would make the mood of the game sooo much better, but all in all it's a very nice and hard game.

Hyoga-3D24 Aug 2015, 12:52
cool game and great mood, also congrats for the trick on the trees, a love this tricks, it reminded me of okami, that uses something very similiar. Good game.
g_o24 Aug 2015, 16:49
Great graphics on this one!
The movement was linked to my movement I reckoned but what's going on with the firing mechanism?
The movement was linked to my movement I reckoned but what's going on with the firing mechanism?
afisicos24 Aug 2015, 19:27
Excelent game. Nice graphics and an interesting idea.
2011petia25 Aug 2015, 02:12
Nice game,you have a nice job

Kaltic25 Aug 2015, 03:10
Absolutely love the warped camera and visuals. The idea is great and a bit SuperHot, but it was a little difficult to line yourself up while also not getting hit by auto-firing enemies.
Shina6925 Aug 2015, 05:05
Loved the movement mechanism, adding a puzzle component to an apparent shooting game that would be boring without it. A morbid soundtrack would make it even better.
collaboration25 Aug 2015, 09:35
Love this artstyle so much, need to improve gameplay and add music, it will be much more cooler!
mboaj25 Aug 2015, 11:19
I have some difficulty at aiming to the nightmares. But the mood is really Tim Burtonish :)

Pampattitude25 Aug 2015, 21:12
It's a really cool work! Gorgeous and no bugs observed. Some music would have make it more awesome but it's already a huge work.

lightsoda13 Sep 2015, 20:17
Looks pretty nice. A tip: next time check horizontal and vertical movement independent of each other.






The levels did all feel very similar; there wasn't much to distinguish one from the last.