Souler

by slowian

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.29

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%

Done solo in 3 days

Your goal is to fill the well in the room with souls.

Controls:
Left Mouse Button - Fire projectile
Right Mouse Button - Fire souls collected from enemies into well
WSAD or arrow keys - Movement
M - Mute sounds
U - Upgrades menu
Escape - Game Menu

Tool: Unity 5.5.0
Graphics: Paint.NET
Sound effects: sfxr

I managed to finish gameplay mechanics with menus, but there are still some things that I've planned and will do now (I will later put the post Jam version as a separate build and link):
Better difficulty scaling (currently Medium and Hard may be very hard to finish unless most of the upgrades are bought and it takes some time)
New Harder enemies based on difficulty levels.
Bosses.
More attack variations for player and enemies.
Different souls.
Ability to put a shield on well.
Animations (currently there is only one for well).
Better graphics for well.
Achievements.
Different backgrounds.
Story.
Environment obstacles based on well souls percentage (the more, the harder it will be to move).
Dash ability.

I've disabled audio rating, as background music was not created by me (see in game credits for information about the song).

Update 15.12.2016:
Added Embed Url.
Fixed background music loop.

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments8

Quaternius13 Dec 2016, 19:41

I like the idea! even tough i think the bullets are a little bit slow.

Slowianauthor13 Dec 2016, 19:47

Thank you. The projectiles speed can be increased in the upgrades menu. Upgrades are saved and do not reset after starting new game.

gdcvdqpl13 Dec 2016, 22:12

The game feels a bit slow in general, thankfully there are upgrades...
I like this idea of feeding your ennemies before destroying them, that's innovative o/

columhiggins13 Dec 2016, 22:20

Deceptively simple. Lot's of challenge and different ways to play.

leondryaso14 Dec 2016, 22:58

Nice simple game. I like your pick of the music! :D

Mr.Chippy16 Dec 2016, 14:56

I like the idea. It felt a bit slow. It was nice that you included instructions in game.

Flaterectomy25 Dec 2016, 15:25

Pretty clever mechanics, and I like that there was a whole upgrade system and multiple types of enemies.

Graphics are a little inconsistent. The background and the player/souls/projectiles don't look like they really belong together. I would've liked to have seen something other than basic circles. But it's by no means bad. I kinda liked the health dots around the souls/player though.

Music was very nice, sound effects were a little basic and there could've been more to clearly relay what was happening (enemy soul into well, captured soul into well, getting damaged, etc).

fabsy3 Jan 2017, 00:35

Nice idea. Although being a bit slow it gave me time to think. The upgrades are a must though. I feel the interface could also be a bit simpler but otherwise it was fun and different to play. Nice work!