Spelling Zombie Shooter

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Ludum Dare 41 Compo entry. Theme: Combine 2 Incompatible Games.

Good at spelling?

Great at killing zombies?

Why not flex both skills... _simultaneously_!

Spell words by killing zombies in the right order! Watch out for the other zombies: they might be harmless (for now), but killing them in the wrong order will cost you spelling points.

Comments22

shp
shp24 Apr 2018, 15:05
Gets stuck in downloading dictionary
Swarrly
Swarrly25 Apr 2018, 04:48
It was an interesting concept. I liked the graphics and the camera wobble was a nice touch. However I would have liked the player to face in the direction of my click when I want to shoot instead having to do a weird run up thing to get into the right direction. Perhaps a time limit or something that would add some urgency.
don.shinski25 Apr 2018, 04:49
It works, I can spell! Sometimes the zombies don't want to separate so I can kill them, lazy zombies!
It has potential! its so hard not to just lay waste to all the zombies with my shotgun though, haha. maybe there can be ones with the letters and they tend to run away and then others with no letters run towards me so I can get my zombie-blasting kicks! haha good job
Ajay.200215 May 2018, 07:46
Hahah sucks that I'm a bad speller
Ajay.200215 May 2018, 10:05
Great Game! But way too hard for me...
Dioinecail
Dioinecail15 May 2018, 10:11
i really liked the music, but unfortunately i couldn't play due to typing not working on a mac, did you check the mac compatibility?
codemaster
codemasterauthor15 May 2018, 14:54
@Dioinecail You need to shoot the zombie(s) that spell the word instead of typing it! Typing was a thought at first, but pivoted a bit :) Please let me know if you have any further issues.
Ellian
Ellian15 May 2018, 15:43
Good concept! It's a shame it doesn't have more stakes, it would be rad if there was actual danger and/or challenge;
I wish the aiming was precise too, it felt wrong to explode 8+ nearby zombies with a single shot

But good work! Congrats
codemaster
codemasterauthor15 May 2018, 16:00
@Ellian Thank you for playing & the feedback! Much appreciated.
Querk15 May 2018, 19:09
Great game, i like it , but I think it is too hard. good job :)
Steve Sparkes
Steve Sparkes15 May 2018, 19:10
This is a great entry for the compo! As other commenters are saying it would be great to see yourself having to survive the onslaught of the zombies rather than them just being walking letters! Personally my favourite part of the game was the slow pan-out of the camera as the words got more complicated. A really nice touch! Good job, keep making games!
M-1
M-115 May 2018, 19:29
Nice idea, well executed! I especially like the camera movement and movement tweening.

Tip: make it more challenging by making the zombies attack you. (The player does not have a need to run away in the current version of the game.)

Bug report: when I started the Windows build for the first few times, it got stuck before/after downloading the dictionary (I ran it inside Sandboxie and offline at first). When I ran in in the "normal" environment, it worked well. :slight_smile:
codemaster
codemasterauthor15 May 2018, 19:33
Thanks for the feedback, @m-1! Yes, this needs to be run online to download the dictionary of words :) Sorry about that!
nilead
nilead15 May 2018, 19:45
The voxel style is very nice, although some backgrounds would have been better for visuals
codemaster
codemasterauthor15 May 2018, 19:50
Thanks for the feedback, @nilead! Much appreciated.
Sokuaisushi
Sokuaisushi15 May 2018, 19:51
The idea and theme of this game fits perfectly! It's very creative too!!
Kwisarts
Kwisarts15 May 2018, 20:02
Not an uninteresting concept, but I find the pace to be so slow. It also gets weird when you shoot several letters at once.
I like how as the game progresses, more letters are added (I mean, I know they're zombies, but their design doesn't reflect on that too much, so I just call them letters)

Moving with the mouse is so strange. Why not arrow keys/wasd?

Also, sometimes, the zoom doesn't let you see much letters on the edges because they are in that motion blur thing
codemaster
codemasterauthor15 May 2018, 20:28
Thanks for playing & the feedback, @Kwisarts! I appreciate it. I'll keep in mind the zoom and controls more next time :)
Petra7 Aug 2018, 16:26
Unfortunately I couldn't play. Not loaded.

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