Bat-Chan!

This is my first ludum dare game. It is about a vampire in bat form who must battle zany creatures of the pit while remaining under the life giving shade of her helpful cloud friend.
How to play:
- You move the player (The bat) with either WASD or the arrow keys.
- You shoot using SPACE.
Rules:
- You have to stay under the cloud.
- The cloud is constantly following you so don't run from it.
- The cloud is your only friend.
- Well maybe you have other friends too, but you know what we mean.
- If you do have other friends, you should tell them about our game, but if not, hey we won't judge.
- Kill the enemies.
- Enemies don't hurt you but they hurt your friend the cloud, which depletes the shade you need to survive.
Credits:
- Programming: Djillali Seba
- Game Designing: Alex Foyt
- Art: Alex Foyt
- Contact Alex Foyt: email: [email protected], twitter: @AlexFoyt
- Contact Me: [email protected]

Comments25
Key points:
- I need to feel like I can do something about the projectiles the enemies throw at me, i feel powerless to stop them other than just waiting. A better indication of winding up before a projectile for timing.
- I think the key interaction of dropping the bombs is pretty good, but I think that could be focused on making it more interdating and skillful to do to be more fun.
- You followed the theme pretty well, I think that was clever, I think your art is cute and fits which is nice and a step above. I think if you had paired down your enemies, and really focused on your bomb killing interaction and feedback of dmg, as well as considered what might be things the player WANTS to do that it would have made it a lot more entertaining.
- Adjust the health bar or use some sort of method on the enemies to indicate health, looks to much like something that would block in the environment
In all seriousness though, great entry, worth checking out.
I enjoyed it though
In fact, by the end of the game I had gotten good enough at dodging that it wasn't particularly hard. Perhaps a larger variety of enemies that required slightly different strategies would be good.
In any case, I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed it. Definitely one of the best games I've played thus far.
A user watching my stream mentioned it would be great fun if it were two player and someone else could control the cloud. The art is super cute and overall you have a nice game, just reduce the downtime!
Here is a link to your segment on my stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297300090?t=03h02m12s
Try our game too, maybe you'll like it)