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Ludum Dare #42jam

Souls Panic

by darkguigui
co-authored: @intspector, @pierre-avinain, @tenemyre
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Capture d’écran 2018-08-13 à 12.21.12.png
> CLIC HERE TO PLAY ONLINE (WebGL)

Game

Luna must take souls arriving on the river, to place them in their wells.

There are 4 areas:
* Neutral (no well) ;
* Paradise (clouds, blue souls) ;
* Hell (lava, red souls) ;
* Earth (grass, purple souls).

Warning to the number of souls present in each zone! The more there are, the more the thermometers fill up.
When an area is overloaded, the thermometer breaks and the well is disabled.

You lose the game when 3 thermometers are broken (the waiting space can't contain an inifinity of souls​ !).

Have fun and don't panic ! ;-)

Controls

WASD/DirectionalArrows : Move Luna, the cutest reaper (main character)
Space bar : Catch/Release souls (hold on release to throw souls)
E : Near switches, reverse water flow

Content


We made all the graphics in pixel art, as well as composed the music especially for the occasion.

Team

For our first GameJam, we realized this game in 4 members team. We hope you enjoy it !

Play links


screenshot
Genres: platformer

Comments22

Dizzy14 Aug 2018, 00:22
Pretty nice graphics! All working fine, really enjoy o/
N1ckQ14 Aug 2018, 10:54
Really liked the graphics and animation! Also, the game is pretty fun. Good job!
JSMCAG
JSMCAG14 Aug 2018, 11:37
For some reason, I couldn't get the WebGL version to load - but I did try the Win64 version.

I really like the concept, and it was executed pretty well - the game starts off easy enough, but before you know it the rivers are overflowing with souls and there's only so much one cutest reaper can handle!

Graphics are nice, though the style could be a bit more cohesive. The music really fits the cute aesthetic you're going for, which in turn clashes with the stressful gameplay - which makes for an interesting dynamic and experience.
Donitz
Donitz14 Aug 2018, 13:42
Very challenging game. The graphics are nice and the theme fits well. You really have to be quick to stand a chance.
Naked Kiwi14 Aug 2018, 13:43
Nice graphics but It's hard to tell what you are supposed to do. Good job anyways!
lespaul5914 Aug 2018, 16:09
Wow this is challenging! I really like it :)
14 Aug 2018, 16:44
Is it really necessary to post duplicate advertising about the game?..
LukeWaffel14 Aug 2018, 17:18
Fun but challenging game!
TheCommonThug
TheCommonThug14 Aug 2018, 17:58
You crushed the overall panic theming. Having the adorable little souls get backed up gave me a real sense of pressure. Your sprites are all cute, and their animations are solid. I never really found a use for throwing the souls, but that could have been user error.
PSiv14 Aug 2018, 18:11
The red souls go in the red area, the blue souls go in the blue area, the purple souls go in the... green area? I think you should definitely make the purple souls green, or the green area purple! The art/music go really well together and overall it's good fun, but when I've had enough fun, there seems to be no way of quitting the game! I guess I'll just have to keep playing!
Timothy.Spit14 Aug 2018, 18:48
A ​very cool game with cute little graphics! :) Funny and engaging, I really like it! :)
Rebelloeric14 Aug 2018, 19:28
Hey, this is a very nice game! I got a little confused at the begining, i can't believe i sent a lot of good souls to hell D: haha but i enjoyed this one, very nice!
I also liked the music and the character style a lot, somehow it remembered me of Harvest moon games :)
Good job!
CaylebLucas15 Aug 2018, 09:16
Cool game, really enjoyed playing it. i found it quite challenging and confusing at the beginning but once i got the hang of things it was good :)
Iluvatar
Iluvatar15 Aug 2018, 16:50
Jeez! That was really challenging. Very entertaining nevertheless! The music and art were cute, the gameplay design is actually very cool. I had a blast, honestly :)
Treizive15 Aug 2018, 20:36
Same here, a nice game with good graphics and sound. It works well but I am not sure to have understood the benefit of the switches by the way.
Bichodust
Bichodust15 Aug 2018, 21:36
I was panicking with all of those souls collapsing haha. It is a great game. I enjoyed it but it is difficult to survive more than one or two minutes(at least for me). Maybe if you could carry more than one soul at once would be more balanced. The switches mechanics are nice. I was using them to not have to run far to get the souls, but I don't know if that was the objective of the streams. But even tough the game is fun to play and I like the concept. The music is fantastic and the art is great. In general is really nice game. Congrats :D!!
manusaiz
manusaiz16 Aug 2018, 16:41
I loved the "Wrong soul!" animation and sound effect

I didnt't fully get the use of the levers tho, is there any way to take advantage of their presence?

Cool entry anyway :)
TerraPass
TerraPass22 Aug 2018, 18:32
This is quite a strong entry, well done.
I found the game pretty pleasing aesthetically thanks to both visuals and music; nice job executing them at such a high level under the constraints of the jam.
While the core mechanic of sorting objects into different slots under pressure is not necessarily anything new, I liked your choice of theme: it's much more interesting to escort souls into the afterlife than to sort boxes or (to pick an entirely random examples :wink: ) to park cars.
For me the controls seemed adequate and accomplished exactly what they needed to in order for the game to be enjoyable.

Good job!
amkingTRP23 Aug 2018, 04:09
cute graphics and sound, and the gameplay feels excellent; my only criticism is how quickly you can get overwhelmed, but that's probably more a reflection of how bad I was at playing it :)
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