Ludum Dare #43compo

Baron

by tomcat94

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Hell is full after the apocalypse. To make more room, Satan has delegated his trusted baron to purge the unworthy from the hellscape. In order to help out the baron, Satan offers a covenant for each wave of ghouls, mages, and necromancers killed in His name. Of course, even Satan's right-hand man isn't exempt from a covenant's side effects. Sacrifices must be made...

CONTROLS:

WASD - Move

Left Click - Swing Spear

Note: It is highly recommended that you play a stand-alone version of the game! Your web browser might slow down in the later waves.

Timelapse:

Tags: #2d, #black and white, #bullet hell, #gothic, #monochrome, #pixel art

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments25

relixes2 Dec 2018, 16:01

Awesome game! Really adctive and with a lot of replay value. Nice work!

Erendelous2 Dec 2018, 18:43

Quite cool game, and It's really replayable:) Also, the sacrificing is pretty cool )

ECGamez3 Dec 2018, 02:04

Very fun game, just sat down for a while playing it!

Isvan3 Dec 2018, 02:13

Pretty fun, only comment is the "kill" sound is pretty harsh and actually made me jump when I heard it ;0

tomcat94author3 Dec 2018, 02:26

@relixes @erendelous @ecgamez Thank you very much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@isvan Thank you for playing as well! I sincerely apologize for the audio, it seemed fine but I seem to have forgotten my volume was adjusted differently on my machine before release. I'll put a warning down to advise future players to adjust their volume.

Abeyance3 Dec 2018, 02:36

Satisfying to kill things, I can appreciate the upgrading.

Snecko3 Dec 2018, 02:42

Nice and fun, having a smaller sound for when the enemy is hit but does not die might help with the attack feeling. Fun to replay and try to find better methods of attack.

Rolly3 Dec 2018, 03:22

Very nice ! Simple and efficient, well done !

tomcat94author3 Dec 2018, 03:36

@abeyance @rolly Thank you!

@snecko I think you're right, a sound effect for enemies that aren't killed with one hit would be better overall. It's too late now, but once voting ends I'll be sure to add that for a post-jam "complete" version. Thank you!

itsjustjord3 Dec 2018, 06:48

Great job i really liked it! Especially the art direction! :D

arkinrev3 Dec 2018, 07:00

I really liked drafting bonuses with a drawback. Fun game!

tomcat94author3 Dec 2018, 07:36

@itsjustjord Thank you! I appreciate it. I'm glad the art direction was appealing as well, it has some inspiration from Downwell. :smile:

@arkinrev Thank you very much for playing!

loligxp3 Dec 2018, 08:29

This is realy good :D

tomcat94author3 Dec 2018, 08:36

@loligxp Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it.

Sarwin3 Dec 2018, 10:20

I really enjoyed the game!!

behzad_robot3 Dec 2018, 10:50

:) gj! enjoyed playing the game.

Julian Creutz3 Dec 2018, 11:18

Fun game! The upgrades are very well thought out and the gameplay feels solid. In my opinion, the movement is a bit too floaty, more precise movement would have made the gameplay even better.

Good job!

tomcat94author3 Dec 2018, 19:48

@sarwin @behzad-robot Thank you for playing!

@julian-creutz Thank you for the kind words! I agree, the movement could stand to be a little snappier. Thanks for the feedback!

Mohrro3 Dec 2018, 20:58

I love the upgrades, graphics and randomness. Really good!

TheseusInABottle4 Dec 2018, 00:09

Pretty fun I really like the feeling of movement in this. Normally I hate slippy controls with lots of inertia but the way you have it and the speed of the enemys makes it feel ohmost like you are sliding into a spear thrust. I also really like the fact that when enemys die they burst into particles. Rock solid game.

tomcat94author4 Dec 2018, 00:55

@mohrro @theseusinabottle Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the game.

Mike Mihe4 Dec 2018, 09:29

I think if you bring the development of the game to the end, then you can get a really good game, good luck!

Slashee the Cow4 Dec 2018, 12:02

Not the most complex game I've tested thus far, but also one of the more fun. I like having to choose at the end of each round (I'll be honest, I usually went for pride) and the graphics were pretty effective at setting the mood (although it was a bit hard to read the font you used, on the title screen I first clicked "thy eternal burden" and my eyes just sort of glazed over).

Andrea4 Dec 2018, 17:10

Very cool concept very well made!
The game it beautiful, polished, challenging and fun... Loved it!
Well done!

Strega23 Dec 2018, 22:16

Nice wave based survival game! I really liked the upgrade system. I had a problem on the web build though, it seemed like it wasn't letting me attack and move at the same time?

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