Dance Dance SACRIFICES

by ever

co-authored: @eclahn, @lola

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Welcome, welcome !

...to our second LDJam entry (and first for our graphic designer Lola)! With one new talent in the team we took the opposite approach from LDJam42. No abstract black-white-grey game this time, we have a colorful and vibrant entry for you all! We used Lua and LÖVE2D as well as Audacity and Photoshop.

We hope you will all be entertained, for it's time to make sacrifices!

The Game

Your gods demand sacrifices! Not one, not two... but as many as you can make in a week! Using the ancestral ritual of the Great Hand-Free Sacrifice, you shall dance their bidding til they are satisfied. Don't make the mistake to disappoint them even a single day.

Controls

Use the Arrow Keys to perform the ritual "No Hands" dance and sacrifice men, women, pets and chickens to appease the divine wrath. Don't make a wrong step or you'll have to start from the beginning! Make enough sacrifices each day to avoid punishment.

Tags: #2d, #arcade, #colorful, #cute, #funny, #lãve, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: action

Tools: Audacity, LÖVE

Comments19

Leothil4 Dec 2018, 18:31

Cool art, simple and effective, good job ! Missing some music too me tho.

Vlad Ilisan4 Dec 2018, 18:52

I'm scard that soon there will be no more people and chickens to sacrifice. Good job, I love the art.

kloscunha4 Dec 2018, 18:53

Cool art style. And just HOW MANY PEOPLE di we kill here??? haha
A dancing game really should have some music, though. It just feels off, not having any music at all like this.

noemie4 Dec 2018, 20:15

really nice art ^^ realy love it

kaiagan4 Dec 2018, 20:23

Haha hilarious sounds and ridiculous dances. Cute artstyle of sacrificed animals and humans, I had to pause myself just to look at them :D

I agree that some music could greatly improve the experience!

OwlyCode4 Dec 2018, 20:24

Nice entry ! I loved the voice of the priest and the key sequences were fun to execute, it really felt like a ritual. The only thing I really missed was some music.

Simon Rahnasto5 Dec 2018, 12:11

HA SHU HU HA SHU HU ~ The sound of me sacrificing everyone :D

The art looks very nice, it's all well put together and coherent. Fits nicely with the theme as you are quite literally making sacrifices. I liked that the patterns were not completely random so you could learn them (almost like combos). This made the game a lot more satisfying to play after a while.

Great humor, I never thought I would play a rhythm sacrifice game haha

Everauthor5 Dec 2018, 20:01

I can't tell you people how happy I am to see that the sounds I made are well received! That was a first for me and I had a lot of fun making them, so I guess it will not be the last time I make weird noises for a game :smiley:

We are well aware that music is the biggest thing that our game miss, but we will probably start a post-jam version soon and music is at the top of the todo list so stay tuned!

Anyway thank you all for your feedback, we really appreciate that :heart:

Jupiter_Hadley6 Dec 2018, 15:02

Nice graphics, well made game. I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/Lq0vHUPYciI

Endogeny6 Dec 2018, 15:46

Nice game ! The art is really nice to look at and the game is fun to play. Great job !

Raitozan6 Dec 2018, 16:27

Hey nice game ! I like the simple but effective art style ! miss music though, good job !

velvetlobster7 Dec 2018, 02:15

nice art style ... the sounds made during the sacrifice are so fun lolol ... perhaps a tune in the background would be a good addition

HellSquirrel8 Dec 2018, 17:09

Cute graphics and sounds, good use of simple mechanic. But 7 level is almost impossible, I think u shouldn't
increase the number of clicks in one combination because the cost of error is high. Mb u should add new 4-buttons combinations and people must be play faster to complete level. Also Imo, should change combination after fail. Because every user has personal uncomfortable combination and better I will skip it then will try to do it correctly and slowly. All in all is good!

Everauthor8 Dec 2018, 18:09

@hellsquirrel thanks for the feedback, we'll think about it :smile:

Lise Carreel10 Dec 2018, 13:14

I globally agree with @hellsquirrel ! I felt a little frustrated by the victory/loss who appear really brutally, and don't show clearly if it's a victory or a defeat.
But except those details, I had fun, the game is beautiful, and still nice to play, good job :D!

Everauthor10 Dec 2018, 13:20

Heyy @lise-carreel! These are indeed things we are working on at the moment, first some background music, second better signals for the player. Thanks for the feedback! :smiley:

Lise Carreel10 Dec 2018, 13:23

@ever Cool, I wait for it :D ! Good luck :D !

Arvejeitor12 Dec 2018, 14:32

Nice game! Clever take on the rhythm genre

Riyroo23 Dec 2018, 19:03

I really enjoyed this. I agree with @leothil some music would be great, especially because its a dance style game. I thought the theme was interesting and really funny. Thanks for making this game I had a blast!

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