Blood Bastion

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50
You're a vampire without a castle ! Watch out as the sun will drain all your life. Exchange what remains of your life to cast powerful spells and regain your bastion !

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I did not add everything I wanted but at least it is finished on time !
That's my second entry into Ludum dare, and certainly not my last. I had a blast doing this, hope you did too :)

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Comments14

Shaolin Dave
Shaolin Dave30 Apr 2019, 04:38
I like the concept, but its a bit hard to get into.
there's a lot of UI elements covering the screen and things are zoomed in so much, that finding the right path is pretty much trial-and-error.
I know that your life is currently draining, but I don't see the "currency" parallel there.
Some sound/music would help too, even if it's just blips.
Inferture
Infertureauthor30 Apr 2019, 11:01
@shaolin-dave
Hey, the idea is that you exchange your lifetime (the blood you have left) for abilities (knife, dash and protection)
I agree that the camera should probably be a bit zoomed out (it is in the boss level and it feels more natural in my opinion)
Thanks for your feedback !
Also I have some sound effects, did it not work for you (or maybe I did not understand what you meant) ?
Kultisti
Kultisti30 Apr 2019, 13:11
Loved the fact that you had managed to build so many levels to your game, good job! The gameplay was simple yet hooking, maybe some fixes on the UI and overall visuals but other than that a great entry!
Donitz
Donitz30 Apr 2019, 13:27
Cool boss, but I wish you didn't have to watch the intro more than once.
Inferture
Infertureauthor30 Apr 2019, 13:33
@kultisti
Thanks a lot, the feedbacks really help ! :)
@donitz
Thanks, I agree, I thought so too but I didn't have the time to do it (I would've needed to advance the music to keep the boss and the music synced and while it probably is possible, I did not have the time to dig into this sadly :( )
I would definitely work on that in the case of a future version ! Thanks a lot for your feedback !
JofersGames30 Apr 2019, 15:51
I dont get it, every powerup just kills me
Inferture
Infertureauthor30 Apr 2019, 15:55
@jofersgames You have to find the castle before your life is depleted. You exchange your life for powerups, but it's a doubled-edged, as it uses your lifetime. To get your life back you must aspire the blood of slimes :)
Xankill3r30 Apr 2019, 18:33
Interesting concept. Got to the final boss on my first playthrough but got stuck in a wall near the top-left.
MrsTari
MrsTari30 Apr 2019, 21:41
Nice game :hearts: Love the graphic art and sound. :smile:
Team-on
Team-on30 Apr 2019, 21:43
I got how to play it, but third level looks unbeatable. Or im too slow
Inferture
Infertureauthor30 Apr 2019, 22:09
@mrstari Thanks a lot ! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

@team-on Make sure to kill slimes and take their blood every time you cross them ^^ If you choose the path on the right, Make sure to dash as much as you can, if you choose the one on the left, using protection and killing every slimes gets you through without trouble.

Just make sure not to turn circle when arrived at the top (the castle is right at the top, after the 2 paths collide) :)
The level 4 (the green one) is pretty hard though (it's sort of a labyrinth)
The boss level is not too easy, but I'd say the level 4 is even harder (In terms of difficulty I'd say (1
Kritz
Kritz1 May 2019, 03:56
Hello! It's me, Kritz. I tried hacking 'n slashing my way through the first level with spamming "X" but that didn't work for me. But what did work was Dashing once and speedrunning through the first level.

Second level, thanks to my Plat IV League of Legends mechanics I was able to one-go the level by dodging all the enemies.

The strats stopped working on the 3rd level, I tried dashing through the right side, but crashing into a huge slime. I think that might of been an elite mob that I tried to add in my game but ran out of time and didn't add. Now it's coming back to haunt me in another game... From that moment, I realized that I need to combine my hack 'n slash strat and dashing strat together to win the whole game. But sadly I couldn't find the courage to go back to the right side to fight the elite mob... so I went left and died a painful death instead.

On a serious note though, sweet game, see you around in the next Jam. Thank you so much for your kind words @Inferture in the comment section of our game. My designer was thrilled to see your words and here I am to play/rate your game.

Best regards.
Inferture
Infertureauthor1 May 2019, 12:39
@kritz haha thanks for the laughter !

It's important not to overlook good design decisions when they are made ^^

See you around in the next jam !
theStartlestare1 May 2019, 15:19
liked the game, but how many enemys stayed in the way in small corridors felt more like luck than skill.

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