First game I made for Ludum Dare. Hope you like it and comment if you have the time.
EDIT: Link now works.
I made a mistake when posting on itch. Accidentaly posted it as private instead of public game. I'm very sorry about that and hope you can play it now!
EDIT 2: I tried fixing the blue slime error and I think I did. Yesterday I rushed to post the game so I didn't test it at all that's why there were errors. I updated the download file and it is now called version 1.0.1. The error appeared very rarely for me during testing (about once in about every 10 test plays) and now it didn't appear at all. I will continue the testing and see if there are any more errors (I hope there aren't). Thanks for reporting the error messages, they helped me a lot.
Also, not many people have realized that there is a dash mechanic (which you have to unlock). You can get it if you have 7 full lives then click on the icon in the middle of the map. Once you do that you can press "C" on your keyboard to dash.
That is the reason the game is called Heart Sacrifice. You have to sacrifice your health to be able to get dash ability thus the gameplay feels faster and also it's way easier to dodge enemy fireballs. Originally, I was supposed to make a statue in the middle instead of that icon but I didn't have time to do so since I didn't work on the first day of the jam, only on the second and third.
I loved the graphics and it played very well! I wonder whether I was missing something though. Am I supposed to do anything with the symbol at the center? Otherwise I was just killin slimes like it was my job. Very pleasant game. Not totally sure how it related to the theme, but that's cool.
The game did crash at the end. I think it was after wave 5. Here's the error message that came up: ___________________________________________ ############################################################################################ FATAL ERROR in action number 1 of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue' at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 ############################################################################################ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stack frame is gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0) gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
I absolutely love your art style, and the light effect from the middle of the circle is great. I can personally see only one downside, and that is the lack of audio. I think the experience would have been on another level by having some background music, shooting sounds and some "umpf" sounds for hitting enemies. Would love to play longer version of this game with more enemies and attacks :) keep it up!
Sadly I got an error that made the game crash: (I tried twice and still got the same error) ___________________________________________ ############################################################################################ FATAL ERROR in action number 1 of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue' at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 ############################################################################################ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stack frame is gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0) gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
But that's okay (: I still loved the game! Graphics look amazing, and game is fun. Adding audio could be great. Btw is there a link with the theme? Maybe it is revealed at the end and I didn't see it. Anyway great game, congrats :D
Yeah, I also loved the graphics very much, and wish I could play it more, but errors make this impossible - blue slime always crashes on me. No rating, will get back to check later.
############################################################################################ FATAL ERROR in action number 1 of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue' at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 ############################################################################################ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stack frame is gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0) gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
Beautiful game. Environment, lighting and the bullets are all super gorgeous. The player movement is a bit slow for my taste, but gameplay feels good. With more waves and enemies, I could keep playing this for a while.
Thank you for all the comments! I'm glad you guys like the concept of the game as well as the graphics(the thing I worked on the most). By the way, I have fixed the blue slime bug so you can try to download the game again!
It is a cool game only it gave me errors at one point, i don't think it had anything to do with a specific script or something. Might just be my pc doing some weird stuff or something
Sadly I wasn't able to play this game properly as the keyboard controls don't work, and having to use my XBox controller + mouse is physically impossible.
Really nice looking graphics, solid gameplay, and I didn't have any kind of problem trying to play it. The player moves a little bit too slow, but overall this game is really nice.
I really like that pixel art style (especially how you combined lighting with it). It's also a very polished game with really nice looking particle effects. You should have added some sound though. At least from SFXR. But anyways, it's a nice game.
I didn't have any problem launching and playing it and it's good because this game is well crafted. First of all, love the artwork ! It has this cool looking pixel art that everyone loves and it's very well done. The controls are fine but I would rather have the dash button linked to the right click of the mouse rather than the C key because it's a bit hard to get it right as you move. It feels good to play and I hope you develop it further because I think it has potential: the idea that you have to "sacrifice" your current amount of health to get new power cood be developped even further with other bonused, better stats, etc... Great work, I hope you go on with this project :)
A truly beautiful and fun game. There could be more waves and skills to buy though. Also moving your character is a pain.
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4 May 2019, 16:55
I encountered this error trying to get fullscreen ___________________________________________ ############################################################################################ ERROR in action number 1 of Draw Event
for object obj_lighting:
Trying to use non-existing surface. at gml_Object_obj_lighting_Draw_0 ############################################################################################ Bad things: -save option doesn't save the wave, but only the hp -Doesn't say anything at the end of the game -the sprites of the slimes seems taken from HeartBeast's game Wargrain. (at least credit him if you're not the creator) -no audio Good things -the shadows are very nice and well done -the concept is good and solid -nice character art (this also seems like HeartBeast's art, maybe you're him idk lol) -the theme has been respected
full screening the game results in fatal error. Game does not show any kind of win when you finish. Getting to "C" in order to dash when holding "D" to go left is to difficult. I would suggest mapping dash to space bar.
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The game did crash at the end. I think it was after wave 5. Here's the error message that came up:
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue'
at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0)
gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue'
at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0)
gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
But that's okay (: I still loved the game! Graphics look amazing, and game is fun. Adding audio could be great. Btw is there a link with the theme? Maybe it is revealed at the end and I didn't see it. Anyway great game, congrats :D
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_enemy_slime_blue:
Unable to find any instance for object index '12' name 'obj_enemy_slime_blue'
at gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_scr_enemy_attack_state2 (line 0)
gml_Object_obj_enemy_slime_blue_Step_0
First of all, love the artwork ! It has this cool looking pixel art that everyone loves and it's very well done. The controls are fine but I would rather have the dash button linked to the right click of the mouse rather than the C key because it's a bit hard to get it right as you move.
It feels good to play and I hope you develop it further because I think it has potential: the idea that you have to "sacrifice" your current amount of health to get new power cood be developped even further with other bonused, better stats, etc...
Great work, I hope you go on with this project :)
And also the heart pickup's hitbox could have been a bit bigger :slight_smile: And a real ending would have been nice, even if it's just a text.
Btw it crashed for me when I wanted to enlarge the window, so I had to play with low screen, and sometimes there were issues as well.
Nice entry!
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Draw Event
for object obj_lighting:
Trying to use non-existing surface.
at gml_Object_obj_lighting_Draw_0
############################################################################################
Bad things:
-save option doesn't save the wave, but only the hp
-Doesn't say anything at the end of the game
-the sprites of the slimes seems taken from HeartBeast's game Wargrain. (at least credit him if you're not the creator)
-no audio
Good things
-the shadows are very nice and well done
-the concept is good and solid
-nice character art (this also seems like HeartBeast's art, maybe you're him idk lol)
-the theme has been respected