Ludum Dare #44compo

Souls

by dezarius

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.93

This was my first Game Jam. This is also my first actuall "complete" Game.

It's a game about stealing Souls from Enemys and investing them to gain POWER!
You can spawn a new Wave of Enemies with just a push of a button! New creatures to steal souls from! There is also this satanic statue which is more then willed to increase your Power for some of these souls. You just need to get over these spikes...

__PS:__ You can also sacrifice your own Soul to the statue.. But I don't think, that this is a good idea.

__THIS GAME DOES NOT HAVE AN END. JUST TRY TO REACH A NEW HIGHSCORE!__

Tips:

Since this game turned out the be pretty hard here are a few tips for more success:

Circle around the enemies while shooting them!

Do not underestimate Movement Speed. About 2 Upgrades are very good to dodge the mobs easier.

Each Waves increases number of Mobs and Health

__Have Fun ;)__

__Tools:__
Unity, Photoshop, BeepBox.co , Bfxr

__Controls:__

WASD/Arrows - Movement

Space/Left Mouse Button - Fire

E - Interact

R - Restart

Tags: #my first game jam

Tools: BeepBox, Bfxr, Unity

Comments15

grllle29 Apr 2019, 21:19

Neat graphics and sound! I would like to play more but maybe i don't get it completely. It's challenging to shoot the enemies before they hit you and i don't know what to do with my powers :D

TwobyThree29 Apr 2019, 21:23

The difficult between wave 2 and wave 3 increases too much! I enjoy playing the game, that wave button is a cool mechanic. About the theme it fits perfectlly. Like the music and the animations. Perhaps adding a 2d material without friction to the player will prevent him for slow his speed while on a wall. Congratulations!

Dezariusauthor29 Apr 2019, 21:30

@twobythree thx :) Yes after playing it for a bit more i think it is a bit too hard. I was already experienced with the game while development but new players find it pretty hard. Thanks for your Feedback :)

Dezariusauthor29 Apr 2019, 21:34

@grllle Thx :) Yeah you need to circle around them without getting hit. I thought it was a bit too easy if they get oneshooted. But maybe it's a bit to much

jjjjason29 Apr 2019, 21:43

Like everyone else said, quite difficult, haha. I like the touch of the bridge to the powerups taking a cost as well, makes you want to stay in as long as possible. Music is fun too, the simplicity makes it so that you can loop it forever and it doesn't get annoying.

Monster designs are fun.

neonjeff30 Apr 2019, 00:12

I really like the game art in this! I usually lost a bunch of health running through enemies at the beginning of waves before getting a chance to circle them and just realized I have to run over the spikes to do powerups from a comment... time to play again!

Kovakomes30 Apr 2019, 02:44

The 0's look like 8's. Threw me off at first. Anyway, pretty difficult game, but a good entry. Good job.

Wassim30 Apr 2019, 20:59

Cool game!
Nice concept and gameplay just wished the player had more control on which direction to shoot in!
Good job!

Rancoud30 Apr 2019, 21:20

Good job
I find it difficult because the room is small and you have to lose life because enemies always touched you

gwinnell1 May 2019, 14:31

Very nice first game jam and likewise first LD entry! I second @rancoud's comment on the room size being a bit small - generally means the movement upgrade isn't as useful (there's no place to escape). Otherwise, all very well done!

mikelovesrobots1 May 2019, 19:47

This was super fun. I loved the push-your-luck aspect to it where I had to decide between rounds if I was going to go through the spike floor to the shop or not. Nice work!

freso1 May 2019, 19:48

Haha, this was a similar idea to our own game. Cool! But quite hard yes.

dk5000p1 May 2019, 19:58

It didn't seem like my bullets were actually hitting the enemy. Also, having to give up like 3 lives to get a powerup is a lot. It is a good concept just needs a little more execution.

tinykidtoo1 May 2019, 22:30

Definitely, a better game then when I did my first Ludum Dare. I really liked the variety in the enemies forcing me to change my strategy as time went on.

cnatalo2 May 2019, 05:14

Really nice game! loved it! keep with good work :D