Ludum Dare #44compo

The Devil and Some Aliens Went down to Georgia

by david-markham

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.15

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.21

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.44

Controls
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Player movement: Arrow keys or W-A-S-D
Aiming: Put your mouse cursor where you want to aim
Shooting: Left mouse button

Top-down shooter where you make pacts with the devil for better gear. Defend your self from waves of enemies by shooting them down. The devil has gone down to Georgia and he brought some alien friends with him. Make bets with the devil. In exchange for your soul the devil will offer you better gear to fight off the aliens are you willing to wager your soul for a leg up?

Tools Used
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* Godot 3.1
* Photoshop
* Bfxr
* Autotracker-C

Tags: #2d, #aliens, #singleplayer, #top down shooter, #top-down

Genres: action

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Bfxr, Godot

Comments20

pwroff29 Apr 2019, 12:13

The sound was a bit much, but overall had fun playing the game.

PurpledArtFrog29 Apr 2019, 12:14

nice entry @david-markham

kuro29 Apr 2019, 12:28

Nice game, simple enough gameplay. Something really cool could be made out of the bets with the devil/reward mechanic, cool idea! The game was a bit slow for my taste, as in the player moved slow, and bullets were faster than the player. It is kind of a bullet hell (or bullet purgatory, not so many bullets), so it makes it a bit awkward to try to dodge at first. Overall, thanks for this game, I had fun :)

David Markhamauthor29 Apr 2019, 13:34

Thanks for the feedback everyone! @kuro yeah it definitely starts slower, maybe a bit too slow. You do get movement and fire-rate upgrades after rounds 4 and 7 (among other upgrades later). So by round 8 it should start to feel more like a bullet hell game.

m4cgregor29 Apr 2019, 15:08

As @kuro said, the player movement is too slow. The player graphic could be more worked.

Mia Devs29 Apr 2019, 18:42

nice game

GettingRekt29 Apr 2019, 18:53

Solid entry, it fit the theme and nice touch with the dialogue to start. As people pointed out, the movement is a little bit slow in the beginning. I enjoyed the music. Good job!

MrSchlag229 Apr 2019, 18:55

Nice game ! Classic gameplay but still effective ! Rounds deals are nice, but I think there is a bug on the speed up bonus, no speed added to the player. A GUI with remaining life and current upgrade would have been great ! Thanks for this game !

Dumivid29 Apr 2019, 19:04

Cute little game. I do like the devil quotes and theme, however, the sound design is way out of balance (I think you are aware that some sounds play only on left ear and alien collision sound is way too delayed). If you fix sound and game pace, I could become much more appealing. Good luck, hope you had fun making it!

paul5929 Apr 2019, 21:19

Needs the Charlie Daniels fiddle :D Nice little game but definitely needs a health bar!

marcmagus29 Apr 2019, 22:03

Nice. The press-your-luck on powerups was an interesting touch. Lack of any sense of current health was frustrating (since it's not classic bullet hell one-hit)

OmnipotentIndie30 Apr 2019, 00:03

I absolutely love the concept, really creative. Gameplay was a bit slow at the beginning

cheesepencil30 Apr 2019, 00:42

love the couplets

David Markhamauthor30 Apr 2019, 02:17

@mrschlag2 found and fixed a bug related to Double or Nothing rewards (speed up bonus, etc.) not being given, thanks!

shp30 Apr 2019, 07:42

A bit basic and slow, but the concept is good. Congrats on finishing it!

PseudoBytes30 Apr 2019, 08:49

I really liked it, though I think everything feels a bit slow. Especially because of the slow player movement it felt a bit unsatisfying.

grllle30 Apr 2019, 12:46

Didn't know robotic vacuum cleaner have souls :D
I enjoyed playing!

Ahmed Ali30 Apr 2019, 15:31

I really Liked This Game!

candlesan3 May 2019, 10:02

Fun game, liked the upggrades. Solid combination with the music and audio too.

Al Bueche5 May 2019, 03:10

I liked the devil's deals appearing periodically (even though I always took them, so not really a choice for me).

I really wanted a health bar to determine how I was doing. I think I took 4 hits on the round I died, but not even sure if I got healed up between rounds.

I liked that upgraded enemies appeared eventually, but I would like to see the progression sped up considerably (player and enemies). I'd suggest having a deal every round with enemy progression to match.