House of Volans

by benk
co-authored: @mec, @bamberga
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Comments20

Actual_Potato 69
Actual_Potato 698 Oct 2019, 09:28
Good Job! I really liked the theme and the concept of the game. I went straight to get the dog and I finished the game. I suggest you should add a reason to defeat the other 2 guys first before fighting Benjamin. That's all!
Hanna_Knop8 Oct 2019, 19:31
Quick game, but super much fun! I think the graphic is really neat and also the overall concept I liked a lot:-)
Very well done, thank you!
JoaoSoliva
JoaoSoliva8 Oct 2019, 20:23
Oh wow I really loved it all. The aesthetic is so unique yet reminds me so much of other stuff I dig.
The "boss' mechanics are a very rewarding challenge (took me a while to understand) and the dialogues adds up to each one character. Nice work, hope to see more of it
Virimine8 Oct 2019, 20:47
I loved the characters and the scenario! I didn't quite understand how the battles work and dodging is a bit difficult but great job overall :)
Shenawy9 Oct 2019, 11:10
Overall good game! Art style and first few line to join were interesting but I didn't get why he changed his mind so suddenly and decided to fight. Keefe's fight was difficult unless I'm missing something other than the sliding mechanic. His projectiles are way faster than anything I can pull off including slides. I think it's always better to give the player an edge. I couldn't win against him to see the final boss but oh well.
negator2vc12 Oct 2019, 11:58
Excellent visual style and nice audio!
The gameplay was very interesting. The story was I very nice touch!
The only thing I could point out was that with the exception of the shoes' lady (with you trying to avoid her attack instead of directly attacking her) the other combats has no tactics at all, you just brute force through them. In fact if you tried anything else (especially with the boss - priest) you are for a sure death.
The small rooms didn't help you either. You had no place to move to avoid the missiles :sob:
Still very nice entry in LD and we did save our dog in the end :smile:
PowerAnze
PowerAnze21 Oct 2019, 06:54
The inconsistent hit detection made this pretty annoying. It was very hard to judge what actual size the hitbox had and even when I thought I had an idea I got still hit because the missiles hitbox were larger than expected. Most shmups get around this issue by making both the players and projectile hitbox much smaller than the visuals suggest and I would recommend implementing this in here as well. Inconsist was also the hit detection on touching the enemies. Sometimes I could slide or walk into them and would get damage and sometimes it didnt matter.
My favourite thing about the game were the visuals, they are off putting in a way that makes sense for the cult theme and the emo hairstyle of the dog at the end is a great touch.
hwaet
hwaet24 Oct 2019, 06:28
That was fun! There's am unsettling art style here, which adds to the game quite nicely
Taldius
Taldius25 Oct 2019, 07:49
Cool game with a nice art style and a weird but funny story haha

Good job! :thumbsup:
simXple
simXple25 Oct 2019, 16:32
Nice artstyle, funny storyline :p
Black Flag
Black Flag25 Oct 2019, 21:09
I really like the graphics and the character design! The audio also worked really well, the dialogue/interaction system also worked well! I was a little confused about the fight bit though! Overall, this is a very good jam entry!
Anion_Z26 Oct 2019, 01:54
Yeah the story is unique definitely xD
Audio is great, not my type of art tho, but it wasnt bad either. Was confused little on what to do to the bosses first but then realized it after some time.
Takayamushi26 Oct 2019, 15:01
This was definitly original! Enjoyable little game, nicely done!
Zinkler
Zinkler26 Oct 2019, 16:07
Sweet little story, art and overall style are great. Very Woody Allen-esque
Pegasus
Pegasus26 Oct 2019, 21:27
Very peculiar and interesting game
tinykidtoo
tinykidtoo28 Oct 2019, 01:55
Not the dog, at that moment I knew I had to get the dog back from the evil cult leader. I really liked the vibe you created in this game. Just unsettling, perfect.
Digital_Pie28 Oct 2019, 21:39
really like the character art and music you had, the mechanics were fairly simple but still pretty fun, and I really like the little detail or just faceplanting if you try to slide without shoes.

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