Golem

by tobymurray

co-authored: @lee-zeitz, @tree3

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.05

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Golem is a top-down horde mode bullet-hell where you can take control of your enemies. Play as six unique characters and survive as long as you can. Don’t let your swap bar fill up all the way or its game over! We recommend downloading if you are on windows for a more consistent experience. If you freeze or crash try reloading the page.
Let us know your high score!

Controls:
WASD to move
Mouse to aim
Left Click to Attack
Right Click to Special (if your golem has one)

If you are above the limit bar:
Press space to begin swapping
Place cursor over enemy
Release space to confirm swap

We would love feedback on balance, as things get pretty hectic right now.

Character and world art sourced from https://penusbmic.itch.io/

KNOWN BUGS:
- Poor performance in certain browsers (Chrome?)
- Unpredictable slowdown
- Play again button can crash the game

Tags: #bullet hell, #hordemode, #swap, #top-down

Genres: action, shooter

Comments14

hgushi27 Apr 2021, 03:06

A very nice game overral!

MEGA Marlon27 Apr 2021, 03:07

The take over mechanic was really fun and well done with the slow motion effect. After the credits, the game started stuttering but then resumed shortly after. After 3 minutes of play, it stuttered again and froze. From what I did play though, it was fun and fast paced! (and the beginning music was great!)

Cam Moore27 Apr 2021, 03:08

This was pretty sweet. I think it could be an awesome game if you decide to move further with it.

Traffle27 Apr 2021, 03:08

that was quite fun to play! often times i found myself just running and hiding until the next switch, but the gameplay was still pretty exciting. it did crash not too long into the game though.

Jakegames227 Apr 2021, 03:09

Doesn't seem to fit the theme, but a very fun game nonetheless! Great job!

James Kusardi27 Apr 2021, 03:12

i love the concept!! the gameplay is also really fun, it does feel a bit difficult and i feel like shooting isn't always straightforward (but i definitely could have missed something), but i definitely think this has a lot of potential to be something super dope!

squirmonkey27 Apr 2021, 03:15

Really nice animation work in this one

I enjoyed the mechanics, generally, though I had a hard time understanding which things each type of body could do. It was sometimes tricky to get the body swap to happen the way I wanted.

The good news is that I wanted to play again, the bad news is that the play again button didn't seem to work.

I'm not sure I understood the connection to the theme.

Nice job!

Seng Yong27 Apr 2021, 03:25

good game afterall
little suggestion here is not to have story for a 3 days jam
then hopefully results in more content

Bodaciouslycrazy27 Apr 2021, 03:26

I'm having some issues with the game freezing and crashing, but this is otherwise a fantastic game! It's fast, hectic, and has plenty of different characters to control, and the art is gorgeous. Very well done.

mharitsnf28 Apr 2021, 02:58

Great game! I loved the mechanics where you can control the enemies. I kept losing my cursor though, If I may give a suggestion I'd recommend changing the cursor color or shape to be more distinctive with the background. Otherwise I enjoyed it!

Eugenik28 Apr 2021, 13:07

I love the graphics! Can't wait to try the game!.

AutoGibbon28 Apr 2021, 20:09

Maaaan! It's a real shame it kept crashing on me, cause I really enjoyed this one! Super simple, but engaging core gameplay. And that sound when you're picking your next host, NICE.

It starts way too fast though, like I had no idea what was going on and suddenly I'm getting ganked by flammenwerfers and noodle ghosts! Give the player a little breathing room at the start to figure the game out.

Overall, very nice, but very unstable.

dmdmdmdm28 Apr 2021, 20:20

Love the presentation, great art and sound! It's a great concept that could be worked on further to make a pretty great game, in a roguelike style perhaps. You already have a nice variety of enemies and it plays well already. Good job :D

TobyMurrayauthor28 Apr 2021, 22:10

Thank you all for your feedback! We have just patched the game to make it more stable, please let us know if it is working for you!