Dragpocalypse

by bodmass
co-authored: @seankld
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.96
A drag queen finds herself in the apocalypse.

Can your werq your way to victory?

No, you can't.

But you can delay the inevitable...

* A spare wig - A wig fit for the purpose of whipping; A whig.
* Shade - Read everything around you to filth.
* High Heels - High heels perfect for throwing
* Tears of a Drag Queen - Moisturise yourself, giving you a random upgrade, or not!
* Porkchop - Heals you

Credits:

Aziz (@Bodmass) - Programming

Sean (@Seankld) - Pixel Art

Music:

Dark Ambience Loop by Iwan Gabovitch (http://opengameart.org/users/qubodup)

A Journey Awaits" by Pierre Bondoerffer (@pbondoer)

(Yes, this is very inspired (too inspired) by a game we've been enjoying recently!)
Genres: survival

Comments10

IzhVaryag
IzhVaryag4 Apr 2022, 08:19
Good survival! But game has lags when enemies so many
spacecadet4 Apr 2022, 17:03
It was maybe a bit unclear what to do in the beginning especially if you choose shade as the first upgrade as it seemed all you could do was running around and try not the get hit with the monsters. I think it would have been more enjoyable with less enemies or with more powerful or faster upgrades also (at least in the beginning). Once you become more powerful it becomes funnier to play. I liked the weird setting and the pixel art was neat :)
Kaldrin
Kaldrin4 Apr 2022, 22:40
My score is 965 ! I like the idea of the hordes of monsters that become overwhelming, it's super innovative but it works.
I feel like the hitboxes of the attacks are not very clear, also if I take the same upgrade that I already have it doesn't change anything ? Overall the gameplay is not very polished or juicy, it's not clear when I lose health and what's my hitbox, but I think the concept it very nice it could have been a very fun game with more work! (No doubt you worked a lot already)
kbf123
kbf1234 Apr 2022, 23:01
Feels like shade's the best way to go. It's tough at first but eventually the whole screen becomes a death zone, and enemies can't even touch you (that is until much later) But it does make the other options seem near useless by comparison.
Ended with 17200 on the full shade run.
Bodmass
Bodmassauthor5 Apr 2022, 08:32
@kaldrin @kbf123 Thanks for the feedback! It's definitely missing a whole lotta polish. There's also a huge lack of explanation what the next upgrade is doing.

The upgrades alternate between increasing the damage and increasing the size/range of the attack.

The tears which drop gives one of the random effects below:
- The size of all attacks
- Increase the amount of projectiles thrown (only the high heel)
- Increase how many monsters the projectile can pass through before despawning. (Again only the high heel...)
- Give you a 1/4 of your exp bar
- Nothing

I did definitely fall for trying to make too many mechanics which I had to bin as they weren't ready or tested enough with the time restrictions I had during the jam 🙂. Which ended in a half baked and confusing experience I'm sure 😅

Will definitely try keep it simpler and clearer next week time! 😁
Annika6 Apr 2022, 13:53
It took me some time to figure out how it works but in the end it's quite fun :)
PhoenixofForce
PhoenixofForce6 Apr 2022, 13:54
The game got pretty laggy from all the enemies. Pretty tough but it was a good game :)
Pequi6 Apr 2022, 14:11
Great concept! It's weird in the best way possible.
It lacks a little polish, but overall it's a very fun game to play
Marvis
Marvis9 Apr 2022, 13:03
good roguelike game, i think need more usabily skills
Alchemic
Alchemic21 Apr 2022, 19:59
Pretty fun little game, obviously very inspired by something lol, but still fun. Nice artwork and aesthetic.

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