Ludum Dare 50 - Livna - Zombies Escape

by livna
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.96
You are the last two human beings, but you too will soon become zombies.

Collect pills to delay your transformation, and be the last to survive. But if you become a Zombie, switch sides and attack your old friend!

Controls First Player:

Movements : ZQSD
Jump : Space Bar

Controls Second Player:

Movements : Arrows
Jump : Left CTRL
Genres: platformer

Comments9

LDJam user 279610
LDJam user 2796104 Apr 2022, 20:36
Interesting concept. I played it single player trying to control both characters. Were we supposed to both spontaneously turn into zombies at the same time?
LDJam user 234567
LDJam user 2345674 Apr 2022, 20:50
Two player game :thumbsup:

You beat the theme. Become an zombie is inevitable.
Sir. Syko
Sir. Syko4 Apr 2022, 20:58
Interesting game! :smile: The movement could be a bit improved but it was ok. I took a little while to understand the point of the game but then I realised that the zombies in the middle are mere obstacles and that you are supposed to delay your transformation with pills the longest possible and collect hearts to heal. I tried it by myself so it wasn't much fun but I could see the potential :smile:
Overall a good entry on this Ludum Dare :muscle:
PS: ZQSD seems like a weird control scheme and what did the up and down buttons even do? :thinking:
LDJam user 280624
LDJam user 28062411 Apr 2022, 12:27
I like implementatino of motivation for human and zombie. It is interesting to play as both
manio
manio11 Apr 2022, 13:17
Movements : ZQSD
Why not WASD?
I didn't have a second player unfortunately.
It's a pretty simple idea but it works. Not much more to say from my end.
Rolly
Rolly13 Apr 2022, 19:24
Nice concept, definitely a good challenge to make a multiplayer game as a LD entry. Unfortunately, I would assume that it's not the best public, people here will mainly play the games alone, so it breaks the game a bit...

I think that's a solid basis but it misses some features to really make it interesting. For instance, I don't get the feeling that the two players are "friends" in a first place, since they are in competition from the very first second. It would be nice to have 2 possible outcomes, and that with a good teamwork, they can actually win the game together.

Would like to see more of it :)

@manio Search "french keyboard" and you'll understand :p @livna I would advise to have a look at Unity's new input system, which handles the ZQSD/WASD issue and is in my opinion a better solution when implementing a bigger game (even though it's a bit more difficult to get started).

Nice entry!
Wizard15 Apr 2022, 10:02
Interesting with trying to go with a two player game. An interesting game to play. The controls were a bit strange but after a couple of goes I got the hang of it. Nice one.
Squidmobile
Squidmobile18 Apr 2022, 06:05
Fun idea. Had a good time playing this with my GF and she kicked my butt.
zimny11
zimny1121 Apr 2022, 18:24
Nice idea for a game, but the controls are weird. I move to the right with D key and to the left with Q, for some reason. Anyway, good job!
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