Please, Don't Die

by iva1
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
__Theme:__ Delay the inevitable

There is my submission to Ludum Dare 50. Enjoy!

Yellow is safe. Stay on Yellow to not Die. Please, Don't Die.

__Controls:__

WASD - Movement

Hold Left Mouse Button - Fire

Right Mouse Button - Dash

__Change Log: I fix a bug in yellow platform, that made this not move properly. (* Time.deltaTime)__

Comments15

LDJam user 2683005 Apr 2022, 06:12
Fun game :) nice simple concept, the graphics were cute and the sound design was a great fit. Well done
ursagames
ursagames5 Apr 2022, 06:14
That was really charming! I liked the strategy that having a moving safe zone brought with prioritizing which enemies to take out first. Leveling up felt rewarding and new enemies popping in kept things fresh. Well done!
LDJam user 05 Apr 2022, 06:16
cute game, liked the graphics, would probably be more fun if you fired faster or it did more damage, enemies were kinda bullet sponges.
EspyLinder5 Apr 2022, 06:19
I had a lot of fun trying to survive! The upgrades were a fun touch, and I enjoyed how the map moved around to add to the difficulty.
Kaleria
Kaleria5 Apr 2022, 10:10
Very cute and fun game! Nice graphics and audio
mibehu5 Apr 2022, 10:22
Very unique bullet hell game, but instead of bullets you're fighting against increasing amount of flying monsters. Easy to play! But harder to win ;)
Wouter52
Wouter525 Apr 2022, 17:59
Love your game, it is simple to learn, but hard to master. In my opinion every game should be like that to keep replayability up. Also, the scoring system is nicely done. How does it remember my score after closing the tab? I think that it would have been nice to include the score in the gamewindow as well, somewhere in the corner for instance :-)

The music is nicely done, it fits well with the astetic of the game and it does not distract you from the game.
Welliton
Welliton5 Apr 2022, 21:56
I liked your game, i enjoyed the vibrant colors and the twist on the scenario that goes around the screen!
I tought it was hard to go from level 2 to 3, but after that leveling was fast and even killing a lot of enemies, i feeled that i was always close to gain another level :)

And the hedgehog monster remimend me of Lavos from Chrono Trigger, I feeled like I had to kill him first :)
LDJam user 278660
LDJam user 2786606 Apr 2022, 05:26
Not bad, the concept is simple but works, I think it will be better to let enemy move forward to player to make game gets more tension
LDJam user 258516
LDJam user 2585166 Apr 2022, 17:55
The game is actually harder than it looks on the first try. I don't know if it was just me, but the hitbox seemed kind of unfair to me, sometimes it was hard to move between the monsters (which I think was the idea).

The gameplay became simple but functional, and the fact that the movement area changes additional places is a very interesting element.

I think a tip is to decrease the main character's hitbox, and give powerup to the shot, to give a survival in the more difficult levels.

Congratulations!
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TomBuston
TomBuston6 Apr 2022, 18:07
This was a fun entry! I liked the variety of ennemies you managed to put in the game, each with their own pattern.
I'm not exactly sure what triggered the "level up" but I would have liked to level up faster in the game I think. I got to a score of 81 and didn't feel that much powerful than at the start of the game.
Staying in the yellow square is a good gameplay mechanic and the scaling/movement of the square makes it even more interesting.

Good job to the team!
Jake G
Jake G8 Apr 2022, 03:26
This reminded me a bit of Vampire Survivors. I wish I could keep the run lasting longer, not sure if the sandbox part is timed or if you can "delay" it... Having more+faster damage would have been great!
Benjamin Humes10 Apr 2022, 19:41
I think this would be a lot better if the enemies had less health and had a health bar like the player.
Dannyk199410 Apr 2022, 21:42
Really fun little game! It is quite challenging but also fun. Only issue I had is that maybe the enemies could have slightly less health. Also, maybe a little bit more visual feedback when you hit an enemy would be a nice polish feature :) Well done on your entry !
K4M1
K4M114 Apr 2022, 13:40
The shoot speed is kinda low at the beginning, and I got a score of 88. Maybe a higher speed would be better. Nice little game though.

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