Reaper's Holiday

by joefazz

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.65

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Play Here

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You play as temp cover for the Grim Reaper as souls pop up in the Garden of the Damned. Sensing an opportunity, four copyright dodging ghosts appear and try to steal the souls away!

In 20 second rounds collect more souls than the ghosts can.

Use the arrow keys or WASD to move

This was made for LD52 which had the theme 'Harvest'.

Art pack from: https://dyariko.itch.io/arpg-1bit-topdown

SoundFX from: a random website I have since lost but it's got something to do with RetroFX

Music from: OpenGameArt (links to come here)

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I've never done a jam before properly because I always get frustrated at creating something that I find doesn't satisfy me. It's so easy to make something that doesn't feel like a coherent experience or like it wasn't designed in anyway and I wanted to casually do this one (i.e. not lose my whole weekend) and try to create something that felt like a coherent piece of work with a cool theme.

Hope you like it I had a lot of fun making it!

Tags: #arcade, #retro, #singleplayer, #top-down, #unity

Tools: Unity

Comments10

Adam Burt10 Jan 2023, 11:52

This is fun! Good use of the art (ghosts in particular) and audio, with responsive feeling controls. My only issue is that it's so hard - I can't beat the ghosts! But it's got the bones (no pun intended) of a good arcade game for sure. Well done!

nikolaself10 Jan 2023, 16:29

Beautiful design and pleasant sounds! It turned out to be a little difficult for me

Mr_Sun_10 Jan 2023, 18:06

Very nice game! The music is a banger and the art is charming :)
Ran into a silly bug where I can gather more coin after the end screen shows up

procrasteroid10 Jan 2023, 23:08

Saw your tweet and wanted to give your game a go!

I can 100% relate to your frustration with spending a weekend on something that doesn't feel like a complete product or gameloop.

I think you nailed it with this, your choice of third-party music and effects works really well too. Nice one!

tessahardin10 Jan 2023, 23:44

I appreciate the arcadey-nature of this game and can see it becoming addicting for players. The movement feels nice and smooth. Super nice game for your first jam, and for a solo jam!

DzejPi11 Jan 2023, 05:46

That was a lot of fun. I was actually able to beat ghosts on a second try because I noticed that you are able to steal the coin from them even after they grab it, so I was stealing it out of their hands. :) Great music choice, assets look good and controls are nice. And 20 seconds of gametime is perfect for jam game. Great job!

JoeFazzauthor11 Jan 2023, 10:53

@dzejpi @mr-sun @adam-burt @nikolaself @tessahardin @procrasteroid

Thank you everyone for playing and leaving such lovely feedback I appreciate it

picross11 Jan 2023, 17:16

Fun game! Took me like 5 tries to finally beat those dudes! I love arcade-y minimalist games so this was up my alley. Maybe in an expanded version you could have procedurally generated levels or something. Maybe slow down the ghosts and let the player steal the coins back off of them or something? Great work, I had fun!

Rs11s21n22 Jan 2023, 20:22

Lovely small game.

OadT27 Jan 2023, 17:28

Very fun entry! Pretty simple gameplay but because you compete against the ghosts it is a very cool (and challenging) game challenge