Ludum Dare #52compo

Sparkle Slime Mushroom Man

by brandann

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Ludum Dare 52 COMPO

Sparkle Slime Mushroom Man

Kiru, Better known as "Sparkle Slime Mushroom Man" (Thanks kids) is your average FIRE DEMON on a comfortable stroll through the woods to harvest the natural Slimes and Mushrooms in the area.

use your mouse to direct the demons trajectory

Collect slimes for 3 points, or mushrooms for 8 points each.

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pickup power ups to increase your score:

- Bomb - explodes all nearby slimes and mushrooms and gives you the points.
- Grow (Burger) - Kiru gets 2x the size!
- Magnet - Slimes are attracted to you and move in your direction (if close enough)
- Score Multiplier (Basket) - 2x the points for each slime and mushroom collected for a period of time.

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Power ups are random drops. Power ups stack!

post your score below.

most importantly, I hope you have fun playing my game.

Tags: #mushroom, #slime

Genres: adventure

Comments19

0xWAVY8 Jan 2023, 22:08

I wasn't able to get the web player working, but the game *looks* great, I love the sprites! Definitely a good entry in the humor category as well based on the description and good use of theme too. Wish I could play :(

HypernoodleJon8 Jan 2023, 22:19

neither web player nor download seem to run for me, but the characters and env look so cute I really hope you can get it working, would love to play :smile:

maymay8 Jan 2023, 22:40

This looks sooo cute but didn't run in my browser :( I'll definitely be checking back though because I'd love to play it

The-Vecter8 Jan 2023, 22:41

Fun game!
The graphics are great and the game fit the theme well. I would say adding music and sound effects, even simple ones, would go a long way in making the game more enjoyable, as right now it is a bit bland. However, the particle effects are a step in the right direction.

Also, consider adding an arrow to show where the player will go, as sometimes I found that Kiru went somewhere different to where I intended.

Apart from that I enjoyed the game! I would love to play it again if you fix up those few things :)

LuizGT8 Jan 2023, 22:42

Download works fine. Really fun to smash everything on screen haha!

square wave9 Jan 2023, 04:14

17743! That was bonkers. I haven't click-spammed that hard since my StarCraft days!

Having some kind of object that you have to avoid might make the experience a little bit more engaging. That being said, this works really well as kind of a reckless romp through the forest, which fits with you being a FIRE ELEMENTAL and all. I'm excited to show this to my kid in the morning.

brandannauthor9 Jan 2023, 15:04

@0xwavy @hypernoodlejon @maymay Web Player is working now on Itch.io (Brotli Compression was crashing the player)
^ Link above

brandannauthor9 Jan 2023, 15:28

@square-wave "I’m excited to show this to my kid in the morning." this made my morning. thank you

sdelay10 Jan 2023, 08:21

I am playing, and sudenly I realize it's been 15min of clicking, and everytime the time is up, I start a new game without even noticing :smiley:

Nice one, and kind of... addictive ! Maybe it's the grinding effect.

I love te graphics, and all three bonuses are well designed.

ironhandMD12 Jan 2023, 06:37

Awesome game! Enjoyed playing this one, I like the simplicity of the mechanics and the relaxing gameplay,
I appreciate the art , and this has very good replay value, congratulations! keep it up!

cogcomp12 Jan 2023, 19:38

Nice combination of cute graphics and a relaxing game pace. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I didn't feel the need to replay it as much as some of the other commenters. I think I might the kind of person that needs some kind of defined end goal to continue trying again. Oh, my score was only around 700 something.

secrt10113 Jan 2023, 02:44

super cute graphics and enjoyable gameplay. Great job!

AL4386813 Jan 2023, 09:24

The graphics are nice, the scattering of particles when you bang or use bombs in a row is unnerving, and unfortunately there is no sound.When I finish my first game (about 1000 points), continue the game and a new map will be generated! But the scores will remain, and it might be better to record the scores of each level as a leaderboard.

jk500013 Jan 2023, 10:36

This is a fun little game. I like the idea and the visuals is good. Some music and perhaps some sound effects would have made the game better, but it is okay for a compo game. Overall a pretty good jam game. Well done.

DzejPi13 Jan 2023, 16:51

Nice sprites! And it feels very dynamic with time slowing down on mouse hold and with different velocity depending on the mouse position. Very fun to play and I love timer getting bigger when there are only few seconds left, feels very dramatic! Too bad there aren't any sounds, those would make it even better! Regardless, this is a great entry and you did a great job!

vivek.sharma2016 Jan 2023, 06:45

Hey, good job on completing the game solo. Graphics animations are good and lot of graphic elements which makes this game looks different. Different animation style of enemies and better fx can make this pop out more.

LDJam user 29641216 Jan 2023, 14:57

Great art, it was probably really hard to finish it on time!
Gameplay-wise something is a bit missing, some agency.

Good entry.

Richard Vollebregt16 Jan 2023, 15:25

Nice game! I really like the simple gameplay :D. Artwork is great and the mechanics work quite well. I would suggest to add some kind of cooldown on the movement or limit on the velocity though, as when you click repeatedly you can move really fast.

zimny1127 Jan 2023, 10:55

Really cool game! The control caught me out of guard for a moment, but I figure it out :) Got to 4660 points. The only things missing are some sound effects and music, but I do understand that time during LD does not let anyone implement everything they want. Anyway, good job with the game!

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