The Soul Machine

co-authored: @jmanks, @ibnbattuta
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Harvest souls at day, chill with hot choccy at night

Controls:
- A, D to move
- Space to jump
- Left mouse button to hit
- S at your ladder to climb into your base
- Shift to Dash

In your base you can make potions to increase your stats, but you use harvested souls to brew them.
After 7 rounds you face the final boss. Bring him down to beat the game.

Your final score is all your unspent souls, plus whatever you got from the boss.

Comments3

aevek
aevek9 Jan 2023, 06:12
I really liked the self-paced phases. Being able to push my luck to gather additional souls or retreat to the safety of cocoa and upgrades was a cool dynamic for me as a player to experiment with. I didn't really find a good counterplay to the green imp things with their ranged attacks, jumping or shifting to dodge didn't seem super effective so I ended up taking most of those hits which tended to be my limiting factor. It might be interesting to try letting the player deflect those projectiles with a well-timed attack. Loved the art/music combo, and the funny juxtaposition of the heavy metal combat with the chill fireplace was great.
bobo_oh
bobo_oh18 Jan 2023, 12:08
That was pretty fun ! Congrats! I think it was too difficult at the beginning, but overall it was quite fun. Congrats
Cat Lab26 Jan 2023, 07:00
The transition between heavy guitar music while getting swarmed by enemies and the muzak in the basement, just chilling in a chair, was incredibly hilarious to me. Very cool concept, though it can be difficult to balance the different enemy attacks without just bailing to the basement. Great visuals & sound!

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