Void Hunter

by greenpig

co-authored: @torami

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00

HERE YOU CAN PLAY WITH A SLIGHTLY UPDATED VERSION OF THE GAME:

https://torami.itch.io/void-hunter-updated

Updated Controls:

- Movement: [WASD]
- Attack: [Arrows] (you can attack in all four directions now always not just your charecter's direction)
- Enter Inventory: Button / [F]
- Everything else stayed the same

Updates:

- Slightly easier last level
- Balance changes to enemy damage and health
- It's now possible to attack in all four directions
- Solved an issue where you could click the planets before you clicked start game
- Made enemy SFX better hearable

ORIGINALLY POSTED:

Being alone in space can be frightening, especially when it's collapsing in on itself. The universe is infested with vicious creatures thirsty for blood and you are no exception for them. Being the Void Hunter, your objective is to scavenge planets and collect valuable weapons, armors and items to upgrade your arsenal before facing the mighty Black Hole. As the Big Crunch is approaching, planets will fall behind your path, leaving you with harder and harder options to explore. At the end of your journey, you will have to enter the mighty Black Hole and face the hardest dungeon of your life. Clearing all the enemies will grant you a new life in another universe.

Void Hunter is the last of the universes guardians, who protect it from harm. But as the Big Crunch is occurring, he is trying to save humanity, by getting through a wormhole in the middle of a black hole and bringing with him a lot of human embriose, who could be the next humanity in just a few centuries, when he succeeds by bringing them to a new part of the multiverse.

Controls
- Movement: [WASD] or [Arrows]
- Pick Up / Open Chest: [E]
- Attack: [Left Click]
- Exit from Inventory: [Click Out]
- Exit game: [Esc]

This game was made completely from scratch. We have only used public path finding library made by Aron Granberg. Everything else, including graphics, music and code was made by us in these 3 days.

This is a rogue like inventory management action strategy game. We are two 18 years old developers from Hungary. We have been a part of Ludum Dare's community over 3 years. Sadly this is only our 3rd Ludum Dare, but we really enjoyed the creation of the game. We worked day and night to make this happen and we hope you will enjoy playing it. We are very proud of this game, because this game has a lot of content already and we almost couldn't finish, however we have a lot of ideas for improvement and we will likely develop it further. We want to add a skill tree, more enemies and items and a boss fight in place of the Black Hole level.

Tags: #bullet hell, #dungeon crawler

Genres: action, fighting

Tools: Unity

Comments45

Devedse3 Oct 2023, 00:03

Really enjoyed this little game, it was a bit tough for me though since I tried to hit enemies but I couldn't really figure out what my weapons hit box was. Good job!

MarcoDeevil3 Oct 2023, 00:10

Love the chaotic music. Game reminded me of game The Binding of Isaac. Really nice progression system. Solid entry! I couldn't play embeded version on LD page, but the one on itchio works flawlessly.

Thierry3 Oct 2023, 00:13

Loved the drawings of the enemies. So cute!
Fun progression with better equipment.
Tutorial could have been better. Took me some time to figure out stuff. Okay though :)

mrs.wheelsx3 Oct 2023, 00:22

Pretty ambitious for a team of two. (We are also a two person team) You did a great job. I did't really get very far, but what I played felt solid, just a little too difficult for me. If only I had found a better weapon... preferably a ranged weapon... ANYway, I look forward to seeing more jam games from you in the future :)

JCMonkey3 Oct 2023, 15:49

the attack was way too slow. i walked into a room of like 5 monsters i hit one, then died cause i couldnt attack fast enough. with some tweaks to attack speed and balance this could be fun.

Shirese3 Oct 2023, 22:01

The DNB music WAS GOOD man.
This was chaotic af.
I wished I cool fight properly but yeah hitting with the stick is really hard :/

larrymartinjr3 Oct 2023, 22:25

The attacking was very slow and did not feel like I was doing anything to the mobs. Love the look though.

1257th or nothing3 Oct 2023, 22:28

Sorry, I can't beat an enemy :( And thus I could not enjoy all the rest of your game.
The hitbox of the weapon is a mistery for me

don.shinski3 Oct 2023, 22:44

Killing anything with just a stick was definitely a challenge! but getting more items made a big difference. I couldn't tell when to pick up items once my inventory was full. Turns out a full set of gear wasn't good enough for the final level. :laughing: nice job, I enjoyed the style for the art.

chusmimax3 Oct 2023, 23:06

Combat is a bit floaty and I personally believe the song should be longer to loop being this intense.

But these problems aren't that bad to deal with and I liked the, which and actually had me playing a few rounds.

Still, a clearer hitbox in the attack would do wonders.

Shiiro 10psi3 Oct 2023, 23:37

Could not tell if I was attacking or not and died immediately.

GreenPigauthor4 Oct 2023, 05:02

@shiiro-10psi hey very sorry for that the weapon should swing when you're attacking, didn't it do that? because we want to take the game further some time in the future and if this bug exist we really wanna know about it.

LDJam user 2060014 Oct 2023, 05:42

Insanely chaotic music lol. It took me a long time to figure out how to enter the planets lol. I almost gave up. The graphics are simple, but the game is complex for just 3 days, good job. I didn't see where the game would fit into the theme, on the contrary, it is the exact location of the theme, a vast expanse of space. Still, I found it fun. The attack is a little confusing, but crazy fun, perhaps more due to the crazy atmosphere of the song.

GreenPigauthor4 Oct 2023, 06:31

@lincolnsalles well the space is collapsing in on itself and you have quite a small inventory so that should cover the theme, and thank you for your feedback we really worked day and night to make this game happen, we are a team of two so not a lot of people and worked like 18 hours a day so thank you for noticing the hard work feels really good:)))

George-sh4 Oct 2023, 06:47

Great entry! Loved the graphics and equipment system. Music was too chaotic for my taste and combat could be improved but impressive how much you got done!

Diccuric_Sigeon4 Oct 2023, 07:01

Rogue like in 72 hours! I will never have time.

DSFAN4 Oct 2023, 08:51

Nice game, liked the grind and searching for loots. The music may be a bit too intense. Some hit/got hit audio feedback would be nice. The attack animation and hitboxes sometimes felt weird, sometimes a hit knockbacks the enemy, but deals no damage, sometimes it kills them.

Ruben Rosenmeyer4 Oct 2023, 08:58

Grapics and Audio make this feel like a complete game, well done! The fighting seems to be just me franatically clicking the mouse, or did I made something wrong?

Nash4 Oct 2023, 09:06

Graphics feel very polished and they bring the original Binding of Isaac to mind. Very neat!

The combat is ok but could benefit from slightly better visuals and feedback. Now it is quite hard to get a sense of your range and when you are hitting the enemies. Also, getting hit is hardly noticeable and I often just suddenly died without realising it. The player health bar is quite hard to read since it is not apparent which color is a fill and also it rotates with the player sprite - making it quite confusing to read.

But overall, the basic game loop is there and it is fun! The art is definitely the standout of this game - it is very well done!

mr_lazy4 Oct 2023, 10:30

The art style is so good kinda reminds me BlackthroneProd, one of my best teacher while learning unity...the gameplay is good and nicely adapted with the theme..had fun good work

SvenErik4 Oct 2023, 13:04

Very neat art-style and overall aesthetic, I'd would love to hear some impact sounds on hitting enemies and additional sounds overall, the music was good although a bit too loud in my opinion at start. Pacing was really good and got right into the action of it.

Lovely project!

Lenan4 Oct 2023, 13:14

Cool game, but the combat felt a little inconsistent with many of my attacks not registering even though the animation hitting. Overall pretty fun game

Supersayafynn4 Oct 2023, 13:25

Took me a long time to figure out that my attacks didn't miss, the health bars of enemies just didn't update. Very fun game! I played about 5 rounds but I just wasn't able to clear the center planet, all enemies on the map swarming to you might be a bit overkill for the last section. Either that or I took a mental debuff from the chaotic music xD
Also a great fit for the theme, great job!

Papus Games4 Oct 2023, 19:48

Firstly I don't understand why I can't attack. But game is very beautiful and fun.

Ahbee_Studio Nex-us4 Oct 2023, 21:12

It took a while to understand the objective, but I like the concept. Currently, the gameplay feels too repetitive when trying to reach the center. Some additional feedback in the attack animation with sound, screen shake would improve the experience.

kanity5 Oct 2023, 00:41

The graphics are cute, and I like how cozy you made the menu look with tutorial with pictures and funny text. I think the atmosphere of the game is really fun and I was honestly excited to play it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to hit enemies :( I press left click and my weapon moves but nothing connects. Maybe it would be nice to make a simpler level at first, as a practical tutorial of sorts, where there is like 1 or 2 enemies that are slower so it is easier to figure fighting out without dying in a timely fashion?:)

GreenPigauthor5 Oct 2023, 01:19

@kanity heey yes we have just uploded a post-jam version its not much different but the enemy healthbars work now because that's why a lot of people thought they can't hit enemies. The enemy healthbar wasn't updating but the hit was registered. If you have time we would be glad if you gave another try to the updated version. Thanks for the feedback:))

Robert Li5 Oct 2023, 03:21

SO ADORABLE! fighting aliens with a wooden stick HAHAHA. The art is minimalist but coherent with everything together. It's unbelievable how much work has put into this, monsters, level design, items. Good job!

dKertai5 Oct 2023, 06:23

Nice work, I had some problems with the attack system. The updated version is great but unfortunatelly I can't score it. Well done

Reply if the updated version was made within the 3 days😊

Mathkarma5 Oct 2023, 10:58

Nice work, hard to believe it was made in such a little time.

RollCreators5 Oct 2023, 10:59

Cool graphic, but so hard i couldn't play, sorry

alexis85 Oct 2023, 11:02

So cool, the game look really advance, and he is really fun to play

pauljs5 Oct 2023, 13:20

Great to see a game on the big crunch, which i feel is a great interpretation of the theme! I felt it was a bit too hard for me! But congrats anyhow!

Eli Heinrichs5 Oct 2023, 14:35

Good game! very charming art, the gameplay and music was a bit annoying but it seemed fun.

fatEmperor5 Oct 2023, 17:01

Loot, enemies and timer. This is what it takes to make the heart beat faster. Great job.

Geekarious Tony6 Oct 2023, 03:58

This game is legit!

Ciber_Turtle6 Oct 2023, 20:47

Pretty fun. I had no idea what happened in the end where the screen turned to red but before that i enjoyed it

Wuppos7 Oct 2023, 14:51

I really liked the story that you put behind this game! It is always nice to get some immersion into the world and the game. Gameplay wise it was fun, but I had trouble choosing a level with the correct difficulty. The easier levels were nice to start with, but they became rather easy after collecting a couple of upgrades. Then I tried a harder level and got absolutely destroyed XD Maybe I am just not very good at these kinds of games.

Anyway, I think there is a lot to explore if you decide to continue developing this game. Like different enemies depending on the planet you choose and the difficulty. Or maybe different maps. Very solid submission! Well done :D

simex7 Oct 2023, 20:39

not sure what's happening, or if I'm doing something wrong, but the game keeps freezing on this screen when I open the inventory. if it's a bug and you know about it or if you know what I'm doing wrong @ me if you have a solution :smile: I'll refrain from voting in the mean while since that does not seem fair

cdunham8 Oct 2023, 03:17

Cool game, I like how much you did with the roguelike parts in such a small amount of time. I had fun playing, nice work!

Neowedge8 Oct 2023, 16:41

The game looks pretty good, but I haven't been able to figure out how to attack: I've pressed the left button, on the stage, on the character, on an enemy... I also had a hard time understanding how to get out of the inventory, but I managed it hahahaha. I think that with a good polish in user experience it could be good, but I haven't been able to play it :(

QueenOfSquiggles8 Oct 2023, 18:21

I had a fairly hard time playing this game. The web version was kinda borked for me, it wouldn't detect attack button presses. Not sure if I played the original or updated desktop version, but running through WINE (on linux) it had some weird quirks such as detecting my attack click on release instead of on press, which would have been more intuitive. And the enemy health bars didn't seem to change at all. It seemed like it was possible to heal with items like the banana, but I couldn't figure out how to use it so I never managed to get past the first planet. Also my intuition was to start in the center, until I realized the edge was the easier planets.

GreenPigauthor10 Oct 2023, 13:29

@simex you just have to click out haha and the game continues:)))