Rat Dead Redemption

co-authored: @torami
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Rat Dead Redemption plunges you into the gritty underworld of the city sewers, where survival is a game of wits, strategy, and strength. You play as a cunning rat, scavenging through the filth for valuable collectables and hidden treasures to build your reputation. But you're not alone in this underground world—other rats lurk in the shadows, some to befriend, others to fight. Recruit your own ragtag team of rodents, battle rival rat gangs, and conquer the sewers one tunnel at a time. Will you rise to the top of the rat kingdom, or fall prey to the chaos below?

Controls:
We opted for easier controls taking last year's reviews into account.

Left click/drag - select
Right click - move

Fighting is automatic.

Isn't it nice to have such easy controls and that you don't have to binge through 5 pages of controls? :)
Please enjoy our game very much.

A bit about ourselves: we have been friends since primary school and for the last four years we participated in every autumn Ludum dare together. This has been more difficult in the previous two years as we both went to universities in different countries neither of which is our home country. Still, we managed it and hope to continue this beautiful tradition that Ludum Dare has become for us. Ludum Dare gave us so much and we are eternally grateful for this game jam and every participant in it:)

Comments26

Theyflower7 Oct 2024, 22:45
Your itch link doesn't work
Torami7 Oct 2024, 22:47
@theyflower holy thank you for reminding us - forgot to publish the page haha. Please have at it now:))
kscerri7 Oct 2024, 22:58
I really enjoyed the sound design and visuals, though I found the combat to be somewhat confusing. Should I be running past the rats or actually trying to fight each one I come across? :) Either way, great effort, and again gj on the atmosphere!
OccamsLaser8 Oct 2024, 10:27
Gives a feeling of running around as a rat, has a nice little mood
MrJimbles
MrJimbles8 Oct 2024, 12:49
I loved running into an enemy rat and headbanging to techno together until one of us died :P
thatcher roehl8 Oct 2024, 12:49
really fun little game, i like the rats a lot
ZhaoYin8 Oct 2024, 12:54
Cool concept and nice visuals. Maybe it is an issue with the browser version, but the movement controls don't seem to respond half the time.
mymdz9 Oct 2024, 10:20
It has a good atmosphere and sound. But the control is hard, as it requires accuracy from the player
sp1d3rb0y
sp1d3rb0y14 Oct 2024, 17:37
Nice visuals, and a great feeling of getting lost in the sewers which contributes to the atmosphere. Controls can be a little irresponsive sometimes, but maybe it's only the browser version. Nice work!
Renier14 Oct 2024, 17:51
fun experience, sometimes the rat would have the zoomies and become really fast
LDJam user 31290014 Oct 2024, 17:55
Graphics are really nice, controls felt stiff and sometimes got stuck and couldnt really move properly. Movement speed also seemed a little fast for a rat but nice game overall
LDJam user 23334714 Oct 2024, 18:57
Is it just me or is the world randomly generated?

In any regards, quite well done. Controls seems a bit clunky on WebGL.
hanafl0wer
hanafl0wer15 Oct 2024, 04:41
the sound and graphic made up a nice sewer vibe, right click in browser is painful though
leckert
leckert15 Oct 2024, 05:01
Love the vibe created by audio and visual effects -- even the camera angle made it feel like a dungeon crawling experience. Amassing an army of rats was addicting and satisfying, but it would be cool to get a bit more feedback during combat. Maybe adding rare rats with different stats/abilities could help incentivize exploration more too!
Axodo
Axodo15 Oct 2024, 10:19
Nice work. The rats look very nice! Survival in the sewers sets up mood pretty well. I feel like your run can be ruined in a moment when a bigger group or several groups come to you right away, but I guess that's part of the game. Nice work :)
GreenPigauthor15 Oct 2024, 15:44
@xparker yes it is, we spent like a whole day making the algorithm for it. I feel like you are the only person who realized this :D
Jack Sims
Jack Sims15 Oct 2024, 22:24
goof mode is a clutch addition
Torami16 Oct 2024, 00:38
@renier weird, we haven't even encountered that bug but thank you for pointing it out were definitely gonna have a look at it as we are refactoring the whole thing now haha.
Torami16 Oct 2024, 00:39
@jack-sims thank you thank you, I made the first piece of music (without the talking) and then we agreed that we were gonna go for a more unsettling mood but we still wanted to use it so we settled on this, glad you liked it:))
vknauss16 Oct 2024, 01:38
I like the look and mood a lot, is there an objective I'm supposed to find in the tunnels?
Cam Moore
Cam Moore16 Oct 2024, 15:13
I a rat king! Actually I died XD
Torami16 Oct 2024, 15:31
@vknauss not really for now, the objetive is to get as big of a rat gang as you can haha
Volkolak
Volkolak17 Oct 2024, 21:03
Cool stuff! also with a fun mode as an extra)
KJa8a825 Oct 2024, 01:54
Rat Dead Redemption sounds incredible! The sewer world, battling rival rat gangs, and simple controls make it super fun and easy to jump into. The auto-fighting feature is a great touch, and the strategic rat team-building adds depth. It's clear that a lot of passion went into this game!

A suggestion: add more about how the "reputation" affects gameplay to make players even more excited about the strategy.

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