Ludum Dare #56compo

Soulkeeper

by vitaslayer

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Description:
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Save the souls from darkness and grant them rebirth.

Don’t let these tiny souls be consumed by the shadows.

How to Play:
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Collect 25 souls and bring them to the Tree for rebirth. As you gather souls, they orbit around you, and you can adjust their orbit to deal damage to corrupted souls.

WASD - Movement

SPACE - Dash

Left Mouse Button – Control soul orbit

Bug Fixes:
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-Fixed death and victory screens not displaying.

-Fixed some broken sounds.

-Bug where enemies had no collision.

-Fixed bug where restarting the game after victory was not playable.

Tags: #2d, #arcade, #atmospheric, #bullet hell, #short, #top-down, #unity

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments21

SockSteve6 Oct 2024, 23:28

There seems to be no death and no end to the game, at least on the windows version. Reminds me of some flash games^^

coltonphillips6 Oct 2024, 23:53

I really enjoyed the atmosphere. The soul mechanic is pretty cool, once I realized how it all worked.

Vitaslayerauthor8 Oct 2024, 08:48

@socksteve Thanks for the feedback! I’ve fixed the issue with the end screen and also uploaded a web build.

Vitaslayerauthor8 Oct 2024, 08:50

@coltonphillips Thank you! I appreciate it!

LDJam user 3710308 Oct 2024, 10:26

It's beautiful! Background music and art create quite an unique feeling. Thank you for that!

SMielke8 Oct 2024, 11:47

Short but very well done. I really love the art style and the animations!

Teamofey Izorsky8 Oct 2024, 15:55

I like the style of the game and its palette. The colors contrast well with each other. The game is enjoyable, but too simple; Perhaps it would be worth making several types of enemies with different projectile behavior. Perhaps there is not enough reward for killing an enemy.

Good game

ccollider8 Oct 2024, 20:19

This is really slick, though I think if someone used my soul for self-defense I'd be upset

Smothbreen8 Oct 2024, 20:23

kinda like playing IO from dota 2 with the atmosphere of hyper demon, quite liked it actually although I think the gameplay needs focusing a bit so I feel more in danger and theres actually a reason for me to expand the ring in and out.

NickHellquist8 Oct 2024, 20:34

Looks really good, really nice atmosphere to it. A little too simple perhaps but overall real nice :)

Klaus Peter8 Oct 2024, 21:28

The looks and mechanics were pretty cool. The ring mechanic is really fun. But yeah, it was quite simple to just dodge or run away from the monsters. On my second replay it also seemed to take much longer for the ascending ritual to finish. I just thought it would have been nice to get a feedback for how long I actually have to wait.

pastel-breakfast8 Oct 2024, 21:37

One of the more fun gameplay loops I've tried so far! My main feedback would be more clarity around taking damage. I couldn't always tell if I got hurt or why.

The visual style and atmosphere is also very cool.

Thanks for sharing

Adam Konig8 Oct 2024, 23:10

Short and sweet entry, would have loved a few more enemy types to avoid and beware of or like a bonus more dumping lots of souls at once, but still very solid entry had a lot of fun

Wind1e9 Oct 2024, 00:02

It's always nice to hear music and sound effects in a jam game, let alone a solo project. Definitely loved how chaotic things can get if you don't take out enough of the bad shadow dudes.

Bombadrill9 Oct 2024, 00:50

Симулятор ио из доты :) А так в целом мне понравилось. Коротенько, понятно, залипательно, не видно снарядов правда, когда врагов много на экране.

lolhopen9 Oct 2024, 03:48

A cute bullet hell! I liked that you can defend yourself (though it maybe would be more fun if it was more risky), and audio really adds to the atmosphere. Dark enemies don't really stand out from the background (and their bullets too to a lesser degree), so they were hard too see. Indication of where the spawnpoint is would also be helpful, though it still wasn't hard to find.

Nazariglez9 Oct 2024, 10:56

Great atmosphere and beautiful visuals! The soul mechanic is fun and unique. Would love more enemy variety, but overall, an enjoyable experience!

multiphonix10 Oct 2024, 23:16

Very fun little game! A bit on the easy side, and a bit more variety in enemies would be nice, but overall quite good.