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The Dead Beneath

By myyyvothrr

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Audio2783.21
Graphics3023.59
Mood3403.24
Fun5353.04
Humor5632.43
Overall5643.18
Theme9092.80
Innovation11982.02

Comments

nicom 2014-04-28 00:31

gotta say I love the splatter effects;), nice job:)

tinykidtoo 2014-04-28 21:41

The graphics are nice and I love the splatter.

orangepascal 2014-04-28 21:41

some of the weirdest rain I've ever seen :) nice game tho!

fyberoptic 2014-04-28 21:44

This is pretty nice. You did a great job on the graphics and particles. The audio worked out well too. I did get some stutter out of the sound at times, but it's nothing that affected gameplay. It's also kind of a small window by default, which made it hard to fully see your nice artwork, but luckily that's easy to resize since it's HTML5. Nice work overall!

dejant 2014-04-28 21:48

Fun game!

colthor 2014-04-28 21:49

I really like the particle effects, especially the raindrops. The grave spatter is a good trick, too.

bvanschooten 2014-04-28 21:50

Great shooting action! Only I think this game needs a better goal. Right now you can just sit in one spot and patiently shoot everything that spawns in front of you. How about making the player run around to collect things?

amour-maternel 2014-04-28 21:57

Graphics are greats. Sounds too. Enough too create a coherent atmosphere and universe. Gameplay is quite simple but i like it.

angrypriest 2014-04-28 21:58

Really nice particles!

mstrp2ez 2014-04-29 05:55

I liked it alot! A few more weapons and more distinct bullet graphics and i would have been hooked for hours.

cawrtz 2014-04-29 10:49

The music, the thunder and the graves create a nice creepy atmosphere ! The graphics are not bad, overall really fun to play. Maybe a little too easy ;)

eufrik 2014-04-29 11:39

Neat game :)

cosmologicon 2014-04-29 22:02

Great job setting the mood, I love the soundtrack. What it needs now is some progression of difficulty. The zombies don't seem to be hard, but I guess you could add a timer.

tijmentio 2014-04-29 23:54

Did somebody noticed that the rain washes away the blood from the tombstones? That shit's neat.

j_peeba 2014-04-30 10:54

Nicely executed: the game looks good and plays well. The game could definitely be more challenging though.

pancakecity 2014-04-30 17:44

I liked the tombstones being splattered with blood, haha!

lazyparia 2014-04-30 18:54

Very nice graphics !

gwinnell 2014-04-30 19:02

The thunder, lightning and rain was cool, and the splats of the enemies and player death too. I would have liked to see more intelligent enemies and some more weapons!

kragnir 2014-04-30 19:07

The game looks great there isn't much gameplay though. Need some depth, some challenge and some goal.

alexdantas 2014-05-01 17:18

Liked it. Actually fun, made me waste a few minutes without even realizing.

- The details were awesome - rain and particles. Are those default to ImpactJS or did you programmed them by yourself?
- The bullet trajectory was simple and effective; you could shoot from the other side of the screen, calculating to hit zombies while escaping the place.

You should definitely work on improving this game.
Here's some things you could do:

- Spawnable Power-ups/Mutators/Whatever. They could both benefit and downgrade your progress
- Different behavior for the zombies; Like some could run after you, others could jump... You could even copy from L4D or somethin
- Other weapons/equipments; grenades, machineguns... The sky is the limit.
- Co-op; I think 4 to 5 people playing at the same time (cramming the keyboard, I know) would make a great hit.
- Multiplayer; if you're feeling brave, mess up with websockets, rev up a server and turn this baby into a huge thing!

Congrats!

whalebot 2014-05-01 17:47

Pretty nifty little game. I liked letting the zombies build up on a platform and then just tear through them like a boss.

devince 2014-05-02 12:04

Really fun & neat. Just not enough challenge.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-02 19:40

Pretty nice graphics and a good game! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series if you'd like to take a look http://youtu.be/ln7f84GPnPg

saintheiser 2014-05-03 07:18

Very boring =(
But visuals are nice. So if you add bonuses and weapons, this game become standard survival shooter.

strykerkkd 2014-05-03 18:34

nice game although the zombies are too easy to kill.
The rain and the splatter effect is really nice.

myyyvothrr 2014-05-04 10:20

Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions! :)

alexdantas: The particles were made by me (all code in the "source" zip is), but Impact makes it really easy to move things on the screen...

fussycashew 2014-05-04 17:54

Particles! I love particles! Can't say I'm fond of the very liner jumping but I'll make an exception for the wonderful particles everywhere.

papygaragos 2014-05-04 17:58

Lots of small details in this game, I like that. Good job

alexdantas 2014-05-05 02:09

Hello, there!
FYI your game was featured on this blog post:

(9 Gems from Ludum Dare 29)
http://alexdantas.net/stuff/posts/9-gems-from-ludum-dare-29/

Thanks a lot for making this awesome entry :)

jeffz 2014-05-05 03:42

Classic. 184 points. You could probably expand on this into more areas. Well done!

donovanwu 2014-05-09 02:50

Nice rain drop effect!

alvivar 2014-05-10 18:31

Cool graphics, particles and mood. The game lacks a challenge (i am guessing time issues) but I can totally see this game becoming an arcade (every time harder survival kind of game).

gre 2014-05-10 21:08

The game seems to miss some goal, otherwise this game is very well polished with awesome graphics and great music!
Audio is incredible.

loxo 2014-05-17 15:40

You made a really nice game. I like the pixel effects very much. But it would be nice if the game was a bit more challenging. Nonetheless a great start, you should work further on this.

depp 2014-05-18 22:46

Nice and crisp action but no challenge. Increase the spawn rate over time, make ammo limited, or do something to make it so the game will eventually end. I absolutely loved the rain effect!