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The Murderdome

By ryannielson

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun433.90
Audio553.91
Overall1363.72
Humor1903.28
Graphics2143.86
Mood2403.42
Innovation7862.56
Theme8343.11

Comments

victorafael 2014-12-08 04:30

Man! I Love the audio and the visual effects!

banestar007 2014-12-08 04:36

Yeah, respectable effort, well done. Can't give you much theme vote, Your character leaves the screen, so the whole game isn't in one screen.. but

nuclearnapalm 2014-12-08 04:38

Funny! Thanks!

mahu 2014-12-08 10:46

hahaha!!! Addictive!

danman9914 2014-12-08 13:30

Great audio and graphics contributing to really nice game feel.

domicuc 2014-12-08 13:53

Whaaat.. Get ready MURDER ? XD LOVE IT!:D

drtizzle 2014-12-08 14:51

Damn, this is great, and hard!

The controls are fluid, graphics are cool and the sound is great!

antisc2 2014-12-08 14:53

Really fun game. Felt very polished.

ilikescifi 2014-12-08 14:54

Hahaha ohhh yeaaaa! Lot of fun. A ultra brutal isaac. Love it! Give us more levels when LD is over!

wdebowicz 2014-12-08 17:07

HAHA this is so cool! The music really add me power to murder! I like the concept of running from one arena to another - I decide when I'm ready, and I can be in the middle of action very fast. Great entry!

aurel300 2014-12-08 18:19

Fun, I can see people going for high scores.
I would appreciate a quiet moment before everybody starts shooting right after I enter the room, so I know where I am, etc.
More versatile enemy AIs?
I loved the music at the beginning :)

noahbrocz 2014-12-08 18:55

WOW! Very good, kinda addictive. Check my game too: Presidents bodyguard simulator.

davesoft 2014-12-08 18:58

Awesome theme, pace and audio. With more weapons and selectable characters it'd sell! :D

razieliyo 2014-12-08 23:57

This game is awesome! everything is quite well put together, really. Too addictive!

raincole 2014-12-09 01:38

Nicely done. I like the simple but consistent pixel style.
I'm not good at this kind of game. Only got level 8 :(

gameattack 2014-12-09 02:18

Loved the graphics and loved the stressful experience that is Murderdome. Its definitely a game to remember.

nicotuason 2014-12-09 02:30

Haha MURDER! Fun and solid gameplay, feels like the Vlambeer games. Wish I had a machine gun!

sharp911 2014-12-09 02:44

good graphics and audio. I like the game. Just a weee bit too hard :) I would lower the difficulty the first couple of levels.

vegard1992 2014-12-09 02:47

Awesome submission. Not very innovative tho, just a kill em all. Love it though =) Got to level 6 only :(

catchthefloaty 2014-12-09 03:30

LOL. amazing

gquibao 2014-12-09 03:57

Awesome!!! Great game! The whole work is perfect. I'll play this a lot!

khahem 2014-12-09 03:57

Nice game, graphics and audio fits the mood very well :)

march 2014-12-09 04:11

This is extremely playable! Also really difficult.

ianh 2014-12-09 04:14

Nice. It reminds me a bit of Nuclear Throne.

modwizcode 2014-12-09 04:19

Excellent game! I already mentioned the few grievances I had.

phyyl 2014-12-09 04:37

Wow! Make more levels and add bosses or boosters and put that on steam. takemymoneynow

greg 2014-12-09 04:41

Really well polished game, procedurally increasing difficulty, can't say anything bad.

alvarop 2014-12-09 04:45

Reminded me of Nuclear Throne, a game that I love! So that's a good thing :D

interface 2014-12-09 04:48

Hah, nice and simple, good job!

pixel_3 2014-12-09 05:46

This games feels really good. The way the screen shakes when you fire is a really nice effect and the size and color of your bullets make them stand out really well. Felt like top-down Doom.

-AlucardX60

gafblizzard 2014-12-09 06:27

I'm not sure if there is a game win condition since I stopped at level 6 or so. Nice art, and the sound effects are very satisfying. It would be nice if there were medkits, or if enemies did not spawn so close to you.

About the key/mouse problem for new rooms, I suspect the problem has to do with the GUI system, since it happens after you click the mouse on buttons.

mrexcessive 2014-12-09 08:09

Hi there. Excellent music, first thing which hits you. Love the presentation and graphics, nice voice over "get ready, murder". Overall excellent, I was really bad though, only got to level 3 in a few attempts.

rougerogue 2014-12-09 11:54

This game is freaking amazing! I personally love kill 'em all games like this one. I loved the whole time limit thing you had going on there although it didn't quite follow the theme with the level transitions and whatnot. The music was inedible! Being the psychopath that I am, I found the name and concept of the game humorous (yep XD). "Ye this game is pretty damn awesome." -Me, 2014

reactorscram 2014-12-09 13:27

Seems pretty responsive. I only got to Level 5. The game is pretty fast-paced.

rayman1900 2014-12-09 13:42

Very cool, I had a lot of fun playing it ! All I can say is that the juiciness is here, but I feel that somehow the theme was "a whole game on one screen", while you move between "rooms" is for me not a game "playing only on one screen" !

twick 2014-12-09 17:14

Lots of fun. Can't make it past 5 but Ill keep trying!

tmalicet 2014-12-09 20:04

Quiet hard but really fun!

gamepopper 2014-12-09 20:06

This game is so much fun, the graphics look really sharp and colourful. Only real criticism is the lack of consistency between audio (both in volume and style).

datachomper 2014-12-09 20:43

Quite fun! The shooting mechanic feels really solid.

bcole99 2014-12-09 21:31

Haha! Awesome. I didn't survive long in the Murderdome. Very polished, but you can leave the screen!

error031 2014-12-09 21:47

As you said it total opposite of mine game. Love it, graphics and audio are incredible :D

empyrealhell 2014-12-09 21:53

That was fun, but it became quite repetitive pretty quickly. Also, after about room five it started to become near impossible to get started, because you usually ended up surrounded and had to take quite a beating to make it out alive. Since your health reset every floor, it wasn't a huge deal, but it was frustrating to die due to a bad spawn. Good graphics and polish really helped it along, I just would have liked more depth of gameplay.

pepelumen 2014-12-10 00:49

Great, although quite difficult.

lukezaz 2014-12-10 03:45

Great game to play for a short while to kill time. Music sounded good, but it was hard to hear it given the volume of the sound effects.

murchurl 2014-12-10 07:00

I like the Audio and Gameplay! great job!

team-blucookie 2014-12-10 08:12

Good music and fun to play.
I think you could improve on the graphics and balancing (for the next LD).
Hope to see more from you!

plasterphantom 2014-12-10 11:40

It looks cool, plays well & it's addictive. 1+1+1=good game! :-D

mintarcade 2014-12-10 14:12

Cool game. Wish I had better reaction.

tritegames 2014-12-10 14:56

Oh yeah, that is intense :D Nice action, cool sounds and visuals. Good job. Now imagine your player as a blood thirsty bunny haha ;)

soulgame 2014-12-10 16:25

Ah ah nice one. Being swarm by enemies right after the entrance of the room tends to be a bit frustrating, but the gameplay feels nice.

Lucariatias 2014-12-10 17:55

A pretty addictive, and difficult, game - love the permadeath. The music was fitting, and the visuals were actually quite nice, even though they were simple. It's quite fast paced and you feel like a ninja avoiding the shots - the highest I got was level 5.

phocker 2014-12-11 04:26

awesome! 5/5 added to my faves!

jnyknn 2014-12-11 08:04

Nice game with polished gameplay and graphics! For some reason Linux version sometimes crashes during the third wave.

egos 2014-12-11 13:47

classic but do the job
Very well polished. Maybe a sprite for the doors because i didnt know actually if it in the middle or all the top screen.

gemberkoekje 2014-12-11 18:20

It unfortunately seemed a bit glitchy, with me being thrown back into the main menu every now and then. This was with the Web version.

Graphics were good and the gameplay was simplistic but effective, nice feedback on hitting and being hit. I felt it being a bit too fast-paced, but that might be me.

cabezotta 2014-12-11 19:25

Its very fun! i like the graphics and sounds! but it is constatly sending me to the main menu and its kinda frustrating.

Anyway, is a pretty good entry! congrats! :D

ryannielson 2014-12-11 19:33

What browser/plaform are you on Gemberkoekje and cabezotta? This is the first I've heard of it sending people back to the main menu.

taro 2014-12-11 20:27

Dear golly, the screenshakes every time you fire is nauseating. Other than that, simple concept, simple game. I liked the fire harming you. It adds complexity to strafing.

rhy3756547 2014-12-11 23:39

Very good! Graphics and audio worked great for the game, you can never have too much screen shake. :) Like I said on the stream, it could probably use a bit more prep time before the next rounds start, and also it could spawn you at the very bottom out of a gate or something so that you don't spawn in the middle of a ton of enemies. That being said, it plays greaat - kinda brings me back to when 10 seconds was the theme!

udo 2014-12-12 17:14

Addictive and fun, extremely well done! MURDER!!!

slothmachine 2014-12-13 15:48

Sweet murder action. Great engaging gameplay. Fun, fast and challenging. Good job!

ams 2014-12-13 16:30

That was very cool! Just saw it played on Twitch and made we want to try. Love the graphics and audio.

panda 2014-12-13 23:17

Great fun! I love the music, and the name's clear and to the point :)

rjhelms 2014-12-14 04:48

Great polish on this one - and a good challenge, too!

spotco 2014-12-14 07:21

Polished an fun, but the enemy patterns are a little too simplistic. Run around the room while they follow you, could have used some different enemies, or some sort of screen-filling boss.

31eee384 2014-12-14 22:06

Nice! I really liked the style of the music and graphics. Not the most innovative use of the theme, but it's there. There are enough enemies by level 5 that it feels like luck--maybe obstacles for bullets would add some more strategy? Would be really neat if the game led into a boss and there was some story to it, post-LD.

zkenshin 2014-12-15 15:00

Nice solid combat, and I enjoyed the end game explosion effect. Well done. :)

pulsartronic 2014-12-15 15:15

jeje, i like the speed !!! .... it is a great game, i don't like so much pixel art games, but i liked the gameplay of this one ... very good job ! ... high rated on fun :)

pulsartronic 2014-12-15 15:18

It works well on linux ...

mrshoestore 2014-12-15 15:35

good use of vfx and polish. some variety in weapons and enemies would really help this game

apiotrw 2014-12-15 15:38

Solid artstyle

huntthewumpus 2014-12-15 15:59

Wow. Really fun to play, esp. because of fluid game play, good controls and nice graphics. So usually what my games are missing ^_^

mechamew 2014-12-15 16:18

Awesome! Heaps of fun, looks and sounds great! The song on the main menu is so awesome!

Reminded me heaps of Nuclear Throne, which surely isn't a bad thing in my books!

kalaskrysset 2014-12-15 17:49

Really great artwork/graphics. Fun fast gameplay, smooth movement/shooting. It got hard pretty fast. But the challange made me give it a couple more tries. Very nice job :)

mrbadivan 2014-12-15 18:28

Oldschool looking and playing game =) very nice

infectionteam 2014-12-15 20:01

This is really quite addictive. Great voice acting too! :D

guimonpa 2014-12-15 20:55

Nice game, it has a cool nuclear throne vibe.
Got to level 10 after a couple of tries and it felt great.
I have one complaint though, and it is that the spawns can be a bit unforgiving, sometimes enemies spawn really close to your character and there's nowhere to run nor time to kill them before you get hit.
Good work!

integershift 2014-12-15 22:09

Great game lots of great sound effects and the music was fun too. I think the levels got a bit hectic too fast but It did keep me going and I really enjoyed playing! Level 6 high score beat that! Also maybe different guns on each level to keep the game interesting.

asobitech 2014-12-16 14:02

Brutal.

rd127p77 2014-12-16 20:25

Good Game, love the graphics. Fun game-play too.

xanjos 2014-12-16 20:45

Pretty fun and fast paced. There probably needs to be some stuff like powerups though.

rainshapes 2014-12-17 20:17

Gameplay was fun. Could have been less repetitive.

voxel 2014-12-18 14:12

Needs moar screenshake. Solid effort, love the sprites especially the gawping stabby dudes. Relentless pacing, perfect jamgame.

poupi 2014-12-18 15:54

Really Nice!

zayron 2014-12-18 16:09

Nice job this was fun and hard! I liked it! :)

gre 2014-12-19 13:16

So cool music (why disabling the Audio rating?). and impressive amount of work on polishing the graphics and effects.
Impressive gameplay which is still playable on a laptop.

peterthehe 2014-12-19 21:05

Fun game, perhaps an upgrade system could be implemented :P

lynx 2014-12-20 01:19

A very polished game you have here! The controls and basic game mechanics worked flawlessly for me, really fun game!

My only suggestions would be that maybe after you kill all the enemies you make a flashing arrow towards the door because I sat there my first round playing waiting for more enemies to spawn or something.

Second suggestion would be give some red overlay or edge and maybe screen shake when you get hit, it's a little hard to here the "you've been hit" SFX over all the firing and madness and I don't have time to glance up and see my health bar as I'm frantically shooting

Other than those minor things, you have a very polished and fun game, great job!

pixel_3 2014-12-23 22:37

I made a highlight of this game from my stream.
http://www.twitch.tv/alucardx60/c/5696874

kabukky 2014-12-25 06:21

Feels very polished for the time spend on it. Great job!
Love the music and how the title pretty much says it all ;) Fun!

sandcrawler 2014-12-25 07:26

Good game as so many comments say already.

More than that this is the exact sort of game that I would expect from the title. The music and graphics just build on top of the mood brought about by the title.

For me it reminds me of the 1970's movie that are about dytopian bloodsports.

erkberg 2014-12-27 23:57

Very juicy and fast paced, great fun for a quick play. Loved the "Get ready...murder!" in the beginning. Good job overall.

arcturusdeluxe 2014-12-28 23:07

Very polished game, great pixel art and audio. Fun Smash TV style gameplay. Good stuff.

papygaragos 2014-12-29 17:12

ah, I had the exact same concept (limited time to clear a room) for the "10 seconds" LD. This is done much better though: the packaging is top-notch and the controls are great.

alfie275 2014-12-30 09:49

Awesome game :D
Video is here btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOD_JSVJdE