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Bat out of Hell

By ianh

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness353
Mood2373.46
Fun3263.30
Overall3623.40
Graphics5463.23
Innovation6282.93
Theme10132.14

Comments

wesley-laferriere 2015-04-21 01:01

I like this game. The art style has a subtle, yet elegant pseudo-2D feel. Gameplay-wise, a tutorial couldn't hurt.

anokta 2015-04-21 01:23

interesting mechanics and art style, wish there was more of it. also, probably a debug thing but it'd awesome if changing level by right-clicking would affect the gameplay as well! :)

rscar 2015-04-21 01:24

Very much liked the graphic style, felt retro, and the attack animation was on point. In agreement, I would have liked a little more direction, I'm all for the "figure it out dealio," but I personally feel better with a tangible goal or direction.

cryotube 2015-04-21 01:25

I like how you managed to get a dungeon crawer feel going on, and that there isn't much if any hand-holding happening. It's fun to discover things on your own, I think there's a lot of potential to be had!

ianh 2015-04-21 01:32

Oops, thanks for pointing that out, anokta. I removed the right-click debug action so it doesn't confuse people.

epaik 2015-04-21 01:47

Hack and slash roguelite? This is my kind of game.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover a new type of weapon on floor 5, up until then I wasn't sure if I was just looking for a bigger sword. I made quick work of the boss with the charm I found, although I'm not sure if there were an alternative weapons I could find.

Animations were simple but attacking felt great, loved the subtle particle effects.

The only mechanics suggestion that I think would really help would be showing some indication of what your mouse is over by highlighting the target. Some of the click hitboxes felt a little finicky.

Great work!

cgmorton 2015-04-21 01:59

I like that there's no tutorial. Or, well, I would like to know that you click to attack, but I liked that you have to figure out that the jellies are health potions.

Hell I like the whole game. It's a bit tricky to fight the big bat by just spam clicking, I don't know if there's a better way but it got the job done eventually. I guess I don't know -why- you went with clicking-does-everything, but I appreciate the consistency.

electroyak 2015-04-21 19:34

I really liked the art style and the concept, but I find the combat a bit tricky. Overall good game

plustech 2015-04-25 02:02

I like the art style but the combat system was a little difficult sometimes, enemies aspd was crazy too.
Not really seeing an unconventional weapon but I like the idea overall.

demy 2015-04-25 07:43

Wow, this game has multiple weapons, monsters, heal potions and a lot of rooms. It even has a mini map. Cool adventure game, thank you for making this.

archonthewizard 2015-04-25 21:41

Of the 70+ LD32 games I've played, this is the one I put the most time into. Lots of fun for such a simple game!

bossmojoman 2015-04-27 01:05

I love the concept - great retro graphics (felt like I was playing an atari 2600.) Good job!

borgi 2015-04-27 10:22

I really liked the game also! I love this over simplified graphs! Sometimes it was a bit hard to enter some doors, but nice job anyways!

norgg 2015-04-27 17:06

Nicely put together. I liked the progression, although I felt like it was suddenly super-easy once I'd gotten one of the later weapons.

12pechasofsouls 2015-04-29 22:37

Good game. Nice and interesting retro art style :D

kasmilus 2015-05-01 10:06

Gameplay is really simple yet satisfying. I like that game.

ianh 2015-08-22 04:25

~testing~

ianh 2015-08-22 09:12

Please stop making games.