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I HATE HALLOWEEN

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness373
Audio1553.62
Humor2393.37
Mood2483.50
Fun2663.43
Overall3263.46
Graphics3273.79
Theme5373.44
Innovation6892.79

Comments

antonymity 2015-08-24 15:11

This is really cool! I like how vibrant the colors are. The song you wrote goes really well with the pace and feel of the game, too. I think the screen shake is a little too rough for my eyes. When choosing to play again, no monsters spawn - but I found myself using that to my advantage to make my character "dance" to the song :P

antonymity 2015-08-24 15:11

Oh also the boss fight was brilliant with needing to change masks to match what the arcade machine displayed!

jmaggard62 2015-08-24 15:35

Graphics and sound were freaking fantastic! Gameplay was great too, awesome boss fight!

0x0961h 2015-08-24 17:11

That was pretty good! It gave me a strong Hotline Miami vibe. Nice job!

burgerdare 2015-08-24 20:41

felt a little bit shallow. Outside of the boss fight, there was no noticeable difference between the different masks, and the combat against waves of ghosts wasn't really all that interesting - it really just boiled down to hammering the spacebar and occasionally turning around to cover your back.
I am fairly impressed by the number of art assets in this game, though. The amount of backgrounds, enemy sprites, projectile sprites, etc. was greater than what I would normally expect from a jam game.

megasdragos1 2015-08-24 20:41

I like the idea of the boss fight, it's really a great concept for game, so great job, you made great 10/10 game.

cirpig29 2015-08-24 20:55

I did not get the idea of the game. Change the mask to get a new weapon? "Boss Fight" without a boss, but much more ghosts? Anyway a nice submission to the Theme. And graphics an sound are great too.

fizz 2015-08-24 21:18

Really fun but was SUPER easy. Also, couldn't figure out the boss fight.

mrdave 2015-08-24 21:19

I really enjoyed the graphic style, it had a nice theme to it that ran through the whole game.

I felt like there was a lot of polish like the intro video and the TV style overlay.

I do actually hate Halloween as well so that helped! The game finished too soon, played it through twice and I would have kept going if it were longer.

mantis 2015-08-24 21:25

Nice idea, loved the boss fight!

chromebookbob 2015-08-24 21:50

Great soundtrack but the gameplay is a little repetitive

rocketship 2015-08-24 22:22

Cool use of the mask mechanic with the boss, would've liked to seen some more use of that, maybe different sort of attacks or something. Overall enjoyable, solid game!

ithildin 2015-08-24 22:30

Great mood! I loved the mask switching concept, and it would have been even cooler if projectiles had been different enough in terms of gameplay (or their effects more noticeable in case they were already differences, which I think is the case) to be used strategically . And nice touch on the boss battle, too!

Overall, a pretty solid entry, congratulations!

sadenly 2015-08-24 22:53

Really liked the graphics!
I recall having a costume like those ghosts on a Halloween when I was a kid =)

cxsquared 2015-08-24 22:59

The graphics looked really really good. The final boss battle was really fun with the mask switching mechanic. Really nice work.

justinj 2015-08-24 23:45

Awesome graphics, and the boss fight was clever! I had been wondering the point of the masks.

katekmail 2015-08-25 02:21

Yeah- that seems like Halloween to me-- killin' ghosts with candy and blowin' up the arcade. I especially like that the shooting noise changes with your mask. Nice!

primaerfunktion 2015-08-25 08:17

That was really fun and cute and actually pretty dark when I think about it. :D Loved the visuals.

acerio 2015-08-25 08:49

I laughed so hard in this. XD Graphics are amazing. Good job!

tango172 2015-08-25 08:57

Love the Audio and Graphics - Awesome first LD! :)

karai17 2015-08-25 09:01

Nice retro look! I liked the boss mechanic. :)

collaboration 2015-08-25 09:07

Haha, love the visual style, and love 80's, great job, simple and funny.

cebollinos 2015-08-25 09:31

Nice art! Remindme of Hotline Miami.

local-minimum 2015-08-25 11:46

I enjoyed the game much. It's always nice getting to the end of LD-games and it's a hard thing balancing a game when you are so stressed about just completing it. I solved the final boss, since I was too stressed about staying alive, but just waiting for the correct mask-matching to come up.
The music and graphics were really nice. I think the sound FX were a bit loud though. Especially since the game started without music and only the very harsh effects it felt a bit rough (and since the volume on my speakers was quite high I got a bit scared).
The play-instructions could maybe just show up around the character the first seconds of play rather than at a separate screen. It took me a little while to get going and remembering the controls.
To sum up: well made game!

andrew-2 2015-08-25 13:32

Took me a bit to figure out the masks for the boss. Once done it was fairly straightforward. Loved the retro-beatup feel of it

wdebowicz 2015-08-25 13:41

I like the graphic, I feel young again :) It's hard to figure out what to do in a boss figt. I had fun!

sunflower 2015-08-25 15:10

The yay:
- graphics
- different masks
- the boss
- soundtrack

The nay:
- masks don't change much aside from boss
- alright, I get that ghost can go through closed doors, but why my bullets do that, too? ^^"

The meh:
- main gameplay mechanic

Somewhat fun little game, even if not a stand-out.

hemuuuli 2015-08-25 17:01

I love the punch in the sound effects. It just simple feels good to press space.

mitkus 2015-08-25 19:17

Cool game! Hehehe. Loved the music and graphics.

glimaleite 2015-08-25 21:39

Boss fight was so cool! I wish there were more levels to keep playing it. Great job!

jupiter_hadley 2015-08-25 22:06

I love the bossfight. I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/UXRiA5Goh28

skt 2015-08-25 23:22

The boss fight is super cool, switching the mask to beat the machine is a great idea. Nice music and graphics, the ghosts are pretty funny. Great job !

voider 2015-08-26 00:19

Excelent job. Nice graphics and sounds. I really like this game. Congratulations!!

jackrugile 2015-08-26 06:58

The amount of effort you put into the art is insane, is looks SO good!

robert_steiner 2015-08-26 07:40

Nice idea for the boss, although I'm not sure what it had to do with heroes hate for halloween :)

georgebroussard 2015-08-26 08:30

Like the retro graphics and 80s vibe a lot. The enemies remind me of PAC-MAN (intentional?) :) Great job!

frostvoid 2015-08-26 10:28

Fun game, loved the aesthetics

brainfreezeman 2015-08-26 12:37

Nice cutscene, simple but fun gameplay and a really fun boss fight!
I really like how the boss worked, and I also really enjoyed the graphics and the "TV"-filter on it all. It's feels a bit like a mix between Hotline Miami and Altered Beast.

lukepilgrim 2015-08-26 12:53

great! graphics are perfekt, really liked the idea for the boss. very fun.

leom 2015-08-26 16:37

Fun to play ! :)
I liked the intro cinematic ^^

smotko 2015-08-26 18:54

Coll pixel art and an awesome boss fight... I was wondering what the masks were for and I felt great when I figured out how to use them in the boss fight. Well done.

maguera93 2015-08-26 19:24

Good game. I like the audio and the fx. Good job!

geeitsomelaldy 2015-08-26 19:44

excellent!

happyhour 2015-08-27 05:55

The mask swapping is a fun little touch. Digging the aesthetics.

vikingpotato 2015-08-27 20:35

Great visuals! Love the old style rendering you have there! Awesome effort for the little time

t4u 2015-08-27 21:38

Mah is the best word describing this game. No bugs, gameplay works but I dont get fun from it, music and graphics are average so again... mah.

electron 2015-08-28 08:43

nice gaym

randoman 2015-08-28 10:52

That face in the end, hahaha. Enjoyed the boss fight. Didn't notice much difference in attacks with each mask, something unique for each of them would be cool. Congrats on the entry!

rudra 2015-08-28 14:48

Pretty good! Liked the graphics and the gameplay, good job!

mubox 2015-08-28 21:37

Nice music and gameplay. ^^

donutttt 2015-08-29 00:47

Nice! Great sound, and interesting graphics. The game itself was fun, great work!

onionblitz 2015-08-29 13:06

I loved what you did with the boss fight! I wanted a little more after that. Nice visuals also. :D

teesquared 2015-08-30 02:59

Great sound and visuals. Simple game play but it kept me playing. The gamejolt link didn't work for me but playing the embedded version was fine. Funny collection of projectiles. Very complete entry. Good job.

roaringcatgames 2015-08-30 19:56

Hahaha @ the pac-man ghost costume. Stars!

Art and music is a great combo for this game. If you like the 80's theme, come check out our entry!

Great entry!

-Loi LeMix

khaotom 2015-08-31 02:35

Cool ending screen. Congrats on your first LD!

zenmumbler 2015-08-31 12:54

Nice, fast paced arcade-y game with even a boss fight. Didn't really understand when new masks became available but used to good effect anyway. Good.

drauthius 2015-09-02 18:38

Nice game! Really liked the graphics and the humour.

crucknuk 2015-09-12 19:35

I find this very cool! :)
It played smoothly and it was well executed. Really nice game and very well done for it :)

catmoo 2015-09-14 22:37

I really liked your game, the vignette on the screen was great giving an old tv look. The game was violent yet also felt like it wasn't. Plus I really liked what you did with the boss fight. I just wish it was a little more than left or right and shoot as quickly as possible.

Otherwise well done on your first LD, you made a really good game :)