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Exhuman

By arvydas

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics1084.24
Audio2873.37
Overall4243.36
Mood4363.24
Fun6622.98
Innovation7702.78
Theme8322.91

Comments

robber 2016-04-18 20:03

Love the Cyberpunk/Fantasy crossover concept, graphics are fantastic! gonna play some more..

robber 2016-04-18 20:04

cool title btw...!

kiketom 2016-04-18 20:10

This game is created by a team or one person?

goffmog 2016-04-18 20:17

Very polished game, the models and animations are second to none. The sound sets the mood well. But I really struggled with the controls, they're pretty unique. It's also very hard to hit things in combat because he doesn't turn to face the mouse pointer when it's close to him, so the intuitive thing of clicking on the creature to punch it often means he stands and punches in the wrong direction. :( A bug? Or something I'm not getting? I didn't get very far. My instinct is that a lot of people are going to assume the controls are broken because they aren't what you'd expect from WASD + mouse with an isometric camera. But a beautiful, beautiful game in terms of graphics. Maybe I'm just not up to it :)

arvydas 2016-04-18 20:22

Arvydas Zemaitis (Lead Developer, 2D Art, Programming)
Andrea Di Bartolo (3D Artist, Visuals)
Daniel Romeros (Music Composer, Sound Engineer)

hempuli 2016-04-18 20:22

I couldn't figure out how to effectively kite or defeat the laserbirds. The game seems very solid and I like the graphics a lot, though! It'd be interesting to get a little strategy tip on how to get started!

cameronpenner 2016-04-18 20:24

WOW. Super impressive! Really well done, this is a winner right here.

mintarcade 2016-04-18 20:25

Cave level seems to be the hardest for me. Very well executed. Beautiful visuals! Love it.

cabezotta 2016-04-18 20:54

The game looks great! Awesome art! Very difficult (which is a good thing for me) but i didn't like the control. I think it was a little weird. Great game overall!

graebor 2016-04-18 21:06

Very nice environment art :) The controls being relative to the character rather than the camera seemed really weird to me. Even though I understood that's how it works I had a hard time controlling it.

s0wbear 2016-04-18 21:09

This is a really great entry!
Unfortunately i also had huge problems with the controls.
You might wanna have WASD move the player relative to the camera instead of the character look direction imho.

jcmonkey 2016-04-18 21:11

The game was pretty good, though i had to stop playing it because the controls just irritated me. :(

apantaloni 2016-04-18 21:13

Very nice looking, especially in-game. I have to agree that the controls aren't the most intuitive.

kiwiboi 2016-04-18 21:13

Amazing 3d graphics! Funny run animation.. ;)
Gameplay is hard but I like that, good job guys!

marod 2016-04-18 21:15

I like it, not that 360ยบ player controller but the game concept it's awesome. I was surprised when I realized that you are the creators of the Shoppe keepe, nice.

zgragselus 2016-04-18 21:17

Cool title, nice gameplay - quite hard for me though.

aberdeenphoenix 2016-04-18 21:18

difficulty and animations are a little wonky, to me. would love to see more rogue-like ideas implemented - procedural generation, etc.

arvydas 2016-04-18 21:35

Due to popular request, you can change the movement control type in the main menu options!

ididgame 2016-04-18 21:36

Production wise this is probably the best thing i've played so far.
I'll have to say though, balancng seems way off. It's close to impossible when you're human and kind of a breeeze when you get the right modifications.

davor10105 2016-04-18 22:09

Love the visuals

meganukebmp 2016-04-18 22:12

Amazing! Graphics and gameplay are astounding. Animations need more polishing but I'm sure you guys are already on it. Winner right here!

biliogadafr 2016-04-18 22:21

Graphics looks awesome. But controls is unusual and game is hard by itself. Also cursor displayed lower than true aim point. The hardest part was to realize that you progress after each attempt... so it was necessary to die 10 times to reduce difficulty :)

arvydas 2016-04-18 22:23

You can change the control type in the main menu options Biliogadafr :)

griz 2016-04-18 22:23

A lot of content made in such a little time. For me the game is 5 out of 5 fun, counting the controls, where the default player facing controls are nicely adding some difficulty to the game if the player is up for a challenge. Still the aiming was a little wonky in either control mode, where the hero is simply not looking directly at where the mouse is.

cameronpenner 2016-04-18 22:49

So glad you added an option to change the movement controls! Thank you!

pickensincorporated 2016-04-18 22:52

Crazy good. Kappa here from Lincomberg's stream. High fives!

razieliyo 2016-04-18 22:54

omg

hyoga-3d 2016-04-18 22:55

The controls could have some polish, the visual are very nice, good job.

mordokay 2016-04-18 22:58

Very good game with extremely good graphics. The animations are very well made and it has just the right amount of difficulty. One point i like to make is the WASD controls .. they are weird for me to get used to. +1

tompudding 2016-04-18 23:03

It looks amazing, but I couldn't open crates for some reason, maybe it's the Linux version? Amazing job though

arvydas 2016-04-18 23:05

You need 25 scrap to open a single crate, current scrap is shown in the top left corner. rogueLITE mode saves your scrap on death, rogueLIKE removes any saved scrap on death. change control type in the main menu options.

matzigon 2016-04-18 23:11

Nice graphics, but the controls are a bit hard. Also enemies tend to spawn in clusters, so it is extremely hard to kill them sometimes. I mean other at the beginning. Powerups are good, but the basic character is too weak, what makes the game hard to enjoy early on.
And the bloom is a bit too much, everything is blurry of it. Luckily it can be turned off, so no big deal.
Also I like that there is proper UI in the game.

jadernak 2016-04-18 23:16

Little balancing could go long way here but as other have mentioned it is nice looking fun to play game with wonky controls.

treegemmer 2016-04-18 23:45

I'm trying to play the OS/X version and getting the error "The application Exhuman can't be opened." I googled the error and found this: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/802960/using-a-pc-to-create-a-build-for-mac-os-x.html

aaranos 2016-04-18 23:49

Great graphics and style. Even for a rogue-like it is a bit repetitive. I finally got a weapon after being murdered by the birds about 20 times and lost it because a swarm of 10 birds showed up.

I think the biggest problem and one of only a few I had with the game is the controls for movement are a bit off since the key movement is dependent on where the mouse is.

blinry 2016-04-18 23:52

Awesome graphics and audio! I also couldn't really accustom myself to the controls.

arvydas 2016-04-18 23:57

Change the control scheme in the options! Cmon people! 4 comments and 2 description updates :)))))

vividredemption 2016-04-19 00:00

Really fun game, once in a while I get lucky with my chests and totally destroy all the enemies, sometimes I get shafter by RNG and die a bunch of times before I get a good run, but when it's good, it's really good! :)

le_sarus 2016-04-19 00:03

Like the game, cool idea. Think you should have the other control style set as the default but otherwise really good stuff

dwhiffing 2016-04-19 00:07

Great game! Difficulty curve at start was a nightmare with the lazer birds. I loved the sound effects and the art work though! Well done ++

luquio 2016-04-19 01:50

One of the best I've tested

idkfawin32 2016-04-19 01:58

This is extremely beautiful wow

retrospecter 2016-04-19 02:09

The design and presentation is very top notch and it has some interesting mechanics. I will say it's a bit hard to get the hang of at first, though that could be I'm bad at video games.

olkeencole 2016-04-19 02:32

Why is it low poly games just look so damn good! The graphics are great. Very jealous! lol. Keep up the good work guys! I'll definitely be keeping up with.

dvdfu 2016-04-19 02:47

The presentation is top notch! Controls and timing were hard to get used to, but it's truly impressive.

kleinzach 2016-04-19 02:54

I don't really know how I can get more then maybe 1 scrap at a time. Those birds really hurt! Great looking and sounding game there!

norseware 2016-04-19 03:04

Controls were rough, and the learning curve was steep as hell. The graphics were lovely, and nice shaders! I surprised you guys got so much done (3D) in 3 days - Nice work! :)

hyden 2016-04-19 03:39

As a lover of low poly art, I couldn't help but give this a go. Controls seemed odd to me, wasd would strafe in the direction you're looking, while the mouse turns your direction. Got used to it eventually :D Looks amazing, well done.

exolun 2016-04-19 03:44

It seemed pretty good but I was unable to kill enough enemies barehanded to get any upgrades.

beard 2016-04-19 04:06

Great graphics! I like the premise. Control needs a lot of refinement.

syldarion 2016-04-19 04:07

LASERBIRDS OP. Aside from that though, really solid entry. The movement was a bit wonky though.

joemid 2016-04-19 04:12

Can't open on Mac. Seemed to unrar fine and then nada. Macbook Pro- still on Yosemite- if that helps? Will take another look when I get a chance on WIN.

ducktieteam 2016-04-19 04:15

It is really cool game! However there is an issue with initial difficulty. It is too hard to get to normal loot due to birds with massive damage and no ranged weapon.

2016-04-19 04:19

Mac users, use StuffIt Expander to unwrap. OSX's main unrar does not properly unwrap rar files. I have tested with StuffIt Expander and Exhuman works perfectly! :D

shatterpointstudios 2016-04-19 04:21

Really like the art style; very colorful. Controls took some getting used to. It was also really difficult (or maybe I just suck? Haha).

balbinoaylagas 2016-04-19 05:05

The graphics where sweet. the smoothness was so so. the controls where kind of hard, and could never open a chest. it was fun but the enemies were kinda hard specially the flying ones. great work overall!

andyman404 2016-04-19 05:31

You should distribute the Mac OS X build in a plain old .ZIP file. RARs mess up the .app structure. Lovely graphics btw!

remdiky 2016-04-19 05:32

Nice game, but i think too hard first map.

mactinite 2016-04-19 05:32

Awesome amount of content.. Graphics look pretty nice. Low Poly + Bloom really is really used to a good effect. As for the gameplay, I liked the idea, but unfortunately I think it's a little too difficult at first. Immediately spawning in with enemies is tough, but what makes it hard is the birds with lasers before I've gotten any upgrades. With a few tweaks this could really shine, and with a bit more polish would make an excellent release. They really just destroy me! lol Maybe not for the weak but, aesthetics were great, the animations were pretty good too! Overall Solid entry.

adipson 2016-04-19 05:53

nice work!

fanus07 2016-04-19 08:03

Great progress for a game of this scale. Enjoyed the graphics and gameplay. Well done to everyone involved.

gertjohnny 2016-04-19 08:13

Nice graphics, though maybe a bit heavy on the post processing effect - my eyes can't look at it for long. The default controls are rough, but the alt set is definitely an improvement.

arvydas 2016-04-19 08:20

If you find that the brightness is making your eyes hurt try deactivating "Bloom" from the options! :)

miret 2016-04-19 08:48

It have really good graphics, the background is well made, the collision detection works as it supposed to do and if you're trying to reach perfection you could improve the movement (backsteps for example, moving left and right). When you're dead there is no need of the monsters to attack you more, it only makes defeat more difficult to bear.

hellojed 2016-04-19 09:07

couldn't get scraps out of a chest, or kill anything :S looks really good though!

jefepapaya 2016-04-19 09:30

I don't think it was wise to have the OSX files in a .rar

jefepapaya 2016-04-19 10:27

The art is great.
The controls are cumbersome.
Could use more balance, but hey, we're in a Jam ;)

I'm on OSX had to use an older version of StuffIt Expander to be able to unpack a runnable version of the game. The latest version doesn't work, nor unrar.

overmolo 2016-04-19 11:11

Really nice art and music!

mikaza 2016-04-19 11:58

Nice Work !

kalm004 2016-04-19 12:31

The controls are a bit clunky but overall a good and interesting game

mightytoaststudio 2016-04-19 12:40

Really good graphics for a LD entry and the animation is fine given the limited time. The music is good, althrough the voiceover is a bit tirring.
The combat mechanics is not very satisfying or addictive, and it's a must for a combat oriented game.
It's a nice touch that you have added some unlockables and an arena mode!

chatpion 2016-04-19 12:40

Fun game. But corpse that block you and make you fly if you run on it are absolutely horrible.

fumiko 2016-04-19 12:50

Liked the graphics a lot but sadly i couldnt adjust to the player moving relative to himself instead of the camera

arvydas 2016-04-19 12:53

Hey Fumiko! check in the main menu-> options, the uppermost is the controls settings, if you can't find that, tell us what platform version is

ringlangmail-com 2016-04-19 13:12

Cool game, well done :)

herszkorn-sacha 2016-04-19 13:59

Awesome game, just a few more information about shift using and also the azerty controls will be great ! But anyway really great work !

andrea 2016-04-19 14:29

Pretty great game! The sounds and the graphics are awesome and the game is quite difficult, which I like.

The controls are awful though, so you better get the ranged weapon as fast as you can if you want to have a chance to win this thing!

Good job!

wizzardmaker 2016-04-19 14:43

Great game, got to wave 9 but then got crushed by those way overpowered laser cyborgs

palys 2016-04-19 14:48

Very fun and entertaining game with outstanding graphics and music. Yet a little bit too difficult. At the beggining controls are unintuitive, but you can get used to it. Overall, superb!

varuns 2016-04-19 15:23

Looks good :D Your team must be very productive!

pixzleone 2016-04-19 15:25

Graphics are really great, but whole game is a little bit too hard. Good job!

diebackstudios 2016-04-19 15:48

Them graphics m8, very very polished gameplay loved it

berserker_chris 2016-04-19 16:02

Really Hard with the basic melee to handle the first enemys

calmkai 2016-04-19 16:43

Good game!

evogengames 2016-04-19 16:49

Great graphics and a typical game I would play. Terrible balance however...

banana-hammers 2016-04-19 16:55

very cool game, great graphics. the movement is really weird and slow. but everything else seems to be cool.

p4nurge 2016-04-19 17:12

Slick presentation and heaps of content given the time. Impressive work! I found it initially very hard to get into but it became more and more satisfying as I unlocked new content. A very solid game!

marmpa 2016-04-19 17:22

Really nice game. I loved the graphics and how you move.
You really impressed me keep going!!!!

lostviking 2016-04-19 18:22

One of the best games by far in this competition. Really good graphics and fitting music. The only bad thing I can think of is the grinding I had to do in the beginning to get the cannon, but after that the gameplay was solid.

been 2016-04-19 20:06

This game looks and sounds brilliant, but I really struggled with the controls. I tried a few times, but I was swarmed by everyone every time before I could kill even one of the boars.

benjamin-l 2016-04-19 20:16

This game is incredibly polished for such a short time frame. The graphics and audio are very impressive. It is also quite difficult but that isn't a bad thing. One thing: you probably want to switch the Linux build to zip as well.

almax27 2016-04-19 20:38

Very very very pretty, but unfortunately the attacking felt so unresponsive I ended up running around holding down left click and hoping for the best

kitsunequestdev 2016-04-19 20:59

Cool game and music!
moving around felt a bit weird because of the animations and isometric view, it felt like i could walk faster to left and right than up and down

ohmaigawd 2016-04-19 21:01

I loved the graphics, but didnt even get to shapeshifting part because I kept dieing before I could collect enough scraps. I made my own zoo though :D http://imgur.com/c54nPMd

kaueda 2016-04-19 21:06

Your game is awesome =D
The controls are a bit weird at first, but I got used to it quickly. To anyone playing and searching how to best play it: don't spend the scraps, save them to spend in three or for boxes at the same time, you'll probably die a lot in the beginning, and stay in one place and wait for the enemies to spawn (there are less enemies this way).

geekguy100 2016-04-19 21:50

Loved the graphics! Combat could get a little funky at times, but I loved the art style and concept of the game. Nice job!

obsessivenotion 2016-04-19 22:06

I was expecting a lot more from this. The controls were really bad especially to attack enemies and the animations needs more work.

fragileannihilator 2016-04-19 22:20

Good but very hard!

sojabird 2016-04-19 22:52

Wow that is some great artstyle you guys have going on there :D

roland-m 2016-04-19 23:44

Love the low poly art.

garys 2016-04-19 23:50

Pretty amazing what you've achieved in such a short time here. I love the graphics and the audio. I didn't find the controls too difficult to grasp, but still found it very difficult to actually attack creatures.
Still, excellent work.

zombieritual 2016-04-20 01:25

Really good graphics.

wizbyte_games 2016-04-20 01:29

Why is this game so hard. I can't even survive after fighting 2 enemies. The difficulty needs to be tweaked so everything that has ranged attacks isn't killing you in 3 hits.

crazyal02 2016-04-20 02:03

The laser-bird things were difficult to deal with, but I love the low-poly style.

nextreality 2016-04-20 02:48

I enjoyed the graphics of this game a lot, but the controls were a little tough and I couldn't open the chests, for some reason 'E' wasn't working for me. The games graphics alone are truly impressive though!

zaywolfe 2016-04-20 03:44

Extremely hard but really good art. Too hard for me unfortunately. :(

weeping-rupee 2016-04-20 05:35

I love the look of this game! Really difficult as well. Maybe I'm missing something, but I found it pretty hard to gather 25 scrap to get into one chest.

dread_lord369 2016-04-20 06:50

I love the look of the game, as well as the sound and the mood it all creates when combined. The difficulty is easily overcome as soon as you get a ranged weapon at the start. The arena mode is definitely where this game shines.

There are a couple of things that I think would definitely improve the game:
- The chest system: Either prevent it from giving you anything worse than you already have in the slot that it is giving you (eg. don't allow tier 1 melee when already wielding a tier 2 melee), or allow changing between obtained items.
- The aiming is slightly off, it feels like you are simply facing towards the point that the mouse is at with the body of the character. If you grab that point, move up to the same height as the player's gun/arms, place a virtual cursor there, and hide the mouse cursor, this could definitely solve this issue. However, in saying that, you could argue that the current aiming method adds a layer of difficulty to the game and could be a feature.
- Fix up the enemy attacks. By this I'm referring to the enemy in the second level that, after coming in range for the first shot, will continue to hit you, even when you're well out of range.

I'm being very nitpicky, but when I play games I pick up on a lot more of the coding side of things, so there you go. All in all, I'd say this game is very aesthetically polished, meets the theme nicely and in an interesting way, and is fun to play, after getting your first ranged weapon of course, those darn laserbirds! :P.

Great game!

edocreate 2016-04-20 08:21

This is realy cool!

nlbi21 2016-04-20 08:23

Lol this gane is awesome :o good job guys.

gogo199432 2016-04-20 08:23

Nice little game, gotta love some Rougelikes once in a while :)

kualitygames 2016-04-20 09:20

Game is good overall. Lacks some shapeshifting. The player controller is bad compared to the rest of the game. It feels wonky.

khanatos 2016-04-20 10:49

Great work! try to go on with the game.

neilcorre2k6 2016-04-20 12:06

That was awesome! :D haha VERY VERY Difficult, though, haha, got the claw legs (or claw boots? can't remember), tried to outrun the horde but, man, was it difficult, haha

enjoyed it, though, good job! :D

gamepopper 2016-04-20 12:54

Really like the graphics and music! Very nice looking game!

bubsypoochies 2016-04-20 13:27

It looks super nice, I'd say it's kind of hard to play but it can be just me ^^'

madalaski 2016-04-20 13:46

Great audio and graphics work. A very polished final product. Gameplay is where it fell apart from me. The difficulty level spikes from the very beginning and even with the rogueLITE feature on it became tedious.

dat_not_my_game 2016-04-20 13:47

Great graphics and music! But controls is not good as it could.

anaguilefdez 2016-04-20 14:25

Maybe a bit hard, though I confess I am a bit noob. Game is really good overall, seems pretty solid, and graphics are amazing.

strife47 2016-04-20 14:35

The graphics were awesome, but the game it's too really hard

horsed 2016-04-20 14:37

I like the visuals and audio most, although a little less blur wouldn't hurt ;-). The character movement looked and felt odd when the guy wasn't looking in his walking direction. I could barely hit any of the creatures because they would stun me with their hits. Felt like Diablo, where you could get stuck when surrounded by enemies. :-) Overall a solid entry for me.

pov 2016-04-20 15:06

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pov 2016-04-20 16:01

Resolved. :)

omlette-du-fromage 2016-04-20 16:57

The graphics look awesome. It seems that you put a lot of effort in it :)
It took me a while to figure out how to fight due to mouse and attack direction. You should work on that more.
Great job!

Cheers
-Morco (Omlette du Fromage)

kai20 2016-04-20 17:30

Sorry i dont get it. I am just dying over and over

mar3k 2016-04-20 17:37

Great game, but I'm pretty bad at it - got rekt so quickly :D

semicolon 2016-04-20 17:55

Those animations are hilarious :P
Sadly I didn't get very far, as the laserbirds make things very hard. Would be nice to have more options available from the start, or make the monsters easier to defeat, so you can get far into the game.

tgrehawi 2016-04-20 19:07

I love how much work went into the graphics and polish! But the combat is impossible...

shadowforce768 2016-04-20 19:16

Lots of fun, amazing amount of content for three people!

neondx 2016-04-20 19:31

fun beautifull, music is awesome!

ito123456789 2016-04-20 20:04

This is a winner.

santiandrade 2016-04-20 20:09

Uffff!! It's awesome!! The graphics are greats!! The controls are a bit confused at the begining, but it's ok. It's a very complete game. Congratulations!

themightyteam 2016-04-20 20:18

Great visuals. Difficult controls. I get beaten in the first seconds...

darkfieldgames 2016-04-20 21:05

Fun and challenging game.

karai17 2016-04-20 22:17

Great game! It was hard lolz.

felix20 2016-04-20 23:16

Aside from the weird aiming when the mouse is close, and the fact that you pretty much have to avoid all flying enemies until you get the first chest this is a pretty great entry

cole-and-jordan-studios 2016-04-21 00:10

Graphics are great! Although I couldn't collect any scrap by pressing E for some reason, and I couldn't figure out how to progress the game. Otherwise great job!

zerofaction 2016-04-21 01:32

I really enjoyed the art in this game. I wasn't a big fan of dying so early on with just melee attacks but once I got a ranged weapon it was ON. That being said, I actually think with a bit of balancing this could go from being very good to great! I really had fun playing it!

2bit 2016-04-21 03:03

Those laser birds though... :p

blockdroppers 2016-04-21 05:16

Gorgeous game. Good entry!

wolves-direwolf 2016-04-21 06:15

Difficult but fun. mostly the difficulty stemmed from the controls being a bit unusual. I liked the way the theme was implemented. Graphics were cool and good atmosphere.

casualcat 2016-04-21 06:55

Great modeling and effects. The sounds were ok and the I like the concept. But I think it was kind of hard to make progress, but I think its because I suck and I only spent about 10 minutes. It seems like a game you should spend a lot of time on. But I think its pretty well polished and the music is pretty good too!

lochmann-apps 2016-04-21 07:21

Wow this artwork is amazing, looks polished and clean! Love it!

yumeito 2016-04-21 09:11

Good Game

mistermortal 2016-04-21 13:09

Awesome game, looks very beautiful, too hard at the beginning though. Favorite feature: moonwalking :D

mitkus 2016-04-21 13:30

Very good looking and ambitious game. Perhaps, a bit too ambitious. I find overall polish and gameplay mechanics quite lacking. It looks like proper "serious game", but doesn't play like one. Beginning is very frustrating, I got killed within first minute perhaps 10 times.

otixa 2016-04-21 14:41

Really cool game. Awesome sound and graphics

mementogames 2016-04-21 15:26

The art is beautiful! I liked the music and sounds too. The controls are felt a bit weird but I got used to it. Kinda hard with a char so weak compared to the ranged attacks of the eagles. Great entry overall.

lrp 2016-04-21 16:53

well done !

differentname 2016-04-21 17:44

The game shows some promise, but attacking feels weird as I have to hold the button down, and ultimately I never got to try many of the upgrades. The human is so incredibly weak that I just can't survive long enough to get a single upgrade. The only reason I was able to get an upgrade was because scrap stayed after death, so after several deaths I got a health upgrade, which seemed good at first, but I never healed enough to make the extra maximum health worth it. I lost the first upgrade on death before I could get a second, and the next upgrade I got was the very same health boost. I would have liked to try some of the different attacks, but the simple human you start with just isn't fun enough to keep playing as long as needed to get the scrap for upgrades. I imagine there's a fun game buried in there somewhere.

siryakko 2016-04-21 20:01

The graphics are smooth and clean, perfect. Just some weird behavior on the combat, but mainly a really great experience

z4f1 2016-04-21 20:07

Nice game. The controlls are a bit weird but work fine.

batmanasb 2016-04-21 22:47

Okay here's the thing, this had the potential to be one of the best LD35 games but several mistakes dropped it down 4 stars overall.

Pros: This is the start of a good rougelike. The low-poly graphics are close to top notch, killing enemies and watching them ragdoll feels great, impacts (while slightly hard to notice) look nice but could be improved. And lastly, the menu and config is amazing for LDJAM standards!

Cons: While the graphics are amazing, and mood and audio are just short of amazing, the gameplay is lacking. You made some critical mistakes that break the game for rougelike fans. First mistake is that combat, especially melee, is broken. The appeal to rougelikes(at least for me) is that skill is the #1 priority, and stats help a lot but someone very, very, very good at the game can win without a single item! That is not possible here because you cannot avoid taking damage from enemies no matter what. There does not seem to be any way to dodge up close melee attacks, or any attack pattern that lets you attack enemies without taking damage. Only ranged attacks can be dodged, except the OP rapid fire green men! This was my biggest issue with the game, any other issue can be ignored once this is fine... at least for a LDJAM game!

Other issues are things like downgrades, it shouldn't be possible to open a chest and get a lower tier weapon! Like why! Also, the start is next to impossible without a little luck, because mobs group up way to early on, so if your first item isn't useful, it's good game! And if your first few mobs are birds, then it's good game as well because you cannot avoid their damage when you melee them, (see the first mistake above). Then lastly, there are some pathfinding issues on the first map... but that's an easy fix and not worth complaining about.

So even with these issues, the game was still enjoyable once you get a little lucky in the start. Although I can't give too many points for theme and innovation as thing game didn't exactly bring anything new or follow the theme that well. But never the less, it excelled in graphics, and did great overall, in fun, in audio, and in mood! I'll definitely be looking forward to seeing these devs next LDJAM!

batmanasb 2016-04-21 22:55

Oh and I forgot to mention the aiming, it's kind of wonky. It seems to be affected by the player movement as well, which shouldn't happen. It's always better to make aiming easy, and just ignore any animation related issues, than to have character animation perfectly in sync with the aiming/firing mechanic. I'm not saying that you shouldn't make the player animation point the way that he actually shoots, but I'd rather it not if that's going to break the crosshair's aim!

blennosoftgames 2016-04-22 02:17

Gorgeous graphics, the style, the detail, the animations. Such a pretty game. On the down side, I am just plain terrible at it. I leveled up to 3, once, just barely. Lot's of fun to lose at :P

phocker 2016-04-22 05:00

graphics are great; controls not so much; frankly the control ruin the game for me which otherwise was quite nice; nice game

khaotom 2016-04-22 05:47

The birds at the beginning are jerkfaces. I hate them :P Pretty fun game once I got strong enough to defeat them. Thanks for giving more HP at the beginning of the permadeath mode. More like Diablo Hardcore than it is like Rogue, though.

namrog84 2016-04-22 06:11

dang those eagles bird thingies hurt!

fabraz 2016-04-22 13:57

Overall I enjoyed this very ambitious title! As others have mentioned the controls can be rough, even with the additional options.

But it's a gamejam and this happens, our controls are rough as well!
Amazing job guys. Personal note: Love the tilt shift effect.

paveldlouhy 2016-04-22 17:45

Very nice graphics. Hard to play.

w1n5t0n 2016-04-22 19:21

Very cool game

bytegrove 2016-04-22 19:34

I like the backstory! I had some trouble playing this, it was pretty hard. I couldn't get the ranged attack working, so I died at the start every time..

arvydas 2016-04-22 20:31

First of all i want to say thanks for all those comments on our game, really, receiving so many feedback is really great! at the moment we are organizing our roadmap for what to do next (we still have Shoppe Keep in early access on Steam really close at final launch) and i can assure that we are considering every single feedback comment to improve this game, expecially on the gameplay and controls related things, so stay tuned and beware of DEM LAZERBIRDS!

-Andrea Di Bartolo

nonobattle 2016-04-22 21:01

Entertaining, while becoming a bit monotonous towards the end. The upgrade system is nice, but smaller tier weapons overwriting high tier weapons is a taking the fun a bit. :)
A bit more exciting music vwould greatly add to the mood, it felt a bit off being so serious while the graphics are so flashy and colorful. Eagles are very op at the start, then again when finding the rail gun or crossbow, it turns to you being completely op. (especially because you can cancel the shoot animation to really eat through those nasty mobs). I enjoyed.

Greetings, bruz

kumoi 2016-04-22 21:18

very fun, love the poly art

lostalloy 2016-04-22 23:24

Very nice looking! I found the difficulty curve a bit steep.

sloof 2016-04-23 22:22

Fun, minimalist style and great, fitting music. Mechanics still need work.

hunttis 2016-04-24 12:02

The game looks phenomenal. Nice use of focus blur. The controls made me struggle really. I think the acceleration and deceleration of the character should've been tighter or something (perhaps it gets better with upgrades).

endel 2016-04-24 13:16

The eagles are IMPOSSIBLE to beat at the beggining of the game. That's so frustrating! I can't kill anybody to be able to open the chests and actually see what's inside. Lacks some balancing. Graphics, mood and sound are really great though. Well done guys!

puppetmaster 2016-04-24 13:22

Very cool graphics. Gamestyle is also funny. Controls seems not so precise. When you wait to long, game gets unbeatable (to many enemy spawn on same place). Keep up the good work!

tomlum 2016-04-24 21:12

Very difficult, but that might just be me, haha. There seems to be a ton of depth to this.

joemid 2016-04-24 23:06

Finally got this to work on Mac with- as advised, Stuffit. Love the SFX! Controls and movement could use some work- and I wish the laser beaks were more of the stormtrooper school of aiming. Can't wait to see this evolve!

fin_nolimit 2016-04-24 23:53

WOW, so much has gone into this game!!! Excellent job! I read your description (lol :) ) and good thing too because I was not able to open the chest but I realized why after reading!!!!! hehe!! You did a really good job!!!

ivanfon 2016-04-25 00:21

Great job!

terryg 2016-04-25 05:11

Very nice entry. I loved the concept and graphics. I had a difficult time getting enough scrap. Thankfully you can keep the scrap you pick up each time you die, which for me was a lot. It would be nice if you could start out more easily getting an appendage without having to get 25 scrap. After 20 minutes I was able to secure 6 hard fought scrap.

sikosis 2016-04-25 09:19

Nicely done. Menus were great and the gameplay quite good (even though I died lots). Run animation is a little wonky but the rest of the graphics are nice. Outstanding music too.

tijn 2016-04-25 10:36

This game looks & sounds fantastic, well done! It's incredibly hard though, hahaha. I'm really struggling to survive!

gurkenlabs 2016-04-25 11:21

Artistically, this entry was really good!
Also, the game was quite challenging which is positive.
But the walking animation looks god awful :D

cynicalmonkey 2016-04-25 18:56

I liked the idea but felt the fun was hidden behind the difficulty, I couldn't seem to do anything before I was swarmed by monsters I couldn't kill that downed me in 2 hits. maybe I missed something I should of been doing but didn't feel like the game did a great job of showing me. but i screw up the explaining how to play he game properly every ludum dare so who am i to judge :)

strike 2016-04-26 08:32

Graphics are just wonderful.
Beginning of the game is very, very painful. I almost gave up because the melee animation is too slow and there is no strategy except running into enemies and dying again and again. The birds shooting lasers are simply impossible to kill at this stage. So it's just about hoping to find a hog before dying. Until we get enough scrap to finally open the first chest. Then the gameplay changes totally and I never used melee again. Except in the lab when I discovered that you probably have an issue in your mecanim controller. By holding the two buttons of the mouse, you can start shooting way faster. It looks like the animation keeps going very quickly back and forth between melee and range. Then the game became too easy so I could beat it.
I just wish that the melee was simply not here and the game started with a range weapon.

derr 2016-04-26 11:51

Great audio/visual presentation! It took me a few tries to get the hang of it but the next run can be started quickly so I had no gripes that that. Great job guys. :)

joror 2016-04-26 15:04

Nice mood & visuals! :)
Controls are a bit fuzzy, especially the ranged aiming (had aim lower to hit things). Fights are cool, but a bit grindy.
Bugwise: got stuck inside a test-tube in the second level :D

kalth-streil 2016-04-26 17:41

Really really NICE graphics. I liked this game, it was funny to kill all those enemies :) A bit hard at first, but things change when you get a ranged weapon ;)

mkghoster 2016-04-26 20:20

Nice graphics!

zyow 2016-04-26 21:57

The controls are weird and the difficulty is high but graphics and animations are cool! Good Job!

taro 2016-04-26 23:59

The presentation, including the graphics and audio is really impressive. The sound effects could have been less repetitive, but otherwise I thought they were solid. Animation could use a little polishing, too, but I figure in both cases, it was just a lack of time.

I think the controls were not great, especially the long range aiming. The range of the melee attack is difficult to tell as well. Combined with the wind-up, it makes it hard to land hits on enemies. The enemy attack, I think, could also use some balancing, as it felt unfair. Overall, the game shows a lot of promise, with a lot of the polish in the right places. There's just a few more to put in there to make it a great game!

przekop 2016-04-27 11:50

Very fun and demanding, but for me bloom and tilt shift was too much, good thing there was an option for that. Also walking animation was weird.

runvs 2016-04-27 17:47

Nice game, very well executed!

ryannielson 2016-04-27 22:41

Neat graphics and interesting concepts. Controls were pretty rough though, and I think it may have looked better with a bit less bloom.

blob 2016-04-27 22:47

Great visuals and audio, but I sincerely don't understand your game. o_o
No idea what's supposed to be done against eagles after trying many times.

PS: if you added other control tweaks post jam they should likely be in a separated build and not the ludum dare version. :o

t4u 2016-04-27 22:50

Great on graphics. The best I've seen so far.

Minor flaws:
The game is really hard unless you find a weapon. Leveling up doesn't increase your damage - this doesnt feel right. Sometimes corpses get in the way. Aiming with range weapon could have been better.

Overall: Enjoyable with art being the biggest selling point. Strong entry.

medidog 2016-04-28 01:14

Somehow the windows link doesn't work for me. The download fails. I am not able to play, so I'm not voting yet. If it is fixed, would love to check it out though. The art looks so nice!

matiasbontempo 2016-04-28 01:25

The game was really hard to play, I got bored quickly. It only got interesting when I could finally get a long range weapon (after that the game got extremly easy). This game should be much more balanced. However, graphics and audio is excellent.

xanjos 2016-04-29 00:57

Loved the low-poly art style and the roguelike gameplay mechanics were really good (although the cannon is ridiculously OP).

riftpoint 2016-04-29 19:10

Very good game, fun gameplay and nice mood

lumscum 2016-04-30 02:58

Great graphics! Enemy spawning and damage did not seem very well balanced though!

randomhuman 2016-04-30 18:20

It's quite hard to get a toehold in this game. My strategy was to grind the spawn point in the first area (dying repeatedly) until I had enough scrap for three or four chests, then do a full run on it. I can't even imagine playing it in the roguelike mode. But it is fun when you get the hang of it, and the graphics are really good looking, especially that second level (didn't make it to the third).

insality 2016-05-01 10:48

very solid and completed game!
take from me a lot of time! good job

dustyroom 2016-05-01 16:43

Great game! I wish my abilities persisted...

matlab 2016-05-01 22:14

Graphics is excelent and music is cool. But the concept is not original, level design is simple and it's very very very very difficult ! Shapeshift ?

fenger 2016-05-02 19:11

It's a really cool looking game and it seems really great to play it when you get the trick but please, do a better learning curve.
The game is insanely hard when you start playing it. A bird that take a third of your HP in one ranged hit when you can do 2 damage by punching him is just crazy!
Anyway, I tried multiple times to get further and it was catching.

Good job to you guys, I really love your graphics! ;)

madball 2016-05-02 19:55

10/10 best moonwalking simulator ever.
Seriously, this game is epic. Even considering glitchy physics and unfair gameplay, it was incredibly fun to play.
But there are some thing I just don't understand: why melee enemies are weaker than the ranged ones? Why the level 2 robots are the strongest enemies with their 100% accuracy?
The graphics caught my eye from the moment I saw this page, but I'm afraid if you weren't here to tell me to stay strong and endure the first moments, I might've quit before even completing the first level.
Anyway, this is the greatest game I've seen in LD in a while. Well, well, well done. I hope you'll find time to at least rebalance the game and release a post-compo.

oddballdave 2016-05-04 22:12

Beautiful looking entry. I found it a little hard to control. Fun game.

Good stuff.

faedine 2016-05-05 09:01

Really liked just about everything about this.

The audio is amazing. The graphics are perfect (that low poly style just had a lot of appeal for whatever reason). Almost everything about this is perfect, and the amount of work done in 3 days is incredibly impressive!!

The only things that irked me were that some upgrades you could get would be downgrades (why replace my tier 3 arm with a tier 2 arm?!) and the aiming at times felt really finicky... you had to place the mouse in weird spots sometimes to get accurate shots off. It takes some getting used to.

I was able to beat it, mostly because I was able to luck out by picking up a tier 3 ranged weapon and using it for the remainder of the game after failing on the first level about 10 times.

All that said, still probably my favourite LD entry out of all the ones I've tried so far.

satyre 2016-05-05 10:57

I must say for the first time playing it, it looked really polished up. The low poly graphics and the settings including the menu were really well done. I had some problems with the gameplay as it seems to be too slow and also the chest couldn't be opened with the E key to check the magical items that I could use to kick some enemies. But aside from that I want to see this to be completed into a full game :) Keep up the good work.

oparisy 2016-05-05 13:14

Very nice intro and low-poly art style. Had to desactivate the bloom and tilt shift, but appreciated the defaut control scheme. Fiercely difficult, though.

Why couldn't play in full hd, full screen?

themadknights 2016-05-08 12:48

It would be better if it wasn't impossible. The art is great and the game is nice.

jaenis 2016-05-08 14:53

Hard, but cool game! Loved the graphics and updates and the theme overall. Damn birds were able to shoot through obstacles which made me to hate them ;)
Very good game!

thecain 2016-05-08 16:57

Pretty good. Kinda like a isometric Risk of Rain. You should add some more to this game, it's pretty good.
I didn't like the gun; It's more powerful than the melee at the same tier, which made it markedly superior, and the aiming was off. Unless you made it aim weird on purpose to balance it out.

conk 2016-05-08 18:08

I'm here to brag about beating arena mode.

bragbragbragbrag... Anyway, awesome art, amazed at how much you all got done! There some annoying balancing issues (like the birds having better range and damage over the boars) but I guess that's inevitable with a games jam game :P

louspirit 2016-05-09 20:58

Nice gameplay ideas. I died too many times in the first level before getting the gun. Very beautiful graphics, congrats!