Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD35 → Soulshifter
By toastedgames
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 66 | ||
| Theme | 193 | 3.79 | ||
| Overall | 524 | 3.26 | ||
| Fun | 591 | 3.06 | ||
| Graphics | 601 | 3.21 | ||
| Humor | 632 | 2.26 | ||
| Audio | 632 | 2.50 | ||
| Innovation | 763 | 2.79 | ||
| Mood | 783 | 2.77 |
I don't understand the decision to make E the attack button while using WASD for movement. You might benefit from giving the option to use the arrow keys or switch attack to a different button. That said, the game kept me engaged through 10 waves so that's a plus! And your UI is pretty slick for a Ludum Dare game. I had fun :]
Impressive. Loved how everything was 8-bit, from the graphics to the sound to the menus. Fun stuff.
Nice defence, but may be you need more speed?)
Great use of the theme, and I loved the pixel art. Audio was nice. Different powers added variety.
Very fun and engaging game.
Excellent GUI. It's rare that you see volume control in a jam game. The blood particle looks fantastic. Impressive scope and execution.
I would avoid using gradients for a low resolution art style, though. it doesn't match the overall art
I also agree that the e attack button was odd, but I liked how many different things there were to transform into, it made me really want to collect them all. Would be cool to have more variety among the attacks though. Also the music was very quiet when I played.
It couldve benefited from music
I loved tha game's atmosphere, but I have to agree with Garris that the decision to make E the attack button was a bad move. But I really liked your game. Good job, I spent a lot of time playing it.
Very nice menus, creative and fun game play. I found it a bit confusing as the WHY i'd want to shift. There didn't really seem to be any benefit. Good fun!
Liked the variety of enemies. One problem I had is that the dog seemed far and away the best of all the forms (though I didn't survive long enough to try the alien). Everyone else either moves or hits too slow to deal with the onslaught. XD
Got really borring really fast
Wow, there are so many nice comments! As for the Controls, I will release V1.2 tomorrow which will include custom keybinding! (I think that's allowed, as the game will be functionally identical, just more comfy.) Thanks for all the feedback!
- Ben
Thanks for playing our game for a bit, too bad you got "bored really quick" - suggest playing another level with other animals/enemies/the boss. I got a 404 error when I tried to download your game, I'll try to comeback and play and rate later. -t
I really liked this game, I liked the graphics and the fact the game pauses as you open up the transformation menu.
nice idea for an arena like game but I got stuck on wave 2
Very good game. I like it. Except the very pixelated screen menu, we appreciate the functionnalities like the sound bar :) or the skins for your own character to distinguish him from the ennemies.
Great! Lots of different characters to shift into and has a complete feel to it with the nice gui.
The overall game was quite fun. I really liked the constant action. Great work.
Solid entry. I played it just after the release but forgot to rate it, good job of bugfixes and game-balancing. The concept is really interesting and it's well executed. I enjoyed playing it, it kept me engaged a long time for a LD game and features.
Forces you to install to play; the default controls kind of suck, and the config interface always forgets the last control you bound, so you have to configure one twice. -- No gamepad support, and the UI was just painful... -- Meanwhile, the easy mode literally spams you with hundreds of guys, and it's not super balanced... -- There's no item pickups or even anyway to regain your health while you're being spammed with tons of guys..., none of the shapes can attack fast enough or do enough damage to keep them in check... -- and there's no clear goals or win conditions... -- No offense, and apologies if I'm coming off as harsh, but these are the things that got in the way of me enjoying your game.
Hello, Ben here. We’ve received so many great comments from people rating our game, that I decided I’d respond to all of them, so here I go!
Thanks to Shatter Point Studios, @Sir Magic, @w1n5t0n, @SgtBursk, @Ironhead, @Beard, and @Pietro Ferrantelli for their kind words, and now here are the responses:
@Garris Thanks! I added key bindings in V1.2.
@Remdiky Sorry, what?
@MandolinQuinn Thanks! I’m not sure why volume control is rare, it’s not hard to implement! I agree about gradients, I’m gonna stay away from them in subsequent games.
@tomlum Key bindings in V1.2, volume control in the pause menu, and thanks!
@Peter1992t There was music though… Did you manipulate the volume slider in the pause menu at all?
@megalukes KEYBINDINGS!!! (Explodes silently) Thanks. ;)
@MissVioletVi I added more emphasis on shifting in V1.3.
@Ryusui Yeah… I nerfed the dog in V1.3. Thanks!
@coborax I’m sorry that you feel that way, ;-; can you give me some reasons why?
@tweedle I revised my comment a bit on your page, to be more specific. I’m not sure why you got a 404 though, it works fine for me!
@Sir Magic Sorry, that was probably one of the many enemy spawning glitches that was fixed in 1.4… :(
@Venneque I’m assuming you mean the different sized pixels in the map selection screen, and yeah, it’s bad. That UI was pieced together in the last hour of development. We put a ton of work into adding unique textures for the character’s forms.
Welp, that’s about it! Cya!