Purgatory

theseusinabottle 2018-12-03 04:17 ♥ 1

Really interesting. I wont lie the lack of instructions telling me what to do or what was going on did confuse me at first, but once I stopped being an idiot and realized you could move with WASD it became very clear what was happening and I really started to enjoy the game. Also I must say I really enjoy the look this game has going for it. The minimal details in each level make it very clear and easy to read what is happening on the screen. I do wish when you died once you didn't lose all your progress, but you can really only do so much in 48 hours so.

paperjack 2018-12-03 08:01 ♥ 1

It needs clearer instructions. It took me a bit to figure out that the green things are damaging you and stealing your souls and you needed to shoot them.

james-leib 2018-12-03 08:12 ♥ 1

I liked your game. The sound effects, sci-fi background and minimalist menus were my favourite parts. I would have liked if the enemies were a bit smarter, but I understand the time difficulties of LD :)

sanyingli 2018-12-03 08:16 ♥ 1

Good game, as they had mention, a little instruction how to control would be helpful, but this wont effect my rating. I like the arts and sounds part especially, it feels very elegant.

slizzben 2018-12-03 08:17 ♥ 1

Nice job, interesting design and music so good! But in my first few minutes i was thinking that i must be in circle :S But then i realized, that i'm not so smart :D

sarwin 2018-12-03 08:22 ♥ 1

It is a good game, the controls are responsive, the shooting mechanic is satisfying.

fnissalot 2018-12-03 08:46 ♥ 1

Very punishing, sometimes the enemies spawn almost at your own soul and uo will then die very quickly. Otherwise neat

jharler 2018-12-03 15:50 ♥ 1

I like the visuals to this game and the music. I also had a hard time figuring out what I was supposed to do at first. Overall, nice work though.

theboss12 2018-12-03 16:02 ♥ 1

Finally a game that i like.

andrea 2018-12-03 17:26 ♥ 1

Nice work! I really like the screen to select the arena, and the overall difficulty. It's sad that you didn't add a note on controls, and that ZQSD doesn't work so AZERTY users have to switch language. Well done!

budgiem2 2018-12-03 22:48 ♥ 1

Starting from the very beginning when dying is a bit harsh, but it does add a lot of tension. Great game!

nkrim 2018-12-03 23:02 ♥ 1

Absolutely love the art, and the difficulty was fun but sometimes getting one shot felt a little too bad, and it was much easier to win the whole thing by just staying in the first arena ( but what's the fun in that :P ). Great game!

mrnyarlathotep 2018-12-04 01:04 ♥ 1

I have to say, all of the enemies having homing bullets feels a bit unfair in what ends up as a borderline bullet hell shmup... I think it would have really changed the difficulty level just by having bullets move in straight lines and being able to dodge them

evan-leibman 2018-12-04 04:40 ♥ 1

I loved the art style and music of this game, it really came together as a whole and sucked me in, that said I either suck at it and couldn't find a better strategy than constantly kiting them in a circle, but it felt like it lacked a little depth in the moment to moment gameplay choices I was making. Perhaps when you need to stop shooting to collect the souls? Something to vary the gameplay. Great job! This could be cool to continue and polish up a bit.

jeffrey-hwang 2018-12-04 08:41 ♥ 1

Maybe I'm just bad, but it seems too hard. I was at first confused as I thought I was controlling the ball that was shooting, but apparently it was the ball with red glow that I was controlling. Wish there was a way to see the health of the ball, maybe by changing the glow amount. It was definitely engaging. Congratulation on completing a game!

pancakefriday 2018-12-04 16:53 ♥ 1

Hey, so I liked the mechanics, though I think it should be noted, that the player can move with WASD (I didn't know at first). Furthermore,

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I don't think there's a good reason to play the second level. Sacrificing a lot of souls makes the player plenty powerful to play the first level and farm souls there.

Again, I liked the game and I had fun, especially your background and menu are quite beautiful.

tpamir 2018-12-04 17:01 ♥ 1

@omercanbalandi Good Job! Some items in the UI are not so clear but over all great game!

aycan 2018-12-04 19:11 ♥ 1

control implementations are excellent, so smooth and no glitches. also I loved the dark environment. good job.

owen-rees 2018-12-04 21:04 ♥ 1

I spent quite a lot of time playing this game although at the beginning I was struggling with the difficulty. I managed to complete the game by making it to heaven. The colour palette worked really well. I really enjoyed this game. Good job!

hypersnow 2018-12-04 21:45 ♥ 1

Nice visual style, plays well too. The gameplay loop is a bit repetitive (would have liked more variety in enemies) but enjoyed it overall!

myfriendtames 2018-12-05 00:16 ♥ 1

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful game!!!! 😃

Wonderful artwork and sounds! The game is very funny to play.

Very good job! ✌️ 😃

doches 2018-12-05 00:41 ♥ 1

Simple graphics, nice game! I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/7Oqdb7VuCRQ

velvetlobster 2018-12-05 03:26 ♥ 1

the mechanics are really good, controls are great! A bit more effects and screenshake perhaps could make this those stressful but dynamic and addictive games

omercanbalandi 2018-12-05 10:05 ♥ 0

Thanks a lot everyone for your comments and feedbacks! I'm appreciated!

martincohen 2018-12-05 12:22 ♥ 1

Really nicely done style and graphics. Also had fun to play it! <3

mrwillowb 2018-12-05 14:29 ♥ 1

Nice game I loved playing it so fun.

royur 2018-12-06 10:13 ♥ 1

hard at the begininng. no incentive to go to level 2 (their bullet will always hit you). just collect soul at level 1 until 6666. solid game though. I played it till end. never try to level 3 though..

arvejeitor 2018-12-06 13:17 ♥ 1

Nice game! maybe it needs some kind of tutorial. Art style is very nice!

tim-eriksen 2018-12-31 05:14 ♥ 1

Very interesting! The graphics look really great and the gameplay is fun. I do feel that collisions are a bit to punishing. Going from 900 score to 150 after colliding for like 1.5 sec does not feel good. All in all a really good game though! It feels very polished.

philstrahl 2019-01-14 21:29 ♥ 1

Sorry for not getting my video out any sooner, nevertheless here's my poor attempt at Purgatory ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYL5ijy2AA