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Sacrizism

By erkberg and guckstift

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7433.1522
Fun5413.2222
Innovation10102.2722
Theme8672.8722
Graphics7623.0022
Audio2233.5722
Humor4093.0521
Mood7433.0022

Comments

vlad-dae 2018-12-06 13:45

Wow! That was fun!) Great job :thumbsup:

A little exploit found - you can snipe stubborn in trees enemy :sweat_smile:

But unfortunately, I can't defeat the boss 😞

eli-delventhal 2018-12-19 22:26

Good game! Nice twin stick, pretty fun. I really like your twist where once you "lose" it's actually a boss battle, so you need to do better to be stronger for it. I didn't manage to beat the boss but I could so it being doable.

I was never clear where my health was displayed... is it the bar at the top?

ryjcio 2018-12-25 22:10

At the beginning I wasn't convinced, it seemed to be boring... But the boss made my day :D

erkberg 2018-12-26 11:44

@vlad-dae: Thanks! Yeah, sniping is possible, but I think that's okay because it doesn't appear in too many situations.

@eli-delventhal: Thanks! Your healthbar is displayed below the player character, just like it is for the enemies. But you're right, the bar at the top might not be clear (it's a "sacribar" and shows the satisfaction of the demon king). I tried to show what it means by placing an angry and a satisfied face of the demon king on either end, but that might not be clear enough.

@ryjcio: Thanks! Why did you think it was boring if I may ask? Did you maybe just get some bad powerups and then couldn't kill enemies fast enough before the boss appeared? Powerup distribution is purely random and so you might've just had a "bad run".

About the boss: Yes, the boss is pretty damn hard and needs some practice to beat, but I just liked the progression curve like this (first you are powerless, then you get super-powerful through powerups, then get stomped by the boss).

ryjcio 2018-12-26 15:37

@erkberg: It was far too easy for me, so I did not expect to be a boss there. Maybe I had a bad run, that's why I just got bored because of lack of challenge. I like hard games which test my skills in the fair way. Now, when I'm thinking about it, maybe it's because the first part of a game seems to be so casual, and the boss seems to be more hardcore? I'm just thinking out loud.

2018-12-26 18:28

Neat 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/piFMgX8tbrA

mouthlessgames 2018-12-27 10:30

Wow that was a pretty hard game. The music and art style is well chosen and I wanted to play as Gandalf as well. :smile:

Thank you for making this game!

bificommander 2018-12-27 15:28

Very fun game, but very hard. The post-jam self-sacrifice was the only ending I ever got to :)

pickens-inc 2018-12-27 16:48

Extremely difficult, but I think you know that! Ufortunately I ran into a lot of trouble with controls. The right stick wasn't working for me (using a DS4 controller), and on arrow keys I could only really shoot in diagonals, which is odd. Would have really loved to have been able to fire with the right stick whilst also moving about.

Lots of content though, which is really impressive. Music is great, and the little intro was quite charming too. Well done! Good entry.

hunttis 2018-12-27 20:01

Really difficult, don't have a gamepad, so shooting was only in four directions. I liked the intro and the music. For some reason the performance was really bad for me, no matter which resolution I chose (gaming on a surface book). I tried using a lower detail setting too, but sometimes this machine just fails.

joror 2018-12-28 16:42

Nice shooter! Likes that the groups would only aggro when I hit them, makes for more interesting decision making. Setting is funny and works well. Got to the boss, but stood no chance there.. :laughing: Possible tweaks: - Alternate weapons (stuns / area of effect) - Temporary powerups

philstrahl 2019-01-14 21:27

I'm late to the game, but nevertheless: Here's me going for the devil himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYL5ijy2AA