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Sacrificial Lamb

By boundtotheearth

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3633.1022
Fun3502.9722
Innovation2243.2522
Theme2723.4221
Graphics3293.0522
Humor2542.7220
Mood3372.9022

Comments

captain-tyx 2018-12-04 12:42

Look like a great idea, but it seems like you ran out of time to implement everything. There is an important bug when you can still play after game over. The rules are pretty clear to understand, but more explanations could have been great(like how graphically look my objectives). The graphism however are well made and the level design too. Using an AI pathfinding should have been hard, glad you did it sucessfully !

Well done for completing this challenge then ! :)

thomz12 2018-12-04 12:45

Fun game! I really like how the light works. It makes the game very difficult in a good way! I also liked that there is sound present, but some might be a little too loud. Great entry anyways!

boundtotheearth 2018-12-04 13:01

@captain-tyx Thanks for the feedback! I'm actually really happy that I managed to do everything I planned to. I probably shouldn't reveal this but there isn't any AI pathfinding lol (not stuff like A* at least). I just hacked together a simple waypoint system for the enemies to follow the player. I'm glad it looked at least a little bit like AI :smile:

boundtotheearth 2018-12-04 13:02

@thomz12 Thanks for playing! The sound was pretty much an after thought and last minute addition when I realized I had about 2 hours before submission time. Probably should have done more testing and bug fixing though.

drikdrok 2018-12-04 14:12

Very good game! The lighting mechanic is well executed and is fun. The noises are a bit freaky, but it fits the tone of the game nicely. Great game overall, only problem I encountered was that I could have sworn an enemy went through a wall to get me, the first time I played.

drauce 2018-12-04 14:20

I really enjoyed how you implemented the player's view. Gives the game a bit of uniqueness and challenge.

boundtotheearth 2018-12-05 10:38

@drikdrok Thanks for the feedback! That's one of the bugs that I didn't have time to iron out, but I don't think it happens frequently enough to break the game (at least I hope so).

@drauce Thanks!

hukee 2018-12-05 11:23

Fun game.I found a BUG,it can continue the game to find and bring the lamb to the sacrificial altar after game over... Of course, it's not very serious Bug. You are well done. (^・ω・^ )

lastleaf 2018-12-05 11:33

The mechanics are interesting. The keyboard controls are a little weird (I find it hard to walk fast in the maze). Nothing else to complain. Great job!

boundtotheearth 2018-12-05 11:53

@hukee @lastleaf Thanks for playing and for the feedback!

staxx6 2018-12-05 12:38

Nice little game.

blodyavenger 2018-12-05 12:57

ul1.png There we go, monsters were on a trail but followed it in a wrong direction which turned out well for me (not so well for the lamb though).

Good concept, especially when you can lead monsters around by leaving trails away from the altar. I know you didn't check in for sound rating but monster sounds were terrible, I almost got deaf! In cases like that it's more wise to turn them off completely.

zanagi 2018-12-06 06:43

Really interesting mechanics, enjoyed this one.

svarttand 2018-12-06 12:20

Cool game but the movement sound could have been constant or repeated every second or something to mimic footsteps. Now the sound was weird when it only played when the player pressed a movement key the first time after standing still. The movement got slightly wonky when the map was based on hexagons and the movement was based on four directions. In my opinion the movement could have been in the direction of the mouse so that one does not run in to the walls constantly. The idea with the trail was cool, and all in all a solid game that could get better with some polish.

gwinnell 2018-12-06 15:52

Deffo got confused by the press and hold at the end - if only I'd read the description more thoroughly. Aha!

It would have been nice to see more than one difficulty level, but what was there was fun. Well done on making it proc-gen! A fun little game. :slight_smile: :sheep:

boundtotheearth 2018-12-07 14:19

@staxx6 @zanagi @gwinnell Thanks for playing!

@blodyavenger Thanks for the audio feedback. I guess its better to have nothing than to have something really bad XD

@svarttand The movement sound is actually bugging out. It's supposed to play repeatedly. Thanks for the advice about use the mouse to control the player instead.

blodyavenger 2018-12-07 17:09

@boundtotheearth Yeah, well, I've learned that from my first LD compo. I did this music loop that lasted 2 seconds or something and it was really terrible & annoying.

andrewl 2018-12-07 20:55

That's a pretty neat game. Love the South Park style graphics!