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Vumpires: Night of the Bat-men

By seifertim, timconceivable and Noms

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6013.3925
Fun4433.4024
Innovation8202.8425
Theme11561.8824
Graphics5053.6025
Audio2743.5424
Humor2923.2825
Mood5043.3624

Comments

wyatt 2019-04-30 00:13

Love the vumpire umpire running around sprite. Very cool Castlevania vibes.

tonytugger 2019-04-30 12:30

Great fun. Hitting balls back at the enemies is very satisfying

preda 2019-04-30 12:32

Cool game. But the controls are a bit hard to get used to.

wie 2019-04-30 12:34

I like the graphics and sound, but the controls are very awkward. First of all, you have to use S/D to move left and right, instead of A/D like in the instructions. Also using z x and c is difficult while also using S/D. Character stops when swinging bat, which is annoying. Also the enemies attack far too fast, leaving no time to react. It seems i only got the enemies killed when they had already killed me and I had a little bit of invincibility

singularityoddity 2019-04-30 12:35

I did enjoy the game, and felt it was quite fun. However, I did run into a few moments here and there that felt like bad level design that caused the player to run into a monster. For instance, there's a part where you drop down without seeing what's down there. I ended up falling into monsters. My only other main complaint is that the controls weren't a/d, they were actually s/d, but that could be a problem on my end. I loved the idea, the graphics, and the audio design. Overall, I felt like this was a pretty good game.

maakus-1994 2019-04-30 12:36

Very nice platformer! Kicked my butt first time around. But it never felt unfair. The pixel-art is amazing!

donitz 2019-04-30 12:36

Lol @ at that story. It's like Spacejam but baseball!

Nice graphics and sounds. Wish you could run a bit faster but the gameplay was still good. I don't know if it's just me, but it felt like the attack and jump buttons were reversed.

lamossus 2019-04-30 12:43

The contols felt a bit awkward but the game is pretty fun

vladirien 2019-04-30 13:05

A polished game with a nice retro touch! Loved the fact you can send back a ball to an enemy!

jasond 2019-04-30 13:09

The retro vibes are so totally on-point! All of the audio (that spooky baseball music!), intro, screen transitions etc are just awesome.

The controls do feel a bit awkward in practice (although it's not totally out of line with the era it's emulating =P). Also, as you mention, the theme isn't really integrated.

seifertim 2019-04-30 13:30

It *should* be "A" to move left, it's a typo in the code. Will fix ASAP. Arrow keys should work though. Sorry about that! (I blame staying up until 2am for Endgame :P)

josehzz 2019-05-01 15:05

The mechanics are great, I wish the controls were a bit less clunky. A platform mixed with baseball looks like a great original idea to develop futher, great entry overall

nava 2019-05-01 15:10

Fun game! I really like the intro and the level design is also pretty good, but the controls could be a little more responsive.

xankill3r 2019-05-01 15:13

Really liked the play on words in the title. The ability to kill enemies with their own balls was really interesting :smile:

russ-moonbase 2019-05-01 20:28

This game feels and plays like a Nintendo game. I'm very impressed by the graphics, gameplay, and cleverness of this game. The game can be tough just like those retro games too!

I love how you can collect baseballs to throw at the enemies and it appears in the scoreboard at the bottom. It feels like a lot of work really went into the details of this game and I definitely chuckled a few times at the humor.

Great name too!

rgarbati 2019-05-02 18:50

Funny little game, but the controls are quite strange ! Anyway wp ! BASEBALL

elysiagriffin 2019-05-08 19:18

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/421747576?t=05h34m31s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

aeveis 2019-05-19 06:33

Was able to beat it! The balls thrown was a bit too fast for me though I did reflect back a few of them. Liked how I could bat or throw a baseball. nice work!