Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Meat Mountain
By gamechoy
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 787 | 3.19 | 45 | |
| Fun | 903 | 2.85 | 44 | |
| Innovation | 615 | 3.03 | 45 | |
| Theme | 974 | 2.78 | 46 | |
| Graphics | 745 | 3.20 | 45 | |
| Audio | 439 | 3.18 | 45 | |
| Humor | 453 | 2.97 | 43 | |
| Mood | 519 | 3.34 | 45 |
Fun gameplay! Satisfying once you figure out combat. I think it was knowing which keys to press for each enemy? Some keys would block a hit some wouldn't? Either way pretty cool, couldn't make it past the meat skull guy. Great audio although I would have loved some hit or block noises in combat for some feedback. Good work!
Nice!
Really cool gameplay, great mood in the art and music. Found it pretty difficult honestly! Swiping in the opposite direction really messes with your brain. I guess that's what makes it such good design!
Once you grasp it is pretty enjoyable. Congrats on the game guys!
Hard but fun.
Wow! Fight system is incredible, audio is nice but strong.. Nothing to say on graphics, it was fun to play this game really! But could be more improved on the theme! Keep the good work!
I think your controls need to be properly introduced in the game, as it's not completely clear what to do without reading your description. I like the combat, just takes getting used to. Artwork is nice too! Being able to combat fluidly takes a bit of time and I wasn't really sure how to combo effectively (what worked against one enemy was different to another). So yeah if you improve how to teach your mechanics then it'd be pretty solid!
The audio is nice, and I like the art, idea is pretty good, I the dialogues and the story follow-through are surely a great part - well done. However, not to lie this lack implementation and game feel, yes the time pushes and I'm sure with more time this would have been at a much greater level, as you know practice makes perfect.
I went through tutorial and read the description but combat was still unclear and unresponsive what exactly the combat does. You should put more time into animations as well, but overall a good try!
Edit: Were you working alone by the way?
Brilliant! Love the graphics which manage to be both horribly gorey and delightfully cute at the same time. The dialogue is great and I love the design of the meat chunks/tumours/other ghastly things. I also think it's great that there was a tutorial to show how the combat works. I did find it very difficult though as the tutorial didn't show all the directions you can strike from and often ended up hitting the wrong key by mistake as they're so close together. But with practice i'm sure I could get better and the game is really fun so I'm happy to keep trying!
Really nice! Fun and easy to grasp the idea.
The battle system is very interesting. It could use a little polish, but still, I really liked it! Aside from the obvious things (more polish, balance, etc.) this is a pretty neat entry. Very good concept and I'd love to see more of something like this!
Fun game. Mechanically it reminded me of Karateka. I would have enjoyed some audio fx for those slashes.
I liked a lot the graphics, I couldnt understand the parry mechanic tho :(
I found this game very funny, also music was amazing! It was both fun and brutal, I loved the dialogue between player character and the enemies. :meat_on_bone:
Really clever idea. Combat kind of reminded me of 'Severed'. Controls could have been more responsive and telegraphing attacks could have been clearer. Good job!
This is superb. It's kinda super gross but I think that fits the theme super well- great work! :0
I like the theme and characters, but walking in a straight line gets a little boring after a while and fighting enemies takes a little longer than what I would feel is fun considering the amount of little blobs you find every 5 steps. Over all I think it is a very interesting style with lots of potential. Keep it up!
Interesting idea! I didn't do the tutorial until my second play so I was lost on the parrying but after figuring it out it works fairly well. I enjoyed being able to slash from multiple directions. It would be nice to see a damage popup (perhaps certain angles of attack could work better than others for certain enemies) and slashing sound effects would be mint! The story is really weird and I dig that haha unique game for sure. Nice entry!
Feel like this would work a lot better on a touch screen. I like how even though minimal, the slash trails are quite effective in conveying the action. I think a little more feedback on a successful parry would be nice, other than that good entry and interesting direction
Lovely game; the graphics are awesome!
Haha, loved it. The idea is... interesting and it feels a bit gross but somehow charming. Good job!
The idea of the game is really cool. It hits the theme to 100% and is creative. But unfortunately I didn't get how to fight properly.
Good look, nice art and effective background music that sets the mood. Combat was very difficult to figure out because of a lack of feedback.
Love the spooky red and black with that brooding soundtrack. Great creep characters too! Gives a real Binding of Isaac vibe. I was unsure how the combat worked so I ended up mashing a lot of buttons to beat enemies, some instructions + feedback could help a lot here.
Neat idea! :) Could use a little polish but I like the concept.
I definitely think the tutorial should be MANDATORY for people to play. Put it on the critical path so there's no chance that players miss it, and make it skippable in case you're worried about annoying return players.
I will say that some of the enemies were fairly easy to cheese, especially when they would only use one attack pattern, but otherwise this was a unique concept that was fairly well executed. Nice job!