FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD45 → DEVOURER

DEVOURER

By 4quet

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2483.7733
Fun1863.7533
Innovation5283.2133
Theme6143.2433
Graphics1584.1733
Mood1293.9333

Comments

bredera 2019-10-07 21:09

cool little game, liked the art and gamplay was very smooth!

cpokered 2019-10-07 21:10

Cool Game but the lasers should have a longer No damage zone.

swordishmage 2019-10-07 21:14

Great game! This was really fun to play. The music and sounds were great in this setting.

kenarf 2019-10-07 21:26

The artwork and controlls are simply great! Bravo!

simxple 2019-10-07 22:51

Nice but I think it would have been cooler if the big triangles would have been a greater danger. Would have brought some variation to the lasers. :) All in all a great game with great graphics and sound.

cybikitty 2019-10-07 22:51

One of my favourite games I've played so far this jam! I love the aesthetic you've gone for, and the gameplay is really fun! :)

jaydubbyasee 2019-10-07 22:52

Really fun. I'm digging the art style, and the controls are smooth.

matterox 2019-10-07 22:52

Interesting take on theme! And art style is awesome!)

hmaya 2019-10-07 23:01

Easy to get your hands on.

The balance also feels great ! I enjoyed how it was getting harder and harder as the devourer got bigger. Question though, can you actually eat this big fatty that keeps following you ?

Got the feeling the lasers were getting a little bit too unfairly intense on the end but hey, I had fun !

Good graphics great sound design Fitting music adding up to a mood fitting the game, its title, and the theme

bravo :clap:

sciman101 2019-10-08 01:18

Fun game - I really like the aesthetic, though the font is a tiny bit hard to read. The lasers got kind of intense later on, but overall a fun little time killer

4quet 2019-10-08 08:16

@hmaya Unfortunately you can't eat that big fatty because it's always twice the size of the player, but I agree that could be an interesting feature to add ! Thank you very much for the great feedback :)

boats 2019-10-08 11:36

Drew me in with the art, absolutely love the style. Gameplay was simple, in a good way.

venik 2019-10-08 11:41

Great idea, difficult and very interesting to play.

boltkey 2019-10-08 12:13

Great polish! Love the visual effects and overal feel.

I don't know whether there is a goal. Is it even possible to eat the big triangle? I didn't manage to do that. I got score of 8702.

From what you wrote earlier, it is impossible to eat the big triangle, so I don't think I understand its purpose, considering the plane is infinite and you can just move to different part of the map. And I didn't find more triangles that were bigger than me.

Another thing - in this type of game, I want to become gradually more and more powerful, with the goal being getting to a final state where I can do anything I want. This game however did the opposite - at start, there were many triangles to eat, but as the lasers started to shine more, I was getting smaller and less powerful, and there were less triangles to eat.

My game is quite similar to yours, feel free to check it out.

4quet 2019-10-08 12:43

@boltkey The initial goal of that big black triangle was to put a permanent threat in addition to the lasers. Actually in my mind the game is more like a "survival" game where you'll eventually lose, but you need to get the highest score possible ! I've never been to 8702 point haha, good job :)

@venik @boats @boltkey Thank you for the great feedback, I'll be sure to check your games as well :thumbsup:

phobos001 2019-10-08 17:51

Very pretty, and lovely audio! But it was very hard to hold still to get the smaller triangles while lasers skimmed me by my corners. Gotta get more pull powerups I guess :L I got 2437 points in the end. Maybe give the player a skill-based tool/ability to help dodge the lasers? It might make it too easy though. Nicely done game :)

ancient-pixel 2019-10-09 20:31

IT is OK for you first LD game :) i didnt see the theme very much, but it is a cool little game!

thepiratenun 2019-10-09 20:42

I thought the mood was very well executed, and the graphics looked really nice! Gameplay was very fun as well, and the power ups gave it a more unique touch. Nice!

trinarr 2019-10-09 21:12

Looks like an improved version of Agar.io. Great new mechanics and visual style :)

jefvel 2019-10-09 22:04

Neat game, you really get a flow in it after a while. I think the lasers stop increasing after a while, so it doesn't really get more difficult. I got up to 11681: FZpHE7i.png

4quet 2019-10-10 14:18

@jefvel Wow, nice score ! You're the leader now :) I think there is a maximum of 4 lasers so yeah, the difficulty stops increasing at a certain point unfortunately