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Cthulhu must be kept alive
Cthulhu must be kept alive
By vartagh
View on ldjam.com
| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 2081 | 3.07 | 43 | |
| Fun | 2072 | 2.86 | 43 | |
| Innovation | 2164 | 2.74 | 43 | |
| Theme | 415 | 4.04 | 43 | |
| Graphics | 1401 | 3.48 | 43 | |
| Humor | 670 | 3.33 | 41 | |
| Mood | 1446 | 3.27 | 42 | |
Comments
This is a fun interesting take of the theme. The art is quite nice though i feel like maybe some animations for the player could add quite a lot. I also think that maybe some more characters to give to Cthulhu would be nice, though i understand that time was limited. Overall a really good entry to the jam, i enjoyed it a lot.
sandeia
2020-04-21 12:54
A clever premise and an arcade-style feel compliment the gameplay, as well as all the beeps and boops. Good job!
thecze
2020-04-21 12:55
cute graphics and animations!
I love the concept so much, but I couldn't really try it out, as ctulhu energy runs out too fast - you don't have enough time to bring him even a single human :( Restart menu doesn't seem to work as well :( Still - concept & art are great! I really hope to see a bugfix to try this game out ;)
zozol
2020-04-21 15:38
Feels like there's much more potential but it's a fun little game even if it's unfinished. I'm happy someone chose cthulhu as their theme, good job!
dbreak
2020-04-21 17:34
So bloody. Seems I killed all people in level 2 but I'm still not win.
Hah, nicely done. I don't know if this was just my imagination, but were the men slower?
I was INCHES away from delivering the last stupid human to our great lord Cthulu, but the great lord grew impatient and game-ended me.
I like your art design, and the game mechanic is nice and simple. It would have been nice to hear the stupid people scream, but I understand voice acting is not many people's forte or priority because of the short timeline. Well done!
Also, I noticed those shaders. :smirk: Beautiful.
vulgaris
2020-04-22 00:34
i love the concept, and cthulhu looks super cute in this game <3 sadly, no more stupid humans spawn in level 2 and seems not possible to progress further? still had fun!
yeti-kid
2020-04-22 13:48
Really cool idea, think there is a lot of scope for it. I liked the shaders used on Cthulu really made him seem over wordly. Great job!
0x01f0
2020-04-22 14:39
Fun idea!
I like the instruction, very simple and concise.
Well done on the first game you've made in 5 years :D
I hope you got some sleep and that you can fix the restarting bug (I get stuck in that game over state).
The pick up -> dropping people off feels fun and I think it would be even more fun if I could play longer 🙏
Always love a nice human sacrifice. The game suffers a bit for being too repetitive and slow-ish but quite cool anyway especially since you've been away from gamedev for a a long time, good work!
vartagh
2020-04-22 18:46
thanks all!! I'm planning to expand the game with more enemies and more gameplay :)
I respect Cthulhu cultism. This game is great. However, I could no go forward after sacrificing everyone at level 2. What font did you use for the white text? It's beautiful.
empheon
2020-04-22 19:21
The idea is fun and the art is cool, well done! However some music would be nice and maybe make the movements a bit faster, going so slowly towards the humans is a bit frustrating.
strailks
2020-04-22 20:54
I liked the idea behind the game, it was pretty creative. The speed was at some times frustrating but that might have been the idea for it. I also liked the art style chosen.
vartagh
2020-04-22 22:25
@xdsilentstorm i originally planned also: THE FAT BOY, THE DETECTIVE (you can see in the menu screen), the ENEMY CULTISTS and other stuff... maybe in the expanded edition!
@sandeia THANKS <3
@thecze THANKS! :)
@bitingcold maybe it was too hardcore for the first levels... gonna fix it, SORRY!!
@zozol thanks! i hope to expand the game further!
@dbreak Chtulhu is really a bad boy... :flag_py:
@gmaanicus oh thanks alot.. i'm quite happy of the shader i created :-) you have a good eye... boys are a little slower than girls.
@vulgaris sorry, i need to fix the bug... stay tuned!!! Loved your review (STUPID HUMANS!)
@yeti-kid oh thanks!
@0x01f0 sorry, i'll try fix it!! I'm quite rusty about game making ;)
@rongefilet thanks! I have many ideas but not so much time... i was planning 6 humans type, 2 with guns and other stuff...
@undead-aubergine i took the white font from the construct 3 examples page.
amazura
2020-04-23 03:25
good concept and adorable pixel art. unfortunately it was no music. this game really needs it to make the mood even better. overall good job on making this :thumbsup_tone2:
shadow30
2020-04-23 12:08
Nice pixel art! I would liked to see different possiblities to sacrifice humans. But great job! Is there an end? I stucked after the second "level".
sheinxy
2020-04-25 16:27
This comment was made by a stupid human :3c
I like it!
The "stupid humans" at the beggining made me smile :3
The art is nice, very retro-looking and I like it! Though, some more animations to the player could have been nice
The gameplay is simple and makes for good fun, though I feel like I'd like the player to move faster, but I don't know uwu
Some more sound effects and music could be a welcomed addition!
Anyhow, this still is a nice little entry, well done!
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vartagh
2020-04-25 17:22
@sheinxy thanks alot <3
vartagh
2020-04-25 17:22
@shadow30 good idea... but i think they all die when they see the "thing" from the outer dimension... :-)
The pixel art was really nice, I also like the screen effect (Is it called raster?). Nice take on the theme, I am a big fan of Lovecraft. I unfortunately did not manage to keep Chtulu alive for very long after the first level (I think my best was 4 or 5 human sacrifices there), I guess it takes a cultist for the job :smile:
Good job!
lorwon
2020-04-26 09:49
Need a bit more work and gameplay mechanics but the concept is fun and the graphics are very nice. Good job !
vartagh
2020-04-26 17:54
@simon-rahnasto oh thanks man! the screen effect was called SCAN LINES, it was a typical effect of the old arcade monitors.... :)
vartagh
2020-04-26 17:54
@lorwon thanks HUMAN, our dark god is glad to hear this :)
sageware
2020-04-30 08:29
Excellent take on the theme, loved the gameplay. Great graphics. There is a bug where pressing "Z" to restart is a loop back to the Game Over screen.
marbles
2020-04-30 10:05
Nice pixel art. It was amusing seeing humans run away from my character only to be carried to Cthulhu :D