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Purps

By str8griz and HCS_Hades

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12113.1433
Fun10613.1233
Innovation12102.8533
Theme11753.0333
Graphics10933.1933
Audio8372.9533
Humor7962.8233
Mood11812.9633

Comments

drfallos 2021-10-04 21:38

I KILLED BOSS! Thought i couldn`t do it but i did! Would be nice to see what projectile would be next. But idea is very good!

str8griz 2021-10-04 21:42

@drfallos! Nice!!! and thanks. You hold the next projectile in your hand - hindsight its a little hard to tell when blasting away.

dk5000p 2021-10-04 22:09

Defeated the boss. My main quibble is the font for the story was difficult to read but besides that the game had good gameplay and the boss had interesting attacks.

noctiphobia 2021-10-05 02:43

The moment I realized my left-click spam macro works here, the boss stood no chance. :)

spidd 2021-10-05 11:07

I almost broke my mouse, but i finally killed him! great game :)

legolula 2021-10-05 15:05

The matching colors shooting mechanic is cool and I think could really be further explored, I'd only say that the game could use more visual feedback on which colors match and what the next projectile will be

guintter 2021-10-05 19:18

I spent a lot of time running around the map and shooting spells. When you lean against the wall, spells don't come out in the right direction. But a lot of fun, I loved it when the boss arrives and the screen shakes.

cam-moore 2021-10-06 04:48

I like the pixel art. Music is pretty sweet. Cool little area to play in and good mechanics. Great work.

fabioecco 2021-10-06 04:49

That was the most chaotic game I’ve played so far. lol There was things happening I didnt know if it was me or the boss doing. I love the sprites, if you keep polishing it will be amazing!

hammerfrenzy 2021-10-06 04:50

Releasing a ring of spells is quite satisfying. I was just able to defeat the boss with hardly any health left! I like the idea of seeing your next spell and choosing something to do with it, but in practice I just mashed left click haha.

jckelly 2021-10-06 04:56

I enjoyed the boss fight a lot- the different movements and attacks gave it a lot of character. Great job!

tiberiusuciu 2021-10-06 06:24

Nice work!

This reminds of a previous Ludum Dare entry I did called "Bloodbath" where I would run around the map killing bad guys using blood magic that I would cycle through. Good memories :')

I wish there was more usage of the space bar. It came in really handy for the boss fight, but for everything else, it wasn't needed. One thing I would add to this game is the possibility to control the volume of the music, because it was set at maximum volume compared to everything else.

Good job nonetheless and best of luck! :D

jpatchz 2021-10-06 07:49

It gets really frenetic and the boss is freat! I really love your graphics. It was very fun to play.

ollieoa 2021-10-06 11:47

A nice take - the art was pretty good. The boss was just bullshit enough to not make me want to quit haha! It was a good crack at a story, and you embedded humour into the game. I liked the premise and why the player character is unstable!

tulkas 2021-10-06 16:16

I liked the CS spreying feeling on our attacks. I thought i am the boss but real boss showed up and slapped me good. Music is nice and catchy. Love it!

tony-li 2021-10-06 18:12

Loved the boss fight. The pixel art is good, and the story had some nice humor to it. The game could use a little more feedback on which attacks hurt which enemies. I ended up just spamming left-click all the way through.

cookie-chr 2021-10-06 20:24

Those names were hilarious. Good game!

greenxenith 2021-10-06 20:29

Good art and nice story to back up the mechanics. Might be cool if the attack types weren't all the same kind of projectile, I mostly just spam-fired until an enemy was dead.

louiejams 2021-10-06 23:12

Nice art and fun idea for gameplay. Managed to defeat the boss a few times!

robert-li 2021-10-06 23:44

I like the simplicity of everything. I knew exactly what I have to achieve and had some idea of how to get there. The magic bolts I shoot is as fast as the character movement which was a bit weird. But overall fun game!

mrchippy 2021-10-06 23:44

The combat lived up to the theme. The art and music were nice.

jessefreeman 2021-10-06 23:45

Liked the game. You should add a few screenshots because I didn't know what to expect.

beats 2021-10-07 00:45

I initially thought I had to specifically target the right kind of enemy with the right projectile but it ended up easier to spam fire instead, I defeated the boss after a couple tries. The boss art was pretty cool, the game has good potential.

cozygamepals 2021-10-07 20:04

Nice idea! At first I tried paying attention to which element was coming up next, but the boss was so hardcore I just blasted him like crazy, haha. great work!

lelulagames 2021-10-09 01:14

It's really fun to watch the flurry of spells spread out across the scene. I do love that. It's a nice idea.

soul-grinder 2021-10-10 08:21

Cool story intro and fun top down shooter. I think it might of been better to have the player toggle between fire ice and nature power with the press of a key instead of it being random, because I ended up just mashing shoot button until enemies where dead, which is fine but it made the colour of magic less important to concentrate on. Fun game still, and liked the boss :)

sophiablabla 2021-10-18 14:58

Enjoyed the story a lot haha! Nice art. Suggest adding a back button on intro story/instructions bit, arrow keys and agree with feedback on screenshots but v Entertaining game right from the beginning :D Well done!

jonathan-lorenz 2021-10-20 10:27

Made me think about Enter The Gungeon. A nice little game, but I must say the difficulty of the bullet hell part is real! Was rolling around to try to avoid being shots ... but still got shot a lot ^^ Good work overall!