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Leaky Blood

By $162477, u-tsang-clan and EpiglottalAxolotl

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2123.9223
Fun4023.6423
Innovation134.3523
Theme8523.5223
Graphics5883.7823
Mood11203.0423

Comments

karbirus 2022-04-05 04:10

Nice concept, with simple yet fitting artwork, well done!

ashley-ware 2022-04-05 05:48

Really neat game! It took me a minute to figure out controls as I don't think they're listed anywhere in-game, but I like the concept and am a big fan of the art :)

phoenixofforce 2022-04-05 14:12

Very interesting concept, i like it. What are the blue thing (swords and so) and the green mushrooms doing?

u-tsang-clan 2022-04-05 14:15

@phoenixofforce Swords can be used to attack without expending them, mushrooms behave like blood except at the end of every level each mushroom tile increases by 1, so they heal slowly. You can see the descriptions for all the items on the help page.

phoenixofforce 2022-04-05 14:18

Thanks :D I complete forgot that was a help button :')

tutoa 2022-04-05 14:20

Very interesting game design. I also like the artwork. I enjoyed!

allas 2022-04-05 17:10

You could call this game done and it wouldn't feel premature. I actually played this for quite a while and enjoyed it. It feels very polished and I love the risk-management gameplay.

jozef 2022-04-05 18:31

Phenomenal game design, relatively simple yet so effective!

astor 2022-04-05 20:24

Interesting concept very well executed, love the artstyle

carrotvan 2022-04-06 16:28

The mechanism is simple and elegant. Great approach to the theme in a limited time.

witherk 2022-04-06 17:22

Love the interesting mechanic! Very unique, don't think I 've ever seen anything like it before!

100th-coin 2022-04-07 02:53

I really love the creative ideas here. The ground losing pips every time something happens on it is a super cool idea, and I love how it ties in to the theme. The art is minimalistic, and is very easy to read (plus the color palette is nice too!). I wish there was some audio, but it's fine without it. All around, this is a super cool game!

bloodbane 2022-04-07 07:47

Very cool and new concept. I really need to learn more cause there are some unexplained cases of defeat. But it's fun game nonetheless. Might replay it again sometime.

askoed 2022-04-07 11:50

Very original concept, I really liked it. Adding some sound would make the game even better!

lootgrounds 2022-04-07 12:58

I played this game and I loved: - thinking what the hell is going on and then realizing you can freely place gifts on the grid; totally opens up the possibilities of the gameplay - returning to the game the next day

I could as well be good without: - that blinking black rectangle in the top left corner - what a jerk

jzucc12 2022-04-07 13:22

What a neat idea! Truly something different and I very much appreciate that. Good going!

u-tsang-clan 2022-04-07 13:42

@bloodbane Thanks for the feedback! Do you have an idea of what the unexplained cases are? There should only be two cases of defeat 1) You can't make any legal moves 2) You run out of vital items (red border). If there is some other case it's definitely a bug and I would love to know more.

u-tsang-clan 2022-04-07 13:50

@lootgrounds Interesting to hear about the gifts. It's not something we had considered, but your confusion makes sense the UI there could definitely be improved to make that clearer. I'm not aware of any blinking black rectangle. It could be a platform specific graphical issue (or maybe I'm missing something) if you could include a screenshot or perhaps what browser you are using I'd be happy to investigate and push a fixed build.

anhievus 2022-04-07 14:24

Elegant, simple, new, effective : what's not to like? Each level is its own puzzle to solve, using mechanics that force you to think in unusual ways.

Only criticism I could find is that level generation can screw you however you prepare, in a way that feel gratuitous and unfair. Some amount of control over the level generation, perhaps, could solve this?

Thank you for a great game!

ribout-horace 2022-04-08 10:03

The visual is really cool and convey all information quickly ! It takes a little time to understand the game completely (maybe a little too much for a jam game?) but it work great after that!

I still find the game lacking a level of "what make you want to go deeper?" but it's really neat picking at this state : your game is already really cool and fun! And mix elegantly reflexion and rogue like, in a fun way. Congrats!