velvetlobster 2022-10-03 20:29
seems neat, adding it to our list https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe40qwNQnhWWdDOWv8it0f-hKKtJznUzRWl4r23EuMVwXsvmg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → The Hellchemist
By thorpalsson, Anchry, Jonrei, Aselios and kuami6
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 210 | 3.87 | 51 | |
| Fun | 164 | 3.91 | 51 | |
| Innovation | 661 | 3.22 | 51 | |
| Theme | 482 | 3.76 | 51 | |
| Graphics | 321 | 3.99 | 51 | |
| Humor | 225 | 3.55 | 50 | |
| Mood | 271 | 3.77 | 51 |
seems neat, adding it to our list https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe40qwNQnhWWdDOWv8it0f-hKKtJznUzRWl4r23EuMVwXsvmg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Fun game. I enjoyed being attacked by exploding microwaves :)
Really nicely done! Love the way it looks, gameplay is interesting, and I enjoyed seeing how long I could last. I would have liked some sort of reticle in the center, but not a big deal. Also maybe a more consistent way to get new items? Anyways, really well polished overall, really evokes its style well.
Nice game
Great game! So amazing to me the amount of content there is. Nice particles, sounds and well balanced. The difficulty curve is really good, it stayed interesting throughout the different difficulties.
PS: I got the high-score, try to beat it you guys :P
I had no idea what was going on at any time! I LOVED IT! XD Really cool game, with a really cool retro vibe - score of 3245 with a 5th place at time of writing
Intennnnnse. :D That was fun, thank you.
There is a bug somewhere cause I got a little thingy in the corner telling me there was a bug but I have no idea what it was cause I didn't notice anything. I did die trying to explore and find the bug, though. The next playthrough didn't have the bug.
If I were to give a critique it would be that it would be nice if the heal arches (did they heal? I was too busy panicking to notice :s ) could go away after you get the green glowyness so that you don't then try to go in the arches again... Buuuuuuuuut that would remove some of the chaos so I'm really torn on the idea. Clear communication, or chaos.
Well done. I was fully engaged and that's after a full day of testing out game jam games. Thank you again.
Fun game! Really liked the visuals, the whole thing reminded me of Devil Daggers. I really wished you could shoot faster from the get-go!
@otterfaelure Thank you for the feedback! The bug you encountered means that you were not able to connect to our leaderboard server for whatever reason, so your highscore was not recorded :( We went for complete randomness, so every 10 seconds something random happens. That includes anything that spawns or despawns on the floor as well
@settings We are considering making a post jam update, so we really appreciate the feedback. We want the shooting to feel nice even without any upgrades, so thats definitely something we will have to look at :)
@nilolo About time someone knocked our artist off the top spot. It was getting to his head. Good job!
@oliver-plass-wolter Thats a much better score than ive ever gotten! Thanks for playing :D
Pretty fun, love the visuals
Really dark, creepy and cool visuals :>
@nilolo Nooo my highscore, how dare you be so good at our game
Really fun experience. loved the chaos sound and art direction! cool sun thingy!
lovely visuals, I did need to reduce my screensize from ultrawide to 16:9 as the ui scales based on width instead of height. But overall a very enjoyable game to play!
Uau! So fun, many things everywhere!
Very atmospheric game, with amazing visual design
Solid boomershooter game! gotta go fast :laughing:
I liked your artstyle and the music! really big enemy variety!
inclrebdible
The Enemy designs are brilliant, and strafe jumping in this is super fast and fun. Really cool to see an active leaderboard in a jam game too! Great stuff guys!
It's a bit hard to see where you're aiming - maybe an aim assist would help
Thanks for a 3D entry in this jam. The game feels mean with unpredictable terrain movement. Making precise hits is a struggle with the bullet physics. Really like the yellow ball-dude.
Fun weird game, I enjoyed the enemy variety, especially the exploding microwaves :D I just wish I could shoot a bit faster from the start. Overall great game. Good job!
I like it a lot. I feel like the difficulty of getting precise shots just added to the experience. The pure dread I felt when I saw all of those things running for me was awesome.
Good job!
This game is one of the best I've played this jam! I had a ton of fun with everything. The 3D Models are fantastic, the microwave guy is my favorite. The random events are great (but need some balancing, so it's not purely RNG) and I loved the variety in weapons too! Lots of fun to be had. I recorded myself playing so you can have more feedback. Really great work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBWsOPNWq0
Sometimes I just didn't understand where I shoot to. But the game is fun! Great work!
@100th-coin Thanks for playing the game and giving feedback! Yeah the RNG can be punishing and it definitively needs some work. I know our artists will be very happy to hear that you liked their models!
Also thanks to everybody else who played and commented! We appreciate all the great feedback we have gotten so far :)!
@100th-coin Thanks for playing our game! That was quite the rough last run haha. We are planning to make some improvements to the game and what happened on your last run obviously doesnt feel good. The goal should be that the game is fun at all times, not only when you get a power up, and thats what we need to figure out how to do.
Very well made, I loved the aesthetic !
Good work! It's a good game, although a little bit hard. I like the art style and the amount of content. Some things I would have liked to have been better explained, such as how to get other weapons (I could only do it in the first run). But it is a very well done game!
I absolutely love modifiers in games so loading them out in 10 second intervals is a great hook for me.
Maybe put in some minor weights to prevent the same effect happening? I had the same modifier a few times in a row (it was in my favor but it interrupts the flow)
Definitely see the Quake/Doom influence here, not just in graphics but in character design and whatnot. I think a crosshair as well as maybe a better sound effect for the wand shoot would be nice improvements, but overall like this a lot! Also the online scoreboard is a super nice touch.
Fun game! I really like the visuals and audio. Definitely see the doom/quake inspiration. Only thing I found odd was that sometimes jumping forward would actually jump my player sideways? not sure if it has to do with the bunny jumping because I not actually sure what that is.
Very fun to play! At first, I look at the page I was thinking ok, another 10s wave spawner, but I was totally wrong! It's a great idea to generate an event instead of the enemy every 10s. Made me keep wanting to see what might happen next. Too sad that I'm not a good fps player, I guess after 3 times try I still just see not even half of the events.
@tylerstraub @lvl99chicken We definitely took inspiration from Quake/Source movement, I personally think that type of movement is very fun in games so getting to put it in a jam game was a blast! It is a little buggy with the jumping to the side and its something we want to fix for a possible after jam build :) Thanks for the feedback!
@mauvegrover @sanyingli So happy that you like the way we implemented the 10sec theme, we too felt like the game evolving a little bit every 10 second was cool :)! when it comes to the randomness, we should definitely tweak it so that it produced more variation in the events, right now you can be very unlucky and have a run destroyed with bad RNG and nobody thinks that is fun :P Thanks for the comments and feedback!
that was FUN! I played a bunch of rounds to try and get a higher score and ended up 5th overall.
I loved the music and the extremely weird character models and animations. The only thing I didn't like was the weapons. They all felt like the same weapon, but with varying levels of awkwardness in how the bullets come out.
Amazing work guys
Nice fun game! I really liked the enemy models. The ones in the air were kinda hard to notice at first. The weapons feel a bit bland and it looks like jumping drifts you to the side a bit. Maybe add a bit of UI to see what the effect is?
Fn game, very impressive. The visuals create a great coherent mood and are really interesting. And the event every ten seconds mechanic instead of just enemies or weapons feels also unique in this jam. I found it a bit hard to aim but maybe it's just me being bad at fps. Overall cool Game!
I love score attack games, and this entry ticks all the boxes to make a great one. Probably spent a good 40-50 minutes just playing and trying to get better, which is by far the longest I have spent on a game this jam.
I wanted to break into the top 10, which I managed: 2c69600dee37460487ba939e26ade016.png
My favorite part of the game has to be the movement, I am not sure what it is about it, but it is incredibly satisfying. The moment I figured out you could bunny hop I was instantly hooked. The visuals are also super cool. Overall a fantastic entry!
Planning on trying for top 3 next :smile:
Very impressive entry. Really enjoyed the Serious Sam vibe. :D Graphically impressive for the short time. Faound it a bit hard to hit things without a crosshair but after a while i got used to it. Well done. Great entry. Keep it up.
Nice entry, it isn't for me strictly because of motion sickness but otherwise it was implemented well.
Really amazing entry, would loved to have had a crosshair as others have said but apart from that really amazing work. Would love to see it be took further with different characters or weapons and a way for the player to have more of a driving factor into the upgrades / modifiers you get. Amazing job!
This game are really fun and addictive) Good job!
Loved the attention to detail with the big guy looking at the cursor on the menu, that alone won me over haha. The lava pits got me a lot of time before I could tell what was happening but I really like the visual style the game has! Also would have been nice to have some sort of aiming cursor but it wasn't too hard to still hit stuff. Good work!
Very unique style. I like the visuals!
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to announce that we have been working on a steam release for The Hellchemist ever since LD 51. We have made a bunch of changes based on the feedback from all of you, so I would like to once again thank you for that. Our steam page is pretty much ready to be made public, making the game available for wishlisting and we are intending to release the game itself shortly after. Our new version of the game will have new weapons, new enemies, our own home made music and a lot more! We ofcourse dont expect any of you to purchase the game, but we would be very grateful for every wishlisting as that helps tremendously too. I will make another post when the Steam store page is up for wishlisting- Until then feel free to follow us on twitter for any announcements, screenshots or even the trailer that weve got ready for release.
This is us on twitter:
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Thorpalsson: Thor_Palsson
Anchry: Anchry
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Hi everyone.
As mentioned before we have been working on The Hellchemist ever since LD 51. I am happy to announce that the game is up on the steam store and is available for wishlisting. The release date is less than a week from now on april 27th
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210300/The_Hellchemist/
Thank you to everyone who played our game and gave their feedback :v:
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