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Zombie Slayer 54

By avi, nzkieran and apokrypha

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5413.5928
Fun2973.7628
Innovation9202.8828
Theme8543.1928
Graphics6433.4827
Audio5233.2328
Humor6702.6827
Mood3523.7827

Comments

jotson 2023-10-03 02:16

Overall a nice effort! Fun to play -- just wish I had bigger guns and more bullets!

scottmakesgames 2023-10-03 02:51

Good work, I like the slow ramp up in difficulty, I got swamped at lvl 15 just like the description promised. ๐Ÿ˜… I'm not super clear on what the choice meant. At first I thought it was a cumulative "increase damage or visibility" type trade off, but in the end I think you're just choosing one of the same four weapons each round with no actual progression? What is "bigger eyes"? I kind of expected the camera to zoom out a little or something with that one.

Overall I had a lot of fun with this one

ben-parisi 2023-10-03 06:41

I like it! I like that it does not get too hard too fast. Good use of lighting. Classic timeless gameplay. Good job.

tw01c 2023-10-03 07:36

I like it. Cool shooting game. But one problem is that my eyes can't stand flickering a bit.

avi 2023-10-03 12:28

Thanks all for trying the game and giving some feedback!

@jotson haha yeah, we would have loved to add in more weapons etc. Tbh initially we had planned on making it kindof like a reverse bullet hell, but bugs kept crawling out from our hacky code lol.

@scottmakesgames yeah the weapons can be switched between, and the various items on the lower row help the slayer out (increase damage, increase speed, increase "eyesight" by increasing the camera limits, and finally increasing spotlight range. Did the bigger eyes not work for you? The camera should have moved back? (Note it only can be purchased 2 times).

@ben-parisi haha yeah we're hoping on adding some objectives but decided to just try to polish up the survival aspect instead when we started running out of time.

@tw01c thank you for pointing that out!! We had completely forgotten about how this might cause issues! This isn't very accessible! I'll try to leave a warning once I'm back at my computer! Thanks.

sabasa 2023-10-03 12:31

Fun game. I didn't understand the upgrades ui at first, I thought the guns and the powerups were the same option but I understood it after a couple levels. I wish there was some more variety in the weapons, maybe a shotgun or something more explosive. Awesome game overall, great job!

heytherewill 2023-10-03 13:55

Fun little game! Lovely Mood and enjoyable gameplay.

Some feedback: This is likely due to time constraints, but a little primer on how the upgrade UI works (or some feedback that it did work like adding a level to Lights/Damage) would be nice. Because the HP wasn't the classic red color I thought I had died a couple of times before I realized that the upgrades were actually working :joy:

enrique-romero 2023-10-04 04:11

Pretty solid game, the AK seems very strong as I was able to get to the nice level 69 quite easily. I would like to see more enemy variety and perhaps more abilities (bombs, dashes, snares, etc). Great Mood.

scott-cooper 2023-10-04 04:11

Like the others said, needs some work on the UI, and some of the colliders on assests in the road could be touched up a bit. But, I loved the music, really fitting for October. Had a lot of fun taking down zombies, would love to see what this would've looked like if the jam was more than just 72 hours. Great job!

floppynub 2023-10-04 04:15

This was a ton of fun, I loved the different upgrade options, and the frequency with which I got to upgrade. Game ran great in the browser. Aiming was spot on and I never felt like I unfairly missed a shot, which can be really tricky to get down just right in games like this. All around great work, had a lot of fun after level 15 :D

rafael-garcez 2023-10-04 18:00

Good game! The AK is my favorite!

mr-lazy 2023-10-04 19:56

idk how you got this level of quality..awesome..i personally like the lighting effects and concept

arthursenpai 2023-10-08 08:13

I have seeen a similar game with a girl shooting zombies, but this one is unique by its own ! Cool effects!

noah-whittington 2023-10-09 21:20

the character holding the KAR-54 made me laugh. great game, was challenging past lvl 15!

kyle-farwell 2023-10-10 13:13

Pretty fun gameplay and strong mood. I was a bit confused by the upgrades but nice job overall :)

skitak 2023-10-10 17:46

Had lots of fun, i love the survivor genre!

olddog 2023-10-11 09:10

thw lightning system is no good but game idea is nice, wish for more content ,nice work

knexator 2023-10-12 15:31

some lighting glitches, no penalty for shooting without interruption

egormnc 2023-10-15 19:12

I liked the game and itโ€™s interesting, keep it up

gizz1 2023-10-21 11:41

Has some problems but still well done!