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Hades' Haunted Corn Maze

By deruitda, Andrew Michienzi and Wind1e

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9693.2153
Fun8323.1855
Innovation7613.1854
Theme3283.9854
Graphics9972.8654
Audio6283.1052
Humor3023.5450
Mood9013.2251

Comments

farmerhoggit 2024-04-16 01:26

This looks really great, but I can't get any people to come into the maze

deruitda 2024-04-16 02:10

Thanks for letting me know, that is really odd we cannot seem to reproduce that. Can you tell me what browser you're using?

farmerhoggit 2024-04-16 16:37

I am using google chrome

farmerhoggit 2024-04-16 16:39

I have played your updated version and it is working now

deruitda 2024-04-16 16:45

Great thanks!

farmerhoggit 2024-04-16 18:32

Had a great time. Have to say that the highlight is Hades' character model and general attitude.

deruitda 2024-04-16 18:49

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!

cozary 2024-04-16 20:22

The game is fun, it seemed strange to have to put the exclamation point, especially when I was in a hurry, but in general I liked it.

treehuggerbear 2024-04-16 20:24

Pretty fun! I am a slow typer, so even on easy I could only get to about day 4 haha. I love the music, it fits the game well.

deruitda 2024-04-16 20:24

Thanks @cozary, there is some leniency with the symbols like "!", if they are not added to the summon it will still work.

yoruvii 2024-04-16 20:26

The concept is cool scaring people that are going trough the maze is fun I like the art for Hades. I think the pace of this game is a little slow however that might just be because I am a slow typer. (also the fact that you did a tutorial video is cool:)

trevor-lentz 2024-04-16 20:30

I wish the enemies didn't run so fast, even on easy mode. I really enjoy the artwork and music. The sound effects are a bit uneven, but it's definitely better than no sound effects at all. Cheers. :)

braktheman 2024-04-16 20:36

Mavis Beacon trained me for this very moment. Unique and original concept and challenging even on the easiest difficulty.

Did see a few small bugs where when restarting the game the cash meter at the top didn't reset and I believe there was once it left me off on the day I had lost on previously.

Really like that you found the time to do a video tutorial. Definitely helped me understand how the different creatures worked without having to just trial and error it.

Keep up the good work!

kseniya 2024-04-17 01:12

It is a very unusual and atmospheric game, the visual is quite interesting, it looks stylish and funny! Good luck with your project, I would have played it more than once!!!

camden-obertop 2024-04-17 03:02

this was a fun little game, I liked the typing mechanic

emiliabea 2024-04-17 03:08

The concept is very creative, and I like the depiction of Hades as a smoking, Hawaiian shirt-wearing, weirdo running a haunted corn maze. Thank you for playing our game on stream btw :^)

kaesterin 2024-04-17 07:52

Very creative idea and charismatic hero. A little sad that I don't have time to cast the spell before all the people pass, but that takes tactics. Especially liked the design of the game page :D

callmety 2024-04-17 13:55

A very enjoyable game! Made me realize I suck at typing :) I still enjoyed it a lot though, good job!

rumiaobsessed 2024-04-18 00:52

I found it hard to read the font for the summoning.

gabriel-bissonnette 2024-04-18 02:26

I was surprised by the summoning mechanic, you actually have to summon them by typing words!! That concept is so cool, it added a small stress to actually type right. Also like others said, it was a bit hard to read the font at times, but it wasn't a big deal Overall great entry and awesome concept, gg

mistiemaedae 2024-04-18 02:49

This was fun! Unfortunately I'm not nearly fast enough at typing to get much past day four. I played on medium difficulty though, so I'm sure that didn't help. I really liked the idea for all the different monsters you could summon, but I really feel like I only ever had to summon spirits at choke points at the very beginning and end. The Minotaur was super useful and rewarding to use. The harpy was definitely interesting, but I don't feel like the patrons were slowed enough by it for me to catch up, but maybe that's just me.

Overall this is really well put together! I love it! And Hades genuinely looks fantastic. I wasn't prepared to do typing of the dead when I jumped into this, but it was really entertaining and had me on my toes a bit trying to type fast enough to not lose all my money.

kirlosev 2024-04-18 03:15

Huh it's a great idea for the theme to combine with tower defense. I'm geniuenly impressed! I've found myself just stacking a lot of ghosts at the end of the level but in a jam those strats are hard to id

wakobu 2024-04-18 05:27

I love the "type to summmon" gameplay! Also, nice gameplay variations using the different souls. Very good entry overall

heretic 2024-04-18 06:21

I liked the concept of summoning, and the originality of the art style, the game lacks a bit of final polish, the music is absurdly quirky and attractive in its own way, but I realize that in 72 hours it is extremely difficult to do so

francoisd 2024-04-18 08:20

Hi ! I love the mechanics of the game, but i'm too slow at typing to succeed I guess. I rated your game, please check ours : Demon Sealer if you have the time and give us a feedback ! Thanks

roitchie 2024-04-18 12:41

Cool game. Having to type out the words to summon the creatures adds some nice challenge. The towers were unique and interesting. A few more would've been great but understandable given the time constraints. I love the design and voice of hades. Overall a solid entry.

chiara-sanviti 2024-04-18 20:13

My mood right now Screenshot 2024-04-18 221026.png

I have to say that the game was fun.

persepolis 2024-04-18 21:03

An interesting game! Though my typing speed is slow like a turtle, I still managed myself to overcome the first wave

usenrame 2024-04-18 21:12

This is a well done game! I love the core idea and typing mastering during the play. Arts are sick!

aivaxela 2024-04-19 00:08

Love a good "tower defense" game! It was definitely quiet challenging, I couldn't make it past easy. The Harpy's ability didn't seem to do much, so I basically only used minotaurs

wind1e 2024-04-19 02:28

@rumiaobsessed the font has been updated.

@aivaxela the harpy has been buffed, seems to be just about the right amount of effective now.

epb9000 2024-04-19 14:28

I can't type well so my error rate is too high and I can't make it past day 5 on easy, but that was super fun!

If you wanted to have an extra difficulty knob to twist: Instead of using just regex to check the answers, you could allow for different comparators and use a case-insensitive levenshtein distance comparison for phrase cases that's based on chosen difficulty. (i.e. allow for more leniency on easy vs. medium vs. hard just by changing a number.)

(Also, I literally LOL'd when I saw "me" as an acceptable answer for 'Who is the god of the underworld?' LOL)

tudvari 2024-04-19 18:18

Awesome game, I like everything (the music is dope!) except one thing: the typing ^^ If there would be just simple "click & summon" and you would have spent the time it took to implement the typing feature on something else... this would be a 5/5 game! Nice one, cheers! :)

pado 2024-04-20 11:49

Hades is a cool man! He's got his own style.

jerrre 2024-04-20 18:23

main character looks and sounds awesome! Good bit of humor as well. Original combination of mechanics: typing and tower defense. The actual monster mechanics could've been a bit more creative too keep the game more varied/interesting perhaps!

lyssa 2024-04-21 22:33

pretty fun overall! It took a few tries to figure out that capitalization and punctuation wasn't necessary but once I did I was thrown straight back into typing games from highschool

mlists 2024-04-26 03:42

I liked the game but my typing skills were not up to scratch. Game was fairly well balanced and felt difficult even on the lower difficulty. Great work.

elorabrynn 2024-04-30 01:20

I was terrible with the typing but I thought it was a neat idea and I still had fun. Awesome job.

shredmer 2024-04-30 01:32

I enjoy this as a typing game but would greatly prefer if I was able to play entirely using the keyboard. This way I could be much quicker deploying and staying in the zone. I think having to switch between keyboard and mouse is a significant downside for me. Matched the theme well and cool music!