FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD55 → NECRO RUSH

NECRO RUSH

By helviett, konstantinreed, Evgenii Victorovich, Metablep and Rogue Tomato

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3593.77152
Fun3683.68154
Innovation6143.34153
Theme1994.15154
Graphics3124.08154
Audio3653.58150
Humor4173.32143
Mood4623.68151

Comments

sirlich 2024-04-15 17:58

Hi! Are you perhaps missing some download links, or a link to itch.io, or a web build or something? I cannot figure out how to play this.

xanagear 2024-04-15 18:30

Seconded the other comment, can't play the game if I don't have a link unfortunately XD

gabriel-mendonca 2024-04-15 18:32

I wanted to play it :(

chii 2024-04-15 18:55

Neeed the download link haha

benjamin-jaeger 2024-04-15 19:04

Honestly it looks great, sadly no way to say for sure

locksmitharmy 2024-04-15 19:05

Phaha, what a ccute idea... I wanna play it :)

evgenii-victorovich 2024-04-15 19:15

Sorry for the inconvenience, we will have a project available for download within a few hours

worldofmush 2024-04-15 19:17

Game looks cool and I really love the banner. Sadly there is nowhere I see how to play

metablep 2024-04-15 22:35

Thanks for all your patience. We wanted to make sure that the game is in optimal technical quality. We hope you'll enjoy the gameplay as much as we did during the development :)

wigglypainter 2024-04-16 00:12

Really enjoyed the game! I passed the overload level! I like the graphics, simple but refined. I like the idea of summoning zombie army to fight! Good work

2024-04-16 05:34

Adorable! It’s so much fun!

shwooken 2024-04-16 07:00

Lovin' the visuals!

mhanicos 2024-04-16 08:18

Very fun to play, but for me it would be better if the colliders on the tomb triggered so I wouldn't get stuck in it

letssnack 2024-04-16 08:23

Love the visuals. if you defeat another necromancer you should be able to get his summons as well imo.

stmatn 2024-04-16 08:30

Really fun game! The graphics are really beautiful!

The second level was quite challenging. At first I was not sure how to be successful, since I tried killing all enemy zombies. In the third level I noticed, that it oftenc comes down to be lucky because killing the enemy necromancer instantly kills his zombies.

Really nice entry :)

sobigdrasil 2024-04-16 09:21

That was interesting! I like the fact that you need to fight other summoners (yeah, get out of here!), also that's so cool that when the other summoner dies you could make a zombie out of his corpse. The one thing i'm not sure is the collider on the zombies and graves, i got stuck all the time but mb it's a part of experience! Overall i love the simple and cute art for this game :3 great work

rincs 2024-04-16 10:29

Visuals are cool, I liked the little derpy zombies. There definitely needs to be a bit more player urgency and the BGM definitely needed a change, as it was too slow and soft for what was happening on screen.

minjutin 2024-04-16 12:19

You have a really cute art style and even managed to create 3 levels, good job with that! Overall a really nice game.

funnypumpkin 2024-04-16 12:37

A great game! Would like to see more of it! Although a last level was a bit too much (had to run around and hide behind trees while been blocked by my own summons), but I still loved it!

nash 2024-04-16 14:40

Very cute art style! The game is also quite decent, I really liked how each difficulty level did no just up the difficulty but also introduced new mechanics/minions.

Running away from the enemy seemed to be slightly too powerful of a tactic. It separates the enemy necromancer from its minions and your minions can easily take the necromancer down. This seemed to work on all levels.

But overall, very solid entry.

thejookerful 2024-04-16 14:51

LOL I died ! ^^

Really great and beautiful game, I really like how you made the zombies. I don't now if it was intended, but at first I thought they were the bad guys trying to get my brain, so I avoided them. But then I realized that I was summoning them ! It was very funny! Thank you for this great game! ;)

zklau 2024-04-16 14:57

I really like the art style and I really enjoyed the gameplay. The game didn't have sound for me but it didn't matter, I still had fun.

mathieuspooky 2024-04-16 14:59

A nice little game with lovely graphics. The gameplay mechanics are interesting; it's not easy to drag the big, clumsy ones to send them into attack!

jdeedubs 2024-04-16 16:11

This is a really cool game!

The sprites and animations are exceptionally well made, and very charming. They're what drew me here, and they really sell the game for me.

The gameplay reminds me of Boneraiser Minions. I like that you can resurrect enemy necromancers, and it feels good to find a patch of new graves. Potions are a nice buff, and often feel like a worthy treasure to find. I like the tension of straying too far from your pack of minions to find more graves. Like someone said above, kiting is a very strong strategy, and leashing the enemy necromancer away from their zombies is a fairly simple way to cheese the game.

I couldn't help but feel like the game lacked a bit of player agency, though. The gameplay loop felt like "walk around->find graves->avoid death", without much choice in between. What if you had an inventory for potions, and could save them for a crucial moment? Maybe a potion that turns you into a Golem? Another option would be to break the necromancer spawns into separate waves, and give the players some upgrade options for their troops when a wave is done.

Anyways, I hope the constructive criticism proves that this is a great game, and has very good bones to build upon. Again, the polish on it is very impressive. Fantastic submission!

suksu 2024-04-16 16:13

A game with very lovely graphics and smooth gameplay. One suggestion would be to make the trees slightly transparent when the player is behind them. Other than that I really loved the game and I think you should keep improving it and adding more stuff to it.

storeyware 2024-04-16 16:18

Heya! The game ran great and played great. Love the zombie animation and art. Wasnt really sure what the power ups did but it was fun to run around with my own lil hoard of zomboys.

mibi88 2024-04-16 16:19

A really polished game, the graphics and the sound are great, the concept is new, but some variety would improve it even further.

It's one of the best ludum dare games I've seen so far.

argensis 2024-04-16 16:20

The animations and graphics were definitely the high part for me as well. I did go through the first two difficulties before I realised the rival necromancers were also going for the same graves as I was, so the strategy was to find graves before they did. Some additional actions or inputs for your summoned creatures would probably help the gameplay. Also in one game I had the last two summoners chasing me just out of screen and didn't realise so was wondering why the map was so empty.

social-mushroom 2024-04-16 16:23

LOL, I died haha love it, especially the cute sprites and animations had a blast playing

vilmantas 2024-04-16 16:25

Smooth gameplay and great graphics. Animations are well made as well. Really enjoyed it. A cute game and seems to be made in the theme mobile games get made :D

Last level was a bit difficult - I wasn't able to find a lot of ghouls and immediately ran into two enemies that just kept following me with their hoardScreenshot 2024-04-16 192422.png

thatfirey 2024-04-16 16:25

From first time maker to a first time maker, this is a really cool and fun game ^^

jake-g 2024-04-16 16:34

It was pretty intuitive to play – move around and collect the gravestones. Managed to beat the Overlord difficulty but almost died :grin:. I like how your enemies turn into gravestones for you to expand your army. Nice job on the animations and overall art

jiri-hysek 2024-04-16 16:51

Super cute art style! :) The audio and music are spot on, really solid entry.

sariiger 2024-04-16 16:55

Had a lot of fun playing, and I find it hilarious how the zombies lunge themselves at the summoners.

dmitry-mozgin 2024-04-16 17:00

The usage of the theme is great, one of the best for me on the jam. I like animations and art. I glad that there is an easy mode for casual players like me :) I couldn't beat the second level though.

pierre-cilluffo 2024-04-16 18:01

I had a great time playing the game

gravityflip 2024-04-16 19:00

I really like the artwork! Would love to see this extended with some extra mechanics ✨

kjip 2024-04-16 19:10

I like it, it's a great game jam game! The sound designs and visuals are fantastic. Though my own summons knocked me into the enemy on a few occasions.

pusheeneiro 2024-04-16 19:24

Great art style

erlioniel 2024-04-16 19:41

I like the style and the idea, it's actually simple but effective :thumbsup:

josion 2024-04-16 19:51

Absolutely love the charm and creativity in your game! The art style and unique gameplay mechanics make for a fun and engaging experience. Keep up the great work!

sodoj 2024-04-16 20:01

It was really funny seeing my group of zombies beat down rival necromancers, I loved how they jumped them, like they're saying "get 'em", but at the same time I felt really bad when the same stuff happened to me. It was a really great time, great job on making it!

naplz98 2024-04-16 22:01

Cute art! Really fun to play!

kirass 2024-04-16 22:29

Cool game, I liked it!

gnum 2024-04-16 22:52

I really liked your game. You did a great job and did a great job!!!

olddog 2024-04-17 01:51

best game ever,love this one so much,I wish for more content of this game,mre kinds og zombies or enemies ,waiting for later version

blackcat508 2024-04-17 02:12

very simple and very fun!

yellow 2024-04-17 02:48

Hello everyone! I will introduce my zombie army to everyone! Hahaha!

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Very interesting! What a great design!

squidly 2024-04-17 07:27

The whole game could use a bit of a speed boost in the sense that it's less hp per minion, but more minions/tombstones. There's a lot of time doing nothing but walking in an empty field. The music is a bit too slow and calm and doesn't keep the intensity up. I do like the visuals and idea though.

aviv-levy 2024-04-17 09:42

Beware the ninja zombies! Very cool entry. Cool art, smooth animations, easy to pick up and fun. Well done!

meepster 2024-04-17 11:25

Great submission! This game is a good example of taking a simple concept and executing it well!

Loved watching my army slowly grow bigger and bigger, taking over the entire map. The art style and music were also very charming and worked together nicely.

Overall Amazing work!

popertots 2024-04-17 15:56

Very well done

yaroslav-gozak 2024-04-17 19:26

Good game. I like the progression of difficulty. The game feels pretty much complete. Just add few gameplay mechanics (like reach some point or burry N graves or summon a demon by collecting X horcrux) and it is ready to be published to production :)

ruslana 2024-04-17 19:51

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I love how simple it looks and how interesting it plays! So far one of the most polished and fun games I've played here.

aaron-hart 2024-04-17 20:09

This is great, really good execution! The movement is smoother than a dolphins beak. I really like how you can resurrect fallen enemies! :)

plintusb 2024-04-17 20:44

Your animations are very cute and minimalistic, super! I would like to assemble such a green gang in real life hahaha

digital-bacon 2024-04-17 21:38

Fun little game, very polished. Got completely annihilated on Acolyte level and was giggling the whole time. Great work!

merrow 2024-04-17 21:57

Wow well done, funny and addicting! It feels nearly finished

fenix131113 2024-04-17 22:44

So cute game. I love this art style. It can be full game on steam i think

kseniya 2024-04-17 22:46

A fun game, get some sleep! continue in the same spirit))

leo115 2024-04-18 00:57

This is really great! Solid art and good audio. Very solid contender to expand and make into a full game.

gabriel-bissonnette 2024-04-18 01:40

I think at one point I was bullying the enemies haha It was fun to play with satisfying animations. Good game!

cloistered 2024-04-18 05:37

Cool game, I like it

vera-babchenko 2024-04-18 06:06

Cool casual game! I like the art style! There are a lot of zombies, they sometimes prevent me from passing! It's cool that we can even turn an enemy into a zombie after death!

castitatis 2024-04-18 08:26

Really nice game, I love the cute art and the simple gameplay. Really polished, a good solid entry!

dogshroom 2024-04-18 09:54

Great job!! Feels like a perfect IO game.

sver 2024-04-18 10:49

One of my favorite entries so far, was great fun playing!

unchain 2024-04-18 12:30

The art is so lovely! This is such a cute game, with cute sound effects and animations, I like it a lot. Just one minor suggestion, the walk animation feels a bit slower than the movement.

danga 2024-04-18 13:57

Great art - it was a little confusing the first time I ran into an enemy but that's because I didn't realize enemy zombies look slightly different. I think having a minimap with enemy locations or something would be cool, so you can try to build up your army before running into someone and have a little bit more choice in what you're doing.

juutis 2024-04-18 15:39

It took me embarrassingly long to realize the zombies rising from the graves are actually *my* army and not enemies. :joy: I was *so* confused, trying to run away from them, but then the game started making sense.

Great simplistic gameplay with a great deal of polish. Really well done. I feel like the "Overlord" difficulty was actually easier than "Necromancer". The golems in the start really gave them hell. :grin:

sstyles93 2024-04-18 18:05

Cute and fun! Same as everyone above the colorization of the zombies was confusing, I had to play the game 3 times before understanding what was what ^_^'

Otherwise, I really liked it. Good job!

yoyoj 2024-04-18 18:06

Hey cute and fun agame ! Didn't see at first the difference between my allies and the others, maybe a different colorimetry more obvious than green and green for the zombies, especially for people who are colorblind :) nice exectued good job !

tricky-fat-cat 2024-04-18 20:01

A fine little game with interesting idea and gameplay loop. The level feels a bit too huge and the lack of foe indication makes it a bit boring.

johnnysix 2024-04-18 21:17

Very cool, it'd be great to have some more defences or tactics ( and just general feedback like knowing enemy wizard health) Love the characters design. :v:

I couldn't complete overlord. :cry:

timur-bahadir 2024-04-18 21:30

Love the smoothness of the animations and really fun to play

acsid 2024-04-18 23:49

Good games. only played 1st level Really fun and simple to get hands on it. Good gameplay loop.

baluj 2024-04-19 03:32

It's an interesting concept, I've had a good time playing it. Good job!

jordantanner 2024-04-19 04:09

Excellent game! Simple concept to pick up and play, which is great for a game jam. Art and animations were pleasant, especially the zombies -- great work on those animations. The sound design in general was very gentle and pleasing to the ears. The music was nice but in my opinion was maybe a bit mellow for the gameplay, but was very good nonetheless. Very smooth character control which felt nice. Overall great entry guys!

timidger 2024-04-19 04:27

Oooo a game very similar to mine! But with original graphics! And sound! And less bugs! (And like 5x the people and experience probably)

Was fun to play, although I agree with others that the moment to moment gameplay wasn't crazy engaging. Maybe steal some ideas from my game and allow you to revive corpses (maybe with less health and damage output since you're "recycling" them?). I like just having to touch the gravestones...maybe I'll see what my game feels like slimming it down with that feature.

thomaszane 2024-04-19 08:43

Really fun to play. Love the clean graphics.

sven-walter 2024-04-19 09:24

Graphics are very well done! Gameplay is a little bit slow, with the map being very large and only few enemies in it.

deborah-messaoudene 2024-04-19 14:39

First of all, very good idea to implement different levels of difficulty for nobs like me. Artstyle, music and overall environnement are very cool. OFC I didn't read your explanation before playing the game so it took me some time to understand I have to go to the graves to summon my army. But then, I really appreciete playing the game (also thanks to all the micro animations). Great work!

chibiata 2024-04-19 17:59

the artstyle is awesome! the gameplay loop could use a little more spicy in my opinion. maybe there could be different units that you can summon or something like that. still i liked the game, thumbs up

khofez 2024-04-19 18:48

Cool game, graphics are good and the idea is interesting. Good work!

kanagg 2024-04-19 21:10

Nice art and well polished. I like building up the little zombie army. It would be great if the encounters played more like summoned army vs. summoned army. For me, it was more about frantic running around trying to catch the red person. 😄

unless-games 2024-04-19 21:21

I like the polished and cohesive art on this one but I feel the gameplay is missing something as I don't have much choice to do anything beside wander around. I'd love to send my summons to a place or select an enemy to target to feel more in control or be able to activate picked up items when I need to instead of them being automatic. Overall it could be a nice mobile game with a bit more player agency.

That said, good job on your first LD entry and welcome!

slickramen 2024-04-20 12:21

Cool game! It'd be cool if there were more monsters and a way to move them around but I liked that enemy necromancers could be turned into your own guys once you killed them, that was a nice touch!

yxure 2024-04-20 13:34

Cool and simple game. Good job!

patbgames 2024-04-20 13:49

Nice and cute game, I liked the fact that there are some enemy summoners 👍

kaesterin 2024-04-20 18:52

Very nice graphics, nice game! Made in the best traditions of casual games, simple and high quality.

blank-3d 2024-04-20 19:59

The LOL when you die seems unnecessary! The characters are awesome, and their animations are were well done. the environment could use some love though. Nice perimeter wall, by the way. Cool entry!

icxon 2024-04-21 07:16

Congrats on your first Ludum Dare game! Pretty awesome result and solid gameplay. Love the animations and lvl 1 music too.

Here is my playthrough:

https://youtu.be/IE_okw5nwxU

sodagummy 2024-04-21 09:00

Interesting game concept, I like the little army of zombies following me, sometimes they did get in the way though. Would be nice to have more options on what to do or movement, as it was frustrating sometimes when I got stuck on an object or enemy. Overall fun game to play, great work!

patrick-pang 2024-04-21 09:18

I love your art design! If there were more game content, I would have more fun playing it!

tend0u 2024-04-21 10:22

Simple and clear mechanics, nice! Loved the art as well.

tommy 2024-04-21 12:53

Nice little game, with very simple and fleshed out mechanics and a great level of polish. I also love this art style, I think it gives a really nice touch. I would have like to have had either a minimap or some visual indicator pointing at the enemies, as it can be a little bit dispersive. Also, you could add an extra layer of strategy by adding some cost to the summoning, either in terms of time, resource or complexity (e.g., doing some combo on the keyboard).

denismarasan 2024-04-21 13:41

The concept and execution are brilliant! Great job!

eric-nguyen 2024-04-22 02:12

Loved the art style and animations. It was very satisfying to watch my army fight against other armies. Also I was very excited when I got to summon my own golem lol. I do wish my minions would follow me a bit closer though, some of them would get stuck on trees. I would totally play a full version of this. Great work and great submission!

matthewdrake 2024-04-22 10:18

Art looks really good, felt great to gather up an army and watch them knock my enemies to the ground so quickly. Couldn't figure out how to summon golems so I wasn't able to get through the higher difficulty levels but still enjoyed it. Nicely done!

jamesw 2024-04-22 13:23

A super polished fun entry. I completed all the levels, feeling it has a great potential of being expanded to a larger game. The graphic is awesome. The music is also enjoyable though I would like it more if it sounds more rhythmic and aggresive. For user experience, I personally think a mini-map to indicate the foes' position might be helpful. Overall, this is one of my favorite games in this jam. Good job!

fatal-exit 2024-04-22 16:19

Amazing fun, fits the theme perfectly, love the simple yet effective artstyle!

custodi 2024-04-22 16:36

LOL, nice flat graphic & casual mechanic

k-toll 2024-04-23 14:55

Ahah! This feeling of having an army at my command is really fun.

I love the humorous description!

The whole thing works well, it's a good game!

jean-francois 2024-04-23 18:57

Nice game I really enjoy it well done. Arts, music and gameplay are very nice !

hare-software 2024-04-25 21:05

I really like the graphics and I think the game is very well scoped for a game jam. I managed to learn it quite quickly by just playing and I enjoyed that each level brought a new mechanic into the game to complicate matters. It reminded me a bit of agar.io, which is also a a game I can accidently play for hours. Well done!

burchyn 2024-04-26 13:25

Really fun game, had a blast playing it on stream and finished it. A nice little twist of competing the other necromancer.

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mitur 2024-04-27 13:49

Neat little game, good job!

rhyst 2024-04-28 16:29

I like the sounds of enemy wizards getting slapped by zombies. Looks good. You do tend to get pushed around by your own hoard when an enemy shows up. Don't think I actually found any golems.

smidgens 2024-04-29 15:21

Fun game! Those zombie pounce animations are adorable. I love the little smacking noises too. The audio in particular is subtly nice. It's there, and it's varied, but it's just the right level of not distracting. Would be fun to see more varied environments and monsters.

frozenfire92 2024-04-29 21:37

This was a great entry that was quite fun, The difficulty ramped up quick :sweat_smile: I liked the simplicity of the controls/mechanics, it really made it feel like you were able to complete your goals with this game, without making it too complex! Keep on making games :smile:

deadjolly 2024-05-01 01:16

undead.io! Had to run for my life before I could take on the other 'mancers. The art definitely has a clean charm to it, which I like! Solid music and satisfying slap noises for the combat help set the mood. The multiple difficulties adding new powerups and the golems was neat.

Only critique I have is that on the last level, I had to wander around for quite some time before more graves began appearing. Once they did, I managed to clean up the last two rival summoners. One idea to maybe expand what you have is to have the different summons actually fight each other as well.

All in all, pretty fun game!

sheol 2024-05-01 04:14

Really polished game! I like that there's difficulty levels to get you accustomed to the game. I kinda wish that the upgrades would stack or be permanent haha. Overall really fun and cool idea. Great job!

niighty-nine 2024-05-01 17:32

The art and animation is pretty nice, easy understanding mechanics and timing is fantastic. Would be great if you add the tutorial in the game as well, maybe add the button in the main menu scene. :D

trexxak 2024-05-04 00:49

This was actually more fun than Vampire Survivors ever was for me :D Amazing work!