Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD55 → Nightlife Necromancer
By spiralhalo, Lazcht and CourtneyLapin
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 151 | 4.02 | 46 | |
| Fun | 365 | 3.68 | 46 | |
| Innovation | 317 | 3.67 | 46 | |
| Theme | 307 | 4.01 | 46 | |
| Graphics | 179 | 4.30 | 48 | |
| Audio | 188 | 3.85 | 46 | |
| Humor | 146 | 3.89 | 46 | |
| Mood | 173 | 4.03 | 46 |
I loooove how stylish the art is in this game (skeleton maid? yes, please!) Gameplay loop is pretty simple (got me that Yakuza mini game vibe), but I might have missed in text boxes that you have to match symbols of hostess with symbols over the guests' head for maximum output. Figured it out quite fast, though, so enjoyed it very much. Great job! :trophy: (also 69% battery, nice)
GOOOOOODS!!!
I really like the art and the progression / money winning aspect. Also a plus to have added music volume because it started a bit loud for me :D:D
Nice and very detailed art style, I love the creativit, the fact that you managed to take an everday job and combine it with the theme given, that project is amazing!
Woah! Very funny game with very sexy skeletons that just 💀💀💀 This is the one where I liked both graphics and audio VERY MUCH! OST is a banger, art is cool and sweet! Gameplay is simple though. But you did a great job anyway!
Nothing to complain about, the game is perfectly balanced! the universe is incredible, a little master class! maybe a little too simplistic but it works so well! maybe adding a little something extra with the gameplay! Wonderful discovery! keep it up!
Really enjoyable experience. Solidly delivers on all fronts, and the whole skeleton hostesses idea succeeds in being both funny and cute. Lovely pixel graphics, and the main track is really catchy.
art is god like (missing some animations tho) love the idea but make more levels or more tables its a little bit to "ez". love the game would recommend it.
Y'all killed it with the art! 10/10 on skellington work
Super cool game! Dynamic BGM and atmospheric art style make up this wonderful game. What kind of brain does it take to come up with an idea like "Summon sexy skeletons in the hostess club" hahahahaha
I'm a Sensational Skeletal Summoner B) Awesome game, really wonderful art, music and atmosphere. The skeleton hosts stole the show, I was really excited to unlock all of them after each round. UI was super readable (it made the game feel bigger than a jam game!) and the game was easy to understand and pick up. I had a great time with it, though I did feel pretty quickly that the game could use some urgency -- I could basically double up every table with no consequence, and the pace doesn't get much faster as you progress through the days. I think making the cooldowns between clients shorter and a little more hectic would help! But its still very fun great job :)
absolutely loved it. great art and easy to pick up game play. i think maybe the only thing that would have made it more immediately understandable would be spacing out the icons above the patrons heads.
5/5 would run a skele host business again.
Amazing game! Incredible art and great music! I love the idea lmao. Gameplay could have had more depth in it. other than that, sexy-skeleton/10!
love the intermission music
olive is my waifu
Everything about this game is awesome. Great flow and escalation of difficulty. Only issue I had was that I didn't get any blue customers even though I had a blue host. Made me feel like I wasted money. Still, I was able to max out income pretty well.
Interesting idea and nice skeleton graphics!
Funny game for men)
Cool game! Great soundtrack and nice flow throughout days.
Certified nighlife necromancer here, according to the game's scoring system. Congrats, really good scoping gave a well rounded game. Excellent art, the ladies show surprising amount of personality and charisma, given the lack of flesh and facial features.
This game feels as a complited game. Music, graphics, balance - everything is perfect!
Stylish and entertaining with a quirky take on management gameplay, featuring skeleton hostesses and a vibrant soundtrack. Simple yet effective, the game delivers fun visuals and a catchy OST but could use more depth and challenge in its gameplay mechanics.
"Summon sexy skeletons" I love the idea and the universe you've created with these sexy skeletons, bravo! I have to admit it gets repetitive pretty quickly, but the game is great, so I wanted to unlock all the sexy skelletons! Congrats! Good Music, good arts, good idea! ;)
Really cool game, so chill. Simple but effective mechanics, loved the little cleaning skeleton at the end of the night. Little bits of polish like that make it stand out. Great jam!
Gameplay could use a bit more depth, maybe a bit more conveyance of the progress because I felt like I was just sacrificing having access to the skeles I summoned for some unknown amount of time?
Overall it just felt like I was pressing buttons corresponding to symbols and that's it...
Very nice artstyle though, nice overall vibes for sure.
very polished game for a jam, nice! every aspect feels completed and in place.
Screenshot (110).png That's how I did. Well designed game. It knew when to end and didn't overstay its welcome. It is somewhat unclear exactly how the mechanics work (is the front preference a stronger preference than the back one, for example). But playing around and guessing in that regard added to the intrigue of the game. Well done.
That was a unique experience. I quite liked the UI (although how am I to know what parts have been updated after the jam? I really wish people wouldn't update their games after the jam, how is that ok?) and I appreciated the settings for screen size and volume, gave it a nice polished feel. The skel sprites were adorable and I loved the audio, it really stood out.
I found the gameplay to be a bit stale and was glad it ended on the 5th day, so you did at least nail the session time. I didn't understand why the 2nd preference had to be so obfuscated and barely visible; why not just have them side by side? I do wish that deploying your skels was done differently. I don't like having to first click a spot next to a customer and then click the skel of choice. There's no lasting visual to make you certain what spot you clicked on (or that you did click it properly) and I found it more natural to click on a skel first and then click your spot of choice. As cute as the art was, there's some scaling problems and artifacts on the skel sprites, and I really don't like how the maid looks paper thin as her x_scale flips from one side to the other.
All in all, it was a great time and a unique premise that I loved. It would be good on mobile with it's tap controls and casual vibe.
It's a fun and simple premise, and the excellent graphics really carry that premise into a great all round experience.
@labcatgames Didn't mean to deceive you! I wanted more people to be able to play our game, so I released the web version post-jam. It had to be post-jam because the version of Godot that supports LDJam web embed is in alpha, and also buggy (I even made the [bug report](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/91135) myself during porting).
I've now added a big disclaimer about it, sorry for neglecting to do that in the first place. The fullscreen and volume setting has always been there, so you aren't missing much. And if you played the downloadable version you get the original experience.