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Ezra’s Bloodcall

By senso

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1124.0847
Fun314.2647
Innovation4223.5247
Theme7853.4247
Graphics4373.9247
Audio2333.7747
Humor2803.5741
Mood2943.8846

Comments

senso 2024-04-15 23:31

Yes im done ! Super happy with the result.

nytezerak 2024-04-16 01:06

Great game! Loved it!

Isaac references very cool too!

diego-teran 2024-04-16 07:15

Most fun I've had with a game during this gamejam! The movement felt a bit frustrating but it made for some really good/funny moments.

The sounds and the art are great!

senso 2024-04-16 08:20

@nytezerak Thank you for playing!

@diego-teran I’ll play your game soon ! Thanks for the feedback.

yopin 2024-04-16 10:21

Really fun game. I like the Isaac like graphics :D

senso 2024-04-16 11:37

@yopin Thank you 🙏 for the feedback.

skullpaca 2024-04-16 11:56

Never thought I'd play a mix of vampire surivor's with binding of isaac but damn this was fun. The audiovisual feedback is very satisfying! Being able to stop movement with a click seemed like an oversight at first but allows for better control and potentially higher skill ceiling. Pretty solid game overall, great work!

senso 2024-04-16 12:01

@skullpaca Did plan a slow time on the shoot with an item but lost time debugging. So implemented the stop on click. Thanx for the feedback.

tudvari 2024-04-16 12:07

The graphics is very Isaac-y, congrats! And the upgrades also feel good. :) I enjoyed the game, even though I'm not into these bullet hell kind of games. Too chaotic for me I guess ^^ Nice entry, cheers!

senso 2024-04-16 13:39

@tudvari Thank you for playing and leaving feedback. Glad you liked it !

prepe 2024-04-16 20:43

Well this one is a contestant for my best game i played of the jam. Not much to say other than GREAT game.

senso 2024-04-17 04:33

@prepe Wow thank you so much!

mololo 2024-04-17 16:12

This game is so fun, I love it. I like the fact that you have multiple weapons with different playstyles. I'm not sure if there is a cap for max number of items, cuz at some point in the game I kept getting the same upgrades. Fantastic game, Great job.

lelek-hunor-kadosa 2024-04-17 16:25

I did the fire run XD I loved it. The only problem I had was that I didn't really feel threatened until level 10. Too few things hurt me until then. 10.png

senso 2024-04-17 18:52

@mololo Thank you for playing my game ! There is no limit on the weapons wanted to try and make specials. If my game hits top 50 I’ll make a post jam with more content.

senso 2024-04-17 18:57

@lelek-hunor-kadosa The idea of the blobs was to make them attack so you can’t hit them at the attack animation. Had some bugs so had to last minute remove / go back a version where there is no attack. Like the 🔥

anthonny 2024-04-17 20:12

Wave 1020.png

Nice game, I love the "splash" sound when I destroyed some ennemies :D Perhaps the difficulty should increase more gradually, because I have the feeling that we're moving from a stage where we're not taking any damage to one where we're taking plenty all at once

Thank you for this game, I had a great time!

deformhead 2024-04-17 20:46

Great entry!

Love the references, great audio, really fun to play!

The physics are really cool and responsive, good job! :clap:

senso 2024-04-17 22:19

@anthonny The levels are a bit randomized sometimes the pool of enemies could be better (agree)

senso 2024-04-17 22:20

@deformhead Thank you for the kind feedback!

cody-holt 2024-04-17 22:22

Great entry to the jam. I didn't really understand that I had to sacrifice the things into the middle. Art looks very binding of isaac inspired. upgrading the powerups didn't really feel impactful enough to me. I had over 10 bees, but it barely did anything.

funnypumpkin 2024-04-18 06:43

Amzing idea! It is very fun to play!

senso 2024-04-18 07:12

@cody-holt Thank you for the feedback. I wish i had more time for balancing/playtesting.The bee feels a little underpowerd indeed. Some other weapons are better to upgrade.

senso 2024-04-18 07:13

@funnypumpkin Thank you for rating!

wigglypainter 2024-04-18 08:09

Wow this is really fun! Love it! love the humor in it lol, had good time play your game! Good work!

senso 2024-04-18 09:17

@wigglypainter Thanks a lot for the feedback. Love you had fun with it!

littlegamer 2024-04-18 13:53

Nice game ! The movements are a bit frustrating to get, especially when you have to sacrifice a part before a new wave, but it's fun. Avoiding projectiles might be too hard for me.

kujoen 2024-04-18 13:58

Might have misunderstood the item but i think the "unsacrificed parts are turned into hearts" isn't working. Fun game still though, one thing I might have liked would be space bar to stop moving.

treehuggerbear 2024-04-18 14:04

Glad to be your 20th rater! Great game with good polish. The movement was super satisfying and I loved all the effects.

lllarso 2024-04-18 14:05

I enjoyed the gameplay! The movement felt smooth. Collision with the enemies felt satisfying. :) Unfortunately there was no music track. Would be good for the atmosphere. But you did all by yourself, so I think you made a great game for a jam.

amunonra 2024-04-18 14:15

Actually a really nice game. Good work! I like how everything works besides it's quite minimalistic.

risminator 2024-04-18 14:15

Congrats on your 20th rating! That was me :)

I love your game so much!!! I think that this concept has a lot of potential to play around and develop even more. And I have some critique / ideas not because I want to scrutinize it, but because I really love this game and want it to improve.

I more often than not picked optional upgreades (Those are called sacrifices I presume?) on accident. I really didn't want to pick some of them, but I did so because (I thought) my weapons and abilities did so (I had too low hp and accidentaly picked -Max HP, happened too many times hahah). And when I wanted to get them, I didn't know how many times I need to tackle it to get it. And THEN I figured out that they activated on the summoning circle when stopped there. I guess I needed some guidance on that point. Adore the strategy that comes with it though!

I love that the learning curve is quite easy to follow, it's not too steep (something I should learn to do). At first I just tended to tacke everything without thinking, but with time I learned to appreciate different movement techniques (like stopping by just clicking, makes the player much more controllable). But sometimes it felt like it went from "I'm killing everything" to "Oops I lost" a bit too quickly. Maybe it's my bad though hahah

It's great that there are different builds that I can make. Personally, I preferred having a stinky aura + fire orbitals combo. Enemies are great: they are readable, they are fair and they are diverse, wow! Art and sound effects are on point, preferred to have some dynamic music on the background to fully immerse myself in this game flow, but it's a nitpick for such a game.

Man, I'm saying "I love" too much because I'm in awe with this game. I have a lot to learn from you for my projects. You rock! I see that this game gathers a lot of inspiration from Vampire Survivors and The Binding of Isaac, but I believe that with more development your game will find its own identity. Couldn't get farther than wave 10 though, but It'll be an eternity before I beat it so I'll stop here for now and come back later. Thank you for your game!

senso 2024-04-18 14:22

@littlegamer The sacrifice is harder if you want to sacrifice just hit it hard it wil go in more easy :)

senso 2024-04-18 14:24

@kujoen The parts that are spawned after a wave are the parts you can sacrifice. If jou just summon a new wave the are hearts. you can just klick annywere to stop :).

senso 2024-04-18 14:26

@treehuggerbear Thank you for the kind words!

senso 2024-04-18 14:30

@lllarso I wanted to make it myself just didn't find the time.

senso 2024-04-18 14:33

@amunonra Yes it needed to be minimalistic im not an artist and worked alone :) Thank you for the review!

fishmasterino 2024-04-18 14:35

Very nice ! The graphics remind me of Binding of Isaac. I ended up finding the best tactic being moving as slow as possible, maybe try to have damage being increased with your speed to make more use of the movement mechanic ?

custodi 2024-04-18 14:37

Great push&punch game, smashing sound when kill monsters is awesome!

senso 2024-04-18 14:40

@risminator Thank you for your detailed review! Realy love to get feedback like this. I wish i could do more i had like 20 items and 12 weapons and 10 sacrifice boosts (SCOPE "idiot") Normaly i do compo but then i realised it could not be done in 48 hours even now i'm missing things i realy wanted in there. If i make it to the "top" i'll go and make some more content for this game :)

frankiewhispers 2024-04-18 14:46

Great concept. I really enjoyed it playing it

senso 2024-04-18 14:48

@fishmasterino Yes good idea! Had an item that did extra damage on wall hit but it glitched so i left it out. When i add content ill make it !

senso 2024-04-18 14:49

@custodi Thank you for the feedback. It are 3 sounds that rotate so it doesn't feel repeating.

senso 2024-04-18 15:03

@frankiewhispers Thank you that is why i made it, to let people enjoy playing!

tommes 2024-04-18 15:14

Really love the isaac reference! It has just the right amount of difficulty. It was really fun playing it!

senso 2024-04-18 15:20

@tommes Thank you for playing and rating my game!

ramon-camata 2024-04-18 15:28

Very interesting mechanics, I would love to se a deeper game with this mechanics. Great entry

kujoen 2024-04-18 16:38

@senso thanks for letting me know about how to stop, concerning the parts that's what i meant, the parts spawned after the wave did not turn into hearts when summoning the next wave :(

senso 2024-04-18 16:41

@ramon-camata Hope I find the time to make it soon :) like to explore a little more . Thanx for the play

senso 2024-04-18 16:44

@kujoen are you sure you had the item ( not in last game “ happens to some times “) can’t recreate the bug .

kujoen 2024-04-18 17:16

@senso You are right, I didn't have it. while replaying I did encounter one bug though, I got stuck on a unit that spawned on me, didn't die though so maybe not serious :D

senso 2024-04-18 17:55

@kujoen thank you , will fix that after the jam.

andreadbx 2024-04-18 22:28

Love the Pool meets Isaac meets Vampire Survivors, an intresting take on the genre!

senso 2024-04-19 01:41

@andreadbx Thank you for playing!

kitira 2024-04-21 14:19

Nice game! I really like the graphics, the humor and the pace at which the perks appear (reminds me on great games like Crimsonland). Fun game :)

braktheman 2024-04-21 18:24

Good amount of items and combinations to play around with. I think the game feels pretty good! I was feeling invincible and my hubris eventually got the best of me as I flew too close to the sun picking up too many minus max HP upgrades. Nailed the Isaac aesthetic too.

Really fun!

ategon 2024-04-21 22:56

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod of the stream (with a chapter for your game)

https://youtu.be/25pr3bVYXnk

And I'm the host for the ludum dare score chasers tournament this Ludum Dare. Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video. Last year for reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_eIvjBmIQ

senso 2024-04-22 06:58

@ategon Thanks for the play. Answer to your question: You can use it ! (Honored )

senso 2024-04-22 07:03

@kitira I made a game based on the art of binding of Isaac . I see the reference in crimson the permanent blood is cool :) ( thanks you for the extra source to get ideas from ) .

senso 2024-04-22 07:09

@braktheman Thank you for the play and feedback. I wish I could do more items had more weapons and way items in my game (overscope).

coleslaughter 2024-04-22 23:41

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2124420925?t=04h55m54s)

All hail the chaos cactus!

senso 2024-04-23 19:01

@coleslaughter No thank you for the play !

thx 2024-04-28 03:48

Great sound design and game feel, had a good time playing :) My biggest point of feedback would be that stopping over the summoning circle was a bit finnicky.

senso 2024-04-28 05:59

@thx Read Game Tips: Quick Click release to stop. :) Thank you for the play and feedbak!

jerem-watts 2024-04-30 19:29

What an amazing example of what can be achieved in only 3 days.

https://youtu.be/ubHdkLui8N8

blue-pin-studio 2024-05-03 15:07

Awesome entry!

senso 2024-05-03 21:52

@blue-pin-studio thanx a lot !