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Zap the Dead

By stepanoff

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3573.6534
Fun2473.6535
Innovation2093.7435
Theme2494.0335
Graphics4053.7835
Audio4643.1434
Humor1093.8333
Mood4673.5632

Comments

jo-bettaque 2026-04-21 02:41

Great Entry! This reminds me a lot of one of my past entries but with interesting mechanics and a good theme connection. I like it!

yodak 2026-04-21 10:40

Really cool art style and effects like the split screen and lighning are very nice!

2026-04-21 10:41

Cool! The skeletons are so funny, haha!

geeni 2026-04-21 10:46

Cool mechanics! Sadly ctrl + down is a shortcut for closing a browser tab but I managed to get quite far even with this arbitary extra challenge.

kremlebot 2026-04-21 18:35

Идея норм, но немного недоработано. Чет слишком сложно управлять и два экрана прям жестко взрывают мозг.

lehmy 2026-04-21 21:48

Great game, also had the issue with ta and down, but managed by disabeling it for the game ^^ Nice entry and cool idea :)

tatawanda 2026-04-21 22:10

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It was a great night for zombie party

eugenik 2026-04-21 22:38

I love the concept of the mad scientist trying to collect souls in the crypt. It creates a fun, frantic atmosphere right from the start. Great job bringing this little chaos to life in the graveyard.

indiepanda 2026-04-22 00:16

Interesting mechanics, but not very simple.

eden-zorro 2026-04-22 05:24

Interesting game, good use of the theme and very nice graphics. "Skeletons really love hugs," at first I thought they wanted to kill me, but no, they really love a hug! Hug a skeleton today!

axodo 2026-04-22 09:51

Very nice game, I really like the concept, and the level design is interesting. I really enjoyed it. Only drawback is that I would have liked a proper ending after you collect every soul. Good job!

ternarycat 2026-04-22 11:16

i think it might be better to understand control if zombies will go even when player doesn't have any space. P.s. found dead end condtition :^) Снимок экрана 2026-04-22 в 17.14.25.png

venomousmouse 2026-04-23 09:48

I like the style and the puzzle! Great job!

pocketdog 2026-04-23 18:08

Old flash games vibe, I love it

weglove 2026-04-23 18:54

Cool concept pretty innovative!

mcbaker 2026-04-23 19:05

Pretty fun game with nice graphics.

@ternarycat - I thought about that too, but since the skeletons only block theplayer, they would become meaningless, I guess with that change you would have to make them kill the player.

As @axodo said, a proper ending would be nice. I was confused and started to look for more things to do (like reaching an island at the end by making a bridge of zombie corpses, didn't work tho :D )

stepanoff 2026-04-23 19:17

@mcbaker, thanks for such a helpful comment!

Let me explain:

- For many people, the very fact of split-screen controls is already difficult. If I had made deadly skeletons, it would have been simply impossible!

- I'm incredibly happy that you, my friend, dedicated your time to trying to build a bridge of zombie heads to the island. That's a great idea, by the way! Sorry, but I simply didn't have enough time to make a special ending for this game. But know that I spent sleepless nights creating this game specifically for your comment. You're the best!

nadia-pixel 2026-04-23 20:18

the idea is fun, but the puzzle is way to difficult. the skeletons spawn so early, I basically don't have enough time

bumble 2026-04-23 20:36

I was confused about the lack of an ending but apart from that I really like the way you implemented the split screen mechanic and how I had to manage multiple hazards at the same time!

sharky3188 2026-04-24 14:09

Great entry. I really like your take on the theme, a bit of an action puzzle game. Took me a little while to understand the concept, but once I did, it became quiet fun trying to rush through to the later sections with the optimal route.

half-animal-half-beast 2026-04-24 16:03

super cool game and graphics, it really reminds me of cartoons from my childhood! i loved it!

i’d maybe add a sound cue when something blocks your path. it’s a really important part of the gameplay, but it took me a while to understand it, at first i thought it was a bug or unresponsive controls. a sound would make it clearer that it’s intentional.

otherwise, everything is great!

nadia-pixel 2026-04-24 16:31

@stepanoff UPDATE HERE! On my second playthrough I realized I completely missed the disconnect mechanic at first. I thought the idea was to carefully build the right number of tiles on the left so the undead would reach the correct spot on the right.

Using Ctrl made the game much more fun and dynamic 😄