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Thomas Lacroix

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201843Sacrifices must be madeFuite / Escapecompo3883.002.823.103.082.671.872.632.68

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Comments by Thomas Lacroix

LD43 — Sacrifices must be made

Scrap Shot by ninja00283 2018-12-03T20:06:48Z

I really like the concept, fits the theme perfectly :)

Cult Collective by Evan Overly 2018-12-03T03:17:47Z

I had a hard time understanding how clicks work, and why the counter doesn't decreases when you do it the nice way :sweat_smile: Pretty unexpected and well made! :thumbsup:

Cult Collective by Evan Overly 2018-12-03T23:53:09Z

@evan-overly I didn't mean that I want to play in my browser, I'm totally fine with desktop games (mine is one). I was just saying that strangely I got an installation wizard when I ran the game. It's maybe related to Unity, I don't really know. I removed it from my comment since it may scary some potential players :wink: *(was: "PS: WTF why do we have to install the game?!")*

Also, I just tested the Linux version, it works well :) (don't forget to `chmod +x`)

God Servant by Genpaku 2018-12-03T16:50:05Z

500 points and counting ;)

I like you 3D models, and cool ending screen :) The game is too simple, you should have added something to increase the difficulty, like maybe a speed penalty, or no object respawn close to the altar, ...

Sacrifice This Game by xlambein 2018-12-03T20:57:02Z

How to run it in a [Python 3 virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html): ``` git clone git@github.com:xlambein/ldjam43.git cd ldjam43 python3 -m venv ./venv source ./venv/bin/activate pip3 install pyxel python3 main.py ```

I really like the concept of the game, and the result is quite nice :thumbsup:

Sacrifice This Game by xlambein 2018-12-03T23:46:42Z

@xlambein Avec plaisir :grin: But I don't guarantee that this is the best way to build a virtual environment ^^ These are the commands I use when I want to quickly test things. For a more serious project I would really encourage you to learn [Pipenv](https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). PS: These are Linux commands, I don't (want to) know how to do on Windows. PPS: Change `python` to `python3` and `pip` to `pip3`. I updated my comment with cleaner commands.

Z-Trail by oxrock 2018-12-03T14:44:45Z

Nice! I like the audio and animation :) I really like the idea, but the mechanics are pretty obscure ^^ I agree with @sargonius, buttons with icons would be 1000 times more convenient than a dropdown.

A boat trip to remember by jandourek 2018-12-03T19:43:56Z

I love the concept, it's a nice memory game :) I really like the aesthetics and animations :)

However, the game is quite hard: you can't retry to find the objects. In my first run I spent quite some time to do it intelligently and remember where I put things, but then I didn't succeed to open boxes (^^' just **hold** right click), died and everything was lost. I reused the same letters for the objects, but it takes some time to wait for the good letter to show up. Sadly, this reduces the replayability a lot!

Rituals by OfirMa85 2018-12-03T15:16:52Z

"Try holding E" damn, I brought them all as soon as I killed them! E is welcome though!

Very nice graphics, even if they are a bit gore xD Nice game :)

Scientific Sacrifice by kippllo 2018-12-03T18:56:05Z

I agree with @vasco-freitas, it's fun to read people's reactions :) I played it 4 times to test the endings :) I really like the character models, and the TTS idea works quite well :)

Antony's Automatic Animal Asylum by Nehvis 2018-12-03T14:22:30Z

I like the idea, and the result is really nice! :) It takes some time to know how each colored-arrow work, but I guess it adds spice to the game. And it is also quite hard to count and predict the directions when there are 6 pets going everywhere ^^ For the last level it was trial error, one arrow at a time ;) Love the music and graphics :)

Purple Space by BudgieM2 2018-12-03T18:32:21Z

Nice game! I can't test with a friend right now, so it's easy until rotating lasers arrive: it's impossible to move two players alone ^^'

PS: Rate other games to get ratings. Your game nice it would be a shame to get only 1 rating ;)

The Time Gnelf and the Quest for the Missing Golden Cogs by WFMG 2018-12-03T17:13:35Z

Cute game :) I also got this strange deforming bug(?)(*). I collected all the cogs, but I don't really know if there is something more to do ^^ And like @blodyavenger I don't really know what slow-down is for (PS: it doesn't slow down rotating cogs)

(*) ooookkkkk it's not a bug ^^ but that's really weird! Looks like a bug ^^'

Zackrifice by DerLasseHenrich 2018-12-03T17:03:48Z

Wave 5 :grin: Like @figglewatts, nice protection game :) I really like the graphics and the music :)

I wonder why zombies walk offscreen before going to the altar ^^

Zackrifice by DerLasseHenrich 2018-12-03T17:20:08Z

Oh wait! I forgot about weapons! Yes indeed, I only saw classic zombies. I tried to go after wave 5 but I'm not good enough :sweat_smile:

Sacrifice for the zone by theBOSS12 2018-12-03T16:01:13Z

73! Nice graphics :) I like the concept, and it works quite well :) The ball is quite hard to control though :/

The nightmare by Zsolt 2018-12-03T17:39:35Z

When the game started I was like "ok something will creep on me" [no spoil] I quite liked it, but I wonder if I finished it because there were no end screen, only return to the main menu.

I think you could have done the whole game in the forest, because the graphic styles of the forest and of the dungeon are different, and I prefer in the forest ;)

Expendibots by pandan 2018-12-03T03:28:02Z

Super hard, I wasn't expecting to have to think before loosing all my tanks but one ^^' I really like the design of the tanks :)

Happy Meal by wischi 2018-12-03T14:56:58Z

1689.1, poor F key! Cute game... as long as you don't eat your friends :sweat_smile: I would have liked a "brake" or "stop" mechanism because we lose a lot of time to eat when the health is low. And... how do the sled move forward after we ate Happy? :stuck_out_tongue:

Resolve Express by Roolow 2018-12-03T16:36:30Z

Hum... It's fun to kick things around, but I didn't understand if we have to carry things to end or what is really the objective :sweat_smile: Maybe you can add it to the description? :)

Fruitful Reward by Mohrro 2018-12-03T21:39:28Z

Fun game :) The difficulties are well done! :) You could have worked a little bit more on the visual aspect of the tutorial, but it's not a big deal.

Pyramid sacrifice by luker128 2018-12-03T18:41:36Z

I didn't get how to rock jump, but I found how to ladder-cheat-death :grin:

Fun game though :) Hit boxes are a bit strange, but we get used to it :)

Evan and The Jellyfish Sword by Lontrus 2018-12-03T13:34:55Z

It is super hard to play! I didn't go really further than the checkpoint :sweat_smile: Nice music :)

CMD JUMP by YetiBytes 2018-12-03T14:04:29Z

I quite like the idea, but during the first run I thought it was a quick-typing context :sweat_smile: Then I realized that you can anticipate the commands and it's easier to play. I only finished the second level though. Graphics are quite nice, but not coherent overall: the background has its own style, so do the player/friends and traps/yellow-ish-blocks.

I think a tutorial is missing, or maybe just hints here and there. +1 for the restart.

Good job! :)

PS: "syop", noooooooooooooooooo, dead.

Fireboy by Cristiano T. 2018-12-03T15:37:19Z

Out of my way, Icecube! :fire:

Cute game :) I like the concept of losing life to open doors/kill enemies, but it would have been better to design the level such as it's doable without killing much ice cubes.

Some remarks: the fireball isn't centered so it's hard to aim ice cubes. And you can wall jump pretty easily, the game becomes simpler when you can just walk on walls :joy:

Rablat by Sodaro 2018-12-03T15:44:56Z

Very nice game! In the end, the point and click + the "mario-like" game + the ending go very well together :) I just wonder, why are there 2 colors on the dispenser?

Fuite / Escape by Thomas Lacroix 2018-12-03T16:07:09Z

Thanks you all for the nice comments :)

@papercookies @game-coder28 @berkin @glimaleite I thought it was enough to hint for the mouse with no enemy around, guess I was wrong :sweat_smile: I edited the game description with the controls.

@glimaleite Yeah, especially since I have zero drawing skills ^^' But I really wanted to do the compo :)

Fuite / Escape by Thomas Lacroix 2018-12-03T19:24:19Z

@xlambein It's sad I couldn't find your previous Rust game ^^'

@ratrat44 thanks you :)

@jandourek I'm glad you liked the captions :) I tried to make sacrificing the Hums less painful ;)

Fuite / Escape by Thomas Lacroix 2018-12-06T11:23:20Z

Thanks again for all your great comments :smiley: I tried to address all your remarks in a small post-LD update. Some changes: - Level 2, the comment is now: “LMB, RMB or R to restart”. - New level that showcases how to make a useful sacrifice. - The last level is now more difficult.

Check out on the description :arrow_up: for more details and download link :slight_smile:

(you should receive a notification if you mentioned that this game should have a tutorial)

@papercookies @darylsteak @game-coder28 @berkin @glimaleite @kippllo @mrwillowb @derlassehenrich

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@kippllo You're right about S and D, and in fact it's ZQSD (french keyboard) that move the camera around. I wrote it because I initially wanted bigger levels, but I didn't find how to make a good gameplay with a moving camera, and I never removed it ^^' but if you press left and right the same amount of time, the camera should return to its initial position ;)

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@kunonooni Yeah there is no audio, I simply didn't have time to create the sounds and a music. I think the command window you mention is only for games made with Unity. But here you control Hums with your mouse, so no need of such a window ;) And I hid logs in the post-LD update.

Shooting Chickens by PxLucasF 2018-12-03T02:54:16Z

I'm like @shulgaboy, I love the gun animation! :) The game is very simple but still fun to play. I didn't realize there were more than one level because shooting a lot works pretty well to survive :grin: Nice art!

The Price of Crops by Nakami 2018-12-03T19:03:27Z

Really good looking game :)

Sacrifice For The King by Radzios 2018-12-03T19:19:37Z

Super simple and super nice :D I could be a good game for boring morning commute ;)

The UI works well and the integrated tutorial too. Well done! :thumbsup:

A sad story of Lincoln by Viswaa 2018-12-03T15:04:38Z

Not sure I got how to play... we can only go on two platforms? :)

I like the graphics, simple and efficient :) The audio is nice, a little repetitive but the game is rather short so it's ok ;)

A sad story of Lincoln by Viswaa 2018-12-03T21:08:02Z

@viswaa oh indeed :thumbsup: