Hug Cult by EwChap

made by EwChap for LD32 (COMPO)

Hug Cult is a Love n Hug Shooter. The unconventional weapon here is love and hugs. Send love at enemies to turn them into friends. Once you have friends they will happily fling themselves at your enemies to hug them at your command. Gather enough friends and move on!

Can you Defeat both bosses?

WASD/Arrows to move
Mouse to Aim
Left Mouse = Love
Right Mouse = Hug

Hug only works when you have follower friends. Once you do, they fire from their position towards the mouse position.

Collect enough friends to exit the level.

Tools:
-Unity
-Paint.net
-My Voice + Windows Sound Recorder

Twitter: @EvanChapman3

Enjoy!

Web	http://sleepyheadgames.itch.io/hug-cult
Source	https://app.box.com/s/f2ljx6007tgmuc4kgh8a33wd4f67z3g4
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=50010

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall	3.37	368

Audio	3.13	321
Fun	3.44	251
Graphics	2.52	857
Humor	3.64	137
Innovation	3.28	428
Mood	3.04	459
Theme	3.89	147

Feedback

gamedevBear

20. Apr 2015 · 04:37 UTC

The sound effects are <3

ruthiepee

20. Apr 2015 · 04:38 UTC

The sound is HILARIOUS and truly unconventional. There's so much hugging and loving going on! The controls are simple and effective and the level design works. Fun little concept, I hope you keep working on it!

Modoc73

20. Apr 2015 · 04:41 UTC

I liked concept of your unconventional weapon, after the boss it felt like it needed more different content.

Cheshyr

20. Apr 2015 · 05:05 UTC

rofl, made me laugh. sound effects were great too. nice work.

Cryotube

20. Apr 2015 · 05:06 UTC

Really love the sound bytes, really makes this game unique. interesting hug mechanic but could use a bit more explaining.

BraindeadGeo

20. Apr 2015 · 05:31 UTC

Nice wee game! As with the other comments I'm loving the sound effects!

Bitterdeath

20. Apr 2015 · 05:34 UTC

HUGS!

Jaloko

20. Apr 2015 · 06:29 UTC

Cool game, sound effects are great. Also nice theme integration.

resty

20. Apr 2015 · 07:22 UTC

lovely idea, just collected everyone before leaving!

thumbgarden

20. Apr 2015 · 17:44 UTC

fun top down shooter but with hugs and love.

CogComp

20. Apr 2015 · 18:45 UTC

HUGS! So simple but still so much fun!

pixzleone

20. Apr 2015 · 18:46 UTC

Could have been some music and more sounds, and maybe another font for the GUI, but overall good. Good job!

scorched

20. Apr 2015 · 18:49 UTC

Looks like "teeth collector" game)

JoshyOshKenoshi

20. Apr 2015 · 18:53 UTC

I really like your take on the theme, and thought that overall your game was really sweet! The console threw up a few errors about a missing prefab in the second boss battle, though... Also, it took me quite a while to work out how hugs worked. Still, very enjoyable. :)

Fanttum

20. Apr 2015 · 23:42 UTC

Fun and simple game. Kinda easy when you can just click and fire as many times as you want.

davidcmcdonald

21. Apr 2015 · 00:29 UTC

Hilarious audio and smart concept

Kihira

21. Apr 2015 · 00:33 UTC

Fun little game. The sound effects made me giggle.

xWarZonex

21. Apr 2015 · 01:21 UTC

I liked the game, solid and enjoyable. But I would have given a max to how many hearts you could shoot, cuz all I had to do was spam.

anokta

21. Apr 2015 · 01:21 UTC

hahaha this is 'lovely'!! and kudos for the sound effects as everyone already mentioned. :)

🎤 EwChap

21. Apr 2015 · 03:50 UTC

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Fanttum/xWarZonex, I agree. I wanted to actually cap the distance of the hearts range to make it more difficult and force you to use the friend hugs shot more. ran out of time as I am sure you all understand.

Davikin92

21. Apr 2015 · 07:15 UTC

Hugs! Hugs! Thanks! Hehe, I'll remember those words all day, they keep sounding in my head! The sound effects work really tightly with the concept, and will make your game hard to forget. You can make the levels more detailed graphically so it looks even more appealing.

Like many others, you used the "throw people" concept, but doing it with love and hugs is what makes it pretty original.

swizzcheez

21. Apr 2015 · 12:31 UTC

Great idea and application of the theme.

ManicMiner

21. Apr 2015 · 12:38 UTC

What I like about this game is that it has a really SOLID feel - a lot of LD games are a bit wobbly on their feet, but this one just feels well made. Nice job.

Sound effects were adorable and very funny

SecondDimension

21. Apr 2015 · 19:15 UTC

Sound effects were funny, the boss fights were pretty fun and mixed things up a bit

Liam :D

21. Apr 2015 · 23:27 UTC

"Hug requires friends" D:

I like it, the sprites, as simple as they are, are adorable. How they rotate to look at you is adorable :D

Cliff Lee(CL)

22. Apr 2015 · 03:19 UTC

Sound effect is so humorous :)
The concept is great!

Firaa

22. Apr 2015 · 04:36 UTC

This was pretty amusing. It's pretty easy with unlimited range love waves, but as far as love 'em ups go, this is pretty good.

PushmePullyu

22. Apr 2015 · 04:49 UTC

HUGS!

DiegoEscalante

22. Apr 2015 · 04:51 UTC

The gameplay was simple, but those sounds put me in such a happy mood. Nice job!

Tortoise

22. Apr 2015 · 17:45 UTC

Good use of theme. I liked the amount of levels and how you had to defeat the bosses, my only complaint is the variety in the levels was low, liked the sounds and overall gameplay.

Kitsubi

23. Apr 2015 · 02:01 UTC

I really liked the use of the converted enemies as projectiles (hugs) to convert more enemies. Truly interesting.

srakowski

24. Apr 2015 · 02:57 UTC

Love the sound effect, and game play was really challenging and fun. Well done!

aeveis

24. Apr 2015 · 04:32 UTC

liked sending out friends for hugs. Sometimes the hugs didn't work though. The bosses were interesting. It looked like friends got stuck inside or something and they also double when hitting a red part? very strange, but eventually the whole thing would turn. Maybe a love bar (hp bar)? nice job!

PlasmaErnst

26. Apr 2015 · 22:57 UTC

Ha, funny sounds :D