Nyctophobia by draxov

made by draxov for LD30 (JAM)

Fear of the dark is as old as time itself, the original fear, in the dark anything can get us. In Nyctophobia you play as 'Nimbus' a being of pure light. Nimbus has the power to bring light to any darkness and has done so for all eternity. However the dark void grows ever greater and now the light must be brighter than ever to destroy the darkness.

Credits:
Thomas Roberts - Programming/Art
Kyle Hatch - Programming/GUI
Dean Stanfield - Programming

Controls

WASD/Arrow Keys - Movement
Mouse - Shooting Direction
Left Mouse Button - Shoot
Right Mouse Button - Pause

3 Pickups:
Rapid fire - Increases rate of fire
Speed boost - Increases move speed
Explosive Bullets - Bullets explode on impact

3 Monster Types:
Walker - Walks up to you and melee attacks you
Boomer - Gets close to you then explodes
Shooter - Jumps around you while firing projectiles at you

(Web Player may not work without Unity 4.6 beta installed http://unity3d.com/unity/beta/4.6)

Web	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90516944/Nyctophobia/WebPlayer.html
Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/vjtdlgkgih69kmd/Nyctophobia_Windows.zip?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4kdl4vneupq1gf/Nyctophobia_Mac.zip?dl=0
Linux	https://www.dropbox.com/s/yy1apkmeol2r64a/Nyctophobia_Linux.zip?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=14412

Ratings

Coolness	45%	1426
Overall(Jam)	3.13	444

Audio(Jam)	3.57	146
Fun(Jam)	2.97	417
Graphics(Jam)	3.42	368
Innovation(Jam)	2.47	644
Mood(Jam)	3.68	113
Theme(Jam)	2.60	590

Feedback

Victory Garden

26. Aug 2014 · 18:40 UTC

Hey, I enjoyed this! You've got a great soundtrack and concept, the graphics are actually pretty creepy, and I had some fun playing!

I felt like initial enemies had a bit too much HP, and their bullets were too hard to see--I couldn't figure out what I was getting killed by and where to go, and most of the time I couldn't get any pickups because I was moving too slowly and was too far away when they spawned, even if I started heading towards them right way. I think I also may have shot one to death at one point o_O

Thanks for the game! I had fun.

John Drury

27. Aug 2014 · 23:56 UTC

Epic music!

dook

30. Aug 2014 · 23:07 UTC

Nice little shooter, felt a little slow though. I think I'd enjoy it more with more speed like a regular shooter. Real nice graphics and music, though!

stasss

31. Aug 2014 · 00:18 UTC

Very solid atmosphere and concept) Great work! All components fits great. Great teamwork, also. Really good music decision, it adds more scale to the game, FX really great for this atmosphere (I'm absolutely have no feeling like "this effect were added because everyone adds FX". Beautiful! Great variation for light and dark theme!

vividhelix

31. Aug 2014 · 00:22 UTC

Liked the art style. Solid entry. Also, thank you for adding auto-fire, my fingers thank you very much :)

GravitasGames

31. Aug 2014 · 11:29 UTC

hey people, thanks for the nice comments. Just out of interest how have you been playing the game, webplayer, PC, mac, linux? And at what resolution, notice anything off.

As with most LD efforts having time to do proper testing is difficult. But we've considered polishing up a couple things and release for free so more can enjoy. Any thoughts are most welcome. Thanks for playing.

Kyle.

alpha_rat

31. Aug 2014 · 15:00 UTC

Really nice idea and concept, the music is really epic !
Maybe the player character could move a little faster, it is a bit frustrating in the beginning to move so slowly

barleyarley

31. Aug 2014 · 15:01 UTC

Great game. Not terribly original game play, but a good art style and well executed. Good job!

KEFIR

31. Aug 2014 · 17:01 UTC

Very nice atmosphere! Simple yet enjoyable design. Good job!

Ramiel

31. Aug 2014 · 18:48 UTC

Just wow!
Really creepy atmosphere. Music, artwork, everything fits nicely.

mrexcessive

31. Aug 2014 · 18:59 UTC

Hi there. Very nice looking shooter. Quite hard to see the crocs missiles. Pretty tough. Good job!

BobMorate

04. Sep 2014 · 11:55 UTC

I had fun playing it, thanks a lot for sharing! Nice music and gloomy graphics go very well with the ambience you wanted to achieve. Kudos!

Natrium729

07. Sep 2014 · 20:54 UTC

While I am not a fan of scoring game, this one was nice, with good music. Adding sounds effects when you are hit, or when killing an enemy would be even better.
The graphics helps well the atmosphere, too.