ULTRA DEATHSTORM by Simplexcity

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made by Simplexcity for LD30 (JAM)
ULTRA DEATHSTORM (alpha)

In the year 2050, the Earth is ravaged by war and pollution.
A single ship attempts to escape the planet using experimental portal technology...
Something goes horribly wrong and a gateway to hell is opened, shaowspawn devour the crew.
Alone on the bridge, Knight Captain Laurence emerges to meet his death... and revenge.


Play as the lone survivor Knight Captain Laurence,
and do battle with the spawn of hell as you press forward to close the portal connecting worlds.

Arrows - Movement
Z - Attack
Space - Jump
Enter - Confirm

Notes: Health and stamina are displayed bottom left, there are pickups for both health and stamina.
Pro-tip 1: Move away from enemies after attacking and watch your stamina

Current Features:
- Hack and slash combat
- Health and Stamina system
- Some enemies
- Some music

Additional DLC features coming soon (preorder today)
- Special Attacks and Pickups
- Evade
- Jolly Co-op (you were not the only survivor, the 2nd mate is here too!)
- Character progression
- More stages and boss battles (unfortunatly for Laurence)
- Epic soundtrack
- More Death!

Please note, game requires WINDOWS (Web/Windows version are the same ULTRA_DEATHSTORM.exe).
Made in GameMaker Studio for LudumDare30 Team Jam 2014

Team:
- Hemi Ormsby
- Thomas Bredin-Grey
- Matt Grey
- Mike Blanchett

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1204
Overall(Jam) 3.63 126
Audio(Jam) 3.58 144
Fun(Jam) 3.65 76
Graphics(Jam) 4.67 10
Humor(Jam) 2.93 197
Innovation(Jam) 2.72 562
Mood(Jam) 3.67 118
Theme(Jam) 3.15 393

Feedback

Jaloko
26. Aug 2014 · 03:40 UTC
Love the pixel art.
Follett
26. Aug 2014 · 03:44 UTC
Great fun game. I am not normally a fan of games with a gray palette but it looked really nice. How much is the DLC?
Kuupu
26. Aug 2014 · 03:46 UTC
I LOVED IT!
All art was very well done! Congratulations to the artists / animator.
We try to make pixelart too, but not at the level that you did! haha

Kaol
Fanatrick
26. Aug 2014 · 04:01 UTC
I enjoyed this one so much! Thanks based pixel gods.
kidando
26. Aug 2014 · 04:52 UTC
This game is visually impressive. Mad respect for putting it together in such a short time. I hope it continues to grow into a larger game. Great job!!!!
Erkberg
26. Aug 2014 · 12:54 UTC
First things first: If you provide a web link, the game should be playable in the browser and it should not just lead to a download. Second: Chrome marks the exe as malware (and Windows Smartscreen is also complaining). Third: Please provide alternative controls for different keyboard layouts. It's always awkward to play a game that uses the Z key with a qwertz layout.
Apart from that, the game is really awesome. I love the graphics style, the gameplay is fast and the music gets my blood pumpin'. Great entry overall.
🎤 Simplexcity
26. Aug 2014 · 22:22 UTC
Everyone thanks for the love!

Erkberg, thanks for the helpful feedback.
completely overlooked people with different keyboard layouts so its something to defiantly remember. Also, wed love to get a web build up, ill look into it after work because its a bit of a hassle to download the game, especially when its marked as malware, i guess its because its an unknown exe. Anyways, i want to fix the first 2 things as soon as i get some freetime.

Cheers!!
RawboSaurX
26. Aug 2014 · 23:20 UTC
Wow! that menu screen is hella awesome, guys! As a matter of fact, the artwork throughout the whole thing looks damn good.
I wasn't expecting the player to be that small though, the background seems very large in comparison. Only thing I miss is some sort of indication for when I'm loosing health. Anyways, great work on the entry. It's a memorable one!
🎤 Simplexcity
27. Aug 2014 · 01:36 UTC
Yeah too right rawbosaurx.
There is just blood at the moment, but if there was more time it would have been cool to have him flash white, or have healthbars or damage numbers u could show or hide.

btw, if anyones having mega trouble just press the 'home' key a bunch of times ;)
theCoder15
27. Aug 2014 · 03:47 UTC
The pixel art was good but i didn't really like the controls
🎤 Simplexcity
27. Aug 2014 · 09:13 UTC
Just zipped the game up so hopefully it should be better to download, also removed the un-needed weblink... for now
Chikun Dev Team
27. Aug 2014 · 10:23 UTC
This was insane. Amazing graphics work!
~funkeh
liquidminduk
27. Aug 2014 · 10:37 UTC
awesome art design, loved it!
ponk
27. Aug 2014 · 12:50 UTC
Incredibly beautiful pixels !!
Hyoga-3D
27. Aug 2014 · 14:05 UTC
Nice gameplay and the graphics are wow! congrats!
jjhaggar
27. Aug 2014 · 16:09 UTC
Love the story/pixel art/music! :D Everything is really old school, just as I like ^^
panurge
28. Aug 2014 · 12:37 UTC
Ultra Deathstorm is about as awesome as a title can get! :)

Really cool nostalgic feel to this - story, art, sound, the lot. Plus it was a heap of fun to play. Good work!
psychomonster
28. Aug 2014 · 12:57 UTC
How much does the pre order cost? Where is your shop site? Seriosly... WHERE?!
Haaha just kidding :D Nice game... would it be sold on steam I would pay some bucks for it. Funny game
danidre14
28. Aug 2014 · 13:01 UTC
This game is really awesome! Graphics without a doubt is five! Music is really catchy, 5, overall (?) :3 Guess!
mcapraro
28. Aug 2014 · 13:17 UTC
really great graphics here!
LandoSystems
31. Aug 2014 · 20:58 UTC
That's one great game! Very tough gameplay but amazing art style. Nice work!
Snicklodocus
04. Sep 2014 · 02:15 UTC
This game is very impressive. Great polish and superb pixel art. One issue: the SFX clicks for me if a few of the tall guys die at once. I could see this as a base for a full game. Great job!
Romko Pidstryhach
06. Sep 2014 · 17:59 UTC
Great mood.
radmars
15. Sep 2014 · 00:12 UTC
Man the vibe in this game is amazing (incredible graphics & sound) but this desperately needs some sort of feedback when you get hit, it's super difficult to not have that. Otherwise this is really great, nice work.
🎤 Simplexcity
15. Sep 2014 · 23:15 UTC
Thanks again for all the kind comments!
Happy final few hours of voting