Der Klappermann by Team Klappermann

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made by Team Klappermann for LD30 (JAM)
SETTING:

Your soul is now connected to the ancient Lord of Darkness - Der Klappermann.

Guide him down the path to the devout priests which deserve his retaliation. Every step supports the expansion of your ruthless empire. When you encounter a spell circle in the form of a pentagram, walk along the edges to dissolve it. This will break the circle and the priests are vulnerable, but be carefull the priest will try to dissolve you by luring you on their ground.

Once the circle is broken it is the time to dissolve them on your burning land. But if they can restore their magic shield, they will try to attack you and the cycle starts again. And don't forget to dash!

Break, Dissolve, Dash, Reign, Repeat.
BREAK, DISSOLVE, DAsh, Reign, Repeat.
BREAK, DISSOLVE, REIGN, REPEAT.
REIGN, KLAPPER, REIGN, REPEAT.



HOW TO PLAY?

The GOAL of the game is to dissolve the priests and their world.

If you get in contact with grass you will DISSOLVE.
If priests get in contact with your world they will DISSOLVE themselves.

At the beginning the priests and their holy trees are very strong, you have to weaken them by devouring the energy of their holy sign (blue glowing writings on the ground).
The trees will start to decay.

Once you weakend their magic enough their sign will dissappear and you become dominant
(great change in MOOD & LIGHTNING).
Now the priests are unable to restore their dimension around them,
so you have to make them go on your unholy ground and they will dissolve.

You can heal yourself by dissolving plants and attacking the sign of the priests.
Each DASH will dissolve you by 5% so don't use them too much.



CONTROLS:

WASD to walk
Mouse to look around
Mouse Left or Space to dash (5% HP loss)
Mouse wheel to zoom

XBOX360 controller:
1st Stick move
2nd stick look around
A to dash (5% HP loss)
Shoulder keys to zoom

Klipp, Klapp, Klapp, Der Klappermann...

Done from scratch in 72 hours.

TEAM:
Erik W. (@fastpath) (Programming & Gamedesign)
Gerard A. (Gamedesign)
Henning H. (All art!)
Jannes N. (@JannesNagel)(Programming & Shader & Gamedesign)
Tilman G. (Programming & Gamedesign)
Tobias A. (Particle effects)

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.56 159
Audio(Jam) 3.76 85
Fun(Jam) 2.91 454
Graphics(Jam) 4.47 32
Humor(Jam) 1.80 568
Innovation(Jam) 3.35 219
Mood(Jam) 3.79 88
Theme(Jam) 3.24 343

Feedback

hb3p8
26. Aug 2014 路 11:35 UTC
Bruatal art and incredible graphics. Very original atmosphere. Congrats!
dustyroom
26. Aug 2014 路 12:17 UTC
Unbelievable. AAA look. Amazing sound.
Don't know what to do though. Skeleton guys keep killing me. Fell off the level :)
馃帳 Team Klappermann
26. Aug 2014 路 12:20 UTC
You have to stand on the pentagramm. Then it will get dark and you have to stand near the priests to dissolve them. But be carefull when they healed all trees they will be dangerous again!
Simon@LD
26. Aug 2014 路 12:40 UTC
Outstanding graphics and sound design! I am really intrigued by this game. One thing i miss is an indcation of your current health, but aside from that i enjoyed this game very much. Thanks for making this!
馃帳 Team Klappermann
26. Aug 2014 路 12:57 UTC
Hi,
thank you very much for your feedback!

The indication of health is how much the player is dissolved, but sometimes it is hard to see with all those effects around it!
imaginarymonsters
26. Aug 2014 路 13:29 UTC
I think I was able to dash during the menu and find my way out of bounds / fall off the world. Either way, really cool! I love the black particle waves surrounding the player.
carrier_signal
26. Aug 2014 路 13:35 UTC
I had no idea what I was doing but it looks and sounds incredible!
RawboSaurX
26. Aug 2014 路 13:40 UTC
This is just overall great. sound design is very atmospheric and the artwork is obviously really good. Takes a few minutes to figure out how to do it, but that's part of the fun. Give it a go, it's absolutely worth your time.
master_f
26. Aug 2014 路 15:35 UTC
cool gameplay, if u would add a highscoresystem i would play it maybe some hours longer ;)
馃帳 Team Klappermann
26. Aug 2014 路 15:43 UTC
Thank you master_f we will think about it. Maybe we will extend it so that new challenges emerge with each playthrough. =)
Scott Baker
26. Aug 2014 路 17:04 UTC
Very cool game, well done. I can't seem to dissolve any of the priests.
hogtrick
26. Aug 2014 路 17:45 UTC
Pretty nice looking game. Next time try to make the objetive more clear =D
eott
26. Aug 2014 路 19:14 UTC
Note to self: Do not dash into trees.
Amazing game and very atmospheric.
nonetheless
26. Aug 2014 路 19:24 UTC
The animations are incredible, and graphics overall look much better than they should after 72 hours :). Great job.
liquidminduk
28. Aug 2014 路 06:01 UTC
pretty damn amazing work overall, you put a lot in to the visuals! sound concept all around
Artamus
28. Aug 2014 路 09:26 UTC
Nice game, congrats!
spolsh
28. Aug 2014 路 10:27 UTC
Nice style but difficulty is too high for me.
rfgpfeiffer
05. Sep 2014 路 08:49 UTC
Hey Leute, macht endlich ne Linux-Version
Ofursnati
05. Sep 2014 路 11:00 UTC
nice game. have the mouse look stuck on invert mouse was annoying. love the graphics and sound. GJ
jukimv1986
05. Sep 2014 路 11:06 UTC
The game looks amazing! Very polished and one can see you took your time with other details such as a tutorial or the website where the game is hosted. Well done!
villhest
11. Sep 2014 路 13:38 UTC
Just... Wow! Looks awesome!
Mach60KAS
11. Sep 2014 路 13:47 UTC
Very interesting and atmospheric, but I couldn't kill those priests for the life of me. Still, fantastic entry!