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Soul Shepherds: Passing Ghasts by A Flat Miner Studios

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made by A Flat Miner Studios for LD30 (JAM)
Have you ever wondered about the afterlife? No? Well... fine. But let's pretend you had for a moment. What happens to your soul when you die? How do you get from one world to the next? Meet Cheryl and Sonia! It's their job to make sure the good guys go up and the bad guys go down. Grab your game controller, hop on your PC, and get ready to find out just how crazy a job they have!

Best played 1P or 2P with a single Xbox controller. (Left stick for Sonia the reaper, right stick for Cheryl the angel.) Can also be played with WASD/Arrow keys.

AFlatMiner Studios is...
Carla Castillo, Dexter Davison, Micha Faw, Jesse Slade, Jodi Slade, Jen Thrasher, and John Thrasher
Windows http://aflatminerstudios.itch.io/soulshepherds
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=42150

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.56 159
Audio(Jam) 3.36 246
Fun(Jam) 3.00 391
Graphics(Jam) 4.31 61
Humor(Jam) 3.29 109
Innovation(Jam) 3.21 278
Mood(Jam) 3.33 248
Theme(Jam) 3.82 77

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stink123456
26. Aug 2014 · 14:41 UTC
Cool idea and nicely executed!
ShivaFang
26. Aug 2014 · 14:50 UTC
Very well executed.
tillrobby
26. Aug 2014 · 14:58 UTC
Game looks very good :)
everystone
26. Aug 2014 · 14:58 UTC
Nice done, I laughed out loud at the sound fx.
Stepwise
26. Aug 2014 · 15:01 UTC
Cool idea! Found myself wishing I could do levels perfectly, or do chunks perfectly. Realized it'd be pretty hard! The sketched art was a pretty nice touch, as were the sounds.
Satyre
26. Aug 2014 · 15:16 UTC
Nice game. I find it difficult to play alone, but 2 players can have a lot of fun together. The graphics are polished and the gameplay fast to learn.
puppetmaster
26. Aug 2014 · 15:58 UTC
+Intro Screen
+Graphics
-Sound
-boring
Almax27
26. Aug 2014 · 16:04 UTC
Nice tight gameplay, excellent music, no bugs (that I could see :P) and cool to see a 2P game. Good work!
Lvyn
26. Aug 2014 · 17:50 UTC
Well done, graphics are great love the animation ^^, the idea is simple but that's hard ! I'm a **** at it :D, this would make a nice two player coop game (much easier ^^).
GFM
26. Aug 2014 · 23:42 UTC
Nice game. :)
I think this could be really good as a co-op/competitive game. But, I didn't find it as fun as a single player one...
LemmingSurvivor
27. Aug 2014 · 02:31 UTC
"Percentage of souls herded: 66.67%" Man, I truly am a natural at this Heaven/Hell stuff.

Controls feel a bit weird, but I'm pretty sure that's related to character positioning more than an actual technical issue; having the game go horizontally would be a lot easier on the brain.

Handdrawn art and audio are great. Game flows smoothly, without any major issue.

Good job!
aeveis
27. Aug 2014 · 05:04 UTC
21600 was my score! I think there was a bit too much on the screen to manage everything (I played with keyboard), maybe if the people moved slower or if there were less people. I did like the bouncing back and forth mechanic, maybe focus on that for something to move forward with? overall I liked the concept!
ninjascript
27. Aug 2014 · 05:55 UTC
Looks fabulous, extremely tough to play. Excellent work!
TehSkull
27. Aug 2014 · 05:56 UTC
This is just a little bit annoyingly hard. I just feel like crap when I miss even one, which makes it frustrating to me. Good quality on the gameplay and the art though. Very smooth and gorgeous.
Rage Paint
27. Aug 2014 · 05:56 UTC
Nice game. Really enjoyed the artwork and all the little side comments being made. Overwhelming to play by yourself but I could see this being a good co-op game.
Tommislav
27. Aug 2014 · 05:58 UTC
A very hard game for me. Guess I'm not that good at multitasking =). Excellent graphics.
jjhaggar
27. Aug 2014 · 06:02 UTC
Hahaha, it's really fun for 2 players! I like it a lot, great job! :D
lekochen
27. Aug 2014 · 07:40 UTC
32600. Well done!
🎤 A Flat Miner Studios
27. Aug 2014 · 13:39 UTC
Feel free to post your overall % and high score. (And difficulty levels if you changed them!) Playing a little bit of soul pong might be the secret to a high score. (Or not!)
Amvere
28. Aug 2014 · 03:00 UTC
Very nice graphics! It really bent my brain trying to keep both characters moving. I would have liked to see my score after each game though. Overall, a really impressive game!
MoonlightBomber
04. Sep 2014 · 01:41 UTC
Love the ambient sounds that combine with the music.
vinull
06. Sep 2014 · 01:03 UTC
Some very nice artwork and music/sound. The gameplay was a little chaotic and I felt like I should be catching them all but I guess that's not supposed to happen.
Jupiter_Hadley
07. Sep 2014 · 16:34 UTC
Sweet graphics, nice two player. I included it in part 18 of my Ludum Dare 30 Compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Ix-68aPFWAc
Moosefly
13. Sep 2014 · 13:36 UTC
Nice graphics and atmoshpere, although the voice overs get a tad annoying after a while. Really hard to play alone, got a bit over 60% herded correctly. Cool options menu, should've probably set it to something easier than the default mode before playing.

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