Day of the Vampire by drilltail
A game of platforming and patience.
In this world, a day lasts only ten seconds. This is kind of a big deal, since, after all, you're a vampire. Using your trusty shovel to stay underground, overcome various challenges without exposing yourself to the sun's fatal rays!
Controls: They're explained as you play. But, if you must know now, or if you forget:
- Move: Arrow keys. Press up to jump; hold it to jump higher.
- Dig: Hold Z while walking into dirt. You have to find a shovel, first.
- Suicide: K. Use this if you somehow get trapped.
Made with Flixel. I used Bfxr for the sounds.
In this world, a day lasts only ten seconds. This is kind of a big deal, since, after all, you're a vampire. Using your trusty shovel to stay underground, overcome various challenges without exposing yourself to the sun's fatal rays!
Controls: They're explained as you play. But, if you must know now, or if you forget:
- Move: Arrow keys. Press up to jump; hold it to jump higher.
- Dig: Hold Z while walking into dirt. You have to find a shovel, first.
- Suicide: K. Use this if you somehow get trapped.
Made with Flixel. I used Bfxr for the sounds.
| Web | http://drilltail.com/downloads/VampireRun.swf |
| Source | http://drilltail.com/downloads/VampireRun.rar |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=23253 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 82% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.99 | 26 |
| Audio | 2.69 | 479 |
| Fun | 3.90 | 28 |
| Graphics | 3.65 | 165 |
| Humor | 2.81 | 260 |
| Innovation | 3.99 | 37 |
| Mood | 3.36 | 160 |
| Theme | 4.10 | 17 |
The only thing that could have made it 100% perfectly awesome is some sweet vampire/cartoon/time-intense music.
Yup. Awesome game. Love the mechanics. Cheers!
Loved the vampire art!
"Are you sure a day is ten seconds long? I feel like the seconds are a little short."
Man, you just have to make me paranoid! You made me realize that I never actually tested if the timing really is accurate.
And you're right. I let it run over a long time and took the average. A day lasts just slightly less than 10 seconds. That might be heresy, but I think it's close enough! Sunset and sunrise may give the illusion that it's worse, though: the first half of sunset and the second half of sunrise are considered daytime, while their other halves are nighttime, even though the lighting is about the same.
Can't understand what about 10 seconds but digging so fun, hah!
All 5/5
Very nice mecanics and gameplay ! Great use of the theme
Well done ! :)
Fiendishly difficult towards the end, but not aggravatingly so.
My one nitpick is that the checkpoint sound effect is a bit loud compared to the rest of the sound. But heck, that's one small nitpick for an otherwise great game.
Love the title, too.
I liked it!
But an amazing entry nonetheless, congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked the game a lot. The mechanics are interesting and the levels seemed to be the perfect length to explore them. And the vampire is cute. :3
Your use of the theme worked well. If anything, I'd have wished for a clearer indication of when the times were about to flip. Like an hourglass, progress bar or similar. I was quickly able to learn the timing well enough to exploit it though.
Minor niggle aside, excellent game, great job!