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A Question of Time & Death by CuberToy

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made by CuberToy for LD27 (COMPO)
Software used :
Photoshop, Spriter, Audacity, MusicStudio, Construct2

Instructions :
You must earn timer to reset the countdown, by killing demons with one character (Death). But that's not all ! You have to control another one to collect these timer (wisely).

Use the arrow to move death and Space to attack.

At the same time, use A and D to move the girl

EDIT
About the story behind this :
It may seems weird because one screen is missing (didn't have time) but normally, the girl would like to complete her journey before dying, and Death agree to help her get time to do so.
Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/CuberToy/a-question-of-time-death/
Timelapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwxqRWuAGzg
Source http://cubertoy.fr/stuff/LD27/source/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=10985

Ratings

Coolness 80% 2
Overall 3.11 497
Audio 2.62 518
Fun 2.66 788
Graphics 3.62 175
Humor 2.23 558
Innovation 3.32 310
Mood 3.04 333
Theme 3.38 342

Feedback

CTATZ
26. Aug 2013 路 02:31 UTC
Cool ideas! And love the art.
Omar_q8
26. Aug 2013 路 02:32 UTC
original idea!
Tork
26. Aug 2013 路 02:33 UTC
Not a fan of using wasd and arrows at the same time, still 26 deaths!
Rabbits...
26. Aug 2013 路 02:35 UTC
I need to freshen up on my multitasking ability, very well put together.
馃帳 CuberToy
26. Aug 2013 路 02:50 UTC
Thanks for the feedbacks !
Tork : That's quite a nice score imho.
Rabbits : Yeah, quite honestly, I'm not that good either (is that wrong ? :p)
Roan Contreras
26. Aug 2013 路 11:19 UTC
Amazing visuals (smooth animations too) :D ... Great game.
Spotline
26. Aug 2013 路 11:43 UTC
Very nice ! Cool ideas and cool art :D
EggDestroyer
26. Aug 2013 路 11:45 UTC
I killed 65 demons ! Excellent idea, nice realisation, satisfying to play and great take on the theme. What got me killed tho is that I created 2 timers very close so I had to take both at the same time, breaking my game flow. Great entry !
Vectorious
26. Aug 2013 路 11:47 UTC
Well done. I like the multitasking, although it was a bit awkward in practice. Pretty fun, though!
NiceAlexanderAS
27. Aug 2013 路 02:15 UTC
ART + CONCEPT = EPIC :D GREAT JOB!
nathanhoffer
27. Aug 2013 路 02:17 UTC
Neat idea. Neat art. I might be too stupid to do 2 things at once :) Nice job!
asc3nsion
27. Aug 2013 路 02:28 UTC
The mood and Theme are very cool. I really like the style of the art as well. I wondering what your overall idea for this is... if say you had a story part to it. Very Nice work.
馃帳 CuberToy
27. Aug 2013 路 02:52 UTC
Again, thank you all !

asc3nsion : I invite you to see my posts to see the trouble I had with this LD (almost gave up). But yeah, here the idea was that the girl is "too young to die", and death agree to help her to gain time (and make her die the latest possible). It's not totally clear in the result, but that was kind of the idea.
theholychicken
27. Aug 2013 路 03:02 UTC
Wow, it's a very unique idea to control 2 characters at the same time! Don't think I've seen this before anywhere.
I did't really understand why the two are working together.. but it works on screen.
The art and style are terrific, great job!
atgaubatz
27. Aug 2013 路 03:27 UTC
Really fun! Loved the dissonance between the controls on the top and bottom.
ananasblau
27. Aug 2013 路 15:55 UTC
Looks really nice, most games forget to add particle effects.
But why would Death kill demons to reset someone's 10 second timer? That part is a bit fuzzy.
馃帳 CuberToy
27. Aug 2013 路 16:11 UTC
Yeah, I try to explain few comments above that I did't get time to add the story screen :/ I added the "story" in the description. Thanks for playing and comment.
Toshiro
27. Aug 2013 路 16:35 UTC
I really liked the idea of the gameplay ! And your art is beautiful. Goo work ! :)
iterative deepening
27. Aug 2013 路 23:03 UTC
I like the idea of controlling 2 characters, even if I'm very bad at it :)
hbocao
30. Aug 2013 路 02:36 UTC
Cool implementation. It's funny because I almost did something similar, but couldn't figure out how it would work. Seems like you managed to do it just fine ;) I liked that you managed to put a little story there. Nice entry!
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Aug 2013 路 03:26 UTC
Cute little game, I love the idea of it and it looks nice! I featured it in a Ludum Dare 27 compilation video, if you would like to check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HQ96z_y-M
megashroom
30. Aug 2013 路 04:55 UTC
Pretty fun!
The graphics were absolutely gorgeous, but the wasd + arrows combo was highly stressful. Still fun though!
AdamHarte
30. Aug 2013 路 10:48 UTC
I like the it when games get you to manage two things at once. Really plays with your brain. Awesome intro too.
blay09
30. Aug 2013 路 12:47 UTC
I liked the graphics and the multitasking it required.
ratalaika
30. Aug 2013 路 18:40 UTC
funny games. good job
XaiZil
30. Aug 2013 路 22:58 UTC
Pretty art style, love the story, nice gameplay
Orni
31. Aug 2013 路 14:39 UTC
great idea, the graphical style is amazing as well
liked it, I'm looking forward to your next games
well done :)
iiechapman
02. Sep 2013 路 17:17 UTC
Strange theme where death aids a girl by killing demon to help gain time. Split screen controlling two characters is a neat idea. Good Work.