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MortVille by Soggyclog

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made by Soggyclog for LD25 (JAM)
Help Morty the evil wizard wreak havoc on the village folk. Turn them into minions and use them to take out heroes sent to stop you.

NOTE: There is no installer, just an EXE to run.

Instructions:
- Avoid HEROES (BLUE GUYS), one touch and you're dead
- Pick up ORBS
- Shoot ORBS at CIVILIANS to convert them to MINIONS
- Order MINIONS to destroy the HEROES
- ORBS will not work against HEROES


Controls:
- WASD or ARROWS to move Villian
- Shoot ORBS with SPACE, AIM WITH MOUSE
- Left click on minion or drag a box to select minions
- Right click to issue orders for selected minions


Team members:
Dave Tran - Art
Tamas Szathmary - Programming and some art


EDIT: I fixed a bug where the difficulty was not being reset upon restarting. Re-uploaded the zip file.

Windows http://www.rustwork.com/temp/MortVille.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=3223

Ratings

Coolness 39% 867
Overall(Jam) 3.33 102
Audio(Jam) 2.00 238
Fun(Jam) 3.00 126
Graphics(Jam) 3.55 108
Humor(Jam) 1.93 262
Innovation(Jam) 2.83 170
Mood(Jam) 2.71 197
Theme(Jam) 3.33 155

Feedback

Peping
18. Dec 2012 路 08:13 UTC
The sound effect were really lacking. The direction of an orb when you shoot it is unpredictable and heroes (blue guys) have too broad reach. I really like the graphics, the background feels really nice, but otherwise I didn't enjoy this game much
theRestlessTaxidermists
18. Dec 2012 路 08:14 UTC
I loved the graphics, the minion's shape is perfect :D

The gameplay is kind of original too. I felt it like, a multi-tasking pacman.

The blue guys pwned me very easily, i couldn't collect orbs quickly enough : (
EpaceGames
18. Dec 2012 路 08:31 UTC
I really like this game, it just needs to be a sped up a tiny bit. Good animations with the orbs. My high score is 19/22.
Alex Rose
18. Dec 2012 路 08:36 UTC
The graphic style is just absolutely beautiful.
馃帳 Soggyclog
18. Dec 2012 路 20:31 UTC
Thanks a lot for the feedback guys! I was tired and forgot to write that you aim the orbs with the mouse, and shoot with space. Sorry, kind of important I know, I've added that info now. And yes I agree, there are a lot of areas lacking due to running out of time. :\
Mythalore
18. Dec 2012 路 21:46 UTC
Nice art style but didn't really know what to do.
jackspinoza
18. Dec 2012 路 21:47 UTC
Had a classic kind of quality to it, good stuff. Gets quite hectic in a fun way. A little bit faster would have been nice.
Schwiggy
18. Dec 2012 路 21:49 UTC
You have a great sense of color. One thing that feels unfair is that the heroes can kill minions even after they're dead while minions instantly disappear; but other than that it's a cool little minigame. My highscore is 20/21
JacksGamesSucks
18. Dec 2012 路 21:57 UTC
nice game...i had problems with shooting though - even when orb hit blue guys they didnt die
too many blue guys comparing to orbs i think...minions even less.
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
18. Dec 2012 路 23:44 UTC
fantastic graphics! And it's a cool casual take on the Overlord gameplay :)

Top marks!
StoneMonkeyStudios
19. Dec 2012 路 01:29 UTC
The execution is simple, but the conceptual foundation is actually fairly promising. I'd be interested in seeing this kind of game taken a step further.
awppy
19. Dec 2012 路 06:39 UTC
The gameplay and control scheme feels very smooth. It's no trouble to have your character running around collecting orbs WHILE you're managing your minions, and I really like that.
schnerble
19. Dec 2012 路 23:32 UTC
Pretty cool, and a nice idea. Very nice graphical style :) I noticed a couple of bugs:
- It seems you can still shoot after restarting if you previously had an orb, even though it says you don't have any
- Hero guys still kill you when they're in the process of dying
Also the controls are very difficult when using a mouse left-handed - arrow keys + space is awkward - but it's an uncommon case, so no big worry :)
馃帳 Soggyclog
20. Dec 2012 路 07:14 UTC
Thanks for the bug reports Scherble! As for the controls I can see that being awkward for sure. I'm surprised Dave (the artist) didn't complain about that since he's a lefty. If we do go back and work on this someday, then I'd like to make the controls customizable.
deathray
27. Dec 2012 路 04:32 UTC
I really like the art style! The gameplay was a little too much like pacman for my tastes, but it was still fun.

(Once I read the instructions) I got a score of: x11 villagers, x14 blue men.
Joozey
30. Dec 2012 路 20:37 UTC
Score: 12x, 14x
Nice game! Would have liked some background music and a background story. What am I and the blue guys supposed to be?