Revenge of the Living Dead by Kurama_Youko
This game was inspired by the "Land of the Dead" movie, where a zombie starts to get smart and command the others against humans.
Objectives & Game Mechanics
Kill all people by turning them into zombies (just touch them) or making the shooters hit them by mistake.
People who became zombies will help you to kill more people (you turn your ENEMIES into your WEAPONS :P). Their normal behavior is AI controlled, but you can give commands to them.
Game Controls
Arrow Keys: Move
Shift: Commands your nearby allies to come close to you
Alt: Commands your nearby allies to go away from you
Ctrl: Commands your nearby allies to move as you wish (control them with the arrow keys)
Z: Commands your nearby allies to disperse
X: Commands your nearby allies to attack the person closest to you
* This game has background music and sound effects. If you're using Java Web Start and any of them seems broken to you, try downloading the game zip file instead. *
Development Details
Language: Java
Engine: JGame
IDE: NetBeans
Images: Gimp
SFX: sfxr
BGM: Wolfram Tones
Objectives & Game Mechanics
Kill all people by turning them into zombies (just touch them) or making the shooters hit them by mistake.
People who became zombies will help you to kill more people (you turn your ENEMIES into your WEAPONS :P). Their normal behavior is AI controlled, but you can give commands to them.
Game Controls
Arrow Keys: Move
Shift: Commands your nearby allies to come close to you
Alt: Commands your nearby allies to go away from you
Ctrl: Commands your nearby allies to move as you wish (control them with the arrow keys)
Z: Commands your nearby allies to disperse
X: Commands your nearby allies to attack the person closest to you
* This game has background music and sound effects. If you're using Java Web Start and any of them seems broken to you, try downloading the game zip file instead. *
Development Details
Language: Java
Engine: JGame
IDE: NetBeans
Images: Gimp
SFX: sfxr
BGM: Wolfram Tones
| Multiplatform (Java) | http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto/rotld/rotld.zip |
| Multiplatform (Java Web Start) | http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto/rotld/launch.jnlp |
| Source | http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto/rotld/rotld-src.zip |
| Jam Version | http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto/rotld/rotld-jam.zip |
| Jam Version (JWS) | http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto/rotld/launch-jam.jnlp |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-18/?action=preview&uid=1572 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 6% | 91 |
| Overall | 2.45 | 126 |
| Audio | 2.58 | 58 |
| Community | 2.62 | 93 |
| Fun | 2.25 | 129 |
| Graphics | 2.60 | 107 |
| Humor | 2.53 | 59 |
| Innovation | 3.15 | 67 |
| Theme | 3.25 | 87 |
as already posted the level is HUGE. almost impossible to find all humans before loosing interest. besides to that. well done.
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Nice use of theme!
A bit slow though. It gets boring aimlessly shambling around the huge map.
Problem with the command keys on my PC: pressing CTRL and ALT at the same time as two arrow keys doesn't always work (it's a keyboard problem, the only solution is to use other keys, AFAIK.)
The java web start version worked fine (Firefox/Linux), with sound and music.
You know, the background music really did sound like Wolfram Tones. I guess it was ok for what it is but you could have done better I think.