Greed is a $in by Linky439
The original version submitted before the deadline had a small glitch that disabled the possibility to choose your own keys to play the game (I forgot to comment 4 lines in a script, that's all). I added a fixed version post-compo with the 4 lines commented, which is the only difference. If you play the old version, you move with ZQSD (the AZERTY equivalent to WASD).

Of the 7 deadly sins, you, Arzhok, picked the Greed. You might have been chosen by the God of Gods to guard his house, you cannot supress the tentation for money.
Unfortunately for you, the devious demon Khanak chose to attack today. He filled his soldiers' pockets with gold in order to tempt you. You can feel the hunger for money grow stronger as time goes by... If you wait too much, you won't be able to control yourself and will run to grab as much money as possible!
But beware, the God of Gods will punish your greed by depleting you of your strengh...

You play as Arzhok and have to defeat waves of demons. Each demon drops money, and each time you collect money, the "Greed" meter empties itself a bit. However, it also gets filled as time goes by as it represent your hunger for gold. Once full, you go into a frenzy and can't control Arzhok anymore: he'll go straight to the money dropped by demons or, if there's no gold to be seen, attack any demon near by. Once his hunger satisfied, you'll be able to control him again.
As you collect money, your God will deplete you of your powers.
Last and grab money as much as you can!

Controls:
-ZQSD for the old version, WASD for the fixed one, to control your character (can be changed ingame)
-Mouse to aim
-Left mouse button to attack.
| Windows | http://wyvup.com/?c=A28j7sP |
| Windows | http://wyvup.com/?c=A2aSDjL |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/greed-is-a-in |
Ratings
| Overall | 186th | 3.654⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 137th | 3.692⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 395th | 3.019⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 222th | 3.673⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 234th | 3.558⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 60th | 3.8⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 167th | 3.423⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
I like the "lose in strength with time" aspect of the game.
My best score : 321.
The window is a bit too small a x2 resolution could be good.
Edit : my bad, it's possible to have a x2 resolution in the option panel ;) Good point !
I scored 682, my level was at 0 and the enemies don't want to die >.<
Good job though it's a really nice game, the retro graphics are cool and the music fits really well with the game ^^
Nicely done.
I tried something similar too.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/overdose
@kashif Thanks! I'll check your game soon!
I didn't use any particular engine, I programmed the game with Game Maker 7.0, but other than that, I made it from scratch ;)
Not sure if this is a glitch, but at the end when I was ready to give up I just ran around and grabbed all the gold. Then, when greed mode activated, there was no gold so my guy just rammed into monsters automatically till he died.
Anyways, my Compo game is over here, if you want to have a look at it: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/squirrel-puncher-4000
Really well tuned gameplay, and the removal of powers through greed not only did well by the theme, but added a great difficulty curve. Super fun, great job!