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The Cult of Refrigodrator by mochakingup

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made by mochakingup for LD 40 (JAM)

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Awaken the refrigerator god, awaken The Refrigodrator!

You play as the high priest of a refrigerator worshipping cult. Set in somewhat cyberpunk city, recruit as many followers as you can into your cult. Beware though, cultist need foods, and hungry members will turn into demons! Get food by killing townspeople, or if you're in a pinch, sacrifice your own followers for food!

It is believed that if you have 100 followers at the end of the 30th cycle, you'll awaken The Refrigodrator.

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Different type of townspeople will convert into different cult members who do different things. This might not obvious in the game, I was planning to do in-game manual/tutorial but ran out of time.

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This is my first Ludum Dare, it's a lot of fun! I was aiming for Compo at first but couldn't make it in time. :sweat_smile: The idea is the more you have cult members, the harder it is to gain food to feed them, and you'll risk a demon outbreak.

Download links are in google drive, I'll try to set up itch page soon.

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k3ONibfj7s1lkxvRihE5DaO2g243FM9e
macOS https://drive.google.com/open?id=1al_7GDtviX8RMRp8TfvMe1X0XkzxSK_u
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/the-cult-of-refrigodrator

Ratings

Overall 11th 4.303⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 110th 3.9⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 80th 3.926⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 240th 3.857⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 63th 4.486⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 74th 3.985⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 393th 3.294⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 78th 4.014⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 52🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

TheTopHatNoob
05. Dec 2017 · 03:36 UTC
This game looks good, this game sounds good, this game plays good. A creative idea and polished gameplay. You did a great job.
dmay93
05. Dec 2017 · 03:38 UTC
The art and music were both fantastic! The gameplay was fun, though I wish the mana would recharge a bit faster! Thanks for the game!
PapaJeon
05. Dec 2017 · 04:08 UTC
Clearly my favourite game for the moment, bravo !
vlandemart
05. Dec 2017 · 04:16 UTC
The graphics and music are amazing. Gameplay should have been a little faster - currently mana is recharging very slow and it kind of breaks action.
samkee00
05. Dec 2017 · 04:22 UTC
I enjoyed the art and music, but it seemed like the actions recharged really slowly so I couldn't really do very much.
DBONGames
05. Dec 2017 · 05:59 UTC
Awesome game! kept me hooked the whole time. It was hard to tell when I was taking damage though as their was no cues, which was my biggest gripe. Loved watching my army turn on me when I couldn't feed them all haha.
devmax
05. Dec 2017 · 08:21 UTC
Really polished gameplay and art. This could be sooo juicy with some sweet laser sounds effects! Maybe a quick flipbook tutorial of each powerup would help get players enjoying the game faster.
Talia
05. Dec 2017 · 15:51 UTC
wow your cultist have a really nice design. the music is awesome. and I really like to walk in this town. great job!!
Dogydogsun
05. Dec 2017 · 19:58 UTC
Love the art and atmosphere! While the music is good the game still feels a bit silent without sound effects. I also feel like the game could really benefit a lot from more player feedback, an example would be things like when you or your cult members take damage it's not really that clear, or when your cult members are about to turn into demons. It also feels like the cult members need just a bit too much food and it's very difficult to get many members.

But other than that this is good, I'm really impressed by the atmosphere you were able to create in such a short amount of time.
Roy87
06. Dec 2017 · 15:20 UTC
oh congratulation! Nice art! Can I follow it also on indiexpo? Do you have also a page there? This looks great! I looked for the games that used the #LDJAM but I don't find yours. So good luck!! I will hope to make a video about it!
Bartol44
06. Dec 2017 · 18:18 UTC
The game is really polished. You got a lot of skills, and they all work and look cool, UI looks nice, though it lacks information about when we are taking damage and other stuff other people already mentioned. AI is great for the jam, also I rarely get stuck in between units.

The bigest flaw though, is the gameplay. I expected, that I gonna gradually grow my cult, fight with hunger and manage to get 100 by the day 30. The problem is, the hunger consumption grows much faster than the ability to convert townspeople. I ended up just slaying townsepeople and cultist alike to gather a lot of food, and rush to 100 when I was getting close to day 30. Also, it was dissapointing to get over 100 before day 30 and still lose. Something should be rethink there.

I listed a lot of harsh feedback, but beside that, the game is absolutely awesome. Cult/following theme is always great. Gaphics, music, UI, skills and AI stand out much above other games on this jam. Really well-done!
ariake81
06. Dec 2017 · 18:21 UTC
fantastic, fully realised game. Amazed how much you've managed to build in the time. Can easily see how this could be a full game. Cracking graphics and design, good job
Oniwaka
06. Dec 2017 · 18:25 UTC
good art, music and gameplay! funny concept as well
seizethedia
06. Dec 2017 · 18:33 UTC
Really nice art and a fun concept. I love the feeling I got when gaining more converts and I expect it would feel even better once it gets SFX. The UI needs some work so that you can tell when you are being damaged as opposed to being followed. The color choices between some of the civilians vs. cult followers made it hard to tell them apart especially during combat when it's most critical. The police units specifically blended the most for me. Great submission!
Honest Dan
07. Dec 2017 · 13:41 UTC
So impressive, especially as you did it all yourself. Loved the art, and I think I would have gotten along better with the game! I was also clumsy and accidentally killed my followers with my AoE ability! Once I got the hang of it, I think I found it more enjoyable! Good work
Scowling Pastry
08. Dec 2017 · 04:28 UTC
This game is really fun. I absolutely love the art style and the music is great as well. No complaints. I'm absolutely garbage at the game though. Always kill my followers.
Eli Delventhal
08. Dec 2017 · 04:38 UTC
The art and visual delivery / mood of this are the real winners. Well done there. I think the gameplay could be tuned – I never really felt like I was in control and stuff was happening a little too quickly. Accidentally hitting my followers when I tried to do much of anything was a major issue. Maybe a toggle for friendly fire?
Frozedon
09. Dec 2017 · 05:49 UTC
Visually it looked great and it was funny how the gameplay had me building up cultists just to murder all of them before the end of the cycle. I wish it had sound effects. It would also been very nice if the powers would gray out if I didn't have enough energy.
Iferit
09. Dec 2017 · 06:34 UTC
THIS WAS INERADICABLE! I would love to see this grow :o
SavePoint
09. Dec 2017 · 06:38 UTC
Really nice work for such short amount of time. And an easy upgrade to a legit downloadable game. The whole mechanic of multiplication of followers via some kind of influence is a really dope idea and has a large yield for potential applications. The dada-esque title and floating fridge are funny! Very thorough sound and music work too. Although the intro music was sorta silly I appreciate the work.
anegri
07. Jan 2018 · 16:25 UTC
The graphics look amazing... What tool did you use to create the graphics, they remind me of castle crashers and thought you might ha tool similar to the Flash IDE?
Jupiter_Hadley
06. Feb 2018 · 15:22 UTC
Lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXXwu1asxI