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Mob Floor by Pixels Everywhere

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made by Pixels Everywhere for LD 42 (COMPO)

Hack, Slash, and Toss mobs to avoid running out of space!!

Defeat monsters to stun them, and toss them over the bottom of the level to kill them! If you dont get rid of them, they will swarm you, take up movable space, and make it harder to survive.

How high of a score can you get?

Kill and throw the dummy off of the void to start the game.

* Controls (Keyboard) *

wasd - movement. L-click - attack.

R-Click - Block

Space - Grab and Throw

Enter - Pause

* Controls (Gamepad) *

arrow keys to move

x - Attack

b -Block

a - Grab and Throw!

start - Pause

* Safety Keys (Important) *

Ctrl - Returns player to game area, near the center of the room. (Only use if you get stuck in a glitch! Abusing this will ruin the game! In other words, dont use it just because monsters are swarming you)

Esc - Restarts the game

  • if you get a popup asking to search for an app in the app store, just click no *

Press 0 to reset the high score. ld42 ScreenShot 001.png ld42 ScreenShot 002.png ld42 ScreenShot 004.png

Windows https://pixels-everywhere.itch.io/mob-floor-ludum-dare-42
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/mob-floor

Ratings

Overall 203th 3.62⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 234th 3.481⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 438th 3.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 457th 3.327⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 3th 4.483⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 62th 3.712⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 338th 2.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 209th 3.26⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

triplefox
13. Aug 2018 · 00:35 UTC
I'm getting this error at launch:

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object oPlayer:

Push :: Execution Error - Variable Index [0,-1] out of range [1,12] - -5.gp(100029,-1)
at gml_Object_oPlayer_Step_0
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_oPlayer_Step_0 (line -1)
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 04:10 UTC
@triplefox hold on ill look into it and upload a fixed version. Tho I seem to be able to launch the exe without any issues
EDIT: Its looking for gamepad input, and cant find any. Hold on, and ill fix it!
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 04:34 UTC
@triplefox The bug is fixed. Thank you for notifying me!
Allan Kong
13. Aug 2018 · 05:14 UTC
The Graphics is cool and the tunes are funky, nice job.
karlipoppins
13. Aug 2018 · 05:18 UTC
Really cool little game! Awesome graphics and music. I would have loved to be able to play full screen as it was pretty small on my 4K monitor.

The game is quite hard! I was quickly overwhelmed from the first levels...

However I love the atmosphere and art style, reminds me of the oldschool battleaxe games I used to play on the arcade.

Really cool entry, great job!
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 05:18 UTC
@allan-kong Glad you like it! In the future, I will make my games resizable.
triplefox
13. Aug 2018 · 05:51 UTC
The game runs now, but it's not spawning the first wave. I kill the dummy and it goes translucent and level changes to 1, but it never disappears.

(Sneaking suspicion: it's another gamepad bug and I should just admit defeat and go find my Steam controller already because games designed around a very specific I/O configuration always appear in game jams)
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 13:43 UTC
@triplefox I am unable to replicate this bug. It sounds like a collision issue between the dummy and the object over the pit that handles the enemy kills. When you throw the dummy over, it should disappear. The only thing I can think of is to try restarting the game.
earnso
13. Aug 2018 · 14:15 UTC
> The nostalgia! :heart:
Hakro
13. Aug 2018 · 14:21 UTC
It's a bit intense in the beginning. But the audio and graphic style are really cool.

Nice job. Keep up the good work :)
Guilhermoni
13. Aug 2018 · 14:37 UTC
Im having the same issue as @triplefox, i kill the dummy but the first wave never spawns. Seems like a really cool game tho, i was looking forward to playing it!
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 14:38 UTC
@guilhermoni Just so we are both on the same page, you are throwing the dummy over the void at the bottom of the game room, right? If there is any way you can send me a video of the glitch @ jmcclure235@gmail.com, so I can see exactly what is happening, that would be great :)
Guilhermoni
13. Aug 2018 · 14:46 UTC
@pixels-everywhere Oh ok, i threw it and it got working. Really fun game, pretty solid. Art is fine, so is sound. Just wished that when blocking we could still move, but at reduced speed. Well done!
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 15:01 UTC
@guilhermoni Glad you enjoyed! Yeah, I agree with you, movement while blocking would have been better, the idea didnt even cross my mind during the jam, lol.

@earnso Thanxs! Maybe they should add a nostalgia rating.... >:). Just kidding!

@hakro In the future, I will make the audio fade in rather than stat abruptly. Thanks for the feed-back!
Doey
13. Aug 2018 · 16:36 UTC
The game looks great and fits the theme really well. For me it was a bit too difficult on the first level, but then again, I might just not be very good!
Sinnis
13. Aug 2018 · 16:53 UTC
Good game! Well done and polished, the graphics are very cool, but a little bit hard though :)
Whismirk
13. Aug 2018 · 16:56 UTC
It looks awesome ! Great graphics, and the gameplay seems fun, however... I just can't play it x). I kill the dummy but the game still doesn't start, no monster wave coming, and I can't do anything else than keeping hitting the poor dummy (still funny though). Even after restarting and killing it again I have the same problem. It's a shame because I would really like to play this game !
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 16:57 UTC
@whismirk You have to pick the dummy up and throw him into the abyss at the bottom of the screen
Whismirk
13. Aug 2018 · 17:02 UTC
@pixels-everywhere My bad, I thought it was only for the monsters, ah ah. I should have tried it though, but I'm just too stupid. Anyway, an awesome and challenging game, great job !
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 17:04 UTC
@whismirk Dont say that, you're not stupid! I should have made that more clear in the instructions for my game. I had the mind to make a tutorial scene with the dummy, but i ran out of time. ;w;
Ronchiko
13. Aug 2018 · 17:07 UTC
The game is very difficult, but the game is quite fun and sounds awesome and looks stunning. I thin that if the game was slightly easier the theme would be much more noticeable.
superpokeunicorn
13. Aug 2018 · 17:10 UTC
I like the detailed pixel art style and the little character sprites. The music is pretty groovy too. Having to throw enemies off of the stage is an interesting idea, but I feel that the combat is a bit bare bones and repetitive. Despite my issues with the combat, this is an overall solid entry. Good job!
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 17:12 UTC
@sinnis @ronchiko @superpokeunicorn When the jam and grading is over, i will probably make a post Ludum Dare version, to fix the difficulty curve, add a tutorial, add different combat, etc..

Thank you all very much for your criticism!
EatThePath
13. Aug 2018 · 17:13 UTC
Quite neat. I will say it was super unclear from ingame information that the bottom of the screen was a pit and that I needed to throw things into, I thought my game had bugged after I defeated the dummy until I read this page again. The music is a very fun groove, but doesn't loop very well.

Looks great. Very solid work.
Taner
13. Aug 2018 · 18:52 UTC
Yeah like the others I had a problem too on the start. There was no information that you have to push this dummy down. But the battle after that was fun. The Pixel arts, music and animations are good too!
Sublustris
13. Aug 2018 · 19:03 UTC
Great pixel art, i really admire people, who can draw complex pixelart gfx during the 48 hrs of compo! Good work, 5/5!
Colin Misbach
13. Aug 2018 · 19:07 UTC
Amazing graphics!

Like all concepts, it's kinda hard to really know how well it will work. The problem I saw was instead of it being a matter of throwing corpses off of the platform to make room to move around, I would just end up dying instead because there were so many of them at once. So maybe turn down the spawn rate for each wave?

The sounds fit pretty well. Some of them seem a little loud, but overall I think they add to the experience. And the mechanics are pretty smooth, I do wish it was a littler more dynamic, like being able to move while attacking? Or having some sort of dash ability? I guess what I'm trying to get at is that the combat wasn't super rewarding. I don't know, but what I do know is you did some good stuff here.

Great work!
ConorOD
13. Aug 2018 · 19:24 UTC
Really nice game, but very, very difficult! I got overwhelmed in wave 1 - a lot of enemies spawn in and do a ton of damage! Also, as others have said, it's not entirely clear that you're supposed to throw enemies into the pit.

With some difficulty tweaks, this could be really cool.
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 19:28 UTC
@taner @sublustris Thanks for the feedback!
@colin-misbach Yeah, the overbearing difficulty was a bit of an oversight in the haste of the compo. I made an attempt by putting a limit on how many mobs are allowed to be alive on the screen before more can spawn, but i forgot to put rules for which mobs can spawn at any given time.
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
13. Aug 2018 · 19:31 UTC
@conorod thanks for the feedback!
JesusAcHe
14. Aug 2018 · 00:24 UTC
I agree with Colin. Really enjoy all the aesthetics, and the sheer variety of monsters you've created, I just wish you could attack along the vertical axis too. Its easy to get mobbed down while focusing one enemy, and then you have no escape. I do like the corpses being in the way as a concept, just tuning down the spawn rates would make it better.
🎤 Pixels Everywhere
14. Aug 2018 · 00:50 UTC
When I have time tonight, I'll upload a seperate version with a fixed spawning system :)
StateOff
14. Aug 2018 · 01:38 UTC
Awesome but too rough with the first wave.
Also minor point: The carpet seems a bit too noisy/distracting. But overall the graphics are great.
Nice job!
SuperEndeg
16. Aug 2018 · 10:23 UTC
First of all superb gprahics and sound!
Second the game feel is really nice, reminding me of souls games where you need to find the moment to attack.

Of course it's also very hard with all types of monsters spawning on first wave, will try balanced version later.
Cassio Eduardo
20. Aug 2018 · 04:10 UTC
Beautiful presentation and there is a very good amount of enemy types and patterns. I think it would be better if the character had a slash instead of a stab (maybe as an upgrade or something), to cover more area. Also, I wish I could walk and block at the same time, even if at half speed. Solid entry.

Good job.