Blood In The Stars by Nek

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made by Nek for LD 39 (JAM)

Screenshot_6.pngthis is my second ld entry,going 3d for the first time,its a simple little game but with them sweet unreal graphics. Controls : WASD for movement,LMB to attack(direction changes the attack animation),RMB for ranged attack if you have enough power (orange bar),SPACE for jump.

Ratings

Overall 728th 2.885⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 740th 2.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 755th 2.417⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 729th 2.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 443th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 369th 3.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 648th 1.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 238th 3.56⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Alier Qiu
01. Aug 2017 · 08:38 UTC
A big game ...199M
The atmosphere is a little terrfying,
a red scene
killing model people with something...
yishalee
01. Aug 2017 · 08:38 UTC
I can feel the greatlyh unique visual art. Graphic is really good. It's fantastic just like in a dream. Textures and reflections works really well. It shocks me at the moment I step out of cave and see the moon. However it's a bit like a technique demo of which the gameplay is a little simple and experience needs enhanced. Something could be polished I think on action, collision feedback and level design.
Will Goad
01. Aug 2017 · 08:39 UTC
I get 404 not found when i click the link and the game jolt dowwnload doesnt work
unit684
01. Aug 2017 · 08:41 UTC
Really unique art style and direction. It looked great running up the path and seeing all the enemies at the top. Nice choice of music too :)

The combat was a bit simple though, I feel that there should have been some other enemies with more health and perhaps a bit more feedback when they get hit like some blood spatter and sound effects.
miro662
01. Aug 2017 · 08:41 UTC
Game is too simple, loved your game's mood tho.
gingerale
01. Aug 2017 · 08:50 UTC
I highly enjoyed the atmosphere and the mood brought by it. It's a shame there wasn't much to do. Making it a climb of stairs was a good choice though. And the ragdoll physics gave greatly amusing effect to balance the sinister theme.

I couldn't really tell if I was hitting anything, but that seems to be the issue with most Fist Person Melee games. Which is unfortunate. Yet, even with that, the game felt too easy.
🎤 Nek
01. Aug 2017 · 08:51 UTC
@will-goad i assume you used the link in the description its probably broken because i updated the version i fixed it now if you are still intrested
🎤 Nek
01. Aug 2017 · 08:53 UTC
thank you all for the feedback,yes the game is way too simple because im stupid and wasted a bunch of time on making effects i couldnt use in the end because it was too heavy also i had to cut some stuff because the original was 450mb so i cut as much as i could with still having at least 2 minutes of gameplay,cheers!
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 09:22 UTC
Graphics is nice, but it lacks a gameplay a little, somehow (if understand that red bar is health) I took no damage through entire game, although enemies scatered around me for a while.
thyshimrod
01. Aug 2017 · 11:47 UTC
I like colors in the game. I think, Camera would be better outside of the character, or maybe to collide with a more important box, to keep at distance of the ennemy.
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC
I love the graphics and the mood. I feel like a lot more could have been done with the audio and developing character models. Also, not much to go on in terms of score, continuity and gameplay. The instructions can only be seen after pausing the game as well, so the range attack thing can be confusing at first. I did not understand the power bars at first but made sense after some testing. I like the game and I hope you take this feedback constructively... You have potential! Unreal is a very powerful engine.

Cheers :D
Shezard
01. Aug 2017 · 19:25 UTC
The mood is brutal, and the atmosphere you've created is really ominous, indeed the gameplay is quite simple and in the end the feeling is the unfullfilled potcial, becaouse it could be something much more greater, but in any case really good job
atomicdad
01. Aug 2017 · 22:42 UTC
Pretty much what everyone else has already said. You've got a lot of atmosphere going for you. Keep working on it. Some sounds when hitting enemies would have gone a long way.
Rikoclon
02. Aug 2017 · 08:17 UTC
Cool looking game! The song fits great!
Linheha
02. Aug 2017 · 11:08 UTC
This mood created by those red colors and this music is very disturbing but it works very well ! Good job :)
pvtroswold
02. Aug 2017 · 12:35 UTC
Nice! "Snorlax... he's coming!" I don't think that's what it was but I couldn't unhear it. Definitely felt very dramatic and pretty to look at, unfortunately my poor pc couldn't handle it very well but good job!
gilborn
02. Aug 2017 · 13:53 UTC
Unique, epic mood.
Ray
02. Aug 2017 · 20:22 UTC
That mood is kinda unique at this jam, i love it.
mrboxbox
03. Aug 2017 · 11:14 UTC
Pretty good entry. The mood is quite unique, which is pretty cool. You managed to make the horrifying rollerskating dummies pretty easy to see even though everything is red. The sword could have been a bit more juicier but the bomb was pretty fun to blast those blockheads with!
Jupiter_Hadley
09. Aug 2017 · 13:53 UTC
Simple, but very nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUVd1KNAvFY
Dino_jr
14. Aug 2017 · 18:15 UTC
I like the dark style, it's remember me some terror games of play station 1 hahaha, the music, the enemys... good work, it's simple but good.
Dustyroom
22. Aug 2017 · 15:41 UTC
Very fun game, I liked the pace.
Not sure why you have audio and graphics ratings on, it seems some of the assets were not created for the game. Would be nice to make that clear in description.