Skeleton Quest by mahalis

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made by mahalis for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

You are a ghost who never got to go trick-or-treating; your one ambition is to have a body to ring someone’s doorbell with. The neighborhood dogs won’t miss a few bones, right?

skeleton quest shot 2.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-N_HB06krA

Ratings

Overall 117th 3.705⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 98th 3.641⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 135th 3.613⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 82th 3.938⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 132th 3.663⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Humor 29th 3.8⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Mood 89th 3.7⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Jupiter_Hadley
07. Oct 2019 · 22:39 UTC
Funny game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/PWHzHVXDNtQ
Compasslg
08. Oct 2019 · 02:37 UTC
Now I know why dogs are barking for no reasons
maxdmg
08. Oct 2019 · 02:45 UTC
Loved it really good ludum dare game. Managed to make me smile the whole time playing especially when I figured out the dogs were gonna be hunting me down. Halloween games are always great, but building the costume was a great idea. Having the enemies be upset dogs is also a super creative take on enemy design. Voxel art and ambient noise were both great especially the skeleton and pumpkin art. Although seeing what you can do with voxel art made me a little disappointed the ghost wasn't a voxel art ghost. I would've loved to see like a couple more halloween decorations but 48 hours is 48 hours and the content in the game is top quality for the time frame. Really enjoyed playing this, you should be proud of making a great experience (just give me more voxel art pls)!
kr0s
08. Oct 2019 · 02:55 UTC
Can someone PLEASE make a Skyrim mod based on this game. Super fun.
Keith Wang
08. Oct 2019 · 03:22 UTC
Super clever concept and polished game! All that just for trick-or-treat, that is so adorable.
Bocodillo
08. Oct 2019 · 16:47 UTC
Fun game! The idea is great and it plays good. The voxel art looks really nice. Good job.
velvetlobster
09. Oct 2019 · 02:17 UTC
I like those bone arms lol

![Screenshot Capture - 2019-10-08 - 23-17-03.png](///raw/0e4/e/z/29065.png)

give my leg back!
ROBOWARRIOR1982
09. Oct 2019 · 05:24 UTC
Cool game ! Maybe you can just add scary music and humoristic music ;) ![shoot01.png](///raw/bc3/41/z/290d1.png)
Sauerkraut
09. Oct 2019 · 15:05 UTC
Great Game! Love the art style and the concept just a bit too easy in my opinion.
Pincushion
10. Oct 2019 · 00:40 UTC
Really cute game. It's fun, and it has a nice look too. It would have been cool if the neighbourhood had some variation.
Alchemic
10. Oct 2019 · 03:56 UTC
I love this game, it's so cute! Reminds me of candy skeletons. The graphics are super nice. Maybe could have used some spooky music, but still had nice atmosphere.
Nikolaj
10. Oct 2019 · 04:46 UTC
Cute, lots of fun dodging the doggies! Bad dog, don't take my skull!
smileyface
10. Oct 2019 · 05:47 UTC
heyyyy our games are pretty similar, nice. Also I think this was a really short and sweet fun little game.
mrerdalural
10. Oct 2019 · 06:33 UTC
hahahaha! This is cute and creepy at the same time! I loved the voxel art. Thank you for the game! I enjoyed it a lot!
Simon Rahnasto
10. Oct 2019 · 08:26 UTC
Oh man, first I thought you wanted me to kill the dogs and take their bones, I’m glad that is not the case haha. But I do wonder what the dogs have been up to in order to have acess to human skulls :smile:

Very impressive art for a comp entry, everything felt nice and coherent, great entry :thumbsup:
ogre
12. Oct 2019 · 15:32 UTC
Silly and fun, only takes a couple of minutes to play. It's really cute. Good use of theme.
Elmos Minion
12. Oct 2019 · 16:52 UTC
3D voxel art is always fun! The game is short but the concept is really interesting, I'd look forward to a longer post-LD game maybe
candlesan
12. Oct 2019 · 17:35 UTC
Cute. great little animations and effects.

Sometimes when I picked up a bone a little rib cage or other bone would fall to the ground that I couldn't interact with. I wasnt' able to figure out what to do with those but it didn't seem to hold up my progress.
🎤 mahalis
12. Oct 2019 · 18:32 UTC
@candlesan Thanks! That happens when you dig up a bone that you already have. Loose bones will distract the dogs from you, and you can also pick them up if you end up losing one of that type of bone.
candlesan
12. Oct 2019 · 23:06 UTC
@mahalis Ah okay gotcha! Thanks for the response!
Mikeliosus
13. Oct 2019 · 13:36 UTC
Hey! It's a really nice entry!

Quite original.

If it would have a little bit more content and more variable gameplay it would be an interesting prototype for a full game.

Art is well polished!

Great job! :3
MrsTari
13. Oct 2019 · 20:53 UTC
great job here - was funny to play :)
Oneki
15. Oct 2019 · 08:17 UTC
Got lucky on my first run, by getting all the bones in a perfect order. Second run though got 5 skulls and only one chest. Liked the I guess randomly generated chanllenge it brought. The way each dog went and burried a stolen bone back was great.

Humour wise you didn't get enough out of the creepy suburbs, where absolutely everyone has human bones burried on their lawn.
pkenney
26. Oct 2019 · 18:38 UTC
Dang, sorry, I downloaded and tried to play, but couldn't get past this error:

![cooked-content.png](///raw/81b/z/29db5.png)

Because I was unable to play, I won't rate.
Jonasz999
26. Oct 2019 · 20:22 UTC
### Very simple & nice game, really enjoyed playing it! :smiley:

I liked the idea of dogs stealing parts of your costume when you get to close to them :wink:
SleepyStudios
26. Oct 2019 · 22:46 UTC
There's actually a decent amount of depth here. Nice work. Liked the atmosphere too.
dans17
27. Oct 2019 · 02:44 UTC
Nice game! I really liked the concept but felt like it was too short. It would be cool if there was an added challenge of getting as much candy as possible by going to many different houses instead of just one.