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Grip of Despair by Khud0

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made by Khud0 for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Grip of Despair is a grim rhythm fighting game about an alcoholic, who woke up and decided to change his life. Push button sequences to help Gorton beat the opponents!

I really didn't fit anything theme-related and the game is extremely raw. All I managed to finish is the UI bar which I will end up re-creating again. Still I decided to upload the game here as a reminder to set realistic goals for my next game jam and working with placeholders first instead of polishing the art.

Me (Code&Art): https://twitter.com/Khud0Steam Lotuscvlt (Musician): https://soundcloud.com/andreywww

Short game demonstration from day 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTy6wCnUh0

If your game is as unfinished as mine or, generally, you're interested in seeing other people's experience with Ludum Dare, I think that you will like my "postmortem" video about Grip of Despair and 2 other LD entries:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYieMNKQ8sg

Edit1: Added HTML5 build, not sure if it will run well outside of the fullscreen mode.

Youtube https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_LSo3nDbBXCfoT0NM_x3krqQ-0yenzBP
Youtube https://khud0.itch.io/grip-of-despair
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/grip-of-despair

Ratings

Overall 1085th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1045th 2.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1091th 2.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1126th 1.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 790th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 431th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 807th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Tommyflower
09. Oct 2019 · 08:49 UTC
Ok, I suck at this kind of games:D, but music and graphics are very cool! Well done!
Ausstein
09. Oct 2019 · 19:29 UTC
Yeah I won :)
Great audio and Mood but I don't really see the connection to the theme
Maaya
09. Oct 2019 · 19:29 UTC
I like the idea! The art is pretty cool too :) really challenging for me to play because i don't remember where WASD is xD good game!
🎤 Khud0
12. Oct 2019 · 11:20 UTC
@tommyflower
Thank you, we are glad you enjoyed the graphics and soundtracks! Those are the only things we managed to get done, after all! xD

@ausstein
Great job! Thank you for dedicating your time to the game! :) Indeed, theme-related aspects were planned but weren't implemented. =/

@maaya
Thank you very much for your comment! I want to keep working on the project so I am glad that you liked the idea. :)
RedHermit
12. Oct 2019 · 18:32 UTC
Sounds like you learned some great lessons from this jam, and experienced what we all do in regards to scope.. that said, music was fun, and I love the art style, the UI Bar is very nice also! Thank you for submitting even though you felt it unfinished!
asfdfdfd
12. Oct 2019 · 18:36 UTC
I love music in your game and how damn hardcore it is.
Danilo Freire
12. Oct 2019 · 18:46 UTC
Please post a web or mac build so more people can play and give feedbacks on your game!
PIXAMENTORY
13. Oct 2019 · 09:16 UTC
"Impressive game, Very cool concepts. I left wishing that there is more.
Had a lot of fun "
simon.parzer
13. Oct 2019 · 09:20 UTC
It IS kind of unfinished, though the main mechanics work well already, good job on that! I would have liked to see my score upon finishing the game though.
🎤 Khud0
13. Oct 2019 · 10:31 UTC
@danilo-freire
Thank you for your advice! I added a WebGL build, though it doesn't seem to work well outside of the fullscreen mode.

@pixamentory
Thank you for playing! :)

@simon-parzer
The scores will come in later versions for sure, thank you for your suggestion!
BytingGames
13. Oct 2019 · 10:32 UTC
The game starts with a good difficulty to get into the game, but in my opinion you could really increase the difficulty over the two levels, but I guess you didn't have enough time for that. If even found the second level to be easier than the first. Great soundtrack and graphics! The game is very solid and rounded up, good work here!
framg
13. Oct 2019 · 11:35 UTC
Nice idea and I like the audio. A world ranking could improve a lot your game.
ChickenChaser
13. Oct 2019 · 12:04 UTC
Great game, really fun! I found it to be very addicting, but sadly it was way to hard for me. If you just displayed how many buttons you missed at the end of a level, it would be much easier for noobs like me to play and enjoy the game.
Artyom Volkov
13. Oct 2019 · 17:12 UTC
The idea is great, but the beginning of the game is too difficult, next time work on difficulty progression more thoroughly, as a player shouldn't be beaten at the start.