House of Volans by benk

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made by benk for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Ratings

Overall 686th 3.333⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 713th 3.083⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 792th 2.883⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 725th 3.117⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 128th 4.226⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 368th 3.35⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 321th 3.196⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 322th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Actual_Potato 69
08. Oct 2019 · 09:28 UTC
Good Job! I really liked the theme and the concept of the game. I went straight to get the dog and I finished the game. I suggest you should add a reason to defeat the other 2 guys first before fighting Benjamin. That's all!
Hanna_Knop
08. Oct 2019 · 19:31 UTC
Quick game, but super much fun! I think the graphic is really neat and also the overall concept I liked a lot:-)
Very well done, thank you!
JoaoSoliva
08. Oct 2019 · 20:23 UTC
Oh wow I really loved it all. The aesthetic is so unique yet reminds me so much of other stuff I dig.
The "boss' mechanics are a very rewarding challenge (took me a while to understand) and the dialogues adds up to each one character. Nice work, hope to see more of it <3
Virimine
08. Oct 2019 · 20:47 UTC
I loved the characters and the scenario! I didn't quite understand how the battles work and dodging is a bit difficult but great job overall :)
Shenawy
09. Oct 2019 · 11:10 UTC
Overall good game! Art style and first few line to join were interesting but I didn't get why he changed his mind so suddenly and decided to fight. Keefe's fight was difficult unless I'm missing something other than the sliding mechanic. His projectiles are way faster than anything I can pull off including slides. I think it's always better to give the player an edge. I couldn't win against him to see the final boss but oh well.
negator2vc
12. Oct 2019 · 11:58 UTC
Excellent visual style and nice audio!
The gameplay was very interesting. The story was I very nice touch!
The only thing I could point out was that with the exception of the shoes' lady (with you trying to avoid her attack instead of directly attacking her) the other combats has no tactics at all, you just brute force through them. In fact if you tried anything else (especially with the boss - priest) you are for a sure death.
The small rooms didn't help you either. You had no place to move to avoid the missiles :sob:
Still very nice entry in LD and we did save our dog in the end :smile:
PowerAnze
21. Oct 2019 · 06:54 UTC
The inconsistent hit detection made this pretty annoying. It was very hard to judge what actual size the hitbox had and even when I thought I had an idea I got still hit because the missiles hitbox were larger than expected. Most shmups get around this issue by making both the players and projectile hitbox much smaller than the visuals suggest and I would recommend implementing this in here as well. Inconsist was also the hit detection on touching the enemies. Sometimes I could slide or walk into them and would get damage and sometimes it didnt matter.
My favourite thing about the game were the visuals, they are off putting in a way that makes sense for the cult theme and the emo hairstyle of the dog at the end is a great touch.
hwaet
24. Oct 2019 · 06:28 UTC
That was fun! There's am unsettling art style here, which adds to the game quite nicely
Taldius
25. Oct 2019 · 07:49 UTC
Cool game with a nice art style and a weird but funny story haha
Good job! :thumbsup:
nitroglycerine
25. Oct 2019 · 09:09 UTC
Cool idea and good work!
simXple
25. Oct 2019 · 16:32 UTC
Nice artstyle, funny storyline :p
Black Flag
25. Oct 2019 · 21:09 UTC
I really like the graphics and the character design! The audio also worked really well, the dialogue/interaction system also worked well! I was a little confused about the fight bit though! Overall, this is a very good jam entry!
Anion_Z
26. Oct 2019 · 01:54 UTC
Yeah the story is unique definitely xD
Audio is great, not my type of art tho, but it wasnt bad either. Was confused little on what to do to the bosses first but then realized it after some time.
Takayamushi
26. Oct 2019 · 15:01 UTC
This was definitly original! Enjoyable little game, nicely done!
Zinkler
26. Oct 2019 · 16:07 UTC
Sweet little story, art and overall style are great. Very Woody Allen-esque
Cedric Matheus
26. Oct 2019 · 17:37 UTC
I liked it... nice work.
Pegasus
26. Oct 2019 · 21:27 UTC
Very peculiar and interesting game
zirconcode
28. Oct 2019 · 01:06 UTC
Woof!
tinykidtoo
28. Oct 2019 · 01:55 UTC
Not the dog, at that moment I knew I had to get the dog back from the evil cult leader. I really liked the vibe you created in this game. Just unsettling, perfect.
Digital_Pie
28. Oct 2019 · 21:39 UTC
really like the character art and music you had, the mechanics were fairly simple but still pretty fun, and I really like the little detail or just faceplanting if you try to slide without shoes.