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bat story by maunovaha

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made by maunovaha for LD34 (JAM)
bat story
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Once upon a time, there was an old vampire...

...this vampire was so old that he couldn鈥檛 remember what it felt to be outside the castle...

...and this is where our story begins...


How to play
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Use your arrows (left & right) to move... if you hold one arrow while pressing other it switches to bat.. falling down switches to vampire.

When you move next to an enemy, you can attack him.


Credits
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Code / Graphics / Audio, etc:
Mauno V盲h盲 (@maunovaha).
Web http://gamejolt.com/games/bat-story/113963
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=41499

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.64 223
Audio(Jam) 3.60 187
Fun(Jam) 3.45 286
Graphics(Jam) 4.21 123
Humor(Jam) 2.92 354
Innovation(Jam) 3.30 397
Mood(Jam) 3.62 212
Theme(Jam) 3.94 281

Feedback

ruerob
15. Dec 2015 路 09:45 UTC
Great entry! I really like the gameboy-ish graphics! The sounds are nice, too. I liked the ending of the story! Sometimes it was a bit hard to play, but that is more a problem of the theme. Great Work!
馃帳 maunovaha
15. Dec 2015 路 11:12 UTC
Thanks for the kind words ^^. And I agree, I probably should have spent more time on fine-tuning the gameplay, but I literally just managed to get the game finished. Thus, this happens to me at every gamejam. :D
MAB
15. Dec 2015 路 12:18 UTC
reaaly good graphics and nice idea
kmakai
15. Dec 2015 路 12:23 UTC
Great job with the sound and music! I also really liked the style of the sprites/tiles, it seemed very cohesive despite how little time there was to put it together. There were a couple of spots where it seemed like the shape of the level made it very hard not to get hit, but that wasn't a big deal. Congratulations!
architect404
15. Dec 2015 路 12:27 UTC
nice graphics and sound and a touch of humour. good use of getting extra functions out of two buttons. fun entry, great job!
馃帳 maunovaha
15. Dec 2015 路 12:29 UTC
Thanks for the feedback! I spent majority of my time to making those simple graphics, so it feels great to hear that. hence, I am a programmer not an artist, so it feels even better. Thus, I agree that some of the levels were made like that.. but for those reasons I added some hp pick ups here and there. (;
Dege
15. Dec 2015 路 12:30 UTC
I love it! I love the colors and the music, the bat is tooo cute! The gameplay is very creative!
Didi
15. Dec 2015 路 14:33 UTC
Nice pixel art, and story!
Mechamism
15. Dec 2015 路 14:49 UTC
Love the style of this game! Wish there was more to play!
_stice
15. Dec 2015 路 16:12 UTC
Solid entry!
NoWandStudios
15. Dec 2015 路 16:40 UTC
I like the controls man! Retro style graphics are awesome. The music do a good work too
LastResortGames
15. Dec 2015 路 17:21 UTC
I just avoided all enemies and collected the necessary hearts along the way haha. Very cute game.
Warboys
15. Dec 2015 路 18:16 UTC
Really like the flying mechanic, felt great although switching was sometimes a little tough. The guards were assholes though, they kept stepping on my head and I couldn't escape haha.

Got to the end eventually though... did I die? :O
馃帳 maunovaha
15. Dec 2015 路 19:56 UTC
haha.. :D sounds great.. and about the ending, let's keep it as a secret ;)
The Merge Conflicts
15. Dec 2015 路 21:44 UTC
Looks good! I love the Gameboy graphics. You definitely nailed the style! Music is good too, but it was really soft on my end compared to the SFX. Mechanics are a little clunky. Some times I would just want to back away from an enemy but I end up turning into a bat and some glitches when turning into a bat in tight areas. But seriously good job on this one, it came out great!
Andrei
15. Dec 2015 路 23:21 UTC
Funny story ^^
Well executed game! I liked the transformation mechanic and the way you attack (after I understand it).
ChromeWisp
16. Dec 2015 路 00:02 UTC
Beautiful art, cool flying mechanic too!
Jwatt
16. Dec 2015 路 01:07 UTC
A pretty versatile use of the theme. With just two buttons, you can either lure enemies around, try to dodge them as a bat, or straight up punch them. Gotta say the presentation is a step up from some of your earlier jam entries I've seen.
Xanjos
16. Dec 2015 路 01:38 UTC
I like the transformation concept a lot but I think the time it takes to change should be a bit less (although I did manage to circumvent that limit by alternating between the two arrow keys). My only gripe is that the only way I could exit the game was to alt-tab first instead of pressing alt+f4 or esc.
_HopFrog
16. Dec 2015 路 03:07 UTC
Awesome little game! I honestly found more fun to just avoid the enemies than to fight them. Loved the aestethic choice!
Remicy
16. Dec 2015 路 08:55 UTC
Amazing art and idea! Love this game!
馃帳 maunovaha
16. Dec 2015 路 10:05 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback.. :) Didn't knew that so many would even play it, cool! ^^
krashja
16. Dec 2015 路 20:13 UTC
Very cool game, i like the movement mechanic ;), nice work also, great art!
fluidvolt
17. Dec 2015 路 00:25 UTC
Cool mechanic! It's fun changing forms and trying to dodge stuff. The camera is a bit too shaky when you're flying and it's moving up and down, but it's nothing too bad. The graphics are nice and evocative -- I like the darkness punctuated by torches. And the baroque-y organ is a nice touch, very Dracula!
MorseAmalgam
18. Dec 2015 路 05:24 UTC
Cool idea! I ran into an issue where oftentimes the transformation would play over and over rapidly which could be a little grating (Very noisy) but I'm not entirely sure what caused it.
inbetweengames
18. Dec 2015 路 15:24 UTC
Haha! Awesome entry! Loved the ending ;)
Even with being limited to only two buttons you managed to pull it off - the game felt good. Well done :)
scorched
20. Dec 2015 路 20:25 UTC
Nice. Liked the humour and controls, wish you could turn back into vampire in the middle of flight :-)
Skywilly
22. Dec 2015 路 16:38 UTC
I love the ending :P