ZEN by Zhanna
The game about ZEN and personal demons.
It's like Dark Souls but difficult.




The monk seeks to find peace and immerse himself in Zen. But personal demons disturb him. The monk must to evade the attacks of demons and after that he will be able to find peace and return to Zen.
| Youtube | https://katamary.itch.io/zen |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/zen |
Ratings
| Overall | 188th | 3.865⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 425th | 3.432⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 358th | 3.459⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 368th | 3.583⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1th | 4.824⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 111th | 3.905⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 48th | 4.167⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 17🗳️ | 17🗨️ |
Thank you for comments! You are partly right.
But I special made this game more difficult because it's important to transfer right experience of the monk fast movement and difficulty of avoidance demons.
I also really enjoy the game play, as it gets more intense. However, currently, I am kinda stuck on the level where the game introducing the enemy attacking with throwing-stars. Its almost impossible to have the enemy kill himself alone, and I am not sure whether my shield can only protect me, or also deal damage.
Personally, I would make the AI more aggressive. As your theme suggests that these demons are here to distrub me, at the moment, I have to put myself in danger first by getting closer and luring them to attack in order to eliminate them. But if the whole time, your concept is to put yourself in danger first before destroying your inner monster, then I think the AI works great.
And it is really nice to have mouse control along with keyboard. I think the mouse control movement just made the game doable and fun! GJ, guys
Remember to play other people's games so they can know about yours!
The game is a bit hard IMO, but that's probably my gaming level !
I found a bug where I could go outside of the arena in the level where there is 7 demons.
Anyway really good job, it is simple but very polished !

In case of your pc have two monitors the game app is minimizing after each level :(

Very beatifull game, that makes you feel calm and infuriated almost at the same time.
But why shield is so useless? It can't stop a single demon!
The gameplay is very nice with you avoiding the demon attacks while driving them to extinction!
My only problem is the short timer for the shield which make the shield ability pretty much useless for us slow dexterity people :smile:.
I think a small boost in the shield's longevity will make the ability much better! Maybe a small cooldown will offset the extra longevity.
Still an excellent entry!!
You have to make an WEB export (I think you made this with gamemaker - judging from the file extensions). Much easier to play allowing for more people to play and rate your game!!