Thirsty Vampire by LDJam user 273557

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made by LDJam user 273557 for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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In Thirsty Vampire, you play as a vampire who has to consume fresh blood every 10 seconds, but you need to make sure your victim has a compatible blood type. The difficulties are based on whatever blood type you select at the start.

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Controls: WASD to move Q to check blood type E to consume blood SHIFT to dash

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Helloooo! Third game jam I've been a part of and first one that I've done on my own! First time where I've done the sprite animations by myself so it was fun to learn.

Tools - Unity - Aseprite - SFXR: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html - BGM: https://pernyblom.github.io/abundant-music/index.html - Font: https://www.dafont.com/alagard.font

Ratings

Given 12🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

01edward01
04. Oct 2022 · 11:17 UTC
i scored 12! Game is fun and innovation! liked it how you used theme!
Flamus
04. Oct 2022 · 12:50 UTC
Fun game! Really enjoyed gameplay and the theme fits nicely:)
LDJam user 262766
04. Oct 2022 · 12:57 UTC
Really fast game where you need to be concetrated too. I think it's nice thats all. I remembered, music is too loud
Pygargue_pirate
04. Oct 2022 · 14:36 UTC
very fun game !
SLEEPYMENACE
04. Oct 2022 · 20:09 UTC
Fun and hectic little game! I like how you only get a couple of seconds per victim, which keeps the tempo high.

The music is good but way too loud, though!
Lenan
05. Oct 2022 · 00:36 UTC
Simple game but pretty fun.
Art is nice, just the letters on the characters that you checked could some work to be more visible.
Music fit nicely with the game but it was way too loud.

Also a tip when configuring the controllers, since you move with WASD try to use other keys that are not Q and E to do actions, since your right hand does nothing and having actions on Q and E force you to stop moving.
Glaikunt
06. Oct 2022 · 10:48 UTC
Fun little game! was spamming q & e like a mad man xD great job!
Fribolin
07. Oct 2022 · 11:29 UTC
Fun little game, although very hard for me as a non-expert :)
Maybe try to adjust the difficulty a bit, by for example:
- resetting the full 10 seconds everytime you suck blood
- showing the green arrow (very helpful by the way) directly above the person
- making people stand still after you tested them

All just ideas, I had fun, thank you ;)
resacaGames
07. Oct 2022 · 23:42 UTC
31 on first try, babyyyyyy!! .... don't even know if that's much. Playing on AB made it kinda ez.
10/10, nice job!
jonmerrin
07. Oct 2022 · 23:47 UTC
Really fun! I think you nailed the ambiance, between the music and aesthetic. I liked that all the people were wearing bags over their heads. A funny look and it made me feel less bad for eating them! I also liked the sound of the indication that you found someone compatible. That was really helpful for me playing on O mode trying to spam q on everyone I saw.

I agree with @fribolin that refilling the full 10 seconds would make it feel more fair, though it may make it too easy (especially on AB mode, it would just be a people-eating simulator!). I feel like different ways of making it difficult would make the game feel more fair, even just obstacles.
DurkaGames
07. Oct 2022 · 23:50 UTC
First time to see a vampire in jams :) Please, make an audio a little bit lower. Overall, it's a fun game, we love the difficulty system.
Allie Vera
09. Oct 2022 · 01:21 UTC
The difficulty curve snuck up on me in a fun way; at first I took my time since I wanted to maximize the time gained from consuming a target, but once I realized that the time gained was slipping the game became a scramble! My poor vampire made it pretty far, but we'll see how I do on higher difficulties. Great work!
simba
10. Oct 2022 · 23:00 UTC
Haha! Managed to score 30 with only 2 blood types necessary. It's a simple game, but I enjoyed my frantic race to find victims. The player art and run animation is well done!
Inno
11. Oct 2022 · 20:40 UTC
heh, paper bag people :)