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Ghoul by parias001

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made by parias001 for LD34 (JAM)
This game is about a little boy trying to survive in a distorted world, where no natural logic exists. You can only survive if you activate most of the nexus's fireplaces before The Unmaker Ghoul finds you. You must hurry in order to have a chance to fight him, it will grow as he feeds himself with your enemies.

The level is randomly generated and the goal is to kill the ghoul (huehuehue) who is lurking around, you can know it is near by hearing his lullaby.

NOTE: For a better game experience use headphones!

Controls:

*Arrows - Move
*Space Bar - Confirm / Attack
*Escape - Exit

Gamepad supported:

*Left Analog Stick - Move
*(A) button - Confirm / Attack
Windows https://www.mediafire.com/folder/b8sbgucn8cdwr//Ghoul%20Sourcecode
Source https://www.mediafire.com/folder/b8sbgucn8cdwr//Ghoul%20Sourcecode
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=59721

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.16 668
Audio(Jam) 3.43 284
Fun(Jam) 3.10 568
Graphics(Jam) 3.52 486
Innovation(Jam) 2.67 814
Mood(Jam) 4.10 53
Theme(Jam) 2.59 1029

Feedback

MrJoshuaMcLean
15. Dec 2015 · 04:44 UTC
Really great atmosphere in this one. Little bit rough around the edges--too difficult and the goal's a bit unclear IMHO--but I really enjoyed the haunting ambiance. Good work!
dementor561
15. Dec 2015 · 04:47 UTC
Unplayable. When I hit enter it crashes.
The Vall
15. Dec 2015 · 04:48 UTC
This game has a really well set mood. I felt that moving backwards after attacking was annoying.
Mr_Fudd
15. Dec 2015 · 04:54 UTC
I liked the mood your game had. The tileset and music came together to make something eerie. The attack animation was a little jarring since it shook the screen and moved your character back.
Weeping Rupee
15. Dec 2015 · 05:47 UTC
I like this games style!
DieBackStudios
15. Dec 2015 · 05:52 UTC
Good work keep improving.
Ogniok
15. Dec 2015 · 08:53 UTC
And this is a game I like to play on ld contest. The mood is great, yet I feel sorry for the boy. He died many times...
Juin
15. Dec 2015 · 19:03 UTC
You really got he atmosphere right, it really felt spooky. But the combat was really weird and i didn't even really know why i was dead suddenly.
gogo199432
15. Dec 2015 · 19:32 UTC
While the idea was great I quickly got lost and wandered around, not knowing what to really look for etc. Then I just died. The mood was great, but implement a map or something.
matiz982
16. Dec 2015 · 08:09 UTC
Great graphics and mood. Good work
nicso
16. Dec 2015 · 17:07 UTC
Pretty hard to distinguish walls from ground. More contrast on their value would do the trick.

A good habit is to take a screen and transform it in black and white ;)
JohnGalt
16. Dec 2015 · 17:09 UTC
The tense feeling is really great in this game. I enjoy it a lot!
Hot Box Games
20. Dec 2015 · 23:24 UTC
Creepy! Good atmosphere, I think it would have been nicer to play if the light rotated slowly and the camera wasn't so jumpy, apart from that I got really immersed, good job!

Good sounds, but I noticed that you didn't implement a way to queue and limit the amount of sounds played at once - you could hit a pile of dead blob-things and it would play 10 hit sounds all at once, resulting in a really really loud and stuttery sound that hurts the ears.
ChuiGum
04. Jan 2016 · 22:01 UTC
Loved the environment and the mood, great graphics (especially that title screen I love it), great music, and cool game overall! c:
🎤 parias001
05. Jan 2016 · 18:46 UTC
The team appreciate all your comments and we'll take note of all of your observations! We are very happy with the results and we'll continue improving our skills!
Thank you very much!