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Dread God by Somfin

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made by Somfin for LD33 (COMPO)
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Apparently my upload killed my texture quality. I've fixed it, I hope.
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In Dread God, you play as an evil deity attempting to use surreptitious influence upon the populace of a small seaside town, in order to build a sufficiently large cult and destroy the world.

Unfortunately, your cultists are bloodthirsty idiots.

Click on people to influence them, converting them to your cult. Be warned, though- you cannot influence someone who is being watched by another. Direct your cult by clicking on the ground- use them to break lines of sight, or just outright murder witnesses. Know that your cultists need no excuse to start outright attacking citizens.

Drag the world map with a right-click to adjust your view.

PLEASE NOTE: There appears to be a bug where the click effect will end up off centre. Because of the way the game handles clicking, please make sure to either play in a window, or at your screen's native resolution.
Web (Gamejolt) http://gamejolt.com/games/dread-god/88200
Windows (fixed!) http://gamejolt.com/games/dread-god/88200/download/build/241884
OS/X http://gamejolt.com/games/dread-god/88200/download/build/241560
Linux http://gamejolt.com/games/dread-god/88200/download/build/240899
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/ar7bc5ffctkng1t/DreadGodSource.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=55138

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.58 167
Audio 3.22 226
Fun 3.53 157
Graphics 3.33 333
Humor 2.52 549
Innovation 3.69 100
Mood 3.09 400
Theme 3.67 291

Feedback

馃帳 Somfin
24. Aug 2015 路 01:43 UTC
Please note- the web build on GameJolt currently has a technical issue with the HUD, in that it is displaying improperly. I don't know how to fix this, so for the moment, I'm taking that link off.
TimWright
24. Aug 2015 路 02:39 UTC
Windows version - works for me. I will be playing this some more. Very original idea!
VampyVampire
24. Aug 2015 路 02:44 UTC
Awesome. Really interesting take, really interesting results.
ENDESGA
24. Aug 2015 路 02:45 UTC
That title looks amazing, but the rest of the art was lacking a little... Great game! Love it :)
Ekibyou
24. Aug 2015 路 02:46 UTC
Overall great game! Cool mechanic that worked nicely, everything went exactly as I expected. The game did end quite suddenly though, not sure if I won?
Stanleys_Stoop
24. Aug 2015 路 02:46 UTC
I really enjoyed this! My only complaint is the villager re-spawn rate. It took me a moment to figure out what exactly I was doing and by that time there were so many villagers it was impossible to pick one out, though that is minor and after I figured it out I was pillaging and converting right and left!
DantronLesotho
24. Aug 2015 路 02:46 UTC
The red stuff that is supposed to line up with my mouse doesn't work. Maybe a scaling issue since the offset increases as the mouse moves to the right of the screen.
Mattress
24. Aug 2015 路 02:49 UTC
The clicking-thing is offcenter. The people and the HUD look awful, but the rest of the game was interesting. Fix those problems up, and this could be a very fun, maybe even sell-able game!
Flygamer101
24. Aug 2015 路 02:58 UTC
I loved the simplistic Graphics :D
inurashii
24. Aug 2015 路 03:43 UTC
Fun toy! Bit of a feast-or-famine when it comes to difficulty -- I got quickly overwhelmed by the high spawn rate of the villagers, but when I figured out that I could 'claim' the NE docks, things got super easy. Not thrilled with the different pixel resolutions, but otherwise pretty good! :)
jstclair13
24. Aug 2015 路 07:30 UTC
I wont open on the mac. Let me know when it's fixed and i will come back
Tuism
24. Aug 2015 路 09:17 UTC
Yea, OSX doesn't work, sorry. Let me know when there's an update.
Insality
24. Aug 2015 路 20:20 UTC
oh, i love this little minions-cultists, it's so cute how they kill all people :D
i like it, i love to control the swarm of something!
nice entry!
t4u
24. Aug 2015 路 22:17 UTC
love those little guys in robe. I guess if you fill cult bar to full you have won. Is that correct because my game just ended?
馃帳 Somfin
24. Aug 2015 路 22:26 UTC
I've put up a new web version, and a new mac version- and yeah, the ending is a bit sudden.
quill18
25. Aug 2015 路 00:30 UTC
The concept and the art is gold. Love the transform-into-cultist animation.
Xanderzoo
25. Aug 2015 路 00:33 UTC
Great game!
BoskoSokolov
25. Aug 2015 路 00:34 UTC
nice game nice graphics <3
Bsevers18
25. Aug 2015 路 00:40 UTC
Lots of potential! creting an army of cultists is real fun, mwahahaha!! Would love to see this expanded on with shrines and upgrades!
Rani_Sputnik
25. Aug 2015 路 02:52 UTC
It was a bit hard to move the camera with the right-mouse (mines a bit wonky) and I didn't really understand if at the end of the game I was winning (I presume I was because the cult bar filled all the way up but the way the music unwound I thought I might have done something wrong.) Other than those two gripes, great game!
Karai17
25. Aug 2015 路 05:36 UTC
Neat game! Took me a while to figure out how line of sight and such worked but once I figured it all out, the game became a lot more fun and interesting. Great entry!
FieroNZ
25. Aug 2015 路 08:39 UTC
Really cool! Great job
mooncalf
26. Aug 2015 路 18:19 UTC
Nice concept, cute graphics. Had to restart once I got the point - the world was over-run with do-gooders quickly. Evil and fun! Nice job.