ZomBonk by Skull King

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made by Skull King for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

An eccentric billionaire decided it would be a very funny idea to build a maze on top of a graveyard. In fact, this graveyard is well-known for housing the world's largest mausoleum. Turns out, it's not funny, and you're the billionaire! The dead are here to get their revenge and your flashlight is quickly dying. Good news, it seems as though the construction workers left behind a lot of batteries for your very inefficient flashlight. You at least thought ahead, and brought your best bonking hammer. Hit zombies on their head to stun them, or hit them before they fully resurrect to acquire precious batteries. The zombies wish you good luck, billionaire! Hopefully you make it back to your vast riches alive. zombonk1.pngzombonk3.pngzombonk2.png

Ratings

Overall 1194th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1239th 2.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1329th 2.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1314th 2.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 796th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Spig
04. Apr 2022 · 16:17 UTC
I liked the shortened vision, it aways makes the game more exciting! Also nice that you lose vision of ambience when your energy drops to 0.
taran95
05. Apr 2022 · 08:29 UTC
I like the idea of solving a maze and fighting at the same time
PashaLoban
05. Apr 2022 · 08:41 UTC
Cool game
yarpoplar
05. Apr 2022 · 16:35 UTC
Too scary for me! Bonk
muriel
09. Apr 2022 · 09:44 UTC
Scary entry jeje, freaking footsteps :) (I rarely play horror games as I'm a coward)

I achieves what it wants to achieve so good job :)

Also what is fun is that I hate corners in horror games and your game is full of theme so interesting torture XD

Good job and thanks for your entry!
fjlucas
09. Apr 2022 · 18:28 UTC
Nice art style! good job!
Samuli
11. Apr 2022 · 14:44 UTC
Thats one nasty sounding ground!
Psytron
12. Apr 2022 · 04:29 UTC
Funny and super creepy all at once, nice theme-age!!!!
Kszaku
13. Apr 2022 · 21:39 UTC
There was a ton of little things I enjoyed (like the cheeky zombie hand in the main menu), and atmosphere was top notch, however combat is gonna need some work, because it is rather jank right now. Cool game, mate!
SasquatchBStudios
17. Apr 2022 · 02:00 UTC
Really REALLY nice mood and atmosphere. The loud footsteps and being able to hear the zombies in the background was a nice touch (and the flashlight running out of juice.)

I found it a little boring, I was looking for zombies to bonk for about 2 minutes before I finally found them, had no encounters before that, but I found like 12 of them all chunked together! And then no more for a while after I ran away to get batteries.

Having them spread out a little more would have kept it more interesting for me.

Great work for a weekend project! Solid entry.
Corrupt Spaghetti
21. Apr 2022 · 14:18 UTC
Great game! The dynamic between choosing when to pick up batteries and when to leave them adds a fun element of strategy. I like how you can't kill the zombies and how that adds to the survival theme.

Here's my high score:
![zombonk1.png](///raw/5b6/63/z/4e4c5.png)