School is Hell by Gizmo199
If you're having trouble with the embedded file, try the itch.io link or, better yet - download the .exe file.
Principal Pain decided it was a good idea to open a school for imps in hell!
After a string of deaths among his staff, it's your job to curb the chaos in the classrooms!
Monitor the school, checking room by room if imps are up to no good. Click on imps to prevent them from misbehaving. Summon principal Pain to keep the imps at bay when things get too hectic!
Controls: mouse
Credits:
@gizmo199 - Code, vfx
@tokarts - Art, music, sfx
Changelog:
V1.2 Fixed audio not loading at the beginning of game. Re-Uploaded .exe version since the build was empty
V1.1
Fixed typos in principal's dialogs. Fixed audio issue with game end music.
V1.0
MAJOR BUG FIX: Crash would occur after 1 particular imp performed their mischief. MAJOR BUG FIX: Game end music leak
| Link | https://tokarts.itch.io/school-is-hell |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/school-is-hell |
Ratings
| Overall | 292th | 3.833⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 472th | 3.567⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 523th | 3.433⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 944th | 3.167⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 46th | 4.576⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 98th | 4.07⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 91th | 4.067⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 255th | 3.932⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 39🗳️ | 51🗨️ |
You've got a really funny game, with good musical accompaniment, high-quality mechanics and a simple but cool plot.
Unfortunately, I failed after third day, is it scripted? If it wasn't, it would be cool to restart the day, rather than start from the begin.
However, well done!
Ludum Dare player doesn't work btw
Link to itch also doesn't work
But I don’t quite understand where the theme of the competition is.
Otherwise on a more serious note, the idea is cool, the art and execution is really well done!
Good job!
Great work!
Bigger hit boxes on those imps please! But man are they cute. Nice work.
The gameplay was nice at the beginning, but when multiple classes were added I found it tedious to switch back and forth between screens.
One thing: at first I tried to play the web version on Opera (Chromium), and I couldn't click to pass the very first dialogue. Everything worked correctly in the windows build
Truly a beautiful game with a nice and simple to understand mechanic! Did not manage to make web version run as there were no cursor, so I had to use windows version, but this is not a problem at all!
Wow, nice!! I'm sure Demondeed will stay open a long time with you reporting all the misbehaving imps! :smiling_imp:
Yeah, the cursor is there in the web version, you just need to scroll up a lot and the sensitivity defaults to very high.
It's our first time entering a Ludum Dare, so we got stuck on some of the peculiarities of embedding on the LD site. :sweat_smile:
Everything just works together well in this game to create a cohesive experience. Very well done!
The only problem I had was technical. The web version on Firefox displays in this smaller window, doesn't even take up all the space allotted by Itch by default, and it cannot go full-screen. That presents the issue with the mouse cursor (which can easily go out off the game frame and just disappear until you manage to wiggle it back in).
The graphics are fantastic, the audio is really cool (those pesky imps are annoying to hear ^^), and the gameplay loop works like a charm. It was really tough trying to keep up with 3 classes!
I managed to do 3 A+, with an A- on Tuesday and a B on Wednesday. My only complain would be that some imps are difficult to click as their hitbox is precise, so aiming a couple of pixels away from the neck for instance doesn't count.
Overall I had a great time, really really cool job and super polished!
GJ!
The art is full of charm!! Even if I failed on my first playthrough but seeing all the funny little illustrations of the imps creating mayhem more than made up for it. I eventually got the hang of the gameplay and I enjoyed how it mixed things up, it kept it enough fresh
Really good entry!
Some interesting mechanics try to prevent imps at each scene from causing havoc!
After a while they do get a little repetitive but no enough to stop the game from being fun.
Great job!
Fun:B
Innovation: C
Theme: B
Graphics:A+
Audio:A
Humor:B+
Mood:A+
Very nice game, actually started to feel more fun at the end.
I would have loved to be able to select guys, back in and out of the cameras using the keyboard, but other than that I think this one is pretty much 5 stars all around!
Great graphics, sound, and design