Puddle of Death by Shawn Beck

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made by Shawn Beck for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Become a primordial goop of chaos sent to bring ruin to the helpless kingdom of men.

​Play as the Puddle of Death. A primordial ooze of evil sent to bring ruin to the helpless kingdom of men.

Consume the Earth's natural resources and summon imps, spooks and towering abominations to tear down the walls of mortals.

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Ratings

Overall 99th 4.111⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 56th 4.167⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 343th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 327th 3.982⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 324th 4.069⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 216th 3.808⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 315th 3.865⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 44🗨️

Feedback

Suksu
15. Apr 2024 · 14:18 UTC
Very fun game, I enjoyed it a lot!
realwangziyang
16. Apr 2024 · 05:28 UTC
Very cute style Donut Conty like game, mixed well with the "summon" theme. It's really fun to play!
🎤 Shawn Beck
16. Apr 2024 · 10:09 UTC
@suksu @realwangziyang Thank you for playing!
LDJam user 355692
16. Apr 2024 · 15:00 UTC
Cool game, I enjoyed it! Nice art style and relaxing music, graphics is nice too. Would love to have some control over camera to get a better understanding of what my summons are doing, as I was disoriented at certain times. Other than that it's a really solid package!
Yuu
16. Apr 2024 · 15:13 UTC
Fun and cute little game, I liked the animations and the game! Its really funny when they stack on top of each others and bounce with the enemies.
🎤 Shawn Beck
16. Apr 2024 · 18:59 UTC
@apoly totally get what you mean. It was a bit of a challenge to wrangle the camera framework.

@yuu haha. Super glad to hear you found the bug/feature amusing 😂
Dywanix
16. Apr 2024 · 19:26 UTC
Really fun game. I enjoy a lot collecting resources
MathieuSpooky
17. Apr 2024 · 11:48 UTC
The game is really nice, the juicy effects are very well done and immediately put me in the mood! The graphics are very cute! However, it took me a bit of time to understand that I needed to backtrack to get through it!
OblivionCreator
17. Apr 2024 · 15:28 UTC
This was a super fun game and one of the few games I've played where I was actually disappointed that it ended. The world is cute and the music fits really well. I feel like if you added just a little more content, or made some sort of endless mode, it'd be very hard to put down.

However, the camera could really use some work - It's really what holds this game back from being better. - It could do with being a little more zoomed out and much more static. - It's really the thing that holds this game back the most. (And probably the main reason I didn't replay it...)
LDJam user 147386
17. Apr 2024 · 18:37 UTC
Great work, my computer is really low-end so I thought I wouldn't be able to run this game since it's 3d,
but it seemed to run fine for me! Fun game, my little brother played through and enjoyed it too :)
AlmaLewis
18. Apr 2024 · 14:31 UTC
Fun game. Made it to the end. The only point is that you can go back, collect resources and spam the enemy. But so cool! Nice graphics and controls.
GoldenMagnus
18. Apr 2024 · 23:08 UTC
Loved it! Would buy it now if it was a full release because feels like could be a fun arcadey concept to play on a portable device!
Chrispy977
18. Apr 2024 · 23:18 UTC
This is pretty fun, feels more fleshed out than some stuff you can find on google play tbh. Great work. Biggest piece of feedback was it was a little hard to manage resources when I couldn't see what was up ahead so I didn't know what I needed and then I also couldn't easily tell the cost of different spawns.
Creeper Nade
20. Apr 2024 · 12:19 UTC
Love the graphic! Summons are super cute
InitialPosition
20. Apr 2024 · 18:00 UTC
A very short, simplistic game that gives you one clear end goal and then just lets you figure stuff out on your own. I did like that you had different monsters to summon, even if I could not tell what the difference between them was. I mainly spammed imps which seemed to work for most of the game as the humans never even got close to my base. The graphics are nice, I enjoyed the soundtrack, only the camera was a bit hyperactive and panned around a bit too much for my taste. As mentionend before, it is very easy to break the difficulty by reusing resources from further back and the game ending was a bit sudden for me.
samboyer276
20. Apr 2024 · 18:19 UTC
This is such a well-polished game for such a short development time! Really coherent art style, and the camera movement and particles felt particularly juicy. (the world-space text was slightly hard to read as a result, but it was hardly a problem). Also really grateful for the save points, as I had to close the game briefly and thought I'd have to start again.

All hail the puddle! :crown:
LDJam user 371030
21. Apr 2024 · 09:57 UTC
Wow! That was incredibly flow-y! : )) Cannot believe this was pulled in a few days

Great job!
Klemen
21. Apr 2024 · 18:58 UTC
I loved the game, the models look so simple and polished, the music is nice and the gameplay is quite fun, I would have loved to see more of it keep it up, good job dude!
muhyrla
21. Apr 2024 · 19:15 UTC
Love the art style and music in this game! However, the camera control really needs an upgrade for better visibility (maybe put it slightly higher then now).

Also voting up for an endless mode, thanks! :heart:
ryusui
22. Apr 2024 · 03:45 UTC
Oh this one is *delightful.* I love that exaggerated curved horizon you've got going here. My only gripe is how much backtracking you have to do for resources. Also, I'd have liked it if the summon gauge actually listed the required resources for each monster type, instead of the game giving you a pop-up saying how many more resources you need.
Derpmeowmeow
03. May 2024 · 19:10 UTC
What a fun and polished game you developed in such a short time! Its so good 🤩