Micromancer by radmars

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made by radmars for LD33 (JAM)
Micromancer!
You are a grim tormented necromancer king! Raise the dead, kill all the humans. Fight on, right on.

Controls: WSAD or arrow keys to move player. E or M to raise minions from the dead. Q or L to recall minions.
Use left click & drag to select minions. Use right click to move them around. Destroy all the living to proceed through the gateway.

Team RADMARS:
Spacemars,
Adhesion,
emarcotte,
Brendo,
Tokken,
steakzzz

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 4.34 8
Audio(Jam) 4.32 15
Fun(Jam) 4.30 6
Graphics(Jam) 4.60 29
Humor(Jam) 3.31 263
Innovation(Jam) 3.87 62
Mood(Jam) 4.05 54
Theme(Jam) 4.28 24

Feedback

NoWandStudios
25. Aug 2015 · 16:02 UTC
I really enjoyed this game. Like the grim (very cute!) and gameplay it's very adictive. Make different types of minions it's a great feature. Congrats!
mr.possoms
25. Aug 2015 · 16:05 UTC
This is awesome. Great job guys!
jordinuco
25. Aug 2015 · 16:15 UTC
Good game, great mechanics and controls, it could be a big one with some weeks of level design. Go for it!
Mathieu Muller
25. Aug 2015 · 16:19 UTC
The best game so far!
Spyboy
25. Aug 2015 · 16:25 UTC
That was so cool. I mean the sound is great, graphism are great, the gameplay is quite simple to take in hands and so addictive, the level are pretty cool (this is just weird that you must suicide yourself when you can't have zombies and the fact that soldiers aren't aggro by the shots of my zombies) my favorite by far!
Unept
25. Aug 2015 · 19:34 UTC
Hey, love the graphics and the take on the theme. I can't get past level 2, am I missing something? One of my favorites so far!
Drunkteam
25. Aug 2015 · 19:35 UTC
Good mechanics, nice pixel-art... Really enjoyable over-all! :-D
JackDegree
25. Aug 2015 · 19:39 UTC
Awesome! One of the best games I've player yet!
crucknuk
25. Aug 2015 · 20:55 UTC
Nice concept! Maybe you should speed up player movement to make it funnier
MinionStudios
25. Aug 2015 · 22:39 UTC
Dude, so fun and so original - plays great and that moment when you realize you can reanimate the people your dead kill? PRICELESS. Super fun.
Sparrow
25. Aug 2015 · 22:57 UTC
Awesome and well polished! Had a bit of lag when I had a lot of minions.
ponywolf
27. Aug 2015 · 23:18 UTC
So. Freaking. Awesome. I look for your games since I played your LD30 entry. We didn't use melonJS this time, but we should have.
Nikteddy92
28. Aug 2015 · 00:48 UTC
GREAT! One of the best entry of this LD33!
I love the graphic, really enjoy the gameplay(smooth, simple and a bit challenging!) and the audio is perfect!
10/10 Great Work!
schnerble
28. Aug 2015 · 01:05 UTC
Nice work! Graphics, sound, controls, and style are all very nicely done. It was mostly pretty easy, though - except if I happened to look away when there was a magic-shooty-guy nearby and he insta-killed me.
QuestionableQuality
28. Aug 2015 · 01:21 UTC
So without a doubt my favourite entry yet, this is awesome love the art and the while thing was so addictive. Nice one!
RobotMeal
28. Aug 2015 · 01:21 UTC
Wow, great game! Love the art direction and audio. Fun to play. Has some resemblance to deepnight's "Cortex" entry for the compo. My favorite jam entry so far. Hope I see this high up in the Jam rankings!
phaze0
28. Aug 2015 · 01:33 UTC
Can they really be monsters if they are so adorable? Lovely game!
Pierrec
28. Aug 2015 · 05:47 UTC
Fun!
I feel the mouse+keyboard controls were unnecessary, I played almost all the game with the keyboard only. With a bit better pathfinding, mouse wouldn't be necessary at all!
SkullPixel
30. Aug 2015 · 01:15 UTC
This is what I was going for. Now just if I had tried to keep it simpler.
Mach60KAS
30. Aug 2015 · 01:50 UTC
Beautiful graphics, good use of the theme and great audio work. The game leaves you feeling both crafty and powerful - working out the best way to crush the opponents is extremely entertaining. The only thing that bothered me was that the web version began to slow down very heavily for armies above 30 skeletons. I had a great time playing this, well done! :D
grywhttl
30. Aug 2015 · 02:03 UTC
This is fantastic. Kept me playing the longest out of all the games I've played so far. Great job!
EwChap
30. Aug 2015 · 04:03 UTC
Love the game. Feels very solid for only 72 hours. Great artwork/music/sound. Fun mechanics, cant really find anything to complain about at all.
tmpxyz
30. Aug 2015 · 06:21 UTC
This game is very well implemented, hope there're more mechanisms.
CreamyBacon1
30. Aug 2015 · 06:51 UTC
It's like a more interactive plague inc! I love it!
Chris Olsen
30. Aug 2015 · 07:17 UTC
This is a stunning entry. Really engaging mechanics and a gorgeous aesthetic and sound. Well done guys!
Matzigon
30. Aug 2015 · 11:22 UTC
Nice game! Pathfinding could be better, minions tend to stack up instead of attacking. But still enjoyable and fun!
inbetweengames
30. Aug 2015 · 13:04 UTC
Wow that was really fun! Rise my minions! RIZE!
MuuuhahahaahahahaMUUHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAAAAHHAAAA!
Miltage
30. Aug 2015 · 16:07 UTC
Top notch. I had a lot of fun playing this one. Ran into a bug where one of the humans was unreachable, thus preventing me from completing the level: http://i.imgur.com/rCaeFoM.png
derr
31. Aug 2015 · 13:24 UTC
Definitely one of the best games I have played. Very well implemented. The game is challenging but never unfair.
SaintHeiser
01. Sep 2015 · 17:22 UTC
Really awesome entry! Theme intrpretated at 100%!
Game mechanics also awesome! It's looking too easy at first levels, but furthers game becomes more and more difficult! But last level seems easier than previous too where I spend 10-20 tries.. Excellent job, man! My favourite game on this LD!
kles4enko
03. Sep 2015 · 07:46 UTC
My favorite entry. Good job!
ButtonMasherBros
03. Sep 2015 · 15:59 UTC
Psssst- You are on today's Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKciP1W-aKk
placatedduck
03. Sep 2015 · 16:54 UTC
Awesome entry! Didn't end up need to do much micro, as recall OP. Good work! =P
Drauthius
03. Sep 2015 · 20:01 UTC
Quite a nice game! Very nice graphics and indicators. The only problem was that the raised dead got stuck the whole time. It was fairly challenging at times, but a bit repetitive.
kerotan24
07. Sep 2015 · 15:36 UTC
Really awesome game!
scorched
07. Sep 2015 · 19:41 UTC
Love graphics and music and atmosphere overall, but a bit hardcore for me for permadeath. Also criers ran to the edge, and I had to push skeletons like boxes on them:-P
Dejvo
07. Sep 2015 · 20:28 UTC
WOW! really amazing! really fun and well made! pretty unique mechanics. well done!
pirate_shell
07. Sep 2015 · 20:53 UTC
The idea was fantastic! Not much necromancy seen in LD entries. The art and music were outstanding and I especially loved the strategy of limiting the minions at the start introduced. It's all about what order you kill people in. I loved it!
Stending
07. Sep 2015 · 22:30 UTC
Amazing, like everytime =)
HotBoxGames
07. Sep 2015 · 23:47 UTC
Awesome game, loved the art and the audio, and loved the game-play, it was a bit repetitive after a while but what ludum dare game isn't.
Grouflon
08. Sep 2015 · 08:16 UTC
One of my favorite game in this ludum dare. It's a great idea and the gameplay is simple and effective.
JoshDBB
08. Sep 2015 · 15:25 UTC
Amazing, I really enjoyed that. The most fun game I have played so far this LD. The controls felt a bit fiddly.
Gammel
08. Sep 2015 · 15:42 UTC
Great game! The graphics, sound and gameplay were good.

What i didn't like:
- Pathfinding (Improving it might be a problem considering the low fps i got on the last levels)
- Lack of story.
- Last levels are as hard as the first ones (:P)
- Lacks strategy.
- Units getting stuck in the map corners.
Crawler Studios
08. Sep 2015 · 22:06 UTC
Graphics and music were great!
bombjack
09. Sep 2015 · 11:03 UTC
amazing gameplay. I had so much fun. great game :)
REIN1
14. Sep 2015 · 06:32 UTC
Very good game and graphics. Cool ideas! Pretty cool! One of the best games in this festival!
yuigoto
14. Sep 2015 · 09:45 UTC
Nice! The game is well made and it totally felt like a 16-bit console game, because of both graphics and sound.

Good work on the pixel art here, on tilesets, characters, objects and all other sprites, it's all nicely made. Soundtrack and SFX wise, it's also really good, the music fits perfectly into the game, and that Altered Beast line. :P

Controls are simple to use and also fitting for the gameplay, +1 for the ability to recall your minions. Also, nice to think about the shotgun dude as having a somehow limited respawn. :P
LastLeaf
14. Sep 2015 · 16:39 UTC
Nice game. Fun. Love the mechanics. Well done!
The only thing I could complain about is - this HTML5 game does not work on my firefox (mouse does not work).
cudabear
14. Sep 2015 · 17:11 UTC
Wow, this is by far the best game I've played for the jam! I can't spot almost no flaw here, everything looks great, feels great, and sounds great. It's incredibly fun to cause so much destruction, and my only complaint is perhaps the level design is a bit too easy.
xvw
14. Sep 2015 · 17:23 UTC
Awesome polished game !
personalurban
14. Sep 2015 · 20:03 UTC
Rare that a ludum dare approaches genuine playing depth, but I didnt realise you could click-move your little dudes for a while which added a new dynamic. nice. and looks great too.
ReddogStone
14. Sep 2015 · 20:20 UTC
Wow, one of the best games I have played in LD33. Very well polished, strategic, challenging and simply fun!
Erlend Aakre
14. Sep 2015 · 20:36 UTC
Great fun, only 4 hours left so I think I'll end on a high note and let this be the last game I rated :)
BoaHeck_ArtGent
14. Sep 2015 · 20:40 UTC
One of my favorites so far.
MikeEnoch
14. Sep 2015 · 21:40 UTC
Awesome, a very complete little game, really enjoyed it!
littlestllama6
19. Sep 2015 · 20:13 UTC
Crying naked men. 10/10
Jupiter_Hadley
19. Oct 2015 · 16:29 UTC
Lovely graphics, cool game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/sWM7EbBXpJg