Souls by friken

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made by friken for LD31 (JAM)
Souls

Take control of a Hindu God and and visit the Monochrome, VGA, and modern gaming eras in this single-screen arcade game.

Controls:

A/D of Left/Right arrows Rotate
Mouse click swings closest weapon to mouse cursor
Collect souls
Upgrade weapons

Credits:
Joowon Kim (Art)
McKee Frazior (Art)
Erto Pena (code)
JP REyes (code)
Matt Salazar (code)
Aaron Hollingsworth (Code)

music:
Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/wordpress/2014/11/vadodora/

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.45 301
Audio(Jam) 3.64 131
Fun(Jam) 2.97 562
Graphics(Jam) 4.63 17
Humor(Jam) 2.31 643
Innovation(Jam) 3.34 312
Mood(Jam) 3.53 178
Theme(Jam) 3.89 201

Feedback

馃帳 friken
09. Dec 2014 路 00:47 UTC
OSX users, seems on osx the framerate isn't as high as it should be (maybe really low?). Windows on dev system here, 250+fps windows 1280x720 and locked vsync 60fps on web version. If anyone w OSX please in web or native, please post hardware and fps :) thanks!
joowonsome
09. Dec 2014 路 00:50 UTC
What an amazing experience it was to develop the game with amazing, professional people. I am forever grateful for the energy we all shared developing this game. Thank you for inviting me to participate. :-)
馃帳 friken
09. Dec 2014 路 01:32 UTC
back at ya Joowon. AMAZING ART you and Mckee did!
Anachron
09. Dec 2014 路 01:38 UTC
Wow, unique and very beautiful graphical style! My compliments to the artist. Interesting mechanics too with the four different attacks. Got some framerate stutters, but this could be a very compelling game with some optimization and polish. Good job!
馃帳 friken
09. Dec 2014 路 01:40 UTC
@Anachron, what hardware? We are trying to sort out the framerate issues.
raincole
09. Dec 2014 路 02:13 UTC
Graphics are definitely great! I like the reference to india mythology. Nice job.
error031
09. Dec 2014 路 02:15 UTC
great game, keep it up!
rjhunter
09. Dec 2014 路 02:33 UTC
I'm on a Mac here and the Web version throws a Unity error: "Bad file length."

Likewise, the OS X download seems to be busted since none of my archiving tools can open the zip.

I'm keen to play this, it sounds fun and the screenshots look amazing.
RHY3756547
09. Dec 2014 路 02:37 UTC
The art is stunning! Fantastic work on that part. I was getting a weird bug where the hit sound was playing once every frame or something silly like that when nothing was near me, it was all very weird and I'm not exactly sure what was going on! I guess that's what made it fun. :)
馃帳 friken
09. Dec 2014 路 03:45 UTC
rjhunter, hoping you just tried playing it when I posted an updated webplayer that fixed a couple bugs
GAFBlizzard
09. Dec 2014 路 06:34 UTC
I'm getting a crash when I leave the tab in Firefox for some reason. The game runs other than that, though. I am not sure if there is a win condition, or if you just play forever in the modern stage. I did not get everything fully upgraded.

It would be nice if keeping the mouse held down would auto-fire weapons, since I might often click but the weapon would not work due to being on cooldown.

However, the graphics are great, and the idea is very creative.
Krz
09. Dec 2014 路 18:33 UTC
Well that was not what I was expecting.. Nice music, nice trippy effects, gameplay got a little boring though, I felt I was only playing because of the graphics and sound. Overall v good 4/5 =]
hypnoticbytes
09. Dec 2014 路 19:11 UTC
Lovely art, liked the gaming eras concept. Nice job!
Recursiveanomaly
09. Dec 2014 路 19:15 UTC
Very interesting game. The idea was really cool. It was kinda hard to control which weapon was used. I wish there was more strategy to using different weapons against different enemies.
Taldius
09. Dec 2014 路 19:23 UTC
Nice game with some unique graphics.
I don't really see the connection between the TV and the Hindi godess but it was fun to play.
Good job! :D
PlasterPhantom
09. Dec 2014 路 19:31 UTC
Quite the interesting game haha. I had 1 'orb' left till everything was fully upgraded. Music was okay, got a bit eerie at a given moment, also it stopped looping after a while? Furthermore really cool graphics! Nice use of shaders on the screens (: Good job!
naufr4g0
09. Dec 2014 路 19:40 UTC
Amazing graphics and sound! Game is fun but become a bit repetitive after a while. On my laptop (Core 2 Duo T6600 and ati mobility hd 4570) with windows 7 performance is quite low: 16fps.
Ossi
09. Dec 2014 路 20:00 UTC
Good graphics and nice references! I like how you guys created different attacks for the different attack directions. Well done!
Ithildin
09. Dec 2014 路 20:06 UTC
Top-notch graphics and nice music (for increased mood score, it would have worked wonders to make the music change as well following the different eras: chiptunes, etc). Gameplay was simple yet effective, although it felt a bit repetitive after a while.

Congrats! :D
the-arrival
09. Dec 2014 路 20:09 UTC
nice graphics and mood. Music and gamplay is a bit repetitive
dkellycollins
09. Dec 2014 路 20:16 UTC
Upgrading is a bit confusing. It was on my second playthrough that I realized that I had to click the arrows to upgrade. Maybe making the pluses would be a bit more clear?

Other then that the game is really intuitive and fun. I only wish I could stay on each screen longer.
馃帳 friken
09. Dec 2014 路 22:48 UTC
Thanks for all the comments. I agree, gameplay we had grand plans for and just didnt get far enough to make enemies that required strategy on which arm to use, or what to upgrade. Thx for playing everyone!
Gluklichman
10. Dec 2014 路 11:22 UTC
Nice game with a nice art
Cake&Code
10. Dec 2014 路 15:26 UTC
As other have said, it certainly looks stunning! The controls and gameplay were simple which was good because it made it very easy to learn. I wish there was more depth though, after a while of playing it started to feel a bit repetitious.

Nice job team :)
Arkrothe
11. Dec 2014 路 19:13 UTC
The controls and aiming could have been better but other than that a pretty cool game! Really digging the great art style.
metalchouchen
12. Dec 2014 路 03:09 UTC
I love it ! A Really great experience :) (even if I'm not use if control works really good)
danidre14
12. Dec 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Cool game! Really cool! Good challenge too!
You can try my game though, follow all the links, since my game always works for me, and others.
Grindstorm
19. Dec 2014 路 14:51 UTC
Very cool idea. Very nice graphics too, the different eras were very well executed and the modern one is just stunning.
Every 'era' could've been a level with different enemies/difficulty to add to the progression.
Yarek
19. Dec 2014 路 14:52 UTC
Really really nice art! Great!
gameattack
26. Dec 2014 路 10:10 UTC
I feel that the change era / screen resolution wasn't necessary. It looks gorgeous as is. The mood is great.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 路 19:56 UTC
nce work keep it up