The Dead Beneath by Myyyvothrr

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made by Myyyvothrr for LD29 (COMPO)
A small game made with Impact (HTML5 / JavaScript).

Kill the dead!

Controls:
* Move: A, D / Arrow left, right
* Jump: W / Arrow up
* Shoot / OK: Space

Note: If your browser window is larger than 1280x960 the game will upscale to 2x. On Game Jolt and itch.io the game is always 1280x960.

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall 3.18 564
Audio 3.21 278
Fun 3.04 535
Graphics 3.59 302
Humor 2.43 563
Innovation 2.02 1198
Mood 3.24 340
Theme 2.80 909

Feedback

NicoM
28. Apr 2014 · 00:26 UTC
gotta say I love the splatter effects;), nice job:)
tinykidtoo
28. Apr 2014 · 21:36 UTC
The graphics are nice and I love the splatter.
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 · 21:36 UTC
some of the weirdest rain I've ever seen :) nice game tho!
FyberOptic
28. Apr 2014 · 21:39 UTC
This is pretty nice. You did a great job on the graphics and particles. The audio worked out well too. I did get some stutter out of the sound at times, but it's nothing that affected gameplay. It's also kind of a small window by default, which made it hard to fully see your nice artwork, but luckily that's easy to resize since it's HTML5. Nice work overall!
dejant
28. Apr 2014 · 21:43 UTC
Fun game!
Colthor
28. Apr 2014 · 21:44 UTC
I really like the particle effects, especially the raindrops. The grave spatter is a good trick, too.
bvanschooten
28. Apr 2014 · 21:45 UTC
Great shooting action! Only I think this game needs a better goal. Right now you can just sit in one spot and patiently shoot everything that spawns in front of you. How about making the player run around to collect things?
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
28. Apr 2014 · 21:52 UTC
Graphics are greats. Sounds too. Enough too create a coherent atmosphere and universe. Gameplay is quite simple but i like it.
AngryPriest
28. Apr 2014 · 21:53 UTC
Really nice particles!
Mstrp2ez
29. Apr 2014 · 05:50 UTC
I liked it alot! A few more weapons and more distinct bullet graphics and i would have been hooked for hours.
Cawrtz
29. Apr 2014 · 10:44 UTC
The music, the thunder and the graves create a nice creepy atmosphere ! The graphics are not bad, overall really fun to play. Maybe a little too easy ;)
eufrik
29. Apr 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Neat game :)
Cosmologicon
29. Apr 2014 · 21:57 UTC
Great job setting the mood, I love the soundtrack. What it needs now is some progression of difficulty. The zombies don't seem to be hard, but I guess you could add a timer.
TijmenTio
29. Apr 2014 · 23:49 UTC
Did somebody noticed that the rain washes away the blood from the tombstones? That shit's neat.
j_peeba
30. Apr 2014 · 10:49 UTC
Nicely executed: the game looks good and plays well. The game could definitely be more challenging though.
pancakecity
30. Apr 2014 · 17:39 UTC
I liked the tombstones being splattered with blood, haha!
LazyParia
30. Apr 2014 · 18:49 UTC
Very nice graphics !
Gwinnell
30. Apr 2014 · 18:57 UTC
The thunder, lightning and rain was cool, and the splats of the enemies and player death too. I would have liked to see more intelligent enemies and some more weapons!
Kragnir
30. Apr 2014 · 19:02 UTC
The game looks great there isn't much gameplay though. Need some depth, some challenge and some goal.
alexdantas
01. May 2014 · 17:13 UTC
Liked it. Actually fun, made me waste a few minutes without even realizing.

- The details were awesome - rain and particles. Are those default to ImpactJS or did you programmed them by yourself?
- The bullet trajectory was simple and effective; you could shoot from the other side of the screen, calculating to hit zombies while escaping the place.

You should definitely work on improving this game.
Here's some things you could do:

- Spawnable Power-ups/Mutators/Whatever. They could both benefit and downgrade your progress
- Different behavior for the zombies; Like some could run after you, others could jump... You could even copy from L4D or somethin
- Other weapons/equipments; grenades, machineguns... The sky is the limit.
- Co-op; I think 4 to 5 people playing at the same time (cramming the keyboard, I know) would make a great hit.
- Multiplayer; if you're feeling brave, mess up with websockets, rev up a server and turn this baby into a huge thing!

Congrats!
whalebot
01. May 2014 · 17:42 UTC
Pretty nifty little game. I liked letting the zombies build up on a platform and then just tear through them like a boss.
devince
02. May 2014 · 11:59 UTC
Really fun & neat. Just not enough challenge.
Jupiter_Hadley
02. May 2014 · 19:35 UTC
Pretty nice graphics and a good game! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series if you'd like to take a look http://youtu.be/ln7f84GPnPg
SaintHeiser
03. May 2014 · 07:13 UTC
Very boring =(
But visuals are nice. So if you add bonuses and weapons, this game become standard survival shooter.
StrykerKKD
03. May 2014 · 18:29 UTC
nice game although the zombies are too easy to kill.
The rain and the splatter effect is really nice.
🎤 Myyyvothrr
04. May 2014 · 10:15 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions! :)

alexdantas: The particles were made by me (all code in the "source" zip is), but Impact makes it really easy to move things on the screen...
Noah Ratcliff
04. May 2014 · 17:49 UTC
Particles! I love particles! Can't say I'm fond of the very liner jumping but I'll make an exception for the wonderful particles everywhere.
PapyGaragos
04. May 2014 · 17:53 UTC
Lots of small details in this game, I like that. Good job
alexdantas
05. May 2014 · 02:04 UTC
Hello, there!
FYI your game was featured on this blog post:

(9 Gems from Ludum Dare 29)
http://alexdantas.net/stuff/posts/9-gems-from-ludum-dare-29/

Thanks a lot for making this awesome entry :)
jeffz
05. May 2014 · 03:37 UTC
Classic. 184 points. You could probably expand on this into more areas. Well done!
DonovanWu
09. May 2014 · 02:45 UTC
Nice rain drop effect!
alvivar
10. May 2014 · 18:26 UTC
Cool graphics, particles and mood. The game lacks a challenge (i am guessing time issues) but I can totally see this game becoming an arcade (every time harder survival kind of game).
gre
10. May 2014 · 21:03 UTC
The game seems to miss some goal, otherwise this game is very well polished with awesome graphics and great music!
Audio is incredible.
loxo
17. May 2014 · 15:35 UTC
You made a really nice game. I like the pixel effects very much. But it would be nice if the game was a bit more challenging. Nonetheless a great start, you should work further on this.
Dietrich Epp
18. May 2014 · 22:41 UTC
Nice and crisp action but no challenge. Increase the spawn rate over time, make ammo limited, or do something to make it so the game will eventually end. I absolutely loved the rain effect!