MoonRise by LTyrosine

made by LTyrosine for LD25 (JAM)

** Use WASD or arrow keys to walk/turn the vampire. Mouse controls where your head is looking/aiming at and this aim is NOT for where you are going (think of a tank and its cannon - the tank have its own direction other than cannon direction). This allows to walk and cast spells sideways. Yeah, strange, I will change it in post compo version. Hold shift to strafe instead of turning. Hold left mouse button over book to research spells (takes time and blood). Use left mouse button for attack humans with claws and right button (hold) to draw blood. Read tutorial at start for more details.

You are an immortal vampire.
You recently found a magical book with powerful spells and your mission is to learn them all. This will require a lot of energy (blood) taken from the village folk at valley bellow your castle. Tension is growing and many humans now wants to burn your castle down.

Windows	http://arcadiumplayware.com/MoonRise.zip
Web	http://www.arcadiumplayware.com/MoonRise.html
Post-Mortem	http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/12/19/moonrise-post-mortem/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=6633

Ratings

Coolness	91%	2
Overall(Jam)	2.81	211

Audio(Jam)	1.42	261
Fun(Jam)	2.23	278
Graphics(Jam)	3.30	147
Humor(Jam)	1.87	268
Innovation(Jam)	3.17	101
Mood(Jam)	3.03	119
Theme(Jam)	3.68	82

Feedback

Mythalore

18. Dec 2012 · 22:12 UTC

The controls are a bit strange, but I like the concept.

dansludumdare

18. Dec 2012 · 22:17 UTC

Went too slow on my computer, even at lowest graphics settings.

Cake&Code

18. Dec 2012 · 22:28 UTC

The controls were... very interesting. I suppose not capturing the mouse but using it as a kind of head movement was cool, but in practice it just felt odd.

Ran just fine though it was tedious due to the slow movement. I think it has a lot of potential! Keep going with it :D

CireNeikual

18. Dec 2012 · 22:35 UTC

Controls were a bit wonky, but the graphics were nice and although difficult (so many guards!) the game play was quite fun. It ran smoothly on my machine.

Sestren

19. Dec 2012 · 01:44 UTC

The framerate was just too low for it to be playable for me. I'd rather not rate it for fear of giving it a rating it doesn't deserve. Hopefully, it plays well on other's machines.

Radiatoryang

19. Dec 2012 · 10:06 UTC

cool concept, but I think you should've cut half your features and focused on a tighter game... controls were weird, wasn't really sure how to hide or stay hidden or what causes "folk rage" or when I'm seen or not seen, etc. a much smaller map probably would've helped too.

mcc

19. Dec 2012 · 10:14 UTC

i love my unity games! i found the controls kinda awkward, like it was a little hard to move around and i didn't know you could just hold the right mouse button down to drain blood. some sounds, even minimal ones, would've helped. i like the idea a lot, though, and the scope was pretty big.

DTG

19. Dec 2012 · 10:28 UTC

controls aside, great to see a good tutorial in one of these games.
The day night cycle makes the game look quite good, but the travel from the castle to a human can get a little tedious, especially if you start dying often

Dark Acre Jack

19. Dec 2012 · 21:57 UTC

I liked the blood-drawing effect. Surprising how many LD entries that I've rated so far that equate "collecting blood" with "villainy". Nice.

jackspinoza

19. Dec 2012 · 22:46 UTC

pretty amazing what some folk can put together in three days. A well rendered map, an interesting mechanism. A few qualms but positive vibes from me. Good stuff.

ReveLorenfield

20. Dec 2012 · 00:55 UTC

The idea is good but the controls are very odd, making the game difficult.
Good job anyways.

Cássio Eduardo

20. Dec 2012 · 14:00 UTC

Boa idéia, mas o controle é muito estranho.

Per

22. Dec 2012 · 15:06 UTC

Excellent idea and execution!
Great use of Unity features. The engine is perfect for this kind of game. Also, it made me think about Might and Magic VI for some reason, which is a good thing.
The controls are a little confusing for someone used to standard FPS controls :)

lotusgame

22. Dec 2012 · 17:59 UTC

Very promising game ! I had the predator feeling and with all these spells coming by random, your game is deep. I understand why you choose these controls, there's no better ones as there is no mouse lock. Put some creepy music and the overall sensation will be great ;)

naughtyloose

22. Dec 2012 · 18:13 UTC

I like the idea a lot but the controls make it very hard to play and the long walk back to the castle makes it no fun after a while. This has a lot of potential tough!

Milo

22. Dec 2012 · 18:26 UTC

I think the concept was very interesting and has potential if developed further, but the controls right now are really awkward and hard to use to the point of making it hard to play, and the pace of the game is too slow.

Niavlys

22. Dec 2012 · 20:35 UTC

I love the idea, but the controls were too strange and the difficulty a bit too hard for me to play it for long enough. I did manage to learn a spell, but it seemed useless to me, as it consumes blood and doesn't even allows to gather more blood, because I can't draw blood from a dead human). I think it needs some tweaking There's a nice mood there, all it needs is audio and better graphics (for the humans -- I liked the landscape).

dj_pale

22. Dec 2012 · 20:59 UTC

Very nice gfx and nice concept. But missing the fun-factor for some reason.

Spelchan

23. Dec 2012 · 18:50 UTC

Interesting idea but the controls were poor. Has a lot of potential so I hope you keep working on it.

valeroth

23. Dec 2012 · 19:43 UTC

Awkward controls took a while to get used to. Nice concept but it might have been better to have implemented less features more fully. Liked the graphics.

Pitoum

23. Dec 2012 · 22:53 UTC

I don't really get why you didn't do classic fps control... Not sure your choice is the most efficient for this type of game. Too bad because the game could be pretty cool if it xas not so difficult to control the main character :\

TheMelon

24. Dec 2012 · 07:06 UTC

I like the idea of being this vampire that terrorizes the local village. I think the controls and how the A.I worked sorta took the immersion out, but there is potential for sure.

Joseph Miller

31. Dec 2012 · 03:48 UTC

The controls made it really hard for me to play this game. Left and right should strafe automatically, you shouldn't have to hit shift. The modelling is really impressive though, good job.

Mago

03. Jan 2013 · 14:23 UTC

Great work, game is big and really complex. Controls at the beginning are a bit odd but I get use to it. My only complaint is that the game is too difficult

hissssssssss

06. Jan 2013 · 04:43 UTC

The moving felt really clumsy, which made it hard to sneak up on humans. Often I'd lose more blood out of an encounter than I'd gain because I couldn't move quickly enough. Still, it's a neat concept.

🎤 LTyrosine

06. Jan 2013 · 18:37 UTC

I would like to thank everyone that played and rated MoonRise. It was a pleasure to build it and be at LD25.
Control is by far the major fail in compo version... This will be fixed along with new features to improve gameplay and fun factor. Please see post-mortem for more details.

saguaro

07. Jan 2013 · 22:29 UTC

Lots of features in this game, very ambitious. I like the concept and I'm glad you're going to keep developing it.