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Shop till you drop DEAD by IcyLava

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made by IcyLava for LD 44 (COMPO)

https://youtu.be/bO_8Yvn2glc

Description

Buy upgrades from your friendly neighborhood shopkeeper. He also happens to be a vampire... so you will pay with your life juice. Kill baddies to gain more blood!

Controls

| Type | Config 1 | Config 2 | | -------- | ---------- | --------- | | Movement | Arrow Keys | WASD | | Jump | Z | Space | | Shoot | X | Left Ctrl |

Tools used

  • Framework: Love2D
  • Coding: VS Code
  • Graphics: Inkscape
  • Music/Sound: FL Studio
Source code https://www.dropbox.com/s/gu6n7a3is823hbu/STYDD_LD44.zip?dl=1
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/7a0xn12lofjb4jt/STYDD_LD44_win64.zip?dl=1
Other (platform) https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgjazle7fmbn99x/STYDD_LD44.love?dl=1
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/pbi05j53761b3z5/STYDD_LD44_lin64.AppImage?dl=1
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/shop-till-you-drop-dead

Ratings

Given 16🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

MossGames
29. Apr 2019 · 02:37 UTC
Cutesy aesthetic with gruelling Gameplay! Would maybe suggest allowing the player to shoot more times than just 3?
🎤 IcyLava
29. Apr 2019 · 09:14 UTC
@mossgames You can shoot more times than 3, there's an upgrade for that. Thank you for playing ^_^
Mia Devs
29. Apr 2019 · 18:13 UTC
Nice
Youpeoples
29. Apr 2019 · 18:17 UTC
I love the bgm in this game. This is for sure a quality idea that could be expanded into something great. Reminds me of downwell.
Nick Rafalski
29. Apr 2019 · 19:10 UTC
This was a very juicy and good feeling game! I found it overly difficult to line up a shot on the quick moving enemies, but otherwise all the mechanics seemed really well executed. The theme is well incorporated and makes for some tough choices between health and ammo
🎤 IcyLava
29. Apr 2019 · 19:31 UTC
@youpeoples Yeah I guess you could say I was somewhat inspired by Downwell. And thanks :)
🎤 IcyLava
29. Apr 2019 · 19:37 UTC
@nick-rafalski I did realize that it was hard to line up shots towards the end of the compo, probably has to do with the hitboxes. I couldn't easily modify the hitboxes though because of how I hacked everything together lol. And thanks, this might be the first time someone said that my game fits the theme well :D
Sheepolution
30. Apr 2019 · 18:07 UTC
Really nice Downwell-like game. My only complaint is that it's kind of empty. Besides the 2 enemies and spikes there isn't very much to it. And maybe a number somewhere of how for you've gotten would be nice. But still a good job for 48 hours!
Artyom Volkov
01. May 2019 · 17:12 UTC
Very interesting job for solo! I really like pace and visuals of the game.
BenBurgh
02. May 2019 · 15:19 UTC
I really like the look and feel of the player character!

I played this game on stream, you can find the timestamp at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MpruNv7RN4pVCr4go77VXJuePogxHuI9intx5phEqk/edit?usp=sharing
🎤 IcyLava
02. May 2019 · 15:30 UTC
@benburgh Thanks for playing! I've already watched it, I really appreciate your feedback and sorry I couldn't be there, it turned out the stream was gonna be 12 hours from when I expected :P
Mags
03. May 2019 · 11:38 UTC
I enjoyed this game a lot. It is challenging but still not too hard - good job with balancing that. I could play this some more. :D Also I see the theme... Overall very good job for a compo!
Kaisean Games
03. May 2019 · 12:35 UTC
Oh man, this was the... I mean... how to say it... AWESOME!

Just the perfect balance of everything.

It takes you about minute and half to forget that your character is just a rectangle with eyes :)

It is addictive.
geist_191
03. May 2019 · 15:41 UTC
Awesome game! Felling of the game is very polished.I could see this going into a very nice direction (multiplayer, more levels and stuff)
Dr4g0nsoul
03. May 2019 · 15:41 UTC
Really cool plattformer. I really enjoyed it. The only thing is that the blind jumps can sometimes feel unfair because you don't see far down and there is no possibility to look down (pan down the camera). But other than that, awesome game :)
Simon Rahnasto
03. May 2019 · 18:47 UTC
I think this is the compo game that I have enjoyed playing the most, it's just my kind of game. Thank you for coming to the stream and posting it, always nice with a fellow Löve developer. The best part of this game is how much juice and polish it has, it just shines in the game-feel department!

Fantastic job!
Dreadusa
05. May 2019 · 14:55 UTC
Pretty solid game! I'd love to see some more indepth upgrades like maybe you take fall damage but you get a 3 way spread on your fire? Like pro/con upgrades, I think those always make for the most interesting upgrades