Life Loan by Jadw1

made by Jadw1 for LD 44 (JAM)

Pay your debt with life, yours or others'!

Pay back your debt to a demonic shopkeeper by killing enemies.

Collect items and sell them for health or use their abilities. Items have limited uses and their price goes down with usage. If you run out of health, you die. If you get maximum health, your debt will be considered paid and you will be free!

Have fun!

Disclaimer: We do not own any artwork used in the game.

Known bugs: - sometimes pressing escape to restart the game after losing or winning breaks the game(just reset the game to repair it :D) - also sometimes an enemy gets stuck and its ai stops working

WARNING: This game is WIP and have some bugs. We are going to develop the concept furthure in the near future. :) chrome<em>5p2XrmG4n6.png chrome</em>QR7QIOUXZG.png

Source code	https://github.com/Jadw1/LudumDare44
HTML5 (web)	https://neferius.itch.io/life-loan-ld44
Windows	https://neferius.itch.io/life-loan-ld44
Linux	https://neferius.itch.io/life-loan-ld44
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/life-loan

Ratings

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Feedback

Arman_Dot_Com

30. Apr 2019 · 02:10 UTC

I love this game! Awesome job!

Predrag

30. Apr 2019 · 02:13 UTC

Pretty cool game, I like the turn-based system.

Ash Ketchup

30. Apr 2019 · 02:14 UTC

Really liked the game, could have been more involved in the theme but was still really fun!

VuvuzuellaInc

30. Apr 2019 · 02:17 UTC

Those graphics are very well done!
Mechanics are cool! Such a game for a 72h Jam !
Like said just before, could have been more involved in the theme
It's very fun to play
Keep the good work !

🎤 Jadw1

30. Apr 2019 · 02:31 UTC

@vuvuzuellainc we also love the graphics but it isn't ours 😅 we're just 2 programmers who can't draw at all(especially me 😂).
yeah, we wanted to implement shop where you would be able to buy stuff for your life but we didn't make it :(
however, we're going to start developing the concept and make the game more advanced :)

Black Potion

30. Apr 2019 · 02:38 UTC

I really like the graphisms of the game :)

-banzi

01. May 2019 · 17:10 UTC

Everything seems nice, but there is just too many enemies. I would like to walk around a bit to get familiar with controls etc. but I get swarmed by enemies insted. Otherwise the turn system feels very good and overall it was fun to play. Good job!

recursor

01. May 2019 · 18:28 UTC

There should probably be an area where you can walk around some/get used to the controls without having so many enemies try to attack you. I like the premise of the game and I think adding more enemy types and items will be an easy way to make the game even more fun. I was unable to figure out how to close the inventory screen. I think it takes up a bit too much of the screen and should be minimizable. You have the basis for a pretty coll game here. You guys should definitely keep working on it.

Doomky

01. May 2019 · 21:53 UTC

good : theme is respected, the core mechanic work and the ambiance is fine.
bad : no goal (highscore, level to complete, achivement)
overall : good job, the game is fun

🎤 Jadw1

01. May 2019 · 22:09 UTC

@recursor The initial idea was to make procedural genereting world, shop after completet level where u can buy items for your lif, etc. But I'm a student and had to do some stuff for university and we had to simplify the game a bit

Flaterectomy

05. May 2019 · 10:26 UTC

Playing the web version on Firefox, I couldn't figure out how to sell anything. The information panel showed no information. I was able to do a shield dash and a 360 sweep attack after a bit, but that's it. I am currently at 0/100 life and the enemies have stopped attacking me.

I'll not comment on the art and music as you opted out, which leaves me with the gameplay (but as described above, I seem to be stuck) and the concept, which I think is pretty decent. I decent dungeon crawl always piques my interest, and trading to get health works well enough for the theme. It's just a shame it doesn't seem to want to work for me.