Blackula the Vampirate by damrem

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made by damrem for LD35 (COMPO)
You play as Blackula the Vampirate. Choose which form you wish to take to attack ships, recruit new ghuls, regerate life & plunder pieces O' eight.

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1448
Overall 2.87 740
Fun 2.57 806
Graphics 4.00 77
Humor 3.58 64
Innovation 2.83 643
Mood 3.38 183
Theme 3.23 559

Feedback

Andre Odendaal
18. Apr 2016 · 11:22 UTC
It feels entirely too random whether you'll win a fight or not and you always seem to have a chance to get gold and blood which ever form you take. The penalties were also so small I ended up just spamming the shark to see what happens next. I think the form choices need to be more meaningful.
sol_hsa
18. Apr 2016 · 11:46 UTC
Pretty nice graphics. The gameplay itself feels rather random, I gave up trying to figure out whether the ship descriptions have anything to do with which option I should choose, so I ended up spamming either zombie or shark depending on which stat seemed lower. The sound effects also seem totally random and have nothing to do with whether you win or lose a fight.
FenyesJ
18. Apr 2016 · 12:48 UTC
10/10
dunin
18. Apr 2016 · 18:33 UTC
really cool graphics, need some works on the gameplay...
(remind me 1492: https://hexadecimal.itch.io/1492 )
deepnight
18. Apr 2016 · 18:38 UTC
Interesting idea, but the game feels very strange and random: I don't see much change based on my choice and the effects vary a LOT each time.
esayitch
20. Apr 2016 · 06:16 UTC
Art is very pretty and the concept is interesting. Could have used more clarification as to what shapes are better against which ships and so on (shark always seemed to lose for me :S)

Good luck!
markusfisch
23. Apr 2016 · 12:50 UTC
Good idea and pretty graphics! Just wish the fighting would be visible in some form and that I could affect it in some way.
Freank
25. Apr 2016 · 10:17 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Szabin
02. May 2016 · 14:20 UTC
Lovely concept! :D
LeReveur
02. May 2016 · 21:39 UTC
Yo ho ho and a pint of blood. A little too random win but still fun. :)
🎤 damrem
03. May 2016 · 10:58 UTC
Thx guys for the feeback and for your nice comments despite the obvious gameplay balance issue...