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Unnatural Occurrences by Plasmonic

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made by Plasmonic for LD 40 (JAM)

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Unnatural Occurrences: The Events Culminating in the Invocation of the Soul Reaper

An occult management simulator.

Sell potions to make money, spend money on equipment and other items to improve your abilities as an occultist, with the aim of summoning the most evil demon there is... but be careful not to arouse too much suspicion whilst doing so, and keep an eye on your mental health, the dark arts can have a severe effect on it....

UI:

  • Click on the buttons at the bottom of the screen to access the shop and actions available in a given room (not all rooms have actions) (and the menu button).
  • Click on the buttons at the top right to switch between the 5 rooms.
  • Stats in the shop and action menu are red if they are a cost that you cannot afford, white if you can afford it, and green if they are a reward.
  • Actions give one-off bonuses, items bought in the shop increase the rate it which your stats increase every tick.

Basic Guide:

  • Money: Make money by selling potions in the Lab. Upgrade the Lab and read more books to make better potions and more money!
  • Suspicion: Selling potion, casting spells and summoning daemons increases your suspicion, don't allow it to get too high otherwise you may be punished...
  • Foreboding: Upgrade the chapel and read some books to increase your foreboding score.
  • Vital Fluid: Can only be attained through goat sacrifice; upgrade the butchery to increase your vital fluid.
  • Madness: Take care when meddling in the dark arts, the more you meddle, the worse things get...
  • Dark Lore: Purchase more books from the library in order to increase your knowledge of Dark Lore.
  • Expedience: Upgrade the Lab and read books to increase your expedience.
  • Malevolence: Read books and upgrade the exhumer in the the graveyard to increase your malevolence.

BUG FIXES: - Madness and Suspicion will go yellow then red as you get closer to losing the game, so you know before you lose - Music now working properly - Candles now working properly - Shop now working properly - It's possible to summon the Soul Reaper (Satan) - stats balanced - UI fixes

HTML5 (web) http://plasmonicgames.com/website/alchemy/index.html
Windows
macOS
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/unnatural-occurrences

Ratings

Overall 405th 3.606⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 591th 3.297⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 310th 3.484⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 389th 3.641⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 326th 3.891⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 148th 3.781⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 480th 3.113⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 50th 4.125⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Lars DK
05. Dec 2017 · 10:20 UTC
Awesome sim. Loved the depth and the humor. Art was beautiful. Sound effects nice. Some moody atmospheric stuff was there - not quite music but spooky enough. Menus quite simple but I liked the inclusion of settings. A little hard to figure out how much suspicion would make me lose etc. Some in-game explanation of mechanics would really have helped - some icons and numbers don't mean a lot. But after some trial and error I figured most of it out I think. Keep improving that UI :). In summary, a very impressive showing with great mood and art.
Edword
05. Dec 2017 · 21:15 UTC
Really loved the idea and atmosphere, completely looking forward to a version with stable UI to spend more time with it. Loved the amazing lo-fi graphics and the game flow. Good work!!
Pox
05. Dec 2017 · 21:25 UTC
I'm so disappointed I can't figure out how to not get hanged down, because your game had a mazing mood. Audio and graphics are really well done. I particularly love the third room, the one with the goat and the butcher. Please add some information so I can invoke the Soul Reaper !
bigbazwa
05. Dec 2017 · 21:28 UTC
Great atmosphere, art and sound fit very well. Took quite a bit of trial and error to figure out what to do, could use some more explanation in-game. I'll probably be back to play this one again.
Tabass
05. Dec 2017 · 21:57 UTC
Wow great mood! But I couldn't manage to get "Foreboding" so I have been blocked real quick! Too bad!
AdroitConceptions
09. Dec 2017 · 14:40 UTC
Audio was really crackly on the web version.
Couldn't really figure out the point of the different things.
Also didn't like the idea of being a character of the occult.
🎤 Plasmonic
11. Dec 2017 · 21:57 UTC
@jason-kennedy Sorry about the audio, seems to be a unity bug - we've taken out the layered music to stop the crackling on the web version, have a look at the windows/mac version for the full effect though!
SvenFrankson
11. Dec 2017 · 23:34 UTC
Really good mood ! Is there anything we can do to reduce Madness / prevent it from increasing ? Good job anyway :)
LieropArt
12. Dec 2017 · 00:15 UTC
Pretty impressive in terms of amount of content. I like the atmosphere as well. Feedback: It would have been nice to have a bit more of a tutorial or guide during the first playthrough because I really didn't know what to do at first.
AdroitConceptions
12. Dec 2017 · 00:43 UTC
@plasmonic, can't run Mac on Linux as far as I know and I don't have the desire to make Windows work via wine. ;)
IllaBom
18. Dec 2017 · 15:41 UTC
Very nice game you have here! I like the graphics and the sounds are good. Great concept. Goodluck!

Check out my game if you like!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/virus-detected
japes
18. Dec 2017 · 20:34 UTC
Great, atmospheric game! Love all the text: book titles, newspaper headlines etc were clever and entertaining. The music and graphics, while simple, were immersive and drew me in to this world. It made me want to play more until I won! (which I did ;) )

The only real criticism I have is that the menu design could maybe be improved, and I came across a few bugs:
- "money" menu in the first room stuck open on my second run
- bug when exiting settings menu, couldn't figure out how to get back to the game

Other minor criticisms:
- button icons could maybe have been a bit cooler (considering how cool the rest of the art is)
- Font a little hard to read sometimes (though it does suit the theme well)
🎤 Plasmonic
19. Dec 2017 · 18:39 UTC
@svenfrankson There's no was of reducing madness no, it acts as a time limit!

@jason-kennedy Have you tried the web version? We'll try to sort a linux version if there's time!
AdroitConceptions
19. Dec 2017 · 21:06 UTC
@plasmonic, in response to my 'web version has issues' comment you said to try windows/MAC ;)
🎤 Plasmonic
19. Dec 2017 · 21:32 UTC
@jason-kennedy good point! I'll sort a linux version... the sound is a bit better in the web version now though!
SaFrMo
20. Dec 2017 · 03:44 UTC
Very impressive! The graphics are excellent and the gameplay is really interesting. This'd be a game with some solid atmosphere no matter what, and the fact that you pulled it off in an LD timeline is amazing. Great work!
Fork0
20. Dec 2017 · 22:53 UTC
Cool game. Managed to summon Satan! :D
sgadrat
21. Dec 2017 · 22:55 UTC
Haha! The more unexplained indicators there is the worst it is to figure it out! That works well with the theme, but more in-game clues about impacts of your actions would have helped to figure it out without having to monitor the eight indicators by eye.

Your game shines with it's great graphics and the atmopshere of mad widzard facility which is exceptionally restituted. That's definitely a great entry.
GistNoesis
22. Dec 2017 · 01:27 UTC
Nice incremental game. Ambiance well set (reminded me of Irenicus dungeon). The game seems rather pointless as I don't get to feel all the awesome things I can achieve with my newly crafted spells. Overall I enjoyed the experience. Well done.
Sylver_Kovy
22. Dec 2017 · 20:41 UTC
Interesting Game, with depth and good balance mechanics.
Geckoo1337
28. Dec 2017 · 16:40 UTC
Great freaky mood and an interesting gameplay. I like the way so as to switch screens - smooth transition. I did not understand all about rules, but I had fun playing. Well done ++