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The Curse of Power by sbeif

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made by sbeif for LD 40 (JAM)

You have gained too much power during your adventures.

Your strength is out of your control.

Can you succeed in your quest for weakness to be finally able to go back to your loved one?

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In The Curse of Power you play the role of a great hero that returns home after his last adventure...but there's a problem: you are too strong and you're unable to touch your soulmate without hurting her.

And thus begins your new quest (and hopefully the last)! You have to get rid of your power by giving it to others.

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Punch your way through a city filled with criminals, protect the civilians and heal those who fall. You can choose to heal criminals too, but they'll come back using your strength against you.

Your final goal is to get rid of all your power while protecting the civilians.

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If you can't reach your goal, don't worry, there are 4 possible endings, according to your performance.

Try to reach the happy ending, and please feel free to share your results in the comments.

HTML5 (web) https://conner985.itch.io/the-curse-of-power
Windows https://conner985.itch.io/the-curse-of-power
macOS https://conner985.itch.io/the-curse-of-power
Linux https://conner985.itch.io/the-curse-of-power
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/the-curse-of-power

Ratings

Overall 1046th 2.828⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1004th 2.7⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 962th 2.697⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 735th 3.235⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1040th 2.214⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 482th 3.109⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 892th 2.839⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

mennchen22
05. Dec 2017 · 22:45 UTC
It is funny but I healed only the enemy:)
conner985
06. Dec 2017 · 09:26 UTC
it's easy to reach the end of the game but not that easy to attain the happy ending. You should try it! :)
Samuli
06. Dec 2017 · 10:14 UTC
Laughed at options screen.
Eva Abollivier
06. Dec 2017 · 10:17 UTC
You can hit all the ennemies at once if they are superimposed which makes the game pretty easy. It was a good idea to include multiple endings to counteract that and add replay value. Art is effective but not very appealing.
erd0s
06. Dec 2017 · 10:21 UTC
I loved their little feet!
ARuculaDoMal
06. Dec 2017 · 12:23 UTC
Loved the options screen. Liked the gameplay, but gets repetitive after some time. The graphics are nice, kinda fit the game atmosphere.
Bastienre4
06. Dec 2017 · 12:27 UTC
Simple but efficient gameplay. The fact that there are multiple endings is great for a jam !
azuredraco
06. Dec 2017 · 14:35 UTC
I didn't use enough power, curse me for saving too much power! It was nice addition that there was story elements in the game.
Also during the stage three I finally realized that the main character has mouth and arm instead of one big wide grin :D
OWC
06. Dec 2017 · 14:35 UTC
I have never meet games with several ending on ludum. Anyway good entry!
Rixium
06. Dec 2017 · 15:59 UTC
Game is unique among other games I've played in the jam. I like the idea of keeping alive the civilians, and the multiple endings is a nice touch.
Art work could use refining, and some of the animations, but you're not rated on that so not a massive problem.
conner985
06. Dec 2017 · 18:08 UTC
@rixium thank you for the feedback. I'm really glad you enjoy it :) About the graphics, we are 3 programmers and we've never done art or animation before, this was our first attempt but we ended up with a nice result :)
bradur
07. Dec 2017 · 13:53 UTC
Cute art and nice music :). Creative use of the theme, don't think I've ever played a game before where you have to lose your powers :P.
Jeiselilla
07. Dec 2017 · 15:58 UTC
The story it´s heartbroken, but it was cool anyway. The challende to keep the civilians alive was awesome!
conner985
07. Dec 2017 · 16:10 UTC
@jeiselilla thank you for playing :) There is an happy ending, if you can find it!
ariake81
09. Dec 2017 · 14:51 UTC
nice ideas, the enemie bunched up together which was odd but fun anyways
chadrbanks
10. Dec 2017 · 07:06 UTC
I liked that there were multiple endings. I got number 4 too many times, but it was rewarding when I finally got ending number 2. I assume you need to lose all power to get ending 1? You have a good gameplay base for an interesting single player campaign.
sgadrat
10. Dec 2017 · 16:29 UTC
Hey it is pleasant to play and rewarding to finally get the good ending. If only the heling spell was more intuitive to use, maybe by showing the area of effect.
IllaBom
12. Dec 2017 · 01:31 UTC
Nice game you have here. SUPER WELL DONE!

Come check out my game if you like!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/virus-detected
🎤 sbeif
12. Dec 2017 · 10:20 UTC
Thanks everyone! I hope you all had fun playing our game :)
@sgadrat That's a really good suggestion, it would definitely help.
CaylebLucas
12. Dec 2017 · 12:13 UTC
Fun game :)
Rature
16. Dec 2017 · 11:02 UTC
i had fun playing this game, i really enjoyed the simple design !