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Project Morph by evandowning

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made by evandowning for LD 40 (JAM)

This game is a "Reverse Megaman" -- the more powers you get, the worse you are! A Ludum Dare 40 project. This is my first entry!

There's a main game with 4 bosses and 3 platforming areas, but you can also skip straight to a Boss Rush from the main menu. If you want to play with the default non-bad powers, there's a Vanilla Boss Rush you can play as well!

WASD to move, Spacebar to jump, left mouse click or the J key to shoot. Jump and shoot to victory!

https://evandowning.itch.io/project-morph

Update v1: Fixed issue where you could get stuck in a wall on respawn in certain situations.

Windows https://evandowning.itch.io/project-morph
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/project-morph

Ratings

Overall 510th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 532th 3.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 390th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 258th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 518th 3.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 311th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Clayton Schuyler
04. Dec 2017 · 05:02 UTC
Fun twist on power ups!
gamesplusjames
04. Dec 2017 · 05:56 UTC
A really interesting mechanic! I really like the abilities you collect doing damage to you, and the character controlled very well! Unfortunately I died during the second boss and got locked out of the boss room then, but it seems like a really fun entry! Great job! :)
🎤 evandowning
04. Dec 2017 · 06:08 UTC
! Gamesplusjames! :D

I watched your tutorials when I was first learning to code -- you played a part in me learning to create this.
stevenjmiller
04. Dec 2017 · 08:40 UTC
Great use of the theme! I also got locked out of one of the boss rooms, but played through the boss rush.
meskaline
04. Dec 2017 · 09:58 UTC
One of the greatest game I played today. Good use of the theme and fun fun fun.
kezhaar
04. Dec 2017 · 14:37 UTC
There's a lot of work for 48h, good job.
I wish the game was a little faster but nice overall experience
Noxbuds
04. Dec 2017 · 15:31 UTC
Interesting idea. I liked the graphics and the music, though the sound effects and the music were a bit too loud for my liking, with seemingly no way to change the volume. Struggled to get the platforms right though, and when I died during a boss battle I couldn't get back in and had to restart the game :|
🎤 evandowning
04. Dec 2017 · 15:49 UTC
I will fix the boss battle respawn thing when I get home -- if you want to skip straight to the bosses, try the boss rush!
Xynal
04. Dec 2017 · 16:24 UTC
fantastic game! The only thing I didn't like was the choice for the fire button.
Bredera
04. Dec 2017 · 20:44 UTC
What a great game, amazing artstyle and i love the muzic and the whole design of the game! and a fun take on the more you have the worse it is!
🎤 evandowning
04. Dec 2017 · 22:41 UTC
Wall spawn bug fixed --- you should be able to die at the second boss without issue now. ;)
LifeHack
05. Dec 2017 · 03:46 UTC
Really like it!
worai
05. Dec 2017 · 13:30 UTC
Music was nice, but the stacked sound effects of the base arm cannon when you spam it was unfortunately jarring. My personal preference is for there to be some progression in the players ability to do stuff, empowering them, so the extra bombs chasing the player, the arm cannon shots being exchanged for much slower sword slashes was anti-fun for me. But the theme this time felt like it was hard to design around, staying true to it, so you definitely get full rating in that category :)
🎤 evandowning
05. Dec 2017 · 14:41 UTC
Sorry @worai, that was the restriction of the theme! :D The more powers you get, the worse it is!
Sintel
06. Dec 2017 · 15:23 UTC
Very impressive graphics and music! (Very catchy tunes, too)

The platforming itself feels a bit awkward and there's a lot of precision jumping involved. The ample amount of checkpoints makes up for that a bit.

Overall a solid first entry, congrats!
Byron Bowen
08. Dec 2017 · 02:56 UTC
This was fun and funny, and I think the best use of the theme I've seen so far - not too obvious or banal, but also not too tangential.
nax_89
11. Dec 2017 · 19:32 UTC
Interesting implementation of the theme, the pixel art and music are very very good. I feel the controls and platoforms sections difficult, maybe you can tweak a little the difficult, but anyways, a good entry. congrats
The Dankasaur
19. Dec 2017 · 04:18 UTC
The art and the music are great. I like the idea, and the execution was great. My problem is the controls. If you're using WASD controls and W isn't being used for anything else, W is to jump. Making it space is just awkward. And, if you're going to use the mouse buttons for shooting, use the mouse for aiming. Because the mouse button was for shooting, I found myself tying to aim with the mouse as well. If you can work that all out, it'd be a great submission.