Devil On Rails by FiloGC

made by FiloGC for LD 39 (JAM)

What is this game?

Our original idea was to create a hack and slash power fantasy where the player has to keep up with an enemy horde to maintain his power level.

How does it work?

You start the game with all your abilities unlocked and will start losing them if you don't recover your power quickly by slaying enemies.

Why on a train?

Well, that's just a dumb question, isn't it?

The enemy model that didn't make it.

Rest In Peace Space Bat.

Who are we?

David Neira (@greeted): Production and Game Design
Diego Cambre (@miolos): Concept Art and UI
Antón Blanco (@chandalf): Highpoly Modelling, Concept Art and UI
Guillermo Couceiro (@filogc): Lowpoly Modelling, Rigging and FX
Pablo Castro (@baguetteness): Hardcore Programming and Music
Alfonso Varela (@xeep): Top Notch Programming
Giuseppe Caminiti (@giustitia): Xtreme Programming and Dead Screams :D
Special thanks to Hernan for his help with last minute modelling and animation.

What did we learn?

We made this game without previous experience working in a team as big as seven people. That meant not knowing exactly what we would be capable of doing in three days. We especially struggled with the implementation of the character animations which resulted in lots of the programmers' time gone to waste and some freebie animations. Also we may or may not have over scoped the mechanics a little bit.

We're currently thinking of ways to improve the game as a post-jam exercise and we can't wait to take part in LD40 and apply everything we learned this weekend.

See you all soon

Windows	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0SLCY7oMVd9d2J2bkdVaDJ6U1E
Windows	https://filogc.itch.io/devil-on-rails
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/devil-on-rails

Ratings

Overall	645^th	3.029⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Fun	647^th	2.794⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	693^th	2.559⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Theme	776^th	2.676⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	269^th	3.914⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Audio	238^th	3.429⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Humor	304^th	2.667⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Mood	450^th	3.167⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Given		57🗳️	4🗨️

Feedback

🎤 FiloGC

26. Jul 2017 · 19:42 UTC

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Xeep

26. Jul 2017 · 21:25 UTC

Ops

Baguetteness

26. Jul 2017 · 23:00 UTC

Giustitia

26. Jul 2017 · 23:02 UTC

Here I am, bitches! :D

aevek

01. Aug 2017 · 05:56 UTC

Some more feedback would help a lot with player's understanding of the game. I loved the visuals, the game looked awesome and the animations were sweet!

Wheffle

01. Aug 2017 · 05:59 UTC

The graphics, especially the player character and his animations, are really great. I also like the setting, it's simple and fun. The gameplay is messy, however. The ranged attacks are especially unsatisfying. Great job though, it's a jam and you guys made something fun, and also kudos on coordinating between *eight* people, that's a feat by itself!

Jetro

01. Aug 2017 · 14:31 UTC

Nice game! Great models, characters, animations and music.

blobo

03. Aug 2017 · 15:21 UTC

The graphics are fantastic! My only complaint was that i was getting flooded with a non stop flood of enemies, they were stacking on top of each other like savages. Also you can infinite jump and safespot them. The music sounded great along with the crazy graphics, And the "Insert Soul" was hilarious.

Bartol44

03. Aug 2017 · 17:48 UTC

The music is great, animations are well-made for such short amount of time. The game climate is good, somehow devil, fighting countless flow of enemis and devil fit together. It's also a nice surprise to see a fighting me (I guess I've seen only one so far on this jam).

The gameplay however is a bit disappointing. There should be constant flow of enemies according to your idea, but not like one every second or less from 2 sides. You made a lot of attacks, but maybe you should focus on 2 skills instead of 4. Dash is cool, but I can spam it endlessly. Also ranged attack seems to do nothing, while melee doesn't feel good because of its long wind up time. Didn't feel the effect of block either.

However, don't be disappointed, fighting games are hard to made, especially in this short time, I think you should focus on the core, then add many cool things. And despite my long list of complaints, the game is really above the average on this jam :D

gamepopper

12. Aug 2017 · 13:02 UTC

Really fun beat 'em up, I think it starts way too difficult though, way too many enemies to begin with. I also found the controls to be a bit awkward, although I'm not used to mixing mouse and keyboard controls in a beat 'em up. Looks really nice and I like the metal soundtrack, it does fit the setting I imagine you were going with.

@filogc How dare you lie about beating my game! :P

🎤 FiloGC

14. Aug 2017 · 19:59 UTC

@gamepopper I know no shame!

tapestry

18. Aug 2017 · 19:49 UTC

Great job on your game guys. Really liked the graphics, the art design and the music.

Had there been animations the result would have been great. I also liked the UI, and the game's overall polish.

DDSFloko

19. Aug 2017 · 18:25 UTC

I liked the graphics and the music of game. I think a little hard to play and the animations is very slow. Great job.

lythom

20. Aug 2017 · 16:28 UTC

** What I liked **

__ + __ Insert Soul =D
__ + __ frenetic button smashing !
__ + __ Music and mood

** What imo could be improved **

__ - __ Never found use for dash, blocking and could not use remote special
__ - __ Hardly found use to the remote attack since the is so much enemy

** Overall **

I had fun, good work ! Thanks for the game =)

Doccrazy

20. Aug 2017 · 17:48 UTC

Nice take on the theme, and great models and animations!
However, I could not see any strategy or any use for the block/dash function, as button-mashing seemed to solve the enemy problem quite well ;) Also balancing seems to be off, as melee attacks are way more effective than ranged. Also I miss some feedback of power level vs. available abilities.

Minor issue: When you spam space and attack, you can fly :D.

urbanhelsing

20. Aug 2017 · 19:15 UTC

This is so far the most advance entry I have tested. Looks and sounds very nice and professional. One annoying thing is that there are too many enemies at the same time. Some sounds when you hit enemies and when enemies hit you helps the player understand what is going on. A slower start would be appreciated so I could learn/test all the controls before the amount of enemies are overwhelming. Thanks!

SleepyStudios

20. Aug 2017 · 19:44 UTC

Really impressed by the graphics and animations you were able to make in the time but the combat felt really clunky and spammy most of the time. Felt like it needed more player feedback like screenshake and whatnot in order to make it feel a bit better.

Jaakko

21. Aug 2017 · 06:57 UTC

Great music, sound effects not quite the same level. Gameplay feel wasn't quite there but the mood was great. Overall nice work for a jam!

PjchardtTheSecond

21. Aug 2017 · 07:05 UTC

As others have said, the animations and graphics are pretty good. Although they all seem at different stages of development, leading to an inconsistent visual style.

Overall, the game seems like a nice first step. The weakest link right now is gameplay. The gameplay is confusing and nothing feels like it has weight. Far fewer enemies, more oomph to my attacks, and some clear indicators of success/failure would help quite a bit I believe.

Thanks.

yuigoto

21. Aug 2017 · 07:12 UTC

The look and feel, the presentation of this game, is really pro-level, really nice! But the interface, at least to me, felt like a mobile-tailored one! :P

Nice work on the 3D models and overall visuals, the audio also really rocks! But when you kill too many enemies at the same times the sound just gets LOUD, which kinda take some of the fun and completely break the mood.

Controls-wise, it felt like a button mashing-type of game, and I could only feel the basic mouse-based attacks, and couldn't notice the strong attacks, to be honest. Also, some player feedback, as some said, would be really nice to juice up the game!

Overall, pretty fun and nicely done! :D

WillData

21. Aug 2017 · 07:35 UTC

Visually good but the audio is all over the place. The music is nice and fits the theme but the enemies screams just take me out of the mood so much. The game is also not giving me a lot of feedback of my progress and I'm not entirely sure how I am supposed to deal with these huge crowds. It seemed like there was no way to heal or regain mana so I ended up just jumping back and forth and putting in attacks when I could safely.