Blood for Blood by tapehead

made by tapehead for LD 44 (JAM)

Puzzle in lines and squares. Gain life and smash Goblins. Trade the goblins blood and your life in the shop into weapon upgrades better life potions and even mightier enemies with more blood in them to level up more and more. But be prepared the goblins will try to take your life for them.

Gameplay

https://youtu.be/HgxuTG1FyWM

Controls

LMB controls everything except sound on/off... thats "m" on your keyboard

How to play

Combine items (weapons and potions) by connecting them with lines

Combine more items with a square

Gain life with collecting potions

Remove bushes with weapons

Hit enemies with weapons to collect blood

Combine different weapons for more damage

Upgrade and unlock new weapons in the shop with your life

Goblin blood is highscore

Upgrade goblins to get more blood

Dev-Log: * fixed game field fragmentation after creating new wave * fixed incorrect prizes and the limit break in the shop

Windows	https://tapehead-co.itch.io/blood-for-blood
macOS	https://tapehead-co.itch.io/blood-for-blood
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/blood-for-blood

Ratings

Given

47🗳️

23🗨️

Feedback

TheMagesMango

30. Apr 2019 · 16:47 UTC

Good idea and great art is very fun! keep up the good work!

Gorrion

30. Apr 2019 · 16:57 UTC

Very fun puzzle game. Pretty art style and animations. Combining elements feels really good. Very polished and neat. Great job!

TomasMunro

30. Apr 2019 · 16:59 UTC

i love how polished the art is in this game, fantastic job and the gamplay is very polished too, i bet you guys didnt get much sleep hahahaha

schrunkin

30. Apr 2019 · 17:07 UTC

Incredibly well made and super polished! Except for a couple of bugs i ran into this is one of the best crafted and genuinely addictive games. The gameplay is deep enough that I could totally see this becoming a game I could play after the jam!
(btw the shop button has to be clicked a couple of times before it can be entered)

surreali

30. Apr 2019 · 17:10 UTC

Omg, awesome game! Best game that I played this LD44 so far! The mechanics are pretty cool, would easily play non stop on my mobile device! It reminded me of Puzzle Forge. I loved the art too, everything looks beautiful. Congrats!

IanLux

30. Apr 2019 · 17:28 UTC

Excellent game, probably the best that I've played so far! Loved the puzzle concept! Quite a hard game too!

arielsan

30. Apr 2019 · 17:32 UTC

I like the music & sfx though and I believe it is well polished but it is a bit hard to understand or I am a very very bad player (I read the instructions before playing).

Brigart

30. Apr 2019 · 18:21 UTC

I really enjoy playing this game, but I faced with situatuon where I can't do anything.

voidfishing

30. Apr 2019 · 21:22 UTC

wow, this is really polished! I love the art style, and the gameplay is pretty simple to pick up, and really good - I could definitely play a lot more!!

lukbebalduke

01. May 2019 · 00:49 UTC

**Stunning quality for a jam game!**

The feeling is neat, game design is solid and unique at the same time. Everything works really tight in this game, lovely work,

Keep it up!

NeitherNathan

01. May 2019 · 00:51 UTC

I liked this game a lot.
I personally am a big fan of the "match 3"kind of game and i liked the way you reinvented it.
It has some bugs, but i liked the way you start getting the grip on what to do in the game.
I had a lot of fun and probably gonna play later

paulhocker

01. May 2019 · 04:32 UTC

just incredible -- this was a great m3 mechanic twist that fit very well with the theme -- thanks for making this

Drauthius

01. May 2019 · 09:26 UTC

Nice entry! Even with the description, it took me a long time to figure out what I was supposed to do (didn't watch the video, in case it goes into it there). Interesting mechanics, but I often got "stuck" and had to keep trying to cut down bushes and other stuff in a nearby area and hope to get the right thing pop up.

PseudoBytes

01. May 2019 · 11:24 UTC

Really original idea, I love it. It all just works well together and I think that it is very intuitive, great job!

rhewid

01. May 2019 · 13:11 UTC

Very original idea, nice take on that genre. Also really polished gameplay. Loved it.

Le Slo

01. May 2019 · 14:21 UTC

Very polished game in art and sound, the gameplay is original but I don't think the game is very well balanced, I don't really see the point on getting upgrades since I never found a difficult moment. By the way, very nice touch that there can't be grass on the corners. Congratulations!

nicneznic

01. May 2019 · 14:31 UTC

An interesting twist on a match three games, solid visual presentation, and enjoyable gameplay loop. And, as mentioned above many times, very well polished overall. I can see this being expanded and explored more (not only enemies, upgrades, etc. but mechanisms as well) - go for it!

Artyom Volkov

01. May 2019 · 20:09 UTC

It looks very polished, however, it's a little bit hard to understand from the beginning.

SefrZ

01. May 2019 · 20:37 UTC

Loved this, it was very well polished and the sound design was great. I found that if I could get sticks on all four corners, I never needed to upgrade though. Not cheating like that it was still super fun. Great job!

Mika la Grand

02. May 2019 · 18:47 UTC

Man this game is well polished! I made it all the way to wave 12, but it became too difficult to continue. I did get reset to wave 1 a couple of times after I did some upgrades, so maybe that was a big or I didn't see that my health ran out.

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Lyrcaxis

03. May 2019 · 04:41 UTC

It crashed pretty quick but I loved it!

Geckoo1337

03. May 2019 · 13:50 UTC

Amazing aesthetic. At first I though that you did another match3 game, but the gameplay is more clever. It's not always easy after some levels, but I had fun playing. Everything works well as expected and you finally reinvent the genre. Impressive ++

Reality Blind

03. May 2019 · 19:35 UTC

Great game, and awesome art! I played up to the wave 16, is there a way to finish the game (I thought maybe by buying everything in the shop) or is it endless?

The goblins's heads are really hilarious 😁