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A Deal with the Devil by OmnipotentIndie

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made by OmnipotentIndie for LD 44 (COMPO)

Fight off cane throwing business men, and sell your soul to the devil to become more and more powerful. Even if you don't the game is funny or moody, please leave ratings for all categories, so I can get the required number of rates.

Instructions are in game, but I'll repeat them here:

WASD to move

Left Click to shoot

Right Click to dash towards your mouse once you have it

You use hearts to buy new ugrades. Each time you complete a level, you gain the amount of hearts that you had left over. Go to the shop to sell them to the devil. If you're stuck on a level, try replaying an older one to get hearts and new upgrades.

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HTML5 (web) https://omnipotentindie.itch.io/a-deal-with-the-devil
Windows https://omnipotentindie.itch.io/a-deal-with-the-devil
Source code https://omnipotentindie.itch.io/a-deal-with-the-devil
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/a-deal-with-the-devil

Ratings

Given 32🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

pokenoufl
29. Apr 2019 · 02:24 UTC
Great game, loved the combat and the idea was very cool. upgrades felt substantial which is great. The small screen + very red color palette made it a bit hard to se sometimes but otherwise very cool.
MossGames
29. Apr 2019 · 02:25 UTC
Freaking nice game! Would benefit from having some feedback built in such as when the player loses a live, you only heart a faint sound effect.
SundanceKid
29. Apr 2019 · 03:41 UTC
Love the color choices in the game itself, beginning text was hard to read though. That devil in the shop looks really cool; powerups were nice. Cool game :)
zimennik
29. Apr 2019 · 03:51 UTC
Great game with nice music =). Too much clicking tho =)
Walkalope
29. Apr 2019 · 03:51 UTC
Sick guitar! Love the powerups. I chose "dash" pretty early on - it did not feel intuitive (to me) for the dash to travel toward the mouse. I was expecting to dash in the direction I was moving. It got a little dicey since much of the game is spent running away from the badguys while still _aiming_ at them - I ended up dashing _toward them_ when I was trying to run away.
croben
29. Apr 2019 · 04:10 UTC
I enjoyed it. Great job!
Memel06
29. Apr 2019 · 09:45 UTC
Colors are fighting together, and don't fits.

Gameplay is well planned and created

theme fits

In the overall it's fun, but lacks of graphic clearness to be ok

Keep going and work in a post jam version to improve yourself and your product :)

thanks for your work and have fun!
neverautomatic
29. Apr 2019 · 16:39 UTC
Reminds me of Hotline Miami and Nuclear Throne. Fun game!
kuviman
30. Apr 2019 · 00:11 UTC
Nice game. Dash feels strange to use though, I expected to be dashing where I move.
Rombus
30. Apr 2019 · 00:23 UTC
The game looks awesome, I'll come back later when I have a mouse to play!
Kovakomes
30. Apr 2019 · 01:32 UTC
I beat the game THEN realized I could upgrade...whoops. Nice game! Well done!
tater-hater
30. Apr 2019 · 01:39 UTC
well that was fun. reminded me a lot of Enter the Gungeon
Sbug
30. Apr 2019 · 01:40 UTC
Fun little shooter. Just wish there was an option to hold the mouse button instead because the rapid clicking is not great for rsi.
🎤 OmnipotentIndie
30. Apr 2019 · 01:52 UTC
@kovakomes yeah haha. I've had comments that all my previous ludum dare games were too hard, so i tried to tone it down a bit this one, maybe a bit too far. Thanks so much
entirelyBees
30. Apr 2019 · 02:00 UTC
Loved the music and the buttons / shots were satisfying! I'm shockingly bad at it, usually didn't have enough spare hearts to buy anything lol.
Kevin Liu
30. Apr 2019 · 02:01 UTC
Great game! Gave me vibes from Nuclear Throne / Gungeon -- completely forgot about upgrading and dashing, until the end of the game. :[
Calzep
30. Apr 2019 · 02:10 UTC
I like the idea and the devil looks really cool!
cheesepencil
30. Apr 2019 · 02:19 UTC
Cool! Does it have a win condition? I beat level 4 but could continue playing
🎤 OmnipotentIndie
30. Apr 2019 · 04:31 UTC
@cheesepencil No, that's it. I kind of let you keep going in case anyone wanted to play around with the powerups but I probably should've put a win screen
🎤 OmnipotentIndie
30. Apr 2019 · 04:32 UTC
@entirelybees haha yeah, that's probably my biggest gripe with the game's design. Less experienced players end up having a harder time while the more capable people are given even more tactics and it becomes even easier for them.
grllle
30. Apr 2019 · 09:23 UTC
Hell yeah. Super fun game. Makes me want to do something similar. And nice riffing :D
game dynasty
30. Apr 2019 · 12:57 UTC
Nice! Man, this is very similar to my game, I like it)
NeitherNathan
01. May 2019 · 01:19 UTC
well, the game is kinda bland.
it looks like a Vlambeer game but with nothing inovative.
I didn't played long enough to see the deal mechanic but if this is the only thing that makes your game different, that's a problem.
🎤 OmnipotentIndie
01. May 2019 · 03:42 UTC
@neithernathan sorry you feel that way. Seeing as the deal mechanic is kind of a crucial part of the game, I'd appreciate if you actually experienced it before you rated the game. While I agree that the game overall isn't super original, I also think that the deal mechanic does add a lot of variety, with new abilities and systems.
gward2489
04. May 2019 · 03:41 UTC
great job ! I really dug the art and the general flow of the gameplay
DataGreed
05. May 2019 · 15:46 UTC
Wow, loved the graphics and the style. I wish the game screen was bigger or there was a fullscreen option in html5 version :)