Servant of Greed by miki
Description
As a fanatic servant, you must gather treasures for your dear god.
Info
Hello strangers!
This is our first time entering LudumDare and it is our first time creating a game ever! The programming was done by me (Mikael) and the art was created by Katarina. Since we felt that our first game should be extra special, we also decided to make all of the sound effects and music ourselves.
Oh, and we added gamepad support. I think...
Current high score to beat is: 483!
Hope you enjoy!
Screenshots


| HTML5 (web) | https://mikatogames.itch.io/servant-of-greed |
| macOS | |
| Linux | |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/servant-of-greed |
Ratings
| Overall | 594th | 3.429⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 681th | 3.19⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 854th | 2.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 110th | 4.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 343th | 3.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 369th | 3.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 352th | 3.382⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 433th | 3.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 15🗨️ |
I think the music needs to be longer, but otherwise a game well done and fits the theme nicely
I also like the simple but well drawn home screen
Super congratulations on a great first game.
Thanks for the game, had a nice time playing it.
Only one thing: I'd like controls to be a little bit more responsive, because with the current state of it, there is a point, when you left to the mercy of random, because you are too slowed and with this controls you won't be able to dodge rocks anyway. My highscore is 91)
But you did a great job! Congratulations with a great start!
Controls are good, the music is cool and the it fits the theme really well. Overall, the game is pretty cohesive.
The only thing that frustrated me is the falling objects (wich are the main mechanic).
There are either too many of them or they fall too fast to really try to get what you want. I felt like if I was getting a "gem" is was pure randomness and nothing to do with me trying to get one.
Congratulations on the entry ! Really cool game !
I like the egyptian style :)
The speed of the falling items could be progessive and it would be better if there's no acceleration/deceleration to control the character.

I am so happy I managed to get JUST over 300, would have been so annoyed if it was like 298 :D
The mechanics are simple, but effective. Movement feels spot on and difficulty is spot on. It feels very satisfying when you get into a good flow of only picking up gems. I tried a few times with picking up gems and boots or gems and scythes, but generally I feel that this works a lot worse.
Can you beat my score? You have been challenged!
That is way higher than any of us could get @simon-rahnasto, I'll put your record in the description if that's okay.
Thanks again guys and gals!