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Mudul's Trial by Kanacell

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made by Kanacell for LD 43 (JAM)

We are french game dev students and we met to participate to this Game Jam together. To have a great time and make a game. We really want to thanks our school (Objectif 3D) for lending us their premises. We hope you'll have a great time playing. Have fun ! ;)

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You play as Mudul-43, a robot programmed to fight endless waves of aliens in a closed arena. You can upgrade yourself with terminals but nothing is free and you must put the price.

How long will you last before getting overwhelmed by the aliens' hordes ?

menu.png inGame.png shop.png

See you soon ! ;)

PS : Consider to post comments and rate our game ! :v:

Windows https://outside-dev.itch.io/muduls-trial
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ulqfb7fbsphqc3/LUDUM%27S%20TRIAL.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/muduls-trial

Ratings

Overall 618th 3.323⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Fun 692th 3.043⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 824th 2.766⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Theme 674th 3.228⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 371th 3.806⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Audio 498th 3.023⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Mood 781th 2.943⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 46🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

CaptainCorgistan
04. Dec 2018 · 08:35 UTC
Wow! Nuce creatures and tasty graphics!
Cipery
04. Dec 2018 · 08:54 UTC
Really liked the graphics, plays really good, got into lvl 9 actually, but I was really confused about the merchants.. Why I have to pay with my life? And what if I dont even want the "upgrade"?:)
Clayrok
04. Dec 2018 · 09:02 UTC
You have to update, we took the theme "Sacrifices MUST be done" literally :)
At the end of a wave, one of the 3 basic merchants (stats, skills, weapons) appears and if what it sells/takes don't suits you, a random merchant appears too and take something to you randomly to also give you something randomly. Hope you liked it ! :D
Darylsteak
04. Dec 2018 · 10:09 UTC
Not bad. The idea was solid and the music was really nice, models were also great.

2 things: the sound was really very loud for me (was wearing headphones). And 8 people in my opinion is a little too many for a game jam.

Nonetheless, good job!
Clayrok
04. Dec 2018 · 10:13 UTC
Thanks. We didn't know where to start, it was our first jam and we're students in a video game dev school so we just met in our school without organizing anything :)
Slipultura
04. Dec 2018 · 10:26 UTC
For the sound we have had a few problems, all the sounds are not incorporated and some are not in the good place
squaredev
04. Dec 2018 · 10:34 UTC
Nice graphics and nice spin of the theme. I wish there were some kind of hit effects when an attack lands, like a spark or an explosion or something, but this is just nitpicking. Good job!
vilix64
04. Dec 2018 · 10:48 UTC
Very polished entry. Good job. :slight_smile:
ElFunck
04. Dec 2018 · 10:59 UTC
Love the level generating system.

The robot animation is a little "rigid" but it was cool to play!

Well done ;)
nanocube75
04. Dec 2018 · 11:51 UTC
Not bad, actually really good!
MrJackhpil
04. Dec 2018 · 13:17 UTC
Pretty good for a start. Good luck on next projects. But I don't like this graphic so much.
scottgoldsmith
04. Dec 2018 · 13:48 UTC
I don't see how it fits into the theme at all and there's zero story, which is dissapoiting because it's a beautiful game.
Cipery
04. Dec 2018 · 13:57 UTC
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about the theme of this jam when I played your game :D

I really like this as a start of something little bigger (if the time would allow), like, player could specialize in some build, melee (upgrade armor, melee weapons, melee splash/AoE damage), or maybe pure ranger (upgrade ranged weapon, slowing traps, automatic cannons mounted on player) or like "tinker", who could build towers etc.

Nice game!
RektorGladowski
04. Dec 2018 · 14:44 UTC
The game is quite nice, but i personally think that you should make everything faster :)
daruudaruu
04. Dec 2018 · 17:25 UTC
The game idea is cool, but please, remember to give proper visual or audio feedback to the player whenever they're hit or they hit an enemy. It could have been a lot better!
Sapphiris
04. Dec 2018 · 17:25 UTC
Good game. Something I miss is some feedback when you hurt the monsters or when they hurt you. But I like the idea and the graphics.
isaque-picao-sanches
04. Dec 2018 · 17:39 UTC
enjoyed playing it, though there's a lot of little things that could be improved
JohnnyGinard
04. Dec 2018 · 17:51 UTC
Very cool idea! Good job! :smile: :top:
Carbonara
04. Dec 2018 · 22:24 UTC
Nice game, the graphics are awesome, the music works, maybe we miss some feedback like previously said when we are taking damage, the aim with the mouse is sometime lock in a direction which can be frustrating. I probably want more massive destruction weapons with of course more ennemies to fit them ahah. I can feel the hard work behind this. Thanks for this and nice job guys!
Takayamushi
04. Dec 2018 · 23:11 UTC
Pretty well done! There was a big lack of feedback when attacking/taking damage. An appropriate sound or vfx can change everything! Also some sound we're very loud and too long, making them take the whole sound space. Other than that, Good job!
Adrian Guevara
05. Dec 2018 · 00:00 UTC
Music it's cool, models too, but I think there is a lack of AI. Yes, there are a lot of enemies and some of them with diferents attacks, but I have felt it like it's only a simple following script.
I kinda like the shop but I think in general the contras are too contras in relation to the pros.
Nick Rafalski
05. Dec 2018 · 02:42 UTC
Great work! a ton of polish for a gamejam game. I really was feeling the sacrifices as the game progressed.
py_g
05. Dec 2018 · 09:35 UTC
good looking, well done!
Kilelock
05. Dec 2018 · 09:40 UTC
Awesome guys! Really liked the game, enemy types are really great and dash is op as hell xD. Nice job to all of you! ^^

Pd: I got a bug in one run, when I got to wave 2 I push E in the red terminal and it crashed :C
adventureislands
05. Dec 2018 · 10:12 UTC
Nice graphics and usage of theme. The randomizer merchant should really tell you what exactly you got and lost when you purchase from him, I didn't always notice any difference after purchasing from them. Also most of the weapons didn't feel all that good, they were either very slow or flied over enemies like the grenades. The basic rapid fire gun seemed to work the best.
Cristiano T.
05. Dec 2018 · 10:18 UTC
Very viciant. fantastic the AI of the game ! And the music is perfect for the game !
Great game congratulations!
Emmatw
05. Dec 2018 · 20:09 UTC
Very nice game, I liked the design of the enemies, a lot of things in the game felt really polished, like the graphics, controls and especially the menu. It would have been nice to get some more feedback when hitting enemies or getting hit by them, like small animations/effects or sound of impact. Great work though!
PapoDrav
06. Dec 2018 · 21:58 UTC
Thanks for all those comments , really nice to read thiose , and really interesting! @emmatw Thanks you a lot's , I'm the UI designer so I'm so glad you liked those menus
Raitozan
07. Dec 2018 · 18:27 UTC
Hey Good job guys ! Really like the sacrifice mechanic of upgrades, you've a great looking game with its universe, that feels neat !

(vous venez de quelle école au fait ? :P une partie de mon équipe et moi sommes aussi des étudiants venant d'une école de jeu, Gamagora à Lyon :D)
MrLeePerry
07. Dec 2018 · 21:46 UTC
Nice work! Took a second to figure out the weapon swapping, but once that was sorted out I was off and running. Really well done!!!
Slipultura
08. Dec 2018 · 09:04 UTC
@raitozan on vient d'Objectif 3D à Montpellier !
Nekonyo
08. Dec 2018 · 13:04 UTC
There could be an improvement on game balance, everything is good but I ended playing for over half an hour one time. Maybe scaling the variety and power of the attackers may be interesting, more dangerous and quicker to kill by increasing a little the fire rate
James Dunlap
08. Dec 2018 · 18:35 UTC
I enjoyed this entry. Your team created an enjoyable game, but it could use a bit more explanation up front. It took me a while to figure out that after each wave, the terminals appear in the center, and I have to use them to move on. Also, a radar would have been helpful given the size of the arena. Overall, though, very enjoyable.
MaxKlimenok
09. Dec 2018 · 08:02 UTC
Cool to see that you have a working product!

Ways to improve:
+ add radar or minimap to find mobs stuck on the edge of the map.
+ some sort of cursor showing where AOE splash will be.
+ balancing mobs and characters speed.
+ scrolling through weapons is not very convenient, binding weapons to 1-9 would be more suitable in the heat of the battle.

Liked the idea of changing walls on the arena!
I managed to pass 2 waves. And died on 3rd one.

Any way, nice work, well done for 72 hours!
Vlad Ilisan
12. Dec 2018 · 14:25 UTC
Nice entry. Just a suggestion...I think everything should be faster, faster projectile, faster movement, enemies etc.
Rodrigo Denúbila
19. Dec 2018 · 12:30 UTC
Good game! Graphics are really good. Animations and Audio need more work, but this doesn't affect the gameplay. Good job!
jk5000
19. Dec 2018 · 13:51 UTC
The graphics and music is really good in this game. The gameplay idea is okay, but I would have loved to see something new and interesting. Overall is this a fine LD game.
Dorukh
21. Dec 2018 · 12:47 UTC
Game flows really smoothly, fits well with the theme, and overall graphics work in unison. :) Congrats!