Crucifix and Tentacle by Cedric Fey

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made by Cedric Fey for LD 42 (JAM)

Something about tentacle...

First and foremost don't juge us too hard on the theme. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

How to play?

WASD for moving and click to shoot.

You can hold the click button pressed. (But then you won't hear the sound of the protagonist, yes another bug).

If the enemy touch you the darkness comes closer. If you hit the darkness to many time you dieeee.

Like ou last game it's very hard. Too hard! It's a shame though. Because if you could hold on 5 min the final boss comes.

Post Scriptum

We realised with the comment that some bug made the game unfinnishable. Like permanent invisible hitboxes. We tweeked a couple of lines and here is a revised version. Don't count it in your votes. But if you want to have a bit more fun...

Here is Crucifix and Tentacle Mk1:

https://cedricfey.itch.io/crucifix-and-tentacle-mk1

HTML5 (web)	https://cedricfey.itch.io/crucifix-and-tentacle
Source code	https://gitlab.com/cedricfeyaerts/LDjam42
macOS	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J_LtcxIt-zh3KA2lsw4gD4USL9ww7WBP/view?usp=sharing
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/crucifix-and-tentacle

Ratings

Overall	456^th	3.515⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Fun	546^th	3.279⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	875^th	2.897⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Theme	250^th	3.897⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	247^th	3.956⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Mood	90^th	3.879⭐	31🧑‍⚖️
Given		35🗳️	23🗨️

Feedback

WrenPirate

14. Aug 2018 · 04:03 UTC

The graphics and audio are awesome, but I seem to be unable to make a difference in how fast I die. Is that me or the game? I never got any better because I couldn't see that any of the running or stabbing I was doing were having any effect. It looks cool, but playing was maybe a little too Cthulhu.

🎤 Cedric Fey

14. Aug 2018 · 06:52 UTC

Thanks for playing!

I should I have explained that every time you get touched the darkness get closer.

Mr.MadCat

14. Aug 2018 · 09:53 UTC

Looks pretty cool.
Play smooth. Good job.

Maybe add some explanatory text to this page so players can understand fatser, what to do.

shawalla

14. Aug 2018 · 11:52 UTC

Really nice I like the Idea theme and Graphics.Also the game plays very smooth.
really nice Idea with the darkness

Araklaj

14. Aug 2018 · 11:54 UTC

Smooth and straight forward, well done!

Zlabya

14. Aug 2018 · 11:59 UTC

Amazing game

11tomi12

14. Aug 2018 · 12:03 UTC

Great game! Lots of fun and action. I found a bug where my character became invisible...

🎤 Cedric Fey

14. Aug 2018 · 12:07 UTC

@11tomi12 A bug ??? Impossible!!! ;-)
Thank for playing, really.

pickens-inc

14. Aug 2018 · 13:00 UTC

Really interesting! I swear I only got hit once but after a few minutes the darkness just suddenly closed in and engulfed me. Up until then I loved the way it worked, hacing to drive it back. I think with the way you have to hold it down, a holy beam or something would work a lot better. The art and animations were really nice though. Some more variety in enemies would have been nice but that's the LD for you! Good job :)

Drabbning

14. Aug 2018 · 13:01 UTC

Really good looking game. Only thing I would change is maybe decrease the projectile sound. It got a bit annoying later on

Tomko

14. Aug 2018 · 13:03 UTC

Love dark mood of the game. Simple fun gameplay, well done.

Adam Pandos

14. Aug 2018 · 13:06 UTC

I like it alot! But you cant do anything in late game becouse its too fast and you die.

dylanbr

14. Aug 2018 · 13:08 UTC

Awesome fun. I imagine this could be expanded to include levels, power ups, and all sorts of other goodies.

Loic Nageleisen

14. Aug 2018 · 13:11 UTC

@dylanbr Thanks! Yeah we had lots of ideas, like a massive explosion that would kill nearby enemies and repel the darkness, a flying sidekick, various weapon patterns...

gajop

14. Aug 2018 · 14:18 UTC

I really liked the drawings and the animations. The background tentacle-mist thing was great. Graphics wise you could've improved the shooting a bit (by adding an animation), but other than that you did a good job.

dray

14. Aug 2018 · 15:26 UTC

Awesome game, love the art style. I wasn't able to reach the boss, but i tried ! it seem to me that darkness come closer even when i don't seem to get hit.

Enver Arco

14. Aug 2018 · 15:42 UTC

yeah nice mood and art style. the creeping darkness is really well implemented

bar0net

14. Aug 2018 · 19:47 UTC

Great mood. I would have loved to have some secondary thing to do apart from shooting whatever appears on the screen (maybe collect coins, grab items or something). This way, playing more than once has the added challenge of improving your performance.

Alex Lutay

15. Aug 2018 · 01:34 UTC

> every time you get touched the darkness get closer

Oh, my!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSKkwzwdW4

I liked the art style, really makes Lovecraftian atmosphere, liked the gameplay, it keeps on tension. Wish there were more of this things.

🎤 Cedric Fey

16. Aug 2018 · 18:48 UTC

Just in case you are interested we fix a couple of bugs... here is the other version
[https://cedricfey.itch.io/crucifix-and-tentacle-mk1](https://cedricfey.itch.io/crucifix-and-tentacle-mk1)

Rayne

17. Aug 2018 · 07:02 UTC

Great mood and drawings!
I love the "Devil Daggers" or "Ubermosh" play style

Iluvatar

17. Aug 2018 · 07:12 UTC

Really great quick timer. The graphics are phenomenon and add the right mood to the game. The gamplay is very fast and maybe too difficult. But that's just an individual problem, it doesn't mean that the game is not good. It would be better, however, if there was some kind of procedural progression in the difficulty instead of having it so hard at the beginning.

- PROS: AWESOME graphics and mood. Fun gameplay, enjoyable animations and fitting backgrounds.
- CONS: Shooting sounds were more like a sci-fi laser which didn't fit that well to the theme of the game, but that's just a minor stuff. Maybe too hard from the very beginning. (P.S.: My claustrophobia says, it didn't like it).

freso

17. Aug 2018 · 07:27 UTC

Nice one. It did get really hard after a while, but then again, I wouldn't want to keep doing the same thing forever. Nice artwork. I also really like flow of the darkness, very nice!

antonsem

17. Aug 2018 · 19:26 UTC

Nice graphics and smooth gameplay. Wish there was more content though.

Avon

20. Aug 2018 · 11:46 UTC

Great game, a tad difficult but very fun, great graphics and mood.

Mykola

22. Aug 2018 · 16:34 UTC

Interesting idea, amazing graphics. The soundtrack could've been a bit more interesting to add to the dark mood of the game. Something in the style of Diablo would really work here. The scream after you die is just awesome. It's a pity I couldn't survive to see the final boss, I imagine it would be really beautiful. Good job, guys!