Bloody Madness by Alastairwyn

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made by Alastairwyn for LD 43 (COMPO)

A war has erupted worldwid, already claiming the lives of millions.

There is still hope though. A scientist has found a way to bring life out of the dead.

When the blood of subjects was mixed with uraniam, a strange; seemingly intelligent, form was created.

Intrigued by the tiny critters, the scientist decided to test how intelligent they were.

bloody madness.PNG

How to play

Bloody madness is a game were you control 2 blobs of blood: 2 blobs.PNG

There are 3 different ways of control these two blobs:

modes.PNG

1: Follow: Move with arrow keys, and the second blob follows you around.

2: Switch: Move with arrow keys. You control each blob individually and you cab press space to swap between the blobs.

3: Two Player mode: Control one of the blobs with the arrow keys, and the other with wasd.

The main mechanic of this game is your ability to purposely kill yourself on spikes, allowing the other blob to stand on the blood you exploded into and pass the obstacle.

For example, this jump is impossible normally: Impassible jump.PNG BUT if you purposely kill one of the blobs oof.PNG By using the blood of the dead blob as a bridge, the jump becomes unimpossible. notoof..PNG

Some other features in this game is:

A sand coloured object that launches you up: wooo.PNG

A blue object which needs a specific amount of blood until it opens a door for you:

Exhibition A blue.PNG

Exhibition B notblue.PNG

Exhibition C notbluealso.PNG

A key that opens a door: key.PNG

And finally, a power-up that allows you to get back a blob. bloodtransfer.PNG

Extra notes ~~FYI inputting "k" or "j" will go to the next or previous stage (I used it for testing). Please don't use those keys as they may cause some glitches.~~ - FIXED

~~The game over screan doesn't work due to objects getting out of sync, so when you get there, just restart the game.~~ - FIXED

The background goes out of sync when you game over

im sorry

If there are any bugs please tell me about them and I'll try and fix them!

It is quite buggy because I didn't have much time to playtest, but I hope you enjoy!

Some of you might not want to download the flash exe file, and that's fine! I only have it there because it speeds up running speeds and runs at a stable fps whereas scratch dips down to 7 frames frequently. If you do use the web version, please don't mark me down on running speeds.

My next jam will probably be in GML, so look forward to that!

Ratings

Given 3🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

tigerj
03. Dec 2018 · 05:59 UTC
I found the mixed character control delightful and challenging. I wish I had someone around this late to try it again with two player mode.
mtanton
04. Dec 2018 · 04:57 UTC
Interesting game, I enjoyed it, it wasn't clear that you could stand on the blood at first but after that it clicked.
Zebshee
04. Dec 2018 · 05:06 UTC
I like how you have a 2 player option. That is a nice touch.
saoi-games
04. Dec 2018 · 08:04 UTC
Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames

I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.

You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/344422214
madjackmcmad
05. Dec 2018 · 04:51 UTC
Clever ideas here, and I cannot believe you built it all in scratch! Please keep training, you'll make many great things if this where you're starting from.
ursagames
07. Dec 2018 · 03:14 UTC
Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on the third day of Ludum Dare streams. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://goo.gl/N2rkr8
Omiya Games
15. Dec 2018 · 02:20 UTC
Not bad! I really liked how loose the level design were, making the platforming fairly easy to do. It allows one to focus on the puzzle itself. That said, I thought the main mechanic itself was too simple, and not easily expanded to more complicated puzzles. Still, I did make it to the end with ease and enjoyed myself throughout.