Dark plague by geck0

made by geck0 for LD 42 (JAM)

Hello guys! This is my 9th entry: Dark Plague.

Theme

I tried to implement the theme in two ways: the scenario is reduced while you play and the number of objects you can store is limited, being necessary to drop objects to catch others.

Description

The Dark Plague is here. It will try to gobble up you getting closer to you.

To fight it, you must pick up the magic spheres to use your power: to push away the plague for a while.

You need 3 spheres of the same color to use your magic, but it is more powerfull using 4!

Your staff can keep 4 spheres only, so you can drop a random sphere whenever you need.

Be careful with the stones!

Controls

A/D to move to sides.
Left click to use your power.
Right click to drop a sphere.
Esc or P to pause the game.

TO-DO List

This is my "TO DO" list that I could not finish:

More animations (using powers, touching stones,...)
More powers: · Blue freezes the plague some seconds · Green gives you more speed and inmunity with stones
Changes in the scenario: curves, falls,...
General visual improvent

BUGS

Fixed a perfomance issue reported for some "testers"

Thanks for playing!

Windows	https://mega.nz/#!zc1gwAZb!ildU24Pduv_0CVf5g-FziLFwHxtTq6HseWc9o2BIoFk
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/dark-plague

Ratings

Overall	411^th	3.556⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Fun	319^th	3.518⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	660^th	3.107⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Theme	340^th	3.786⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	675^th	3.321⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Humor	671^th	2.442⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Mood	546^th	3.185⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Given		22🗳️	23🗨️

Feedback

JUKE Games

14. Aug 2018 · 21:29 UTC

That's a fun game and I really liked the character model! Well done!

Lamossus

14. Aug 2018 · 21:45 UTC

Nice runner game! Writing what exactly the orbs do in the tutorial would be pretty helpful. Adding a bit more variety would make the game much more interesting too but I see that you plan on doing that already. I think the stone colliders could be a bit smaller though, it's really hard to dodge them in some situations. Really liked the player model!

Oh and also music loop felt kind of out of place, maybe find or make some other track?

(My highscore is 1:50)

Noumenie

14. Aug 2018 · 21:48 UTC

I usually don't play this kind of game due to my nonabilities to handle multiple things at the time x)
Despite that, i did reach level 4, which is not that bad since you did not balance the difficulty that much : we first have to handle the red light balls, then the red and blue light balls. And, to continue and reach the next level, we need to throw out some balls to have a perfect color match. For people like me, I think it's a little bit too much stuff to handle, but this is definitely a game for people enjoying hardcore games :)
I also enjoyed the character, the wizard-ish, even if there is a lack of narrative and arts in the hole game.
The UI (the "level1,2,3,4") in the "sky" was a great idea you had !
Anyway, you did it well and i had a piece of fun.

Sn4pi

14. Aug 2018 · 21:50 UTC

1:29 in free mode and I'm proud of it! The game is very simplistic and has a good game mechanic, it's completely fair and the stones are a real thorn in the eye. The free mode gave me the enthusiasm to play your game much more which is great! The missing things are already listed in your To-Do list so no need to mention them again. What is your record @geck0?

🎤 geck0

14. Aug 2018 · 23:40 UTC

Thanks all for ur feedback!

@lamossus yep, I had a problem with the music when it restart the game. It should be fixed "fast" with a bit of more time I guess hehe

@noumenie haha, maybe it's a bit challenge game yes :p

@sn4pi mmmm, I don't know, but with some tries right now:

![highscore_s.jpg](///raw/0f7/z/19951.jpg)

**2:15** !

C0nst4ntin

15. Aug 2018 · 21:53 UTC

The game ran smooth, the Graphics where nice. Good interpretation of the Theme.

Wheffle

19. Aug 2018 · 00:14 UTC

That was a lot of fun! I didn't really understand what activating the orbs actually did, but after it was obvious that the walls were closing in it also became obvious what the orbs power did. I had a lot of fun and played it for quite a while actually! Nice simple game, controls feel pretty good, nice job all around!

realmar

19. Aug 2018 · 01:15 UTC

The game fits into the theme very well!

atom0520

19. Aug 2018 · 02:01 UTC

I agree with your girlfriend, your game is challenging and I cannot beat your highest score. The game is also interesting and fits the theme. Good job!

🎤 geck0

19. Aug 2018 · 23:28 UTC

@wheffle yep, you're right. I forgot to say what the power can do ^^

description updated, thanks!

@atom0520 hahah, well, she can not reach level 5 xD

johnnwfs

20. Aug 2018 · 01:32 UTC

Enjoyed the runner - system is a little old so it couldn't run at full speed as in the video. Still, I liked the runner and graphics. Good job.

rEaX

20. Aug 2018 · 01:56 UTC

This game is very similar to a game I made during LD40. But I must say your game is much more fun to play. You also have some very unique game mechanics, collecting powers etc. Really nice idea! However all powers did the same thing, according to your description, green power should make you immune but that doesn't happen. That is just minor bugs that I'm sure you can fix in no-time.

All in all, it is a very fun game and a solid jam game, well done!

🎤 geck0

20. Aug 2018 · 12:42 UTC

Hey @reax, I could not make the other powers because of time (my 4 months old baby gave me too much work haha).

I wrote the blue and green power in my *"TO DO” list that I could not finish*, not in the main description :P

(My english is not very good, so that can be misspelled :( )

rEaX

20. Aug 2018 · 13:14 UTC

@geck0 Ah I see! I didn't read properly. :) But don't worry I didn't let that affect my grading.

AnlaXix

22. Aug 2018 · 01:37 UTC

Fun game, really enjoyed it, well done ;)

Roidz

23. Aug 2018 · 00:45 UTC

i like this ! good/great graphics.
I love the music, although i'm not sure it fits with the cool matrix style looks/feel.

Little extra polish and this can be a great mobile game.

Rahim_Pxr

27. Aug 2018 · 01:10 UTC

Nice game, I hope to see more updates and improvments sooner.
If you don't bother take a look at our game when we focused on Graphics and visuals and see the results that we got:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spacelab-42

Icarus_NB

31. Aug 2018 · 11:26 UTC

I felt like I was Gandalf opening the Red Sea. Really liked it!

jordantanner

01. Sep 2018 · 22:12 UTC

@geck0 Really solid entry man! The graphics are a lot of fun and so is the gameplay. I got pretty good at it, but eventually I found myself freaking out and spamming both mouse buttons! Probably not the best strategy. Nice work!

ursagames

04. Sep 2018 · 14:28 UTC

Interesting experience! Really nice character model. Controls felt really tight. Thanks for sharing your game with my stream awhile back. Your game was played around 5:48 into this vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/300724241

Andrei9

04. Sep 2018 · 18:47 UTC

Coool! Nice game :thumbsup: +++++

🎤 geck0

04. Sep 2018 · 22:38 UTC

Thank you all!!

@ursagames thanks for playing man! I couldn't come back that night to ur streaming :( My baby drains my life! xD