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Demon Pact by shadow30

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made by shadow30 for LD 44 (JAM)

https://youtu.be/XJfiiTu1COU

The story:

You, a lonely adventurer, find yourself in a mysterious dungeon. You have no idea how you got there. Suddenly a strange creature emerge from the shadows. It is a demon, offering you a pact you cannot decline.

How to play:

You constantly lose your life to the demon. Survive as long as you can by slashing enemies and collecting their life essence, collect gold and potions, that make you stronger, from the crates. Your score is determined by the time you have survived and gold you have collected!

Controls:

  • WASD - move
  • SPACE - attack (hold space to charge a stronger attack).

Credits:

  • Programming: shadow30 and philarmon
  • Graphics: the awesome RPG asset packs by Pita

Tools used:

  • Monogame + NEZ
  • Tiled
  • Photoshop
  • Hands
  • Brain

DemonPact5.jpg

DemonPact2.jpg

DemonPact3.jpg

Changelog

  • Fixed breaking AI bug
  • Fixed impossible level (and wrong colliders)
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zk71d4r3ho2iow/demonpact.rar?dl=1
Windows https://shadow3777.itch.io/demonpact
macOS https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/macos/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/demonpact

Ratings

Given 47🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

kristinnes
30. Apr 2019 · 01:29 UTC
I love it! I started, walked up the stairs and immediately took damage from an archer. I war frantically defending against that when an orc joined in on the fun, and after a couple of second a buddy of his. My first run ended in a corner hacked to death.

I love the artstyle and the gameplay. Good job dudes.
JasonD
30. Apr 2019 · 01:58 UTC
Cool! Straight away, it looks great. Very nostalgic visual style.
This "demon pact" idea is a good interpretation of the theme.

With a little more tweaking, I think the gameplay would feel really nice - there are a few issues where the controls seem a bit "sticky" (e.g. if you keep attacking, you'll never turn, even if you're holding the opposite direction).
Pusheeneiro
30. Apr 2019 · 01:59 UTC
This game have a really nice pixel art graphics.
JOZGames
30. Apr 2019 · 02:17 UTC
​Visual impecável, grande variedade de inimigos, todos animados em quatro direções, grande variedade de coisas no cenário. Como fez tudo isso em tão pouco tempo?

Você é foda, hehe

O unico problema é que o personagem da umas engasgadas nas paredes as vezes
svntax
30. Apr 2019 · 04:44 UTC
Pretty good game! The combat controls are a bit difficult to handle, but the enemies give enough notice for you to move away, so it's not bad.
No Grapes Games
30. Apr 2019 · 06:40 UTC
Really liked the style. The essence collecting effect was pretty neat. Combat control could use some tweaking to make it feel a bit more dynamic, but good entry overall.
Jobus
30. Apr 2019 · 10:06 UTC
Very nice style, I wish I could play more, but it keeps freezing on the second level.
🎤 shadow30
30. Apr 2019 · 14:54 UTC
@all Thank you for the feedback and thank you for rating and playing the game :D

@jasond Thank you for you feedback, yeah we wanted to polish the controls, but there was no time left.

@jobus Really? If you have time, I would like to look into this issue.
Somogy
30. Apr 2019 · 15:36 UTC
Very plaisant, i love the pixel art of the game
Philarmon
30. Apr 2019 · 17:35 UTC
@kristinnes Lol, this is how I sometimes feel with our own game :)
MrsTari
30. Apr 2019 · 18:05 UTC
nice Pixel art - i love it. sometimes i move up or down i stuck. :heart: :dragon_face: but a nice Job
arc0re
30. Apr 2019 · 18:06 UTC
The game looks cute! And it plays well. The attack movement is a tad "blocking" but it still does the job. Congrats!
BoxedMeatRevolution
30. Apr 2019 · 18:27 UTC
Great artwork, and the combat was pretty fun as well. Once you figure it out, it's almost impossible to die though. Sometimes the enemy AI also just stops working. I'm surprised you chose not to be rated in graphics--the pixel art is very nice.
Team-on
30. Apr 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Congratulations with your first LD! Art style is great, and its interesting theme interpretation.
But there are some bugs. Few times I was spawned in closed room and was unable to open door, or sometimes there was arch, but I can't pass through it(looks like it have collider). I screen one bug with colliders.
And sometimes enemy pathfinding looks odd too. They start turning left-right and doesnt moving

![1.png](///raw/4fd/71/z/23e44.png)
🎤 shadow30
30. Apr 2019 · 19:12 UTC
@boxedmeatrevolution @team-on thank you for your feedback.
AI: yeah this bug is very odd, we will look into this.
Collisions: We build the maps for the map generator at last and it was pretty late and we pretty tired, so we made a few mistakes. We will fix them as soon as possible.
Lazertrax
30. Apr 2019 · 19:19 UTC
Congratulations on your first Ludum Dare! I had to play it multiple times and really enjoyed everything about it! First playthrough after I got out from the demon's room, I was stuck in a closed area and I didn't know where to go. I assume that's because the whole level is randomly generated (My game has the levels randomly generated as well!). On my second try I spawned in a proper room and I had alot of fun playing. The graphics are fantastic and I really enjoyed it. Best of luck!
🎤 shadow30
30. Apr 2019 · 19:25 UTC
@lazertrax yeah we thought it was cool to have cut rooms so you cannot pass through them, but we missplaced entries and exits in such rooms and so you can be cut off entirely. We will fix this eventually.
Team-on
30. Apr 2019 · 19:48 UTC
Ahhahaha, I fix pathfinding and ai untill last minute too)
Philarmon
30. Apr 2019 · 20:45 UTC
Since so many people are asking about it - we did not made the art that's why you can't rate the game for the graphics. But all the rest was made in three days entirely from scratch - including random dungeon generation, random props, different enemy types, AI and all the rest. We still can't believe that we made it because this was our first game ever. Thank you for all the feedback, we really appreciate it!
Philarmon
30. Apr 2019 · 22:12 UTC
@boxedmeatrevolution @team-on @lazertrax Thank you for your valuable feedback guys. We have just released a bugfix and the issues with the colliders and the AI should be fixed now.
arielsan
30. Apr 2019 · 23:24 UTC
Loved the art style!!
ruben01
01. May 2019 · 03:53 UTC
I liked the art style a lot and there was a good amount of enemies
Mateusz Gren
01. May 2019 · 07:27 UTC
Really good choice of art style. I enjoyed the controls, including the long-press attack. The AI was way more challenging for a dungeon game then what I usually see, which I liked as well. I found no major issues, that were mentioned above, in the new version. Congrats to you for a really good first run at a ludum dare.
Scofflaw Games
01. May 2019 · 15:16 UTC
Great job! Movement was a little rough while attacking, but once I got a good rhythm down, it felt good!!
Philarmon
01. May 2019 · 15:47 UTC
@scofflaw-games Thanks again for streaming the game and the feedback!
Grewoss
01. May 2019 · 18:23 UTC
Great art and music! The gameplay is awesome, i quite like it
ludwici
01. May 2019 · 19:00 UTC
Good idea for PVE battle royale
But, what is it? Feature?
![photo_2019-05-01_21-58-37.jpg](///raw/351/22/z/24317.jpg)
(Second level)
FelipeDermann
01. May 2019 · 20:06 UTC
Incredible pixel art, the idea is good the only problem is that it gets a bit monotonous after you understand how all enemies work. Still a great entry without a doubt, well done!
fidrik
01. May 2019 · 20:16 UTC
solid idea, I felt like it could have used some sort of other combat attack. maybe at the expense of life, it would fit with the theme too, as you make a deal with the spirit, he could give you powers but at a cost. I crashed at one point and im not sure why. reminds me of zelda, great job!
Philarmon
01. May 2019 · 21:14 UTC
@felipedermann @fidrik Yeah, we've planned tons of stuff including powerups, special attacks, boss fights, better weapons that you could buy with your life essence, increasing difficulty but unfortunately we had to cut all of this in order to make it on time. But we might still do it in the future :)
Philarmon
01. May 2019 · 21:15 UTC
@ludwici This is the lonely but extremely aggressive space bug :)
FelipeDermann
01. May 2019 · 21:24 UTC
@philarmon that's great to hear, if you think of new and cool ways to implement the life exchange mechanic this could turn into an awesome full game in the future!
MoldyMagnet
02. May 2019 · 00:06 UTC
Great game, +1 to tweaking the controls to feel a little more responsive, also some of the enemy attacks felt a little cheap. The BG music was a little loud for me as well.

Overall, a great little game!
NandoN
02. May 2019 · 01:33 UTC
Really love the art style. Would love to play it again with more depth
Kaiomoi
02. May 2019 · 13:36 UTC
Really cool game!

The art and animations are cute. It lacks a bit of diversity in the monsters that all resemble at the attack level while there is so much monster differing visually.

Grat job !