Zombie Survival by Croped

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made by Croped for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Use the zombie to clear your way to the door while not getting eaten yourself.

Keep the zombie alive by feeding him meat which he's attracted to.

Hide in bushes and climb platforms to give yourself a moment of relieve so you can plan your next move carefully.

Controls:

Move with AD

Enter bushes with W and leave them with S

Aim with your cursor and click to throw

Ratings

Overall 1147th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1078th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 589th 3.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 875th 3.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1671th 3.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1197th 2.861⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1920th 2.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Groogy
24. Apr 2020 · 08:06 UTC
Each level was a fun little puzzle to solve.

I think you could have made the movement of the zombie more interesting and in that way made more interesting mechanics/puzzles in later levels to deal with. Right now he just moved to the last point he saw you I think. But having obstacles you help him get past and stuff could have opened up more fun content for the player. I did really like the double trap where either he or I would kill each other unless I solved it correctly. It was very unclear though for me "what triggered" the trap and took a couple of tries until I saw the red dot.
🎤 Croped
25. Apr 2020 · 18:55 UTC
@groogy Thank you for your feedback! There were defintly some things planned which didnt made it into the game like walls which would stop the zombie and the player would have to lower/lift them with a button or as you already mentioned letting the zombie climb ladders or anything else really other then just running...but we ran out of time as always ;-)
ROBOWARRIOR1982
25. Apr 2020 · 19:49 UTC
Interesting puzzle game, its not my favorite type of game. But this one is interesting , original and accessible! Good job !
Puzzlemaker
25. Apr 2020 · 20:06 UTC
It's a fun little puzzle game. It seems a little finicky and the ideas aren't introduced well, but overall good job!
smirnov48
25. Apr 2020 · 20:10 UTC
Nice game. Simple and interesting. Good job.
Alexascher
25. Apr 2020 · 20:21 UTC
Very interesting concept. Need some music and common polishing, but not necessary. Good job!
TerribleTrioJoe
25. Apr 2020 · 20:29 UTC
This is a really interesting puzzle game! I thought the use of meat to move the zombie was very clever. The double trap level was really well done; it took me a bit to figure out all the different moves to string together. Definitely left me wanting to play more - good job!
Cadstor
25. Apr 2020 · 21:01 UTC
I like the simple gameplay and the puzzles. If you put some background mysterious music increase the mood of the game a little bit. Btw the SFX are good.
Tadej
25. Apr 2020 · 21:02 UTC
Loved it, good puzzles and a really cool concept.
Jin9310
27. Apr 2020 · 19:00 UTC
Great job on your game. I was bit confused with the puzzles, since once I entered the platform or hide in the bush, Zombie would still stick around and one I jumped down or un-hide he just ate me :D Or maybe I was doing something wrong. The meat throwing is very clever though as well as your take on the theme. Some music to the back ground would be great to build up the atmosphere. However overall good job!
ShaubbyPlayz
05. May 2020 · 20:07 UTC
I liked the puzzles and the game had an interesting topic. Keep it up
CG_Fred
05. May 2020 · 21:51 UTC
Great effort, would have loved some moody music to go with the game. Good combo of puzzles and the actual theme, well done!
davidsheadgames
06. May 2020 · 07:32 UTC
I liked the puzzle aspect to the levels. I also like the macabre theme to it all. Though, it did take me a while to realize it was the zombie you were trying to keep alive.

Also, the dark texture of the other characters and the dark background made them kind of hard to see. They looked like demon characters to me.

Also, at the end, it just cut to black, so I assume I did them all. Roughly 4 - 5 levels?