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5 Minutes Before Halloween by Glaas

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made by Glaas for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Halloween is in a few minutes. This year, you didn't bother making a costume.

But the king of Halloween is not okay with that.

**"Five minutes. You will have to repeat the same five minutes, over and over, for all eternity, if you don't bring me a decent costume.

The clock is ticking."**

Explore your surroundings and try to find the scariest outfits to satisfy the Halloween King! Otherwise, you might be here a while...

Controls : Use the mouse and click wherever you want to go.

Can be played either in browser (fullscreen recommended !) or on windows.

Submission for Ludum Dare 47.

Head of project: Sebastien "Glaas" Decuyper

2D artist: Yasmine "MidnightBrightSide" Skinner​​

Sound, music: Danae Le Guennic

Additional programming: Siddharta "Sidremus" MitterbergerapXurM.pngScreenshot 2020-10-05 232022fas.pngScreenshot 2020-10-05 231830.png

Youtube https://glaas.itch.io/5-minutes-before-halloween
Youtube https://glaas.itch.io/5-minutes-before-halloween
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/5-minutes-before-halloween

Ratings

Overall 911th 3.423⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1211th 2.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1260th 2.88⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1246th 3.135⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 597th 3.788⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 249th 3.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 404th 3.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 292th 3.88⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

GroggDew
05. Oct 2020 · 23:14 UTC
Great job! I love ur art-style and atmosphere!
🎤 Glaas
05. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
@groggdew Thank you so much ! I absolutely loved your entry !
GroggDew
06. Oct 2020 · 08:21 UTC
@glaas thank u<3
Aran Ink
06. Oct 2020 · 23:38 UTC
Loving the music and atmosphere! The controls felt pretty floaty to me, and I found it a little frustrating to move around, especially inside the maze.

A shorter "loop" time might help with encouraging people to play through multiple times to find everything, along with a map of some kind to help remember where things were in previous attempts.
Blind Lemon Games
07. Oct 2020 · 04:55 UTC
love the text effects (very *spoopy*). nice mood, great entry. Also felt frustrated moving around. like the art, nice little world.
Frigow
07. Oct 2020 · 13:18 UTC
Really like the idea, the different character sprites are great and the gameplay "loop" is fun (even with the sometimes clanky controls), very nice entry :D
🎤 Glaas
08. Oct 2020 · 20:02 UTC
@aran-ink Thanks for the feedback ! I agree on the duration of the loop. As I will update the game to make it slightly bigger, I might also extend the time. Thanks again ♥
🎤 Glaas
08. Oct 2020 · 20:03 UTC
@blind-lemon-games Sp000py :D Yeah I'll rewrite the controls completely, AI was not the way to go. Thanks for the feedback !
🎤 Glaas
08. Oct 2020 · 20:03 UTC
@frigow That is so nice of you, thank you so much !! I loved your entry !!
Majadroid
08. Oct 2020 · 20:11 UTC
I really like the mood of the, especially because of the great audio. I also like your character design. Controls could be a bit smoother, maybe WASD-movement? But overall a good game!
Artyom Volkov
08. Oct 2020 · 20:13 UTC
The idea is pretty interesting, as it encourage to replay the game and look for something new.
Wolfier
08. Oct 2020 · 20:17 UTC
Personally I would gone with arrows or WASD,

The bar on the top left was incorrect by the seems of it, the game seems to pass you even at 135 points but the bar doesn't fill up all the way. If that was intentional then i would of added a line where you need to pass to win.

The text effects were lovely and the music design/choice was well done, the graphics were well themed.
Bentebent
08. Oct 2020 · 20:23 UTC
Making a game with spooks for October instantly scores point for me, especially when you manage to be on theme as well! The best part is without a doubt chatting with the different characters, it's both charming and funny. I had a good time trying to get a truly Sp000py outfit, well done!
Charlotte Raymond
08. Oct 2020 · 20:27 UTC
I agree with the other players that I wish the motion controls were ASWD or arrow keys, but overall I liked the theme! I was spoooooppyyyy! :) Lovely art and audio!
Skleembof
08. Oct 2020 · 20:40 UTC
Love the theme and the graphics but the movement felt awkward. I like the idea of having to hunt for scary costume parts by talking to people and getting hints but there wasn't enough time to talk to someone and then walk to where you think the costume piece is, but I guess that's part of the game mechanics. Using what you learned in previous nights
good work!
ProbeProb
08. Oct 2020 · 20:41 UTC
Great game and athmosphere. Was there an item in the maze? I found it hard to search in it. And is 160 the best possible or can you get more? Also very cool graphics.
GeraldFIngBurke
08. Oct 2020 · 22:07 UTC
Very well done. The theme didn't really come across for me, but it really didn't have to. I had a lot of fun with this one. It took a couple of tries but I finally got the 'Scary' score.
Toulou
09. Oct 2020 · 17:03 UTC
The game looks awesome! I would love to see this kind of style on a full game!

The game in itself is quite charming, I like the interactions with the characters. I agree with the other comments thought, the controls feel weird. I get it works like a point n' click, but often the pathfinding is weird and my character ends up going back because he think I want to go behind a bush instead of in front of.

Aside from that, great game, very fun and cute! Oh and I recognized the reference with the character design ;)
Sidonie_Go
09. Oct 2020 · 18:07 UTC
Great job! I love your art and the music :) Maybe you you might have used the keyboard keys instead of the mouse for directional controls for smoother movements.
Jvdwijk
10. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
This was a fun game! The characters had fun dialogue and findings the masks was pretty enjoyable!
The movement seemed a bit weird but it did work for the game. Well done ^^
Tunahead
14. Oct 2020 · 19:38 UTC
It was very nice to explore the Map :)
And to interact with all the Characters :)

Also...I really loved the Graveyard!