Prayer Circle Peril by jimmothysanchez

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made by jimmothysanchez for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

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Prayer Circle Peril

The cultists have gathered in the deep dungeon this Halloween night to perform their ritual. Guide their prayer circle through the dungeon. Light fire pits by putting them in the center of the prayer circle. Win by lighting all of the pits, but be careful. The Dungeon has its own perils!

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Controls:

Pan Camera: A,S,W,D

Zoom In/Out: Mouse scroll wheel

Move Prayer Circle: Click and drag on pink nodes

Ratings

Overall 216th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 412th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 129th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 118th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 75th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 62th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 293th 2.567⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Mood 148th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

Vollfeiw
05. Oct 2020 · 10:35 UTC
Pretty cool game, fun mood, great way to fit in the theme.
The only problem is that when a cube pass in front of camera when holding a handle, it just threw that away.
John Gabriel
05. Oct 2020 · 11:19 UTC
The music here is fun! Electronic cultist chanting, there's a genre I haven't heard before. I finished it, even if I lost all but one of my cultists. It's a bit one-note, since all the obstacles are just "wait for the path to be safe, then move forwards".
JakeGilla
13. Oct 2020 · 02:49 UTC
Cool game, we also did a game where you interact with pathing and it's cool to see someone elses take on that. Really liked the visual effect on the cultists.
piscythe
13. Oct 2020 · 03:05 UTC
I really like how the chanting and music contribute to the dark atmosphere here. The mechanic is interesting, but felt unintuitive to me. The cultists are just so slow that when I thought I was giving them time to clear an obstacle, they'd be halfway through before it triggered again. It's probably sheer luck that I stumbled my way to the last fire with one cultist left. Good work!
masterkrepta
14. Oct 2020 · 01:11 UTC
That music is suprisingly catchy!. The actual mechanic was really interesting. I barely made it to the end, having lost most of my cultists to fireballs near the end. maybe i should have been more careful.
Tjabberoni
24. Oct 2020 · 21:58 UTC
I lost and I blame my cultists. Graphics and music are high-tier and the experience is bug free.
TyrusPeace
25. Oct 2020 · 01:46 UTC
That music! Very nice.

This is a well done and amusing take on the theme! I was unclear on the "bullet" obstacle's path. I was often surprised that my cultists made it and/or that they got hit. I suspect it was just hard to see the depth of the bullets since they were spread out across various heights and their targets were black clouds with no obvious ground spot.

I also suspect that being able to use a mouse button to move the camera would help the controls a lot.

I'm very, very impressed with this as a compo submission. Good work!
jandourek
25. Oct 2020 · 12:16 UTC
Loved it! Very creative use of the theme! The game was smooth, looked and sounded really good, but was a little confusing to play. The cultists were pretty hard to see in the dark and moved pretty slow which was a little annoying. I also found out that you can just quickly put the circle around all the pits without worrying about the cultists which allowed me to complete the game really quickly. Other than that I think it's a pretty solid game!
Shenawy
25. Oct 2020 · 14:14 UTC
cool idea for a literal loop. I would've preferred the fires to be lit only when the cultists actually make it to it. because now all I did was move the circles very quickly around each pit and keep the cultists stuck behind a wall so they don't die
Ismael Rodriguez
26. Oct 2020 · 01:17 UTC
Interesting idea. At first I thought I needed to kill the cultists and got them all smashed. Didn't work lol

So I circled the circle on the ground and it opened the path. Really neat idea controlling a circle of cultists. I think it would be cooler and more challenging if they actually stayed in that ring, rather than slowly chase it.

The music with the chanting reminded me of Resident Evil 4, but they're chanting "Lucio oh, lucioooo"
![lucio-ohs.png](///raw/cdb/31/z/3a77c.png)

Good job!