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Zombody's Business by Budaniel

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made by Budaniel for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Zombies are overrunning the city, and it's up to you and and a bottomless supply of bullets to stop them in Zombody's Business! Shoot all the zombies in the area, and then collect their bodies to sell to the Zombody Shoppe, before moving onto the next district. Three levels of difficulty let you pick your challenge.

Easy to pick up and play, with simple controls and straight-forward, non-stop action as hordes of zombies swarm you from all directions.

Controls and tips:

- WASD/Arrow keys to move
- Left Mouse Button to fire your gun
- Escape exits the game and returns you to the main menu
- Walk over the glowing icons left behind after killing a zombie to collect their bodies
- Deliver the bodies to the counter in the Zombody Shoppe, located somewhere on the map
- Some maps have hospitals, and hospitals have health packs to recover your HP

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itch.io https://aagh-games.itch.io/zombodys-business
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/zombodys-business

Ratings

Overall 661th 3.086⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 482th 3.221⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 762th 2.303⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 632th 3.206⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 665th 2.792⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 359th 3.25⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 228th 3.406⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 621th 3.136⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 38🗳️ 48🗨️

Feedback

robert18
Oct 06th · 18:37 UTC
The itch.io page is restricted, need to set it to public for us to see
🎤 Budaniel
Oct 06th · 19:04 UTC
Thank you - I forgot to change that!
KabanoVotake
Oct 06th · 19:14 UTC
nice menu cool music !!
Huex
Oct 07th · 16:54 UTC
The simple graphics and gameplay create a cozy, old-school charm. The shooting is enjoyable. It was a surprise to see ragdoll and level transitions—well done!
TeaRei
Oct 07th · 18:15 UTC
Cool game guys
Renneberg
Oct 08th · 12:36 UTC
Nice work, lots of good game elements although needs a bit of polish. Love the title screen
Patatje
Oct 08th · 20:17 UTC
Fun game! Finished medium and tried hard difficulty, but my fingers got pretty sore from all the clicking so i didn't finish it lol. Anyways fun idea, it was fun to see all the zombies piling up on each other.
Winter2277
Oct 08th · 20:30 UTC
Good job. I think my favorite thing about the game is how it creates this fear of being surrounded and the thrill of seeing whether you'll manage to kill them all before they get to you (when backed into a corner). The health system felt fair too, the zombies didn't hit me unfairly. It's nice that there was so many levels, but I wish you could get to the higher levels without having to redo the first few ones every time you switch difficulty.
Eugenik
Oct 08th · 23:48 UTC
Very good mood, love the atmosphere and clever gameplay.
GonulGaye
Oct 09th · 14:27 UTC
I played it because I love zombies. Honestly, I liked it!
Boncebon
Oct 09th · 18:22 UTC
Fun!
6Knowledge
Oct 09th · 18:33 UTC
Honestly, could've used an upgrade system, with an autoclicker getting through the entire game was fine but without it would've been too much. Maybe a bit simplistic on the level design but can't expect COD levels in game jams. Some levels had extra zombies which I know are just leftovers and it didn't change the game in any way.
Solvenoff
Oct 09th · 19:53 UTC
This isn’t a zombie apocalypse — it’s a dubstep rave of little green dudes where you spit watermelon seeds at them :D

But a big downside is that you have to download an archive instead of playing in the browser. You could’ve also added some upgrades or another weapon for variety.
NoahRo
Oct 10th · 11:09 UTC
I know it's a pistol, but I would have liked to have been able to hold the shoot button to rapid fire :)
I played the game on normal mode and wanted to check out the extra levels from hard, but I didn't want to keep spamming left click... so I used an autoclicker :sweat_smile: I think the game would be better with an ingame autoclicker! :)
Catchy song, I especially like the headbanging zombies in the main menu haha
zestymachine
Oct 11th · 03:03 UTC
by god that is cute
prisma
Oct 11th · 03:12 UTC
Great atmosphere and gameplay! Would like to see more gun variety in the future--clicking manually gets a bit tiring after a while. Overall loved the mood and had a lot of fun :)
Chaol
Oct 11th · 03:14 UTC
Super fun music and the zombies are really cute <3 Fun difficulty progression but sometimes the zombies had odd behaviors (some would just stand there ominously) and I would’ve liked some sort of gun progression. I can’t keep clicking guys please give me a smg
zelew
Oct 11th · 10:53 UTC
great work!!!
Wakobu
Oct 12th · 07:09 UTC
I love the animations. The gameplay feels a bit too simplistic, I would have loved actually buying some upgrades in the shop to have a feeling of progression.
Kvn
Oct 13th · 12:25 UTC
The atmosphere and gameplay was great! Although the graphics were simple, they really fit with the vibe of the game and I had a lot of fun, awesome job!
Local Minimum
Oct 13th · 18:07 UTC
Simple and fun little game. Most memorable experience when I caused a real corpse buildup in front of me.

The game does need some balancing within the levels though to make it more interesting. Instead of spawning all zombies at start and just making the level easier over time, it would be much more interesting if things ramp up for a while and the final easier bit is much shorter. Since the zombies take two or three hits, it would have been nice with some feedback that you were actually hitting them.

Nice game though!

Playthrough and more comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhs2rfsbGN0
Elfb0y
Oct 17th · 00:15 UTC
This was really fun to play. The mix of old-school zombie shooting and the idea of collecting bodies to sell was clever and gave it a funny twist. The gameplay felt smooth and fast-paced, and I liked how the difficulty ramped up with each level. The music fit perfectly and made it even more energetic. My only feedback would be that clicking to shoot nonstop got a little tiring after a while — maybe an upgrade system or autofire option would make it even better. Overall, it’s a simple but super enjoyable jam game with a lot of charm.
eloc
Oct 22nd · 20:33 UTC
Simple and straight-forward, chef's kiss. Love killin' zombies :skull_crossbones:
Arkadi Voronchenko
Oct 24th · 10:31 UTC
Prety good! Late game looks empty no zombies respawn.