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Reaper by Kylene

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made by Kylene for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Story

You are the Grim Reaper from the future. You travelled back in time to stop a crime lord of the 80's, to save the future. But he is expecting you and has set up his defences deep in his base. It is your job to go deeper and deeper into the base, kill the crime lord and everyone associated with him.

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DISCLAIMER Time freezing is not a bug; try teleporting into an enemy when the screen turns gray

Controls

As the Grim Reaper you have skills to help you achive your goal. Your skills are:

  • Swinging your scythe for close attacks. (Left mouse button)

  • Throwing your scythe for long ranged attack, but beware you cannot attack normally while throwing you scythe. (Right mouse button)

  • Teleporting into enemies, making them explode, though this ability has a cooldown marked by particles around you. (e)

  • Mind controlling enemies and making them explode as you leave them, though this cooldown is marked by an orb around your head. (f)

  • If you find yourself in a dire situation, where a enemy is about to kill you, time will stop giving you a chance to teleport out of danger, but only if you can teleport

After a level has been completed, a replay of your actions will be played. Click any key to exit the replay and continue to next level.

The boss is a bit finicky, and takes some time to master.

Link https://github.com/jondalnas/LudumDare48
Link https://greatheart-games.itch.io/reaper
Link https://greatheart-games.itch.io/reaper
Link https://greatheart-games.itch.io/reaper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/reaper

Ratings

Overall 1101th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 850th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1723th 2.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1858th 2.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1409th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1641th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Cybermuell
27. Apr 2021 · 16:27 UTC
For me it crashed each time i went game over but still fun
skelyvelocirap666
27. Apr 2021 · 19:26 UTC
Really fun game! Its too bad it was so short, I wish there were more "levels". I do quite like the art style as well! It is weird how the game stops every time you die though. Great game though!
Escortti
27. Apr 2021 · 20:59 UTC
Throwing the scythe felt great. I also like that you get a chance to save yourself with the teleport.
oc1d
28. Apr 2021 · 19:12 UTC
Oh Hotline Miami Vibes :) When you die there is a long pause where your screen turns grayscale, looks like a bug. No Sound unfortunately.
jondalnas
29. Apr 2021 · 10:45 UTC
It's great to see people enjoying our game! But it seems like there is a thing we could have explained a little better. When you are about to die, you will be given a second chance to recover, by teleporting to the enemy that is about to kill you, or another nearby one, though you can only do this if you have a teleport ready. Thanks to the people who already played our game and thank you for giving it a try. Sorry for the inconvenience.
twoshoedlou
29. Apr 2021 · 12:01 UTC
Fun game but I was also very confused when I died as I thought the game had crashed
Pedro Miranda
29. Apr 2021 · 13:27 UTC
Pretty fun game! Mind controlling the guy with the gun is OP

Like the idea and having several options to clear your way keeps the game entertaining. The only criticism is that oftem times the enemies didn't stand out from the backgroud. Unless they're moving you can confuse them with stationary stuff. Maybe some outline or contrast difference could help a lot.

Anyway, great entry!
Cam Moore
01. May 2021 · 01:25 UTC
Good mechanics, if honed in tighter this could be a great product. It was fun.
Sublustris
06. May 2021 · 10:02 UTC
Nice action :)
Hobzone
10. May 2021 · 20:14 UTC
This game is pretty neat, good vibes when playing it ! too bad there is no sound since it remind me Hotline miami which has a gorgeous soundatrack but it is a game jam so audio is always optionnal :p
LeReveur
10. May 2021 · 21:05 UTC
I hope you will comment and rate enough to get ratings, this would be sad that you don't get final results, while this game is a solid entry like that! Good job!
Bobafett89
10. May 2021 · 21:08 UTC
Nice little game, i like strong hotline miami vibes, it was fun to play! Well done!
tigerfinch
10. May 2021 · 21:38 UTC
This game crashed every time I died and I still played for half an hour. It's really well executed, looks cool and is really fun. nice one!
blobo
15. May 2021 · 19:21 UTC
It was pretty easy- after all, you could just teleport to the guy standing at the exit of the level, thus skipping each level. The boss was pretty cool though- I really enjoyed it! The aesthetic was fun- with the 80s retro look. Cool game!

![ld_hooray.PNG](///raw/b02/2/z/4272c.png)
quadtree
17. May 2021 · 08:01 UTC
Nice! I really liked the Hotline Miami-esque gameplay. I did notice a few minor things, like it'd have been nice if the end boss had had a health bar, and maybe multiple difficulty levels would be good, but overall I really liked it.
Vodzik
17. May 2021 · 11:03 UTC
Fun game!
It's a pity that there is no sound.