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Dr. Frank by enricomandelli

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made by enricomandelli for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

you are doctor frankenstein trying to work on your new inventions, but one of your previous creations is unstable and often start chasing you

  • when the monster is unstable: avoid getting caught and shoot it twice for it to get stable
  • shoot the highlighted erlenmeyer to get points

controls: - arrow keys: move - Z or SPACE: shoot - ESC: pause

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  • Game made using the Godot engine
  • Art made in aseprite
  • SFX made with Bfxr
  • Music made with FLStudio
  • font: https://www.dafont.com/press-start.font
  • I rewrote this cc0 shader to use in this game: https://godotshaders.com/shader/vhs-and-crt-monitor-effect/
Link https://github.com/djtrashboat/trashbait-ludumdare49
Link https://trashbait.itch.io/dr-frank
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/dr-frank

Ratings

Overall 412th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 377th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 510th 2.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 467th 2.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 75th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 121th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 192th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

robert18
03. Oct 2021 · 23:27 UTC
Love the oldschool TV effect, really feels like a retro game.
Dobryn
04. Oct 2021 · 00:03 UTC
I love the tv effect, specially I still hadn't seen it in a godot game. Nice shader work.
JCMonkey
04. Oct 2021 · 00:16 UTC
not a bad little game, took me a minute to realize i had to hit the potions that were alittle bit bigger to get the + score. for some reason i thought this was a potion mix game to make him come alive.
SlimmerBurger
04. Oct 2021 · 01:45 UTC
The CRT effect is really nice!
Marc Grabow
04. Oct 2021 · 13:42 UTC
Got 85p, not sure if that is any good or not :) Really like the visuals and effects, very cool and polished game feel. It is not quite clear initially what to do and I think highlighting the flask that needs shooting a bit better would work wonders.

Amazing entry for this LD!
Jonah_SRG
04. Oct 2021 · 15:20 UTC
Really visually appealing game, the TV filter and sprites are nice and contribute to a spooky season kind of game. As I continued to play I got better at predicting when the monster would attack again, and timing my shots at him to make sure I didn't overextend. My only criticism is that the filter makes the outline around the flasks somewhat hard to see. Well done!
MechanizedIT
04. Oct 2021 · 17:00 UTC
Nice graphics and audio. Game could use some progression, and it is hard to tell which flask is highlighted.
Apples_mmmmmmmm
04. Oct 2021 · 17:54 UTC
Nice little game! Got around 750 points on my second try, once I could distinguish the highlighted flask from the normal ones. Has an arcade-y feel with the short looped music, scan-line type overlay and ramping monster speed. Might be nice to have an indication of when the monster is about to 'wake up'. Would be interesting to see what other challenges could be added as the game progresses, or even more complex goals.
CinderBlock
04. Oct 2021 · 21:16 UTC
The game is very nostalgic, and it feel's like something we would have played as kids, and lost hours on even though it isn't very demanding.

Otherwise, it doesn't seem to have any sort of "great motivator". Why is Dr.Frank shooting the potion vials? What is he shooting? The game doesn't seem to tell me much about itself.

I really liked the 8-bit style audio. I think it was very fitting for the game. And the CRT shader that was used for the game worked very well to transform it into a very retro feeling experience.
gdman
05. Oct 2021 · 15:20 UTC
Simple fast paced game, its little hard to notice which flask need to be aimed though
Simpathey
06. Oct 2021 · 02:45 UTC
The only thing I would change is an extra indication about what potion to shoot. Other then that it was a solid game.
AdamCYounis
06. Oct 2021 · 02:46 UTC
Hey there!

I appreciate the simple premise behind this game. The controls felt reasonable and the early difficulty felt good. I wasn't a huge fan of the syringe resetting mid-flight if fired multiple times, and I found the chromatic aberration made it hard to see which flask was highlighted. In general, I think I would have enjoyed this game more without the overindulgence of the post-processing features. Less is more here. Outside of that, I thought the art was pleasant and enjoyed the sound design.

Thanks for sharing your game with us!
lesinvisible
10. Oct 2021 · 00:03 UTC
At first the game was a bit confusing, but I got a hold on it. Old screen filter is just fantastic!
sslees
12. Oct 2021 · 05:25 UTC
Wow, that tv shader with with low fi audio is awesome! The game is fun, and the graphic really match the style too. Nice work!
pcmaster
12. Oct 2021 · 09:48 UTC
A very oldskool, minimialistic experience :) Thumbs up for the sprites, their tiny animations, the generated sounds, the music and the effect :)

However it was very hard for me to see which potion was highlighted :(

Good job, be sure to keep making games :)
kumber
12. Oct 2021 · 12:38 UTC
Stunning graphics! It really seemed an old 8-bit game, and both the sounds and the music contributed a lot to this feeling. The gameplay could be made more exciting by having some sort of progression, but overall it's a great work. Well done!
mikouaji
20. Oct 2021 · 12:30 UTC
Nicely made, everything fits, the sound and graphics :) Gets a bit boring after a while though