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TOMB SOLDIERS by MechanicMoon

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made by MechanicMoon for LD33 (JAM)
Tomb Soldiers is the last game done for Mechanic Moon Studio for the Ludum Dare 33.

You are the Lord of Darkness and you have been awaken.. It's time to harvest souls in the nearest town.

You will commmand your army of monsters: Zombies, Werewolves, Mummies...

A lemmings-style game where the goal is killing everybody in town, enjoy it!

Features:
- Cartoon pixel-art graphics with hundreds of animations
- Three types of soldiers with unique skills)
- Three types of enemies (that will be part of your army when they lose their souls)
- Three levels (We didn't have time to do more)

Thanks for try it, any feedback and comments would be awesome ;-)

Staff:
- Javier Martínez/javifugitivo (Game Design)
- Edu Pérez (Art)
- Felix Herrero (Music and Fx)

Special Thanks to:
Minerva Alemany
Sinda Monleon
Inma Fernández

Bug fix Update: Solved a little bug that avoid showing the credits screen and some minor bugs with the speed of the monsters.
Web http://www.mechanicmoon.com/ludum_dare/tombsoldiers/TOMBSOLDIERS/
Windows http://www.mechanicmoon.com/ludum_dare/tombsoldiers/TOMBSOLDIERS.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=40539

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.61 215
Audio(Jam) 3.16 367
Fun(Jam) 3.51 212
Graphics(Jam) 3.75 347
Humor(Jam) 3.17 327
Innovation(Jam) 3.47 190
Mood(Jam) 3.31 396
Theme(Jam) 4.08 84

Feedback

Druid
25. Aug 2015 · 08:57 UTC
For now, this is one of my most favorite entry :D Catchy game mechanics, neat graphics :) Cotrols were little bad, but i get used to them.
Nikteddy92
25. Aug 2015 · 09:20 UTC
I think that the game peace is a little too slow..
but I like the gameplay idea! It's a inverted tower defense!
Well done! :D
HiddenDepthGames
25. Aug 2015 · 09:33 UTC
Great grafics and animation. A little slow but I like the reverse tower defense idea :)
Soup With Bits
25. Aug 2015 · 09:46 UTC
Pretty sweet little game!
Really enjoyed it!
That crossbow tho! Did some damage!
NoWandStudios
25. Aug 2015 · 10:52 UTC
I love this cartoon graphics! I need hug the monstr! hehe

Nice job guys!
los.pixelados
25. Aug 2015 · 19:50 UTC
Really funny, both the game and the sounds (especially the sounds :))
I bet you had a lot of fun making it.
Good job.

Cheers,
Morco (Los Pixelados team)
cudabear
25. Aug 2015 · 21:25 UTC
This is an awesome game! I loved the idea of controlling an undead army on a rampage. I didn't like, however, that the only way to control them was to kill one. It was really annoying because the zombies kept bunching up and blocking them by killing one would just split the group.

It seems like everyone has a hard time dealing with stairs, since the monsters and people kept clipping through them. That was the only problem I ran into though.

Good work!
🎤 MechanicMoon
25. Aug 2015 · 21:30 UTC
Thanks for the advice cudabear. I am already working in a system where you can control the stairs with some signals. The game will be updated in a possible post-ludum version (go up only, go down only, both directions, etc.)
Mathieu Muller
25. Aug 2015 · 21:44 UTC
Cool game, but I wasn't able to finish the third level :'(. How do you kill the folks on the bridge?
🎤 MechanicMoon
25. Aug 2015 · 21:48 UTC
SPOILER:
First kill all the people that you can with the werewolves, then you must summon a mummy. When the up-part is cleared, sacrifice monsters and summon a werewolf to break the down door crossing the bridge that was created by mummy ;-)
TerraCottaFrog
25. Aug 2015 · 22:09 UTC
Scrolling is broken for me, I seem to have no control over the game at all.
🎤 MechanicMoon
25. Aug 2015 · 22:12 UTC
I'm sorry to hear that. We will try to improve the camera for future versions. Thanks for your feedback, if I can help you to understand the controls, please only tell me ;-)
jlnr
25. Aug 2015 · 22:16 UTC
*Great* work on the graphics and sounds, and solid programming (apart from the stairs :P). If anything, I felt that the focus was too much on luck and timing, and less on actual puzzles.
+1 for the werewolf priest :D
tompudding
25. Aug 2015 · 22:17 UTC
Wow, super polished, great graphics and addictive and fun gameplay. Well done!
randoman
26. Aug 2015 · 08:52 UTC
I played the Web version on Chrome and the villagers sprites kept blinking into a gray square, nothing that affected gameplay but was weird. I really enjoyed the game overall. Pace is a little slow, as other people mentioned, but is very cool to play.
🎤 MechanicMoon
26. Aug 2015 · 09:02 UTC
Thanks for the feedback randoman, Im going to try to solve that ;-)
🎤 MechanicMoon
26. Aug 2015 · 09:09 UTC
randoman I have solved that bug in chrome, thanks for the report ;-)
crucknuk
26. Aug 2015 · 09:45 UTC
Really nice game. The mechanisms are really good, you should use this prototype to make an entire game! However, maybe you should add a "speed up" button. I also encountered a bug: the mummy cross doors and summoned tomb sometimes
Daukan
26. Aug 2015 · 09:45 UTC
I liked the Graphics that really works for the style of the game and the mood. It was easy to understand and play. The pace might be a little bit to slow but I prefer it rather then stressfull games.
kidando
26. Aug 2015 · 09:48 UTC
For 48 hours, this is actually very neat. There was no music for me on the web version. But I enjoyed the play. Congrats on your submission!
Erlend Aakre
26. Aug 2015 · 09:50 UTC
Great game!
kidando
26. Aug 2015 · 09:50 UTC
Nope. It was a Jam entry. Anyway, downloading the windows one. I want to understand your game's mechanic
Rothens
26. Aug 2015 · 09:55 UTC
For me the mummy "moonwalks" through the wall on the right side of the third level, so I can't kill the folks on the bridge :( But I really like the idea of the game, and I hope sometime I could finish that level :P
🎤 MechanicMoon
26. Aug 2015 · 10:03 UTC
The bug of the mummy is already solved, sorry for the troube. Thanks for all the feedback ^^
Meta-link
26. Aug 2015 · 22:42 UTC
Cool game ! The concept is fun, and I find that the graphics are really cool. And I love the sound of humans getting away :D Good job !
CrownCity
27. Aug 2015 · 13:42 UTC
Nice entry mister! I the concept of taking humans over and how they join your army. A "Forward time" button would maybe be a nice addition to the game. Other than that I liked it overall!
nozzergaming
27. Aug 2015 · 13:44 UTC
Awesome graphics and style. Fun to play. Really liked the animations.
KR-Eddie
27. Aug 2015 · 15:13 UTC
Great graphics and polish!
My only complaint was that the pace was a little bit too slow.
Fantasieleben
27. Aug 2015 · 15:23 UTC
Cool game idea, good concept. Took me a while to fully appreciate the concept: Units move a bit too slow (for example the wolf could really be faster), and the controls would benefit from some polish. Its really cool that the humans you turn undead keep their skills.
superpatch
27. Aug 2015 · 16:14 UTC
Nice entry, I really liked the graphics.
RoboNebula
27. Aug 2015 · 17:08 UTC
Nice little sidescroller strategy game. The AI can be a bit weird sometimes though.
SKT
27. Aug 2015 · 21:58 UTC
Yay I won ! I love your game, the graphics are so beautiful and I like the music, too bad that it doesn't loop.
I had some difficulties to control my army sometimes, but it's fun anyways. You did a lot of things in so little time. Good job !
HappyHour
28. Aug 2015 · 13:14 UTC
The pacing is pretty relaxing and it works nicely for the style of game. The puzzle elements involving the different units is a good touch as well.
shawn42
29. Aug 2015 · 15:23 UTC
Really nicely done. The controls were a little tricky. I didn't feel like I had control over when a zombie or a wolfman would get to a particular place later on the map. (unless I missed something, which is _totally_ possible) Nice work though, beautiful art and animations!
🎤 MechanicMoon
30. Aug 2015 · 18:15 UTC
shawn42 Thanks for the feedback, the best mode to control where the mobs go, it is to create tombs (sacrifice mobs) to stop their movement and they will change their current direction. In new levels we will see more situations where that skill will be crucial to win the level ;-)
SlayerEXE
31. Aug 2015 · 08:20 UTC
This is insanely addictive. It's like Lemmings meets Tower Defense. I love it. The graphics and music are great too.
bombjack
03. Sep 2015 · 19:02 UTC
I really liked the idea but it's hard to locate were the action takes place.
Deconstructeam
11. Sep 2015 · 10:01 UTC
Pum, me lo he pasao. Menudo descojone con los gritos de terror de la peña xD
DrPrettyPatty
14. Sep 2015 · 15:42 UTC
Nice game! The web player worked on Linux/Firefox, although there was some sprite flickering and it seemed to run a little slow (audio was fine though). I really liked the Lemming-style mechanics, the fact that defeated enemies join you, the graphics, and the sound! Design-wise, my constructive criticism would be to integrate the tutorial with the gameplay more instead of frontloading all the text; it took me a while to remember that I could sacrifice a zombo to make a cross. Great job overall though, especially the animation!
🎤 MechanicMoon
14. Sep 2015 · 19:38 UTC
Thanks for the feedback DrPrettyPatty! We are working in another project, but I have great plans for this great little game ;-)