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Dungeon Crawler -REVERSE! by nuiguy

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made by nuiguy for LD33 (JAM)
My LD33 entry: Dungeon Crawler: REVERSE!
This time, you are the monster! Destroy all the heroes trying to escape your dungeon through the magical portal!! If you don't you've failed :( Use the arrow keys, or WASD to move around, and space to shoot Magical Bullets of DOOM! See how many puny heroes you can destroy before your might falls.
Web http://gamejolt.com/games/dungeon-crawler-reverse/88281
Windows http://gamejolt.com/games/dungeon-crawler-reverse/88281
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=44949

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1226
Overall(Jam) 2.43 1065
Fun(Jam) 2.31 1017
Graphics(Jam) 2.27 962
Innovation(Jam) 2.33 957
Mood(Jam) 2.43 961
Theme(Jam) 2.78 932

Feedback

valid4life
25. Aug 2015 路 06:37 UTC
Controls are a bit clunky, and hard to work with. Though the simplistic design is cool!
馃帳 nuiguy
25. Aug 2015 路 06:39 UTC
The plan was to implement the classic mouse controls as well, but I ran out of time :( Certainly going to create post-ld version, and controls will be updated. Thanks for your feedback!
grynca
25. Aug 2015 路 07:36 UTC
Hard to aim when aiming is tied to movement.
Also i went to portal but nothing happened ;/
AzureAspect
25. Aug 2015 路 07:40 UTC
Pew pew, die you...hero thingies! haha i am invincible!
*couple of seconds later* you died! "what!?"

I liked the gameplay on this one, enemies even pushed me inside the wall when I wasnt looking :D
Caspila
25. Aug 2015 路 07:42 UTC
The minimalistic art doesn't help you portray the theme unfortunately. Even though it's just the beginning, I'd like to see it more polished. Good job for a jam!
Keon
25. Aug 2015 路 07:44 UTC
I think this would be a lot more fun if I had a mouse version, as you said. As it stands it's hard to experience it fully without getting frustrated by controls. I do like the simple aesthetic though.
GAFBlizzard
25. Aug 2015 路 07:53 UTC
No audio played on the web version for -- not sure if it's supposed to be there since I see the audio rating category.

One suggestion, you might want to make the enemy cubes flash when hit so you know you're damaging them. :) A retry button would also be nice. If there is one I didn't find it.
馃帳 nuiguy
25. Aug 2015 路 08:23 UTC
@grynca The enemies are trying to escape from the portal, you are trying to stop them escaping
馃帳 nuiguy
25. Aug 2015 路 08:23 UTC
@AzureAspect You died because one of the enemies managed to escape through the portal :(
馃帳 nuiguy
25. Aug 2015 路 08:24 UTC
@Caspila I definitely agree, there just wasn't time :( As timezones would have it, I get the theme Saturday, 1pm, and Jam finished Tuesday 1pm, but because ludumdare.com is blocked at school and I don't have much time in the morning, I had to upload Monday night :(
馃帳 nuiguy
25. Aug 2015 路 08:26 UTC
@GAFBLizzard Forgot to remove audio category D: I do agree with both of your suggestions, I certainly do want to continue this game post LD, so keep and eye on the gamejolt page :)
BOBANY
25. Aug 2015 路 09:00 UTC
Game keeps on killing me for no reason. 10/10
guoboism
28. Aug 2015 路 22:44 UTC
I like the top down visual. But its a bit hard to aim! Hard work on the models!
FistBumpGames
29. Aug 2015 路 09:02 UTC
Nice try for a game, but still needs a lot of polishing. Nice work with the lights.
emmelineprufrock
01. Sep 2015 路 02:21 UTC
Very cool looking, an interesting take on the theme.
OnlySlightly
01. Sep 2015 路 02:22 UTC
Great job! It was fun learning the behaviors and priorities of the AI. The minimalist aesthetic was pretty. Great job!