Horde! by Fear Games

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made by Fear Games for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a zombie? Now you can find out! Screenshot.png In Horde, you create your own army of zombies and set out on a quest for revenge against the man who created you. To do this, you'll need to build up your army. Luckily, that's pretty easy—just kill some humans. That'll create more zombies for your horde, so the bigger your horde is, the easier it will be to defeat the villainous tycoon and win the game.

HOW TO PLAY A and D to steer your Zombie. Kill the goal amount of Humans and defeat the final villain to win.

Screenshot 2022-04-05 035846.png

POST JAM FIXES End screen not showing, add full screen warning to title, loop music, Fixed SFX not playing

Ratings

Overall 1032th 3.25⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 962th 3.139⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 942th 3.043⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1217th 3.043⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 969th 3.286⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 679th 3.171⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 572th 3.114⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 991th 3.194⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 51🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 233347
05. Apr 2022 · 10:39 UTC
Controls feel a bit sluggish, game is too easy (except of course, if that is by design).

Overall, a solid entry :thumbsup:

Update:
I **really** love the game over screen :smile:
![LDJam-Horde-GameOver.png](///raw/38f/83/z/4c825.png)
SimplePotential
05. Apr 2022 · 10:40 UTC
Nice little game! A little hard to steer the zombie but he is a zombie and probably doesn't follow commands well :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Might of been helpful if there were some arrows or something that would indicate where humans were located, I found myself mostly not finding any. Still, it has a fun factor, looks good, and sounds like zombies.
lantto
05. Apr 2022 · 10:40 UTC
Great game! The graphics are good and the camera angle creates a unique feeling. I love how you keep building up your horde and how they help you eat more brains to build an even bigger horde. Kind of sad that it ended after 300, since I wanted to see how it looked when I had like 10000 zombies. It would make a pretty cool idle game where you initially have to hunt down brains yourself but then have such a big horde that they do it automatically.
Junklab
05. Apr 2022 · 10:41 UTC
I enjoyed playing this! I felt like a true zombie gangster with my huge posse of zombie thugs, scouring the city streets for fresh brains to eat! The art style is simple but effective, the zombie sound effects were a little repetitive, and quite loud - but you did supply a sound mixer at the beginning of the game so that was great foresight.

One thing that could be improved was the final boss, he posed very little challenge, and it was quite anti climatic. Would be cool to see some kind of boss fight mechanic introduced to provide some more challenge.

The camera angle also felt a little off putting when the player was near the bottom and edge of the map as well? This could be by design, but if not, I'd suggest just sticking to a constant angle and panning the camera to follow the character.

Nice work though! Great game!
Ikvelibrium
05. Apr 2022 · 10:41 UTC
A fun game, idea playing as zombye is great and sound is good, but controls are havei hard to turn around. Also the camera sometimes getting in very uncomfortable positions.
PolymathLD
05. Apr 2022 · 10:53 UTC
I felt like the off-kilter camera actually added to the feel of the game. Since there were no enemies, just targets, it didn't bother me too much. Laughed out loud multiple times. Felt great to build up a big horde and get revenge. I did get some mild stuttering when my horde first started to get big, but then it stopped; strange. Anyway, fun entry! Brought a smile to my face.
Fredrik Rosell
05. Apr 2022 · 10:54 UTC
Well done! I liked the mood of the game but was hoping for a bit more of a boss fight at the end. Definitely a better game than mine!
Aliiiii
05. Apr 2022 · 17:58 UTC
Great concept.
This game is a fun and innovative!
aaants
06. Apr 2022 · 10:54 UTC
Good stuff! Easy to pick up and play with a consistent look and fun audio.
Dining Philosopher
06. Apr 2022 · 13:52 UTC
Cool with the 3D buildings, difficulty curve could use some work (I felt that the longer you play, the easier it gets).

On my second try I figured out that the Enter key reset my health, I'm guessing this is a debugging feature you did not disable?
Kimberly
06. Apr 2022 · 14:08 UTC
I seemed to be having some slight performance hiccups halfway through the game. I can't exactly tell if you did this, but if not, I'd totally recommend you look into object pooling.

Would've loved to see the villain actually run away a little, or pose more of a challenge somehow.
Otherwise, great bit of fun!
arthurr
06. Apr 2022 · 14:23 UTC
j aime bien les graphismes mais pas trop le jeu
Sawyer
06. Apr 2022 · 14:29 UTC
Pretty fun game, would be cool if the final villain fought back more but still had fun colleting zombies.
Deylinia
06. Apr 2022 · 15:46 UTC
Really cool graphics!
Cover Club Media
06. Apr 2022 · 19:50 UTC
Awesome game. Art is fits the style and really fun. Well done!
Omega_Troll
06. Apr 2022 · 20:03 UTC
The Audio was killing me :D I laughed really hard when i Heard the Zombie noises. The stirring was a bit tough to get into but overall an enjoyable and nice game. And Zombies! Zombies are always awesome!
Nikos1304
07. Apr 2022 · 09:15 UTC
Nice graphics and sounds/music! Had a lot of fun playing it, good job!
NikaZ
07. Apr 2022 · 09:30 UTC
Cool game! The voices are funny)
alexrose
07. Apr 2022 · 13:17 UTC
The cheesemaster always prevails
Kidabra
08. Apr 2022 · 04:01 UTC
I see everyone else is complaining about the steering too, I agree, but I guess that is part of the challenge. This is a very cool concept but I wish the main zombie wasn't larger. That you started off as one zombie and amassed a horde without getting killed.

There are a lot of cool ideas in this game. Great job!
Itskdog
09. Apr 2022 · 21:03 UTC
Nice work! I liked the GTA 2 look. It was cool having the horde of zombies following you.
frosty
09. Apr 2022 · 21:08 UTC
The zombie grunts and background music really added a lot to the mood. Nice work!
LuckyFeathers
11. Apr 2022 · 19:04 UTC
Funny game! The audio is great. And wow, there's a lot of helicopter landing pads in this city! :D

Couple of remarks:
- The text at the beginning is very slow, even when you click to speed it up.
- The camera movement is weird. Like, it's turning a bit? Not sure if it's intentional, but to me it's a bit annoying. Also, it moves too slow, so when you walk in one direction the character kinda catches up with the camera.
- There isn't really that much gameplay? The game is quite easy because the zombies walk towards you, so I don't feel like I have to do anything. I mean, I guess it works if it's supposed to be inevitable that you win, but it's a bit boring for a game? :D

Anyway, fun game! Good job!
Beefbone
16. Apr 2022 · 20:34 UTC
Very cool stylistically, love the trippy camera angles. And the combination of 3D and 2D is done well as they blend together nicely. However when I played, the bar at the bottom reset every time I pressed A or D so the game was pretty much impossible to lose, I'm guessing that's not intentional.