Avoid Him Like the Plague by CKTO
Play as a plague doctor being chased by death as you take advantage of death's scythe (which you totally didn't steal) LD50 game. Theme "Delay the inevitable". Made by a team of three (coder, artist, MusicDude)
Controls/info: - Press A and D, or Arrows to move. - Press Space to jump. - Press Shift while moving horizontally to dash and reap. - Grab the vital energy to delay your inevitable decay into the void. - Even though death is inevitable, we thought it would be cool to give some kind of conclusion to the game, just keep going.
| Link | https://ckto.itch.io/avoid-him-like-the-plague |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/avoid-him-like-the-plague |
Ratings
| Overall | 678th | 3.542⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 519th | 3.542⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1004th | 2.958⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 479th | 3.833⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 583th | 3.792⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 428th | 3.563⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 537th | 3.167⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 762th | 3.417⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 26🗳️ | 3🗨️ |
Loved the dash mechanic and the whole "reaping" thing, though i would've liked it more if it were endless. Also they do be angry huh :p

Some notes: It can be a bit difficult to tell how the dash move works at first. If I understand correctly, the player needs to first hold a direction, then hit Shift to dash. It might be a bit more intuitive if pressing Shift makes the player dash in the direction they're facing even if no direction is being held.
Overall fun game though.
The gameplay mechanics were nice, I like how the attack has the dual purpose of taking down the human and performing a dash - it was especially useful in the later stages of the game. Level design is also nice; I'd just prefer if the side scrolling advanced faster if I was near the edge, so that I wouldn't need to wait for the next part on another of my playthroughs.
Audiovisuals were fine, I just sort of wish the gameplay had these hi-res graphics as seen on the menu, rather than the pixel art. Not that there's something wrong with pixel art, I just would like to see other styles more often for a change. ^^'