Halloween Maskness by JoseArias

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made by JoseArias for LD33 (JAM)
——— Description ———

Max is not a popular kid.
His costume sucks.

Luckily, three magic masks have come to the rescue.
Now, he will be the monster.


——— How to Play ———
We recommend "Fantastic" graphics settings and 16:9 resolution

Keep pressed to put on a mask:

A - Werewolf (Moon)
S - Mummy (Egyptian Eye)
D - Vampire (Bats)
and

Left Arrow - Scare left window
Right Arrow - Scare right window

Use the masks to scare the left and right windows of the houses in the neighborhood. Keep A, S, or D pressed to put on a different mask depending on the events in the sky, and press Left or Right to scare either window.

For example: to scare the Left Window with the Werewolf, keep A pressed and press Left Arrow.

——— Post-Jam ———
- Fixed a bug that causes the Scare bar going down too quickly
- "How to play" window included ingame.
- New Level 3 mechanics (easier but tricky)
- New start and end level animations.
- UI improvements


——— Known Issues ———

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——— Credits ———

- José Arias Fernández: programming, effects.
- Miguel Arias Fernández (@tuercadevuelta): artwork.
- Antonio Rico Díez (@tonidero): programming.
- Antonio Bustamante Mirayo (@abustamante): artwork, programming.



——— Sound licensing ———

Halloween Special Theme - by DanteAxeProduction, https://soundcloud.com/danteaxe/dante-cole-halloween-special, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Wolf Howl Sound - Public Domain.

Zombie Moan - by Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/1035-Zombie-Moan.html, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Chuckle Sound - by Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/767-Chuckle.html, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jab Sound - by Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/995-Jab.html, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bone Crushing - by Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/925-Bone-Crushing.html, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Evil Laugh Male Sound - Public Domain.

Scary Scream Sound - by rutgermuller, http://soundbible.com/1548-Scary-Scream.html, Sampling Plus 1.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/

Female Short Laugh - by famed, http://www.freesound.org/people/fmaudio/sounds/152911/, Creative Commons 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.47 313
Fun(Jam) 3.00 563
Graphics(Jam) 4.31 101
Humor(Jam) 3.27 282
Innovation(Jam) 3.31 295
Mood(Jam) 3.51 242
Theme(Jam) 3.81 235

Feedback

TackoramaLtd
24. Aug 2015 · 19:23 UTC
Loved this game. Loved the art style, the audio, the concept and the game play. If I had one criticism it would be that it needs a way of measuring your progress through the levels and/or a record of how far you got in the game.
Friday
24. Aug 2015 · 21:47 UTC
Real fun game! It took a while for me to get the mechanics, but once i had nailed them, it was great. Gotta say though, the 3rd house got really hard all of a sudden. Graphics are good, sounds are very good and the mood is there! Well done :D
dickpoelen
24. Aug 2015 · 21:51 UTC
Love the artstyle. Max has a deep laugh for a kid :)
ZzCalvinzZ
25. Aug 2015 · 02:12 UTC
graphics were great
Saphyre
25. Aug 2015 · 02:13 UTC
I didn't have a lot of fun, but I think it is quite innovative.
TeamCosmitronique
25. Aug 2015 · 02:48 UTC
Great visuals. The concept was also quite interesting.
shiroookami
25. Aug 2015 · 02:48 UTC
Amazing game! Very fun to play and smooth as well. Keep up the good work.
Lissar
25. Aug 2015 · 02:49 UTC
I loved the visual style. I never managed to scare anyone though, despite my best efforts! I guess I don't have it in me.
🎤 JoseArias
25. Aug 2015 · 02:59 UTC
Hi Lissar! It's a bit difficult to learn, but when you do it two times, you realize that is very easy!! (We did'nt have time for the tutorial!). The easiest way to learn is by pressing both arrow and A-S-D letter at the same time.
Demetz
25. Aug 2015 · 03:02 UTC
Graphics are really good! loved the music as well.
MagnesiumNinja
25. Aug 2015 · 03:03 UTC
Excellent use of the theme! I think it would be great if the player was given more feedback from the house when they did a successful scare, but the overall mood is fantastic.
handkor
25. Aug 2015 · 04:25 UTC
This is a great game, good job. Very fitting music
Shugor
25. Aug 2015 · 04:53 UTC
Good fun, although it took me way longer than it should have to figure out what im supposed to be doing. The art is great, and i had a good time playing.
benmcnelly
25. Aug 2015 · 05:05 UTC
Great idea and graphics!
aprotasenya
25. Aug 2015 · 06:54 UTC
This is good! It creates the mood with it's music, sfx sounds, graphics and the (a bit) frantic action. I liked it a lot.
The only thing: I may be quick enough to push the needed buttons when symbols in the sky and the windows show for only a second, but the animations and sounds are not the fast. I liked them, but they are too slow to be the audio/visual feedback for such a quick gameplay, IMHO.
What I also liked in the mechanics is how the appearing symbols/events are distributed on the screen like their respective buttons on the keyboard. Catching this helps to be fast enough.
Acerio
25. Aug 2015 · 08:37 UTC
Graphics were cute. It's definitely on theme. Good job :D
Karai17
25. Aug 2015 · 08:39 UTC
Very pretty game with a silly story. Great job!
Split82
25. Aug 2015 · 08:44 UTC
Excellent! Love it!
theBobcatte
25. Aug 2015 · 17:49 UTC
The art was really great! The timing seemed a bit too tough to feel fair, but it was a good take on the theme and a nice change from killing stuff as a monster :)
architect404
25. Aug 2015 · 18:06 UTC
really lovely art and an original concept, though it gets quite fast and tricky after a couple of houses. nice work!
bombjack
25. Aug 2015 · 18:42 UTC
very original game play. quite fun. nice graphics :)
CosmicAdventureSquad
26. Aug 2015 · 04:57 UTC
I really liked the game the art, music, and gameplay all worked well together. The game mechanic was fresh and creative. I especially like how you had the sky events map out with the A, S, D keys in their position in the sky.
rotpar
26. Aug 2015 · 05:00 UTC
Fun game! The art is really good and the concept is interesting.
synchingfeeling
26. Aug 2015 · 05:04 UTC
Art style is incredible, that intro. Took me a couple of failed tries to get the mechanics but then was pretty fun.
MartinFernandez
26. Aug 2015 · 05:43 UTC
great graphics, and great idea, i really enjoy it. good job
ruerob
26. Aug 2015 · 05:51 UTC
Great game! Nice graphics and animations and the mask thing is really great. reminds me a bit of majoras mask! very funny. got it to the third house.
Shaw
26. Aug 2015 · 05:52 UTC
Graphics, audio and idea are all brilliant, took a little while to get the hang of it but fantastic idea and really well polished. Excellent job.
Dizzyman572
26. Aug 2015 · 06:27 UTC
I liked the direction this game was going. I liked you showed how this person became the monster that he is, which is something very unique to this competition. Also, the art style is very nice I definitely see where a majority of your guy's time was spent just looking at the game alone. However, the one problem that I do have with this game is that it's very hard! It seemed that scare meter drained far too quickly as every progress I made with a scare was pretty much gone instantly. Which actually kind of made the game too inaccessible for me. Sorry if I sound harsh, I jst want to love this game so badly, hopefully you'll fix the difficulty in a post-ld version. 3/5.
jordinuco
26. Aug 2015 · 09:01 UTC
Art, animations and sound are great. Simple gameplay but very effective. Great job!
peterthehe
26. Aug 2015 · 10:01 UTC
Cool concept, nice graphics.
GAFBlizzard
26. Aug 2015 · 10:08 UTC
Very polished artwork. Nice mood with the sounds!

This seems like it could be made into a decent mobile game if you found a way to use touch controls. :)
humanatee_studios
26. Aug 2015 · 10:16 UTC
Great presentation all round - Took me a while to get the idea and then longer to get my co-ordination down.
Digitaldude555
26. Aug 2015 · 10:49 UTC
Great complete game. Love the art, audio, gameplay was pretty simple and good but the difficulty rises too high for me.
Flygamer101
26. Aug 2015 · 12:57 UTC
Great Idea, and I loved the artstyle.
Caracole
26. Aug 2015 · 13:07 UTC
Great interpretation of the theme. Good job overall, well done :)
Otrora Games
26. Aug 2015 · 13:55 UTC
Great art style and presentation. Also good idea
crucknuk
26. Aug 2015 · 13:55 UTC
The graphics and the audio are really great! The concept is good and original. I reach the second house but it's incredibly difficult. You made a very good job!
mantis
26. Aug 2015 · 14:00 UTC
Cool game, brilliant art!
DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!
26. Aug 2015 · 15:20 UTC
Nice graphics and simple good gameplay!
superpatch
26. Aug 2015 · 15:21 UTC
Nice idea for the theme, graphic is nice. It's a bit hard to get the right timing, good entry though.
Maxi and The Gang
26. Aug 2015 · 15:52 UTC
Nice game!
By the way, i found a bug if i go fullscreen the scare bar drop very fast and it makes impossible to win.
Josh H
26. Aug 2015 · 19:50 UTC
The aesthetics of this game are fantastic. I love the art style and the music is fun. The idea is very original as well. Nice work!
HThomson
26. Aug 2015 · 20:03 UTC
You got the art, music and mood down, they're all fantastic. Gameplay got a little repetitive though.
Lane
26. Aug 2015 · 20:06 UTC
Painfully hard on the 3rd level, but a very cool little game! Enjoyed playing it. Polished up nicely!
Kuchalu
27. Aug 2015 · 13:22 UTC
Really impressed with the graphics.
jofra
27. Aug 2015 · 14:02 UTC
DAMN this is hard X) nice job
loved the graphics! and the mood
boardtobits
27. Aug 2015 · 15:48 UTC
Wow, that second level got a lot harder. It's funny, the mechanics took a minute for me to grasp, but once I got them, the positioning of the cues was very sensible to the keys you needed to hit. Well done! And the art was fantastic.
ReddogStone
27. Aug 2015 · 16:14 UTC
I like the graphics and the game machanics. Though, it get's too hard soon and a bit repetitive.
madmaw
27. Aug 2015 · 22:53 UTC
Such a beautiful game
killersnoofie
28. Aug 2015 · 00:04 UTC
amazing game , with great graphics
CtrlAltTea
28. Aug 2015 · 01:39 UTC
Cool concept and great art! Sometimes the kid would get shy and refuse to move, but otherwise I really liked it!
NoWandStudios
28. Aug 2015 · 09:50 UTC
Nice concept and cute art! It's a innovative game. Congrats
cambrian_era
02. Sep 2015 · 02:22 UTC
Graphics and music were great, really liked the concept.