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Panic at the Graveyard by Steven Garberg

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made by Steven Garberg for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Fight your way through endless and ever growing waves of the undead. See how long you can survive the night in Panic at the Graveyard.

Move your mouse to aim and shoot the invading hordes of Halloween creatures. Survive as many waves as possible!

Instructions

Move your mouse to aim and shoot the invading hordes of Halloween creatures. Increasing numbers of monsters spawn every 10 seconds and will continue to until huge hordes of monsters are spawned. Survive as many waves as possible!

  • Left Mouse - Shoot
  • A - Move Left
  • D - Move Right
  • W - Move Up
  • S - Move Down

Projects

Back-end (Server)

Members

Tools

Game

  • Unity
  • Procreate
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Ableton Live

Infrastructure

  • .NET 6 Web API
  • MongoDB
  • Microsoft Azure

Screenshots

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Source Code https://github.com/SFW-FreeDevelopment/LudumDare51
WebGL https://stevengarberg.itch.io/panic-at-the-graveyard
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/panic-at-the-graveyard

Ratings

Overall 1119th 2.88⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1014th 2.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1227th 2.02⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1200th 2.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 855th 3.16⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 544th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 683th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 910th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 267095
03. Oct 2022 · 03:15 UTC
Cool stuff!
Lootwig
03. Oct 2022 · 22:31 UTC
Nice game! Why do you need a backend?
Chris Plummer
04. Oct 2022 · 18:57 UTC
@lootwig Good question! We created an API to persist some user preferences, as well as the max waves completed by the user, and their highest score. We were working on a leaderboard page in the background as well that would utilize this data.
Vader89gg
04. Oct 2022 · 22:47 UTC
Fun Game!
Lautilaj
04. Oct 2022 · 22:48 UTC
I didnt understand what happens every 10 seconds. Cool game, keep it going!
Come to play my game and rate it!
Cal
04. Oct 2022 · 23:01 UTC
Cool game, I like the variety of enemies and nice particle effects!
sliphtrex
04. Oct 2022 · 23:09 UTC
I have to say, this really just reminded me of my first Ludum Dare game from LD28. I made a game called Stan's Happy Thoughts which was like this but with aliens. The art in yours is much better though. The candies and health are an upgrade too. I think mine was a one hit kill kinda game with no reticle. I like this for the nostalgia more than anything and for the Halloween vibes. Thanks for making this! It makes me happy.
Stefan Laimer
04. Oct 2022 · 23:38 UTC
Really nice game. The different enemies and their little animations are great. It took a little bit but after a while it got pretty difficult. But I managed to last just over 400 seconds, which seemed pretty good :D

![score.PNG](///raw/b24/22/z/52311.png)
Chris Plummer
04. Oct 2022 · 23:42 UTC
@stefan-laimer Wow! That's awesome. Thank you so much for playing.
Panfil Alexandrina
05. Oct 2022 · 22:17 UTC
Nice game. I like the design.
LDJam user 148430
06. Oct 2022 · 08:15 UTC
I love the art! very cool :)
Sarah Alexa
06. Oct 2022 · 16:29 UTC
Nice art style, audio is nice and spooky too! Keeps things nice and simple which is good.

A few criticisms I have are the knockback is good feedback but it could use a bit of a cooldown as if there are enemies at opposite sides then you can get bounced around a lot meaning a lot more damage is taken. I love the theme of sitting in a graveyard but I would love if gravestones had hitboxes to give the player something to kite enemies around to add some strategy when it gets to the later stage of the game.

Other than that great job! I like how you give the player crosshair options, not something you generally see in jams! It was nice seeing enemy variety and the shooting felt like it worked well! I managed around 400ish seconds and it was a fun few mins!
AlgeBRUH
07. Oct 2022 · 09:04 UTC
The sounds are the best part of the game, they just fit perfectly and the music doesn't get boring even after a few minutes. The gameplay is quite simple, but due to the increasing difficulty, it does not bother. I also agree with the previous comment that the knockback after taking damage is too harsh.
BayLock
10. Oct 2022 · 13:48 UTC
Amazing game. Really catchy graphics. Some work can be done from the gameplay side and can be a made a bit more complex. I think the 10 second rule did redistricted a lot of possibilities. Please do check out my submission as well.
BackwardsCap
14. Oct 2022 · 12:36 UTC
This was a lot of fun! The monster graphics were very cool. Nice job
SleepyStudios
16. Oct 2022 · 16:12 UTC
Nice work - it was surprisingly satisfying how the monsters exploded when hey died. However I wish the shooting was a bit more interesting because it never really got that much more difficult for me so it felt a bit repetitive. I did also really like the graphics style (and how it blended in with the itch.io page too that was cool).
LDJam user 417758
Oct 07th · 03:15 UTC
great work