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Homunculus Heist by Ry-for

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made by Ry-for for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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You... you took him...

Please, you're hurting him... Homonculus_SS.png

You have taken that which did not belong to you. The creator is distraught and will stop at nothing to retrieve his lost item. RUN.

Homunculus Heist

Homunculus Heist is a creative effort between a group of friends tackling their first ever Ludum Dare. The game is developed in PlayCanvas and involves custom solutions for procedural generation and enemy tracking. All assets from code to art to music are completely original and developed over the course of the weekend with the exception of some sound effects taken from open-source libraries. Homunculus Heist.gif

Controls

Mouse look, WASD move, Space jump

Link https://playcanv.as/e/b/NNCklbyJ/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/homunculus-heist

Ratings

Overall 496th 3.608⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Fun 737th 3.22⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 901th 2.939⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Theme 822th 3.402⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 308th 4.01⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Audio 257th 3.69⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Mood 103th 4.078⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Given 72🗳️ 50🗨️

Feedback

Kevin Du
03. Oct 2022 · 19:27 UTC
I died.
Tomga
03. Oct 2022 · 19:30 UTC
Surprisingly fun for such a simple concept. Even scared me a bit on the first time!
Holy_Doggo01
03. Oct 2022 · 19:31 UTC
love the art style
Khullag
03. Oct 2022 · 19:36 UTC
great one :)
BangTheWall
03. Oct 2022 · 19:36 UTC
Great looking game and the controls feel super nice. Surprisingly scary as well :smile:

I am not exactly sure why I am dying though, cause the enemy didn't catch up to me.

Great job on your first game :smile:
DrummerManSam
03. Oct 2022 · 20:02 UTC
I like the feel of the movement and the graphics are really cool. Was scary and really intense when the music and character movement just keeps getting faster and faster every 10 seconds until I died lol. Nice job!
Chakit
03. Oct 2022 · 20:34 UTC
Scary!! I died in 0:27 seconds!
Vhalenn
03. Oct 2022 · 20:54 UTC
Really hard to survive for long but the mood was great !
Jonathan Vinesar
03. Oct 2022 · 21:56 UTC
I definitely got jump scared a couple times! The ramping up of speed really made me feel more adrenaline, which was a really nice touch. Lasted 1:10 on my best run (pun intended).
Bender Biber
03. Oct 2022 · 22:32 UTC
The mood is really great.

I am really getting old but man when I was a child all games looked like this. Really nice style :D
Hadik
03. Oct 2022 · 22:51 UTC
NOOO I HATE you :D Jump scared :D Next time please some warnings, we are not used to jump scare here :D

Anyway about the game.
That graphics is awesome, I like it. Almost nailed that theme, but it still very thing what I imagine as this theme.. Amazing amazing mood, it nailded me. I love audio in the game, I want it more!. Really ?! That game is really fun, good job. Somebody use more time to think about the game then others, it is visible in inovations!. Overall your game is good, good job.
defilerzero
04. Oct 2022 · 00:10 UTC
Great concept, and a fan of that low-poly aesthetic.
BlackCat508
04. Oct 2022 · 02:38 UTC
Not exactly sure what I was supposed to be doing, but the atmosphere was really great and the controls where smooth, running felt really cool!
LDJam user 98257
04. Oct 2022 · 07:27 UTC
Really nice graphics and sound design. And surprisingly fun and scary for such a simple concept!
Code Ripple
04. Oct 2022 · 10:44 UTC
The atmosphere and graphics were great
thegamearchitect
04. Oct 2022 · 10:52 UTC
definately benefits from being dark, but there are ways to have a dark scene where you can still see where youre going. Cool idea, and well done for getting a game together and submitted into Ludum Dare this year!
Phillip Scott
04. Oct 2022 · 13:29 UTC
Super scary! liked the feel of this and liked the faces on the beakers (think one is a cat?) great job!
cremmy
04. Oct 2022 · 13:35 UTC
Now how should I rate it in "fun" section? Running for your life from a monster, while holding another one in a jar is hardly "fun". It turns out that running past the enemy and falling out of the level - despite looking like a greatest idea - does not count, and after some time you still get caught >:
Keenan Woodall
04. Oct 2022 · 17:48 UTC
Good job with the style and sound it helps a lot with instilling a frantic mood. I couldn't tell if there was anything more to do than running and resetting, but controls felt good and the procedural generation was impressive.
LDJam user 299852
04. Oct 2022 · 19:25 UTC
Loved the mood and the artstyle. It was really stressful, almost as much as submitting the ludum dare entry. I love the concept of stealing a homunculus. The only con I can think of is that the flip switch was very disorientating and a bit of a flow breaker, but still fun.
Jerment
04. Oct 2022 · 23:06 UTC
I really like this one!
Atwooooooood
05. Oct 2022 · 02:53 UTC
I like the mood and the art style. The art on the wall is interesting
SLEEPYMENACE
05. Oct 2022 · 13:42 UTC
Spooky! Love the aesthetic, controls feel really fluid and nice, the random teleportation was jarring and disorientating in a good way.

Overall a very moody, claustrophobic and unsettling experience. I liked it a lot, good job guys!
Rincs
05. Oct 2022 · 14:17 UTC
Call me thoroughly SPOOKED!!! Oh man, but even with my brief stint, it was a fun but panic-enducing game. xD I have to watch someone else last longer so I can see how much more twisted things get XD
seisus
05. Oct 2022 · 17:37 UTC
Creepy as hell, well done. You made a creepy game with the least amount of mechanics possible. I'm still not sure what the glass jar is for though.
Sarizard
05. Oct 2022 · 17:38 UTC
I'm scared. The game is awesome, the sound FX are great. Good job guys!
Slush
05. Oct 2022 · 17:43 UTC
@seisus it doesn't serve any purpose other than a narrative one. The jar contains the Homunculus which you've stolen.
_for_science
05. Oct 2022 · 18:18 UTC
That was very spooky and I obviously like the audio and art style (as someone who has worked on multiple dark pixel-style games for LDJam myself). I had no idea where I was running or what I was running from, but that unsettling audio made me just bolt it in whatever direction, which was *very* effective. Good job!

My first time playing I think I immediately ran face first into the monster, clipped through the floor and fell into the void until I died. On my second run I hit a dead end with an invisible wall that let me look out into the void. Apparently, when I run *away* in terror, I run *into* bugs... :sweat_smile:
Soxycreations
05. Oct 2022 · 18:25 UTC
Really like the looks and theme of this game! really clever use of the theme
LDJam user 308298
05. Oct 2022 · 18:31 UTC
I'm terribly afraid of such games. Perhaps floating polygons with PS ONE have added even more immersion
HagamosVideojuegos
05. Oct 2022 · 19:04 UTC
One of my favourites from this jam!

Good feeling with controls, audio, art and a really good use of theme.

congratulations!
Rayne
05. Oct 2022 · 21:43 UTC
Fell off the world. Went again and really enjoyed it. Amazing!
ruruie
06. Oct 2022 · 16:10 UTC
Hello, I was just minding my own business when a distraught fello came barreling towards me. Seemed like they needed assistance so naturally I ran straight towards him and then he disappeared and then, quite an awkward pause later, he was behind me! Not sure what's going on, but had a blast!
SaxOps1
07. Oct 2022 · 08:43 UTC
Love the mood and theming of it, but I can't quite figure out if there's more than running around?
chingle
07. Oct 2022 · 16:19 UTC
Very spooky, I appreciate the sound design that the music gets faster as the enemy is getting near to you. Congrats on your first LD! You guys really did a good job!
Erlioniel
09. Oct 2022 · 16:51 UTC
WOW it was unexpected fast progression of the required speed and reaction. Tho I've died somehow... probably on timer I was still running forward and the enemy spawned right in front of me.

I like the atmosphere tho, really nice work with the look & feel, best horror game I've seen on LD at all.
DaivyIsHere
12. Oct 2022 · 09:45 UTC
Super cool horror game! The graphics make it super immersive for me. Atmosphere is really on point. Only issue is the movement contorl seems a little too slippery for me. Good jobs!
epeachyband
13. Oct 2022 · 04:10 UTC
Damn I love the graphics you made.
Awesome style and gameplay.
Thank you for publishing!