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The Circular Reaper by greenphox

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made by greenphox for Ludum Dare 52 (COMPO)

An abstract, atmospheric game. You play as a purple circle, the Reaper.

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Known bugs

Sometimes you will never die, and the "dead effect" will continue to play on and on, while the screen continues to spawn enemies, fun to watch, not so fun to hear, so mute the tab and enjoy my game crashing.

I also found some typos.

The score starts from 2000 so the difficulty is far more than I wanted it to be, that was a mistake, as I was debugging the game, starting from 2000 cause I was bored to play from the start.

(itch.io) https://greenphox.itch.io/the-circular-reaper
(itch.io) https://greenphox.itch.io/the-circular-reaper
(itch.io) https://greenphox.itch.io/the-circular-reaper
(itch.io) https://greenphox.itch.io/the-circular-reaper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/the-circular-reaper

Ratings

Overall 120th 3.6⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 120th 3.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 100th 3.583⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 217th 3.417⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 184th 3.45⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 172th 3.138⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 145th 3.383⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 42🗨️

Feedback

rightangel
08. Jan 2023 · 18:52 UTC
Nice and simple, I like it! ♡
Vidu
09. Jan 2023 · 07:19 UTC
Very cool game, with a very well conducted introduction ♥
With more feedback when hit, it would be amazing ! Congrats !
Hoeleboele
09. Jan 2023 · 10:26 UTC
Wow great tutorial. But very hard game tried a few times but it gets hard real fast or i am just bad at the game. Some feedback is to make it a bit more clear what range you can start the count down but asside from that very cool and pollished game.
🎤 greenphox
09. Jan 2023 · 10:27 UTC
@hoeleboele thanks a lot for the feedback, there is bug rn and you start with 2.000 score :( I hope I could edit but I can't, as I submitted for compo. Thanks for playing!
Yorsh
09. Jan 2023 · 13:17 UTC
Simple but well made and complete, even with a cool tutorial. Well done !
LDJam user 281643
09. Jan 2023 · 15:27 UTC
Very Unique!
Frib
09. Jan 2023 · 15:28 UTC
Pretty neat game! At some point there's just too many circles lol
Horda
09. Jan 2023 · 15:49 UTC
Super original take on harvest theme! Very fun to play! It get so suddenly hard (around 3k points) i could not move anymore, things keeps chain appearing around me.
I love the concept anyway! Great game !

edit: I forgot to say the tutorial is a really good addition to the game, and contribute a lot to its overall quality!
pianoman373
09. Jan 2023 · 18:59 UTC
I really like this idea, nice way to shake up the bullet-hell genre. I agree that more feedback when hit would have been nice. And maybe a different button to harvest instead of pressing E, or just have harvesting be automatic. The tutorial was really well done and not something most people have time for in a compo. Well done!
Arscene
09. Jan 2023 · 21:32 UTC
Hey fellow soul reaping game maker.

It is fun to make them comply, the idea is really cool.

I feel like this game would benefit tighter inputs (more responsive inputs).

Congrats, it's a really neat entry.
Blue Pin Studio
10. Jan 2023 · 04:48 UTC
The entry was pretty good! I was still able to move around and get points after dying, but other than that, it was a smooth experience!
🎤 greenphox
10. Jan 2023 · 05:16 UTC
@blue-pin-studio thanks for playing and thanks for your kind words! You are right, unfortunately i didn't have the time to fix that bug.
LDJam user 0
10. Jan 2023 · 05:17 UTC
@arscene hey fellow soul reaping game maker! Thanks a lot for playing! Thanks for the feedback!
plexsoup
10. Jan 2023 · 06:40 UTC
Well done! Nicely polished. Fun concept I haven't seen before.
rjerez192
10. Jan 2023 · 18:20 UTC
I really like the concept. It is very original.
The controls sometimes are hard to use, I found myself using two hands, one for movement and the other just to press the E key.
Also, the ones that attack seem to do randomly, sometimes you can just stand there and nothing will hit you, would be interested if they have some kind of aiming to make to move a little bit more.
🎤 greenphox
10. Jan 2023 · 18:38 UTC
@rjerez192 Thanks a lot for your kind words!
You are absolutely right about the controls, I didn't had the time to smooth them.
There are actually enemies (green) who will aim at you, but yellow enemies will indeed shoot randomly.
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
rjerez192
10. Jan 2023 · 18:43 UTC
@greenphox Oh makes sense. I'm colorblind so I couldn't properly realize the difference between both of them.
Nice to know.
Forgin Bits
10. Jan 2023 · 18:53 UTC
Excellent game ! The visual design is minimalistic but looks very nice and very readable. The music and sounds fit really well. I loved the gameplay, and the fact that your circle has a bit of "weight" or inertia to it, it feels so much better with it. Admittedly I got stuck pretty quickly between circles but the experience was pretty enjoyable.

Very cool entry, great job
paloobi
10. Jan 2023 · 19:11 UTC
I like that this an action game that requires you to stay still for periods of time, it creates interesting conflict and challenge, and has a nice feel overall. It's definitely challenging, but feels like something I could work on and get better at. It was very satisfying when I could get multiple circles counting down, and difficult but not impossible to dodge the bullets. Great work!
DGSpitzer
10. Jan 2023 · 19:15 UTC
Very innovative gameplay! I like the cute emojis when the planets is harvested 'U'
🎤 greenphox
10. Jan 2023 · 19:22 UTC
@forgin-bits thanks a lot for your kind words !
The inertia mechanic mechanic was the one that most people want me to change saying "it feels weird" and strange but I'll probably don't change it. :) nice to see someone like-minded.

The difficulty curve is really bad right now, I'll fix it when the jam ends. Thanks for your feedback!
Richard Vollebregt
10. Jan 2023 · 19:24 UTC
Great game! The simple arcade mechanic makes it fun to play. I also got the game over bug at the end, quite funny :D
Also, kudos on not having a farming game ;)
Zonoxx
10. Jan 2023 · 19:42 UTC
Really cool entry, I enjoyed the well made tutorial as well as the art style and audio. There is more to it than you realize at first and becomes quite challenging as well which I like. Overall really well done!
🎤 greenphox
10. Jan 2023 · 20:03 UTC
@richard-vollebregt Thanks a lot for playing! I am very happy you enjoyed the bug, I am really good on making them!

@zonoxx Thanks a lot for playing! I am very happy you enjoyed it!
neowhoru
10. Jan 2023 · 20:17 UTC
Its is a very great arcady game :). Also it is one of the games that you directly understand what to do hehe.
Very nice entry.
froissant
10. Jan 2023 · 20:34 UTC
Fun game, great artistic direction, challenging and not boring :smiley:
Ninnec
11. Jan 2023 · 00:39 UTC
Really cool game. The tutorial was a great touch! Adding the combos was a great touch to keep strategic
shimmerscale
11. Jan 2023 · 03:33 UTC
Simple but fun! Dodging the attacks wasn't too hard to be frustrating, and I liked the art and animations when harvesting from the spheres.
Toomblercazz
11. Jan 2023 · 11:37 UTC
Cool take on the theme, I had fun. I like the strategy of multitasking by converting multiple at once. It does get a bit claustrophobic at some point, which doesn't lend itself that much to dodging, although it can be fun to tunnel through enemies to get away. I got up to 4030.
(And yeah as others have said nice tutorial)
🎤 greenphox
11. Jan 2023 · 15:50 UTC
@toomblercazz there is actually a bug right now with the difficulty, and it is set on hard mode.
So 4030 is VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!!
Thanks a lot for playing, and for your kind words.

When I fix the difficulty, it would be less claustrophobic, I promise :)