Harvest Reaper by Oliver

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made by Oliver for Ludum Dare 52 (COMPO)

Cover630.png Help the Grim Reaper fulfil his monthly soul harvesting quota by slaying an entire village of peasants. But beware, it's guarded by skilled knights and archers.

Hold the attack for increased damage. You can hover by holding jump while in the air.

Controls for Gamepad
South button - Jump
West button - Attack
D-Pad/Left thumbstick - Move

Controls for keyboard
WASD/Arrow keys - Move
J/C - Attack
K/X/Space - Jump
Esc - quit instantly.

Ratings

Overall 44th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 45th 3.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 235th 3.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 163th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 86th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 43th 3.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 137th 2.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 88th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

masternoob
08. Jan 2023 · 22:15 UTC
Good fun! I wish the knights had a healthbar.
LDJam user 313326
08. Jan 2023 · 23:09 UTC
Very fun game, I liked every aspect of it, except that I thought C was a strange choice for attack key.
LDJam user 8951
09. Jan 2023 · 07:25 UTC
The best one so far. Good job!
rjerez192
09. Jan 2023 · 18:53 UTC
Fun game. It all comes very well together. The graphics, music and movements are on point (Maybe the movements could be improved a little). I second the previous comment, health bars would be useful.
CaptainDreamcast
09. Jan 2023 · 20:44 UTC
22/22 and 22/22, the archers' persistence even in death almost ended my run but I made it through.

Very fun take on the theme, splitting it up into the killing and the harvesting. Felt very good to control, I always felt that I was in control and it was my fault when I lost health. I liked the 8 bit pixel art style, I think that worked well here. All the animations were fluid and I especially liked the sound effects, the one for scared villagers was the best, great job on that! Very well done!
LDJam user 221750
10. Jan 2023 · 16:48 UTC
Simple but charming graphics! It feels a bit clunky to play, but not that bad. Sounds are nice too.
Raphytator
11. Jan 2023 · 13:30 UTC
Fun game, i like the art and the music. Difficulty is here, i like it. Good job !
Fabian Denter
12. Jan 2023 · 21:50 UTC
I had a talent of jumping right into the projectiles of those archers, but that definitely was my fault. Otherwise a quite fun entry, which felt good to play even if the movement was a bit clunky at times. The attacking however felt very satisfying and made up for that. Well done!
CG_Fred
16. Jan 2023 · 18:51 UTC
Awesome game, lots of details in the animations and also like the fact that the archers are running away once they have fired their arrows.
Mastoast
16. Jan 2023 · 19:14 UTC
Great game ! It has some nice castlevania/NES vibes, and the music and sfx helps to the mood too, it's really cool


The music is great, but i wish the loop was a little bit longer to bring more diversity. Nice entry anyways
lfreinoso
16. Jan 2023 · 19:50 UTC
So much fun, when enemies come back to life it's so cool! Took me by surprise! Congratulations, game complete! For JAM, theme and everything I liked a lot, the auditory feedback is very good, the cool effects and very interesting graphics, matching the ambiance. I would put that tube TV effect (old TVs) to make your game even more characteristic of the graphics era... here's the tip, but it's just a personal idea.

Check out my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/space-harvest
mikyokyuji
25. Jan 2023 · 08:53 UTC
It was fun! The sound effect gave me good feedback of beating enemies. I also like the idea that reaching the edge of the area isn’t the end of the game and we can go backward with in a different situation.
Yvanor
25. Jan 2023 · 20:24 UTC
Very nice game, with simple gameplay and retro graphics but filled with clever idea that make it interesting and nice to look all along the game.
I died on the way back on my first try, I wasn't used to the rigid gameplay (but it's ok as it's what give this game it's retro feel)

Well done !
Erkberg
26. Jan 2023 · 20:23 UTC
Very nice retro visuals and audio and especially the plot twist midway was great!
You managed to put quite a few different and interesting enemy behaviours in there and even though I had wished for a tiny bit more range on the attacks, I really enjoyed this one.
Loig
27. Jan 2023 · 12:31 UTC
Very nice game. Love the audio and graphics. Congratulations for making that!