Soul Harvest by theHerborist

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made by theHerborist for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

In a foolish bet against the Grim Reaper, you now have to try and beat him at a soul harvesting contest

Ratings

Overall 726th 2.909⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 699th 2.773⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 680th 2.803⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 536th 3.485⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 610th 3.061⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 396th 3.045⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 429th 2.833⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 670th 2.953⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

Undev Games
09. Jan 2023 · 21:15 UTC
I really liked the idea, the narrative and the game itself.

It would be cool if the mouse cursor was a scythe or something like that.
LDJam user 314045
09. Jan 2023 · 21:16 UTC
Scored 139:137. Nice graphics and cool soundtrack.
Savidiy
09. Jan 2023 · 21:17 UTC
Nice!
Back2Zero
09. Jan 2023 · 21:29 UTC
Fun game! Loved the dialogue between the two characters. Took me a second to realise what to do once the souls stopped spawning.
🎤 theHerborist
09. Jan 2023 · 22:09 UTC
@undev-games I thought of it, but it kept going down in priority and before I knew it it was time to publish. On the "cutting floor", so to speak, are also different type of souls with different behaviours, some animations, and the like
🎤 theHerborist
09. Jan 2023 · 22:09 UTC
[duplication]
Undev Games
09. Jan 2023 · 22:26 UTC
@theherborist Game Jamer life hahaha
svemir
10. Jan 2023 · 09:03 UTC
The music is pretty epic, along with the whole atmosphere. I did find myself just holding down the scythe to attack, maybe a cooldown could prevent this. The howl of the skulls gave me chills, also looked really cool flying past you!
🎤 theHerborist
10. Jan 2023 · 10:14 UTC
@svemir Cooldown is also on the TODO list... :laughing:

Thanks for the feedback!
Kilirane
10. Jan 2023 · 20:01 UTC
Nice idea! Cool humor and graphics. The urgency of always having something to do works well. I would like more events to happen during the game! Great job !
Yamzho
11. Jan 2023 · 09:30 UTC
Pretty nice game.

My finger now hurts because of the intensive clicking (I am bad at that king of stuff). Could not beat the Grim Reaper...
I love there's a bit of story, the music is cool.
Well done.
LDJam user 251967
11. Jan 2023 · 14:56 UTC
Great game!
Harmofish
12. Jan 2023 · 07:00 UTC
Interesting concepts. Long clicks tire the fingers. Perhaps you could include some props and skills to add interest.
caeonosphere
13. Jan 2023 · 07:31 UTC
After a couple tries, I scored 158! Pretty happy with that, now to nurse my cramped hand...
Rezioz
15. Jan 2023 · 02:50 UTC
Nice one, maybe it's juste me but the game feels too easy (especially when like me, you have a autoclick button on your mouse)... I like the graphics though.
🎤 theHerborist
15. Jan 2023 · 09:46 UTC
@rezioz It might be. It's easily scalable though as the grim reaper's score is increased on a random event each tick.
JakubBala
15. Jan 2023 · 21:08 UTC
A good foundation for a game exists here, it could be more challenging and fun if there were some things you can't hit with your scythe, to make it a bit more frantic like fruit ninja. Competing with the AI reaper did not make for good game pace as once you surpassed him, the game felt directionless. Overall good attempt with the graphics and style - the dialogue added some nice personality that not many other games have.
LDJam user 267116
15. Jan 2023 · 22:53 UTC
Nice take on the theme. The trail on the mouse was very satisfying. Good job!
daitli
18. Jan 2023 · 22:17 UTC
It took me a while to figure out how to break the ice but once I did then it all started to make much more sense. The vibe was nice and seeing Thanatos gave me a chuckle lol. Thanks for sharing, I had fun with it.
N0va
21. Jan 2023 · 15:13 UTC
It has good art, music was decent as well as gameplay.

But too easy with PC screens that has touch screens which I doubt most players have so no biggie. That made it boring fast, but then the game ended fast 😂 Which is to expect.

But pretty so solid entry regardless.