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Hemophilia by Roomy

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made by Roomy for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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STORY

You're a lone red blood cell on a journey to deliver oxygen to your suffocating human brain. The trip will be arduous, but thankfully, you have millions of brothers and sisters to mop up if you fail.

GAMEPLAY

Press WASD or Arrow Keys to move.

Press Space to Dash.

While dashing, you're invulnerable and deal damage to enemies. Use this to cull the hordes of amoeba, bacteria, viruses and more that've come to stop you on your mission.

In total, there are 9 standard levels and 1 boss level. Will you defeat them all and return your brain to relatively underpar performance?

TEAM

Vriska [Art] Ferrous [Art] Tattles [Horrible Noises] Roomy [Code]

Itch https://roomy.itch.io/hemophilia
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/hemophilia

Ratings

Overall 623th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 703th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 594th 3.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 656th 3.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 320th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 568th 3.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 334th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 425th 3.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

resacaGames
02. May 2023 · 00:33 UTC
Nice Binding of Isaac styled game!! I found the dash as attack mechanic really nice but the dashes themselves were too strong to handle. Had fun tho 👍
Nice work!!
Kassie Kitsune
02. May 2023 · 04:48 UTC
I've always had a weird itch for inside-the-body settings in media and games specifically. This definitely scratches that osmosis-jones itch in me. You are wrong about something though, that virus is definitely smarter than me.
emozdemir
02. May 2023 · 12:44 UTC
I liked the style and theme, great ambiance like Isaac. Dash is little bit hard to control but the reason could be the acceleration based movement and also range could be shorter. Player’s ability to defend themselves while dashing is cool, it expands the gameplay strategy. Great work.
torlandes
02. May 2023 · 20:21 UTC
I really like the style and idea of the game)
Cool enemies and a dash mechanic to kill them
Interesting game
Maxbruh
02. May 2023 · 20:27 UTC
Roguelike style is really interesting for theme like delivery, art and atmosphere are on point toooo
Macbarette
02. May 2023 · 22:02 UTC
Cool game it's satisfying to find the right time to dash in the ennemies and dodge bullets
Jahwffrey
03. May 2023 · 02:44 UTC
I really really liked that the oxygen bubbles disappeared soon after the room loaded and you had to get them quickly, I only with I could have picked them up while dashing. Cool game, good art, nice job!
Claybro2021
04. May 2023 · 02:37 UTC
Awesome game! I really dig the art and the concept. I enjoyed the gameplay too, combining the dash and the attack into a single action was really cool. The game is addictive but it gets a bit difficult and there are no checkpoints, forcing you to play through the tutorial over and over. Overall I really enjoyed this, great job!
addaellis
04. May 2023 · 03:22 UTC
I suck at hitting the viruses so much I couldn't get very far but from what I can tell, the intro text is hilarious. Also really nice touch with the oxygen bubbles disappearing quickly. Looks really neat!

Also kudos to Ferrous, the art is adorable ^_^
JamieOK
04. May 2023 · 18:02 UTC
Bug report: After dying and resetting, any bullets currently on screen stick around and can hit after restarting in the first room. Isn't too much of an issue due to the 1 health heal per room but just thought I'd note it.
Cool game, I agree with others in that it feels quite Binding of Isaac-esque, in all the good ways. Graphics are nice. Great work :)
riley9
04. May 2023 · 19:58 UTC
whaaaa this game is so hard!! but also cool to play! i can feel the urgency although the voice, that is talking to me is seemingly quite okay with the whole situation haha
TopperVideoGames
04. May 2023 · 20:26 UTC
This was a good emulation of the style of games that expect you to die a lot! I really like trying to conquer such challenges in games, so I kept trying for a good long while. Eventually I managed to reach the boss and was satisfied. The only real nitpick in the controls is that it should not let you waste a dash if you are standing still, as it does nothing but set it on a recharge.

Good job!
MrEliptik
04. May 2023 · 21:28 UTC
Cool concept and fitting the theme! Congrats for your entry :)
YurisCat
06. May 2023 · 06:07 UTC
Great game, now I'm starting to wonder what it's like when these little things are inside my body...
cureja
11. May 2023 · 19:49 UTC
Fun game! I wished dashing was a bit more snappy, like instead of going towards your current direction, only took into account the compass rose directions from immediate input to allow for a better feel of control. The narrator was written well~
LDJam user 202408
11. May 2023 · 22:11 UTC
interesting concept and execution, the art style is nice and the text is a nice addition (I'd know since I have a similar idea in my game lol). I got stuck at level 4 or 5, the one with 2 shooters and one big rotating shooter thingy, couldn't get past it after many attempts, it's just too difficult for me which is a shame.. other than that the gameplay is nice although the control are a bit painful sometimes :smile:. nice work!
tanis
20. May 2023 · 09:43 UTC
Nice take on the theme. I wish I had other options to combat other than dashing. But overall the game has nice art and it's fun to play.