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HOMUNCULUS by jomnaq

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made by jomnaq for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Kill enemies and collect their flesh to build your body, unlock new skills, and feed the great creator, HOMUNCULUS.

Please play our game on the itch.io page, linked at the bottom!

CONTROLS

Use WASD to move.

Hold shift to upgrade your LIMBS.

Special attacks are as follows: - [U] - 1 limb: basic attack - [I] - 2 limbs: ground pound - [O] - 3 limbs: spin attack - [P] - 4 limbs: dash

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CREDITS

joanna - itch.io: @jomnaq

kel - itch.io: @blooga

aaron - itch.io: @drkwan

david - itch.io: @vlad-the-inhaler

kennedy - itch.io: @yskang

Thanks to aglinder​, aust_paul​, JustInvoke​, UltraAmeise​, jeremysykes​​​, Duisterwho, GlassOfOrange​, Robinhood76​, SirLink​, j1987​, magnuswaker​, Artninja​, morganpurkis, d4nhardt, carbilicon​, samrad20​, patobottos​, vibritherabjit123, esperar​, rileywarren​, designerschoice​, scorpion67890​, MrEchobot​, and tonsil5​ on Freesounds for sound assets!

PLAY BELOW!

Link https://jomnaq.itch.io/homunculus
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/homunculus

Ratings

Overall 85th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 150th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 87th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 152th 4.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 57th 4.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 325th 3.176⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 88th 4.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

lleo022
Oct 07th · 02:02 UTC
Very sick game. The gameplay is pretty fun and unique, and the visuals look tasty. I also kept getting lost but other than that it was really fun.
Bestdtang
Oct 07th · 06:17 UTC
The visuals and theme selection are super cool～
drmurderizer
Oct 07th · 07:08 UTC
Really solid entry. I love flesh monsters. The artists absolutely nailed it. Gameplay was a little slow to start but nonetheless fun. Those lazer roaches scared me lol
Nyla J
Oct 07th · 16:44 UTC
the whole team cooked! loved your game
Flatgub
Oct 08th · 03:10 UTC
Absolutely loved the themeing here! The photo-collage aesthetic is awesome!! I loved having to balance using meat to upgrade yourself vs feeding it to the creator! Really well done!
penumbrah
Oct 08th · 03:20 UTC
The beginning took a while, and there being only one attack makes it a little mashy, but it picked up more once you get more limbs. The style was super good, I really liked the realistic art mixed with the low framerate animations.
poboy
Oct 08th · 03:30 UTC
Absolute cognitohazard. So did you just record your arms flailing to make the sprites?

Entire game has this unsettling vibe that I haven't felt since Golden Light.

The moves were very fun. The homunculus is horrifying. I fed it many raw steaks

(Great job)
🎤 jomnaq
Oct 08th · 21:26 UTC
@poboy haha, yep, we just sat on the floor and recorded our arms and then cut them out for all of the animations XD happy you liked the game!
toastercosplay
Oct 10th · 08:27 UTC
this is awesome !!! i love the squishy sounds
prisma
Oct 11th · 04:18 UTC
Animations were top-notch! Loved the atmosphere and the combat. Some of the SFX felt a little bit ill-timed but overall very fun game :)
lotsva
Oct 13th · 13:54 UTC
visual part of the game is peak. so cool
dasMaichen
Oct 13th · 20:33 UTC
Very nice creepy homunculus! I like the terrifying atmosphere.
Nija463
Oct 15th · 08:24 UTC
Great job! I really love how creepy the atmosphere is. It actually reminds me of Basilisk by KIRA.
I didn’t manage to finish it, but I wanted to restart today.
Jumping on enemies with only 1 HP feels very intense, and I wanted to see the next evolution form. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t seem to work on my browser anymore today.
Hope you get all the votes you deserve!
Frib
Oct 15th · 13:44 UTC
Very interesting game! It's weird in a good way :D I think the gameplay is a bit too slow, you have to travel a lot to get to new enemies, then backtrack that same distance to the start to dump your collected flesh. And because it's continuously decaying, it feels like a chore that gets worse as the game progresses, because you're just slowly crawling around further and further for most of the game.

But the graphics and overall vibe is quite cool :D good job!