Dead Zone by chaoli

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made by chaoli for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

A super awesome top-down shooter game. Enemies will generate a DEAD ZONE when they die, which will block your way. Try to survive!

How to Play

  • WASD to move
  • Mouse left button to aim and shoot
  • Mouse right button click at dead zones to clean up

Screenshots

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Team

  • Megrez: Art
  • Chaoli: Coding

Credits

  • Fonts: from Internet
  • Audio: audiojungle.net

Ratings

Overall 246th 3.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 154th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 207th 3.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 50th 4.457⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 314th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 754th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 477th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Metronick
03. Oct 2023 · 14:48 UTC
Fun game, fits the theme really well, simple yet genius idea of leaving death trail after dying and blocking the way. Got the score of 53. Nicely done!
LDJam user 377500
03. Oct 2023 · 15:15 UTC
very cool idea. good job!
Lucas Vaudaine
03. Oct 2023 · 15:20 UTC
I mean what we have here is simply a super well-polished, finished game. The experience feels great, the camera shakes, the controls, the simple shapes yet great general vibe...
And one could easily imagine this game becoming a subjects to kind of friendly tournaments between friends, since you can have several different strategies : focus on shooting the enemies, or focus on cleansing the dead zones, gaining time, etc etc...
Congrats !
Henk Fan
04. Oct 2023 · 15:02 UTC
Great game with a tangent on the theme limited space!
Raaph
04. Oct 2023 · 15:03 UTC
Unsure what determines how large of a zone you clean up? At first I thought linking them would be rewarded but that doesn't seem to be the case. Fun game though, nice polish.
Mein-kun
04. Oct 2023 · 15:14 UTC
Got stuck at fifth wave XD Nice, clean game! Well done!
Digol
04. Oct 2023 · 20:27 UTC
I like how it looks. God job guys
Sozey
04. Oct 2023 · 20:48 UTC
That's really clever game design! I like how they become harder to destroy when they're standing in dead zones, too. The graphics are very clean and nice to look at without distracting unnecessarily. Good job to the both of you!
luminarts
04. Oct 2023 · 22:31 UTC
I really loved what you did here! The theme was reeeally well thought of here, loved the dynamic speedy feel to the game, and also the matching music. The only caveat (and really this is just nit-picking, cause the game is amazing) is that the cursor could behave in a manner that responds to the player firing. Amazing entry, congrats!
Deruitda
07. Oct 2023 · 01:40 UTC
Really fun and intense gameplay, great adaptation of the theme!
SLEEPYMENACE
07. Oct 2023 · 14:36 UTC
Great music and sound effects! It's a pretty simple game, but those two things make it feel like so much more. I like it a lot!
ffffchai
09. Oct 2023 · 04:15 UTC
Sleek design, limited space does make for a more interesting experience, wish it was easier to clear space and a more enjoyable shooting experience. Also, I really like the art of the fuzzy blotches left behind after the polka dots are packed, nice job!
StormSword
09. Oct 2023 · 15:10 UTC
For the moment one of my favorite games of this Ludum!
The concept is very simple, but it works!!
Kilominior
10. Oct 2023 · 12:53 UTC
后坐力的表现和死区的美术效果都好棒!
crylica
11. Oct 2023 · 04:14 UTC
this is an awesome game, its so polished! all the mechanics work really well together, its a really nice challenge
Xeke-Death
11. Oct 2023 · 09:57 UTC
Got 74.
Great concept that is well executed. Simple retro graphics, simplistic mechanic, and fit the theme perfectly.
Great job.
DSK
12. Oct 2023 · 05:43 UTC
很“精品”的一款游戏,美术表现和优化都很出色,游戏的玩法也很有意思,牛的!!!
SevenOne
18. Oct 2023 · 14:57 UTC
Very nice game, good mood, it makes a lot of fun.