Voyd by amarokczukay

made by amarokczukay for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

Oh no! The kid opened a demonic gateway to the Voyd dimension!

◾️◾️◼️◼️ PLAY VOYD (HTML5) ◼️◼️◾️◾️

Fight the Voyd and survive as long as possible while facing an increasing number of Voydlings!

Load up your defensive aura by defeating foes and wait for the right moment to unleash it.

Watch out for the lethal Voyd Walls as firing at them will make them grow toward you.

:joystick: Controls - :keyboard: WASD (ZQSD available in options): move - :mousethreebutton: LMB: cast orb / RMB: unleash aura

:hammer: Tools - :gear: Engine: GDevelop 5 - :paintbrush: Art: Photoshop - :sound: Sound: Ableton Live

Everything made by me in 48h except font (Mousetrap by jeti)

⚠️ Known issues - the highscore appears wrong every time you beat it (included on the first run), but don't worry: your real highscore will still be saved! - If you can't move your character, reload the page and it should be ok! - If you don't hear any sound, try switching browser or downloading the executable

Link	https://amarokczukay.itch.io/voyd
Link	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HxJNcLBiskLQV8qqbv2D-Orqp0rVm879/view
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/voyd

Ratings

Overall	42^th	4.073⭐	57🧑‍⚖️
Fun	23^th	4.127⭐	57🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	36^th	4.082⭐	57🧑‍⚖️
Theme	22^th	4.398⭐	56🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	84^th	3.918⭐	57🧑‍⚖️
Audio	48^th	3.868⭐	55🧑‍⚖️
Humor	157^th	2.786⭐	51🧑‍⚖️
Mood	111^th	3.585⭐	55🧑‍⚖️
Given		36🗳️	48🗨️

Feedback

greenphox

02. Oct 2023 · 15:23 UTC

Really nice game, well done.
My highscore was 79

Kaimon

02. Oct 2023 · 16:34 UTC

Good game ! I realised your proposition on the theme when I started to spam click and failed a lot of my bullet (really clever by the way)

LDJam user 268934

02. Oct 2023 · 17:24 UTC

Like the style you choose.
The character select is cool and the void is a good mechanic ( great minds think alike ).

Meru

02. Oct 2023 · 22:10 UTC

Nice game. I liked the intro and the concept as well. The music during the level was a bit too much for me but I liked the intro music and the style of it.
I will play that again!

TeamLDM

03. Oct 2023 · 01:48 UTC

This is a great example of a simple game being executed to perfection. Everything is super tight and juicy. Feels amazing to play.

Very proud of you. Keep it up. 💖

kairuma

03. Oct 2023 · 01:50 UTC

Neat. Really good use of the theme!

DzejPi

03. Oct 2023 · 03:55 UTC

This is a great idea for a game and great interpretation of the them! I love the graphics style and the gameplay gets hectic very quickly. Sounds and music are great too. Very good game overall, well done!

My score:

![2023-10-03_05-53-31.png](///raw/046/93/z/5f039.png)

Ahbee_Studio Nex-us

03. Oct 2023 · 11:12 UTC

Great concept, requires careful bullet management. Well done! Variable enemy health could add depth, and maybe make the play space scaling a bit less punishing.

vidarn

03. Oct 2023 · 19:12 UTC

Really cool! I loved the blackness of the voyd closing in, it was a very striking visual. The ramp up in difficulty was fun, it got very hectic after a while :laughing:
I really liked the music and sound design, the Voydlings sounded very unique and cool.

Smart use of the theme and well excuted game!

Spike Studio

03. Oct 2023 · 21:24 UTC

Really cool twist on this style of game! Making the player be accurate is a great way to stop them from just shooting everywhere, nice entry!

Smitner

03. Oct 2023 · 21:39 UTC

Great execution! Very difficult - Is this with adaptive audio? Felt incredibly tense

mcbombadev

03. Oct 2023 · 23:55 UTC

I love the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea. Great compo entry!

pauljs

04. Oct 2023 · 02:24 UTC

Quite fun! Congrats!

Strato

04. Oct 2023 · 02:34 UTC

Very fun, and cool mechanic of punishing poor aim. Gets real hectic later on and makes you want to blast wildly... (this quickly led to my death). The visual effects are impressive - simple art that works well, very consistent, and the sound effects are pretty cool. Also pretty neat that there's 2 different characters to choose from. Solid game.

mdotedot

04. Oct 2023 · 03:08 UTC

Wow that is a steep difficult curve. I suggest the starting wave to come in much slower to get accustomed to the shooting. I like the shrinking of space and the effects. well done.

LDJam user 377349

04. Oct 2023 · 07:14 UTC

Very interesting idea of having to be REALLY mindful of your aim!

Phillip Scott

04. Oct 2023 · 10:15 UTC

hah nice twist with the accuracy, the effects are super polished nice job! :heart:

Magalix

04. Oct 2023 · 10:24 UTC

Good idea ! Love the art, simple but effective. Excellent menu design.

But it's so difficult ! Aura to slow to load, I couldn't even get it once

Mealky

04. Oct 2023 · 19:00 UTC

The idea is reaally good and fit perfect with the theme !! Only things I can tell is that control was for QWERTY keyboard sinche Im azerty it trouble me at first but nothing bad !
Also maybe ennemy should be a bitter larger at the beginning but I said that only for feedbacking stuff lol

The game look very good and feel very good to play :smile:

🎤 amarokczukay

05. Oct 2023 · 08:00 UTC

@greenphox @kaimon @senso @meru @teamldm @kairuma @dzejpi @ahbee-studio-nex-us @vidarn @spike-studio @smitner @mcbombadev @pauljs @strato @mdotedot @brodnork @phillip-scott @magalix @mealky thank you very much yall for your comments and feedback! i agree on the difficulty part, one time again i had to face the developer's bias haha i'll take these comments into consideration for next time! anyway, your comments warm my heart!

also @mealky there is ZQSD support you just have to check the box in the options!

jebouin

05. Oct 2023 · 17:55 UTC

Nice use of the theme, I loved the creepy music and sound effects!

MasterOfCheese

05. Oct 2023 · 23:30 UTC

One of my fav uses of the theme, I liked the art, and the music was decent. I actually didn't mind the difficulty curve, and found myself waiting for the enemies to do something. Better enemy variation could've made it a little more interesting, but I understand that's difficult with time restrictions.

kuviman

06. Oct 2023 · 00:39 UTC

ez game

![Screenshot from 2023-10-06 04-39-40.png](///raw/7e3/32/z/5fd51.png)

OgelGames

06. Oct 2023 · 07:08 UTC

Great game, the difficulty really increases quickly, possible too quickly, but that doesn't hurt the fun :)

Rincs

06. Oct 2023 · 10:01 UTC

I definitely need more practice to get better at this, but overall pretty fun. Making the walls close in on you when you shoot at it is a fantastic way to make every shot count.

Pierre-Marie

06. Oct 2023 · 11:23 UTC

Very funny, we'll gladly play again to try and improve our score, well done!
![HighScore.png](///raw/16b/c4/z/5fdd6.png)

Nestral

06. Oct 2023 · 17:54 UTC

Brilliant idea that works perfectly for a compo game. Really great execution too!

Though it seemed to me that hitboxes did not quite fit the small enemy sprites? And I swear one of my shots went directly through one of the enemies (discrete collision detection, perhaps?).

kanity

08. Oct 2023 · 01:10 UTC

Really like the music and the graphics, the green witch is super cute and ofc I chose her, it's so cool how you even made two characters to chose from! Honestly so impressive for 48 hours. The atmosphere of the game overall is dynamic, I like how it all feels... in movement. Like even the title screen. And the field shrinking was an interesting take on the theme; it made every time I miss more crucial, because it seemed to me like the field shrinks with every shot fired, so I had to try and hit the enemies more carefully w/o wasting any spell balls. My score wasn't really high, but I enjoyed the game ^^

Hawkin

08. Oct 2023 · 14:16 UTC

This is serious fun!! It's fairly simple, but pretty satisfying. And I liked how you tied the area size to penalties for getting hit or missing. That really puts a lot of agency in the player's hands. And you made it challenging enough that standing still to maximize your accuracy wasn't really an option.

![Screenshot 2023-10-08 093008.png](///raw/319/53/z/60053.png)

Overall, really well done! One thing you could add next is a way to push the void back some, as a reward!

And for a _compo_ game, this feels really well polished!

JavaSaurus

08. Oct 2023 · 18:10 UTC

Very simple yet satisfying concept. I really enjoyed the bullethell ! It's amazingly clever to make the playfield shrink when you miss the enemy. All came together nicely, very crisp and clean. Well done ! Thank you for submitting this game to the stream :D

ColeSlaughter

09. Oct 2023 · 18:55 UTC

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1945057375?t=01h25m13s)

This is an upsettingly polished compo game. I could totally see myself playing this in my free time to kill time. Awesome work!

Ausstein

09. Oct 2023 · 21:07 UTC

Thank you so much for submitting your game to my stream! I had a lot of fun with it. Unfortunately the Vod of my playthrough seems to be gone.

TRASEVOL_DOG

10. Oct 2023 · 10:21 UTC

Great stuff! I think this is the best execution of the tiny/shrinking-area shooter that I've seen. Gamefeel is good, difficulty scales nicely, audio is pretty great for a compo game. Very slick entry all around, well done!!

LDJam user 4886

10. Oct 2023 · 11:00 UTC

Simple but effective! Every missed shot felt worse than letting a creature touch you! I thought the defensive aura would allow you to push walls outwards, but nope... I lasted 63 seconds. Nice game!

Doot

10. Oct 2023 · 12:52 UTC

I love a lot of things about this game!

The wall shrinking mechanic is very well tied to the core shooting gameplay, the execution is impressive for a compo game with a lot of details that enhance game feel here and there.

Great job ✨

LDJam user 279622

10. Oct 2023 · 13:49 UTC

this is a really nicely put together game! i liked theory crafting the different characters to see which one I could push further

i think the difficulty curve could use some tweaking, but i could also just be bad at the game idk

Ategon

11. Oct 2023 · 00:10 UTC

![image3.png](///raw/595/84/z/60253.png)

Current wr if anyone wants to try to beat it

LDJam user 273626

11. Oct 2023 · 02:29 UTC

AMAZING entry! Solid game. Smooth mechanics and controls. I was hooked and didn't want to stop playing. Hitting 10k, and felt pretty good about it. Theeeen saw the highscore of 50k. How in the world? Well done, Loved it!

OldDog

11. Oct 2023 · 07:05 UTC

love this game art style so much,while I cant move (dont know what went wrong)

🎤 amarokczukay

11. Oct 2023 · 10:15 UTC

@jebouin @masterofcheese @kuviman @ogelgames @rincs @pierre-marie @kanity @hawkin @javasaurus @coleslaughter @ausstein @trasevol-dog @notnasiul @doot @badcop @ategon @flyingkaida thank you very much everyone for playing it, and for your nice comments! thank you also if you've streamed yourself playing Voyd! :black_heart:

@nestral you're right, i could have been more permissive with bullets and enemies hitboxes. I have tweaked them a bit during jam, but not enough apparently. I got one or two missing hits too, but fortunately, it doesn't appear to be often…

@olddog have you tried reloading the page? it usually fixes this. If it doesn't work, try downloading the executable version and it should be ok!

Xeke-Death

11. Oct 2023 · 10:40 UTC

I liked a lot of things about this game.
The closing in of the edges is a great mechanic, thought I swear I saw the wall close in twice when I only hit it once a couple of times.
The shooting enemy was a great addition, stopped me just sitting in the middle of the arena the whole time.
I liked the little story and choice of characters.
The constantly shifting graphics and screen shake together felt like a bit much, good thing you have an option to turn off the screen shake.

Ausstein

11. Oct 2023 · 12:04 UTC

I found the Vod! I thought it was lost but turns out it was just not published!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1941509314?t=00h04m58s

cassowary

13. Oct 2023 · 02:46 UTC

Wow this is really good!! It's a clever take on the theme and the graphics are really cute. I like the music a lot as well.

The screen shake did feel like a bit much but I appreciate the option to turn it off.