Hungry Portals by marleeeeeey
https://youtu.be/EVtfJHcrvvw
HUNGRY PORTALS Game for Ludum Dare 55
Welcome to the HUNGRY PORTALS Game, a creation by marleeeeeey, jsCommander, and SdCorpse for Ludum Dare 55. Dive into our action-packed, fully destructible world on GitHub: HUNGRY PORTALS on GitHub.
Gameplay Overview
Hungry portals from the dark realm are out for blood, and they've turned their attention to your home, trapping your demonic family within their shadowy depths. You start as a lone survivor with a chance to save your kin and reclaim your home.
Objective:
- Total Destruction: The world is fully destructible. Tear down everything to create fodder for the portals.
- Rescue and Reunite: Each portal, when overfed, will burst, releasing a captured family member who will join you in defense.
- Victory Conditions: Save all family members and destroy all portals.
- Defeat Conditions: The game ends if you lose the last member of your family.
Controls:
- Move: WASD
- Jump: Spacebar, be cautious of falling off edges.
- Shoot: Mouse Left Button
- Build Platforms: Mouse Right Button; useful for covering holes.
- Switch to Bazooka: Key 1
- Switch to Grenade: Key 2
- Scale: Mouse Wheel
- Toggle Fullscreen: F11
- Drag the screen: Hold Mouse Middle Button
- Quit game: ESC
Game Mechanics:
- Portal Dynamics: Portals that collide with each other disperse chaotically. Stay alert!
- Building on the Fly: Construct small platforms to navigate and trap portals.
- Feeding the Portals: Without sufficient debris to consume, portals will hunt you down.
Strategy Tips:
- Adapt Your Arsenal: Use the right tools for the right obstacles. Switch between weapons to maximize destruction.
- Resource Management: Building materials are infinite. Use them to create platforms and move around the map.
- Stay Mobile: Keep moving to avoid being overwhelmed by the portals' influence.
- Master Your Movements: Jump frequently; demons move swiftly in the air, allowing for quick navigation and escape. However, exercise caution to avoid accidentally leaping out of the level bounds.
These strategies will help you manage the challenges of the game effectively, making use of your abilities and resources to outmaneuver the dark forces and protect your territory.
Enjoyment Guaranteed:
Immerse yourself in a chaotic world of destruction and strategy. Make tactical decisions, save your family, and clear your home from the malevolent clutches of the dark realms.
Change Log
There are some changes in the game after the jam. Full log is here.
```
* Next items implemented after the jam *
2024-04-16 1250 Fix start menu bug. 2024-04-16 1317 Remove background from the game. 2024-04-23 1300 Prepare build for web (WASM Emscripten). 2024-04-23 1400 Remove music fade-in/fade-out. 2024-04-26 0215 Add maps from easy to dificult level. ```
Get Started:
Ready to take on the challenge? Click "Start Game" to begin your journey through a world where every structure can be destroyed and every action counts. Complete all missions and lead your family to victory against the dark portals.
Ratings
| Overall | 1044th | 3.12⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 973th | 3.04⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 395th | 3.56⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1043th | 2.96⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1004th | 2.82⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 732th | 2.66⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 879th | 2.5⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1127th | 2.729⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 28🗳️ | 39🗨️ |
Maybe for the future, see about adding some more feedback for the player: having the portal change color as it nears death, sfx, etc - and then simplify the beginning of the game so players can get used to the cool mechanics (e.g.: spawning only 1 portal on the first level).
I had alot of fun! Great job!
I don’t know why this makes me so happy, maybe because it’s really cool or because I lose 3/4 of the games?)))
The game is really amazing, I’ll probably take a look at your mechanics with breaking bricks))
And grenate seems obsolete to the bazooka spam.
Something prevents to get further than 2nd lvl, I assume too much of a collision checks when drilling through big
wall chunks, tho might be my weak laptop.
Pretty much satisfied 👍