Drag Me From Hell by No Grapes Games

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made by No Grapes Games for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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Danielle is a highly sought after demon. Humans all across the mortal coil want to summon her to help with all sorts of things. But Danielle doesn't want anything to do with it. So one day, she decided to fight back.

Help Danielle fight off the prying forces trying to summon her to the realm of mortals, but beware--each wave she survives makes her stronger, but the humans seeking to summon her grow stronger as well. She will have to endure buffs and debuffs as she advances.

Download below or play at itchio!

Controls: WSAD - Moves Danielle around Mouse - Fires energy at enemies

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No Grapes Games is:

Programming: Nathan Caldwell and Ben Johnson

Art: Justin Raimey (@stalemeat)

Story: Andrew Caldwell

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Ratings

Overall 423th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 214th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 936th 2.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 681th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 319th 4.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 363th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 577th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

anaastaska
16. Apr 2024 · 07:13 UTC
Danielle is stunning 🤩 very interesting concept of the game, I like visual of it, really good job!🫰
LDJam user 382819
16. Apr 2024 · 09:04 UTC
Simple yet extraordinary, it's a fantastic game I really enjoy. Hopefully, one day, I can make one myself.
Astride
16. Apr 2024 · 09:32 UTC
Cool concept. Enemies are a little too weak and slow to be challenging. Danielle is a cutie too.
crushedsummers
16. Apr 2024 · 09:34 UTC
I really like the direction your team went for! I could honestly play all day.

It would be nice if the buffs were expanded, as I could just choose the same buff and debuff to cancel each other out.
dotiocat
16. Apr 2024 · 09:46 UTC
Generally visually pretty game, the spritework is great! The floor pattern is a little harsh on the eyes though.
I like that you're offered a downside with your upsides, although the upsides are a bit on the simple side.
gamesplusjames
16. Apr 2024 · 09:48 UTC
This is a fun idea! Great job and great art:)
Misoukun
16. Apr 2024 · 09:56 UTC
Graphics are great.
Enemies have several pattern to learn.
Managing the bonus/malus balance is a great idea.
Dandee
16. Apr 2024 · 10:24 UTC
Loved the game's aesthetics! so cute! 10/10 would buy, Good Job y'all!
Bex2499
16. Apr 2024 · 10:24 UTC
Wow, the attention to detail is amazing! i love how the avatar portrait blinks and the health bar is two hands that get closer together! i think that is really cool! the art is amazing and the gameplay was really fun! really well done!!!
Shugor
16. Apr 2024 · 10:40 UTC
Love the artwork, and the opening cutscene really adds a ton of personality. I also enjoyed the way you're forced to take a debuff for every buff. I kept reducing my health and fearing I was about to be one-shot at any moment. It ends kind of suddenly, and I honestly would have kept going for a while more if it let me, which is probably a good sign. With some more buff, debuff and enemy variety you could easily make a sort of endless/survival variant of this. Great job!
semenov
16. Apr 2024 · 11:37 UTC
Good starting story. The drawn waifu is excellent.
It seems to me that there could be more enemies. Thanks for the web build. I love these types of games.
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 23:29 UTC
You are really great! The game turned out great!
Rocio Michi Ojeda
17. Apr 2024 · 00:26 UTC
I like the theme and art very much! the mechanics were interesting and i like the waves. i had an score of 13k ajjajajaja! Good job
Linkwin
19. Apr 2024 · 00:31 UTC
Nicely done! Very well made and cohesive experience. I think the actual gameplay was a bit flat, but lots of potential to incorporate strategy and variety. Well done overall!
Dissonance Generator
19. Apr 2024 · 19:03 UTC
Demon waifu. Classic!

It wasn't terribly challenging, though, and the buffs/debuffs didn't seem like they affected the gameplay in a terribly useful way. I wish I'd had an easy way to tell how many shots were left before a reload, though the game wasn't ever really hard enough that that became critical.

The gameplay itself was super smooth and it all fit together nicely.