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Drack's Mansion by pirate_shell

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made by pirate_shell for LD33 (COMPO)
Drack was a recent self made millionaire who bought a mansion by the sea. Only one problem. He was a monster! This meant people bothering him. So hea dealt with it the only way he could - by killing them :)


EDIT 1: Simply separated the source link from the link to the actual game. I hadn't noticed they needed to be separate since it was so late so I had bundled them together. Also added a few more screenshots to represent the game better. Hopefully that's not braking the rules ^^'

EDIT 2:
Change log:
-the newspaper that appears after every night was possible to spam click past without getting to see. This was due to lack of sleep. This exteremely minor bug has been fixed. No additional assets, features or content has been added to the game.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/9djgdsqa0z9v26l/Drack%27s%20mansion%201.01.zip?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/gziy4quci9osa50/LD33.gmx.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=56787

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall 3.37 281
Audio 2.48 560
Fun 3.16 367
Graphics 4.27 38
Humor 2.62 504
Innovation 2.48 766
Mood 3.13 363
Theme 3.75 228

Feedback

nicotuason
24. Aug 2015 路 09:03 UTC
Really nice artstyle! Love the colors and the detail on the characters. The game gets better once you figure out how to teleport and use special abilities, though I wish there was a tutorial on how to use them.
celisoft
24. Aug 2015 路 11:55 UTC
Good game, a progressive tutorial would habe been useful to learn how to control the character capabilities.
馃帳 pirate_shell
24. Aug 2015 路 12:01 UTC
Thank you so much for the feedback people. A tutorial would have been great, I agree, however, I simply did not have the time for it since I pretty much wasted my first day on a failed idea. Best I could do is list the controls under the info section on the main menu ^^'
RockhopperGames
24. Aug 2015 路 12:03 UTC
First of all, I love the pixel art here, the details and colours are gorgeous! You've added a lot of abilities for Drack, which make for a fun game too, but it's a bit of a shame that the enemy types just negate those abilities, instead of adding more types of play. With some more developed levels and enemies, this could be a real cool game.

Just one other suggestion, you might want to try and stop multiple hit sounds ect. playing over the top of each other, as you get further in it can be a bit cacophonous!
AdenMansonGames
24. Aug 2015 路 12:48 UTC
The art was AMAZING! The gameplay reminded me of CoD Zombies :D really good
pi_pi3
24. Aug 2015 路 12:50 UTC
It's not a bad game, but it's not very innovative.
Romaing
24. Aug 2015 路 12:58 UTC
Nice Art!
Powers are usefull and controls are fluid.
Sir Spiderlot
24. Aug 2015 路 13:10 UTC
This is amazing! The gameplay is quite fun and the art style is extremely good. However, I do have some constructive criticism. Some sort of quick tutorial message or level would help players learn the attacks, but I understand you were short on time. Also the direction the player is facing was not always consistent on the direction it is moving. Overall, a great game!
馃帳 pirate_shell
24. Aug 2015 路 13:22 UTC
@Sir Spiderlot Thank you! Next entry I make will definitely spend more time teaching the player things. As far as the direction, the player faces the mouse, not where he's moving to. It's a simple mistake to make, though ^^' Thanks for the feedback~
bodsey
24. Aug 2015 路 18:12 UTC
Looks great, but no way to play on Mac :/
Hyoga-3D
24. Aug 2015 路 20:18 UTC
Graphics are very nice and the gameplay are very fun too. Also good take on the theme, good job.
Rocketship
24. Aug 2015 路 22:47 UTC
Love the graphics, the dynamic camera and the smooth gameplay generally. I had to play a couple times before realizing that there were a couple skills to use, but always returned to the one that's the default. Also a little bit more feedback on the abilities (screen shake etc) would've made them feel more powerful.

Generally an impressive effort though, good job!
q2k2k
25. Aug 2015 路 01:06 UTC
I like the flow of this game and the skills you can use to fight off different enemies. The audio is lacking though. Once the mechanics have been figured out then it starts to get interesting. It would be nice if there was some way for the player to get an explanation on what some of the special abilities do.
Franklin's Ghost
25. Aug 2015 路 09:12 UTC
The art in this is really nice, liked the colours used and impressed with the detail. The variety of weapons was also a nice touch but I did find myself standing in one position mainly to kill them as they came at me but definitely understandable with the time limit. Fun game :)
freaknarf
25. Aug 2015 路 10:18 UTC
Nice pixel art !
Magic was a bit harmful to me so i was a bit scared of using it, and it was quite a fun situation to be a monster hidden in a corner with his fearful demonic red eyes haha...
Good job, is there a win condition ? I managed to stay alive 7 weeks ; the executable closing at game over is quite radical :)
Good work, especially with the mansion's design !
ManuelGF
25. Aug 2015 路 10:28 UTC
Maybe a classic game, but it is fun, graphics are beautiful and it is a very solid entry. Nice work!
brombatti
25. Aug 2015 路 17:43 UTC
fantastic art and very fluid gameplay. Simply a fantastic participation. Congratulations.
SinclairStrange
26. Aug 2015 路 08:45 UTC
Very nice looking game. It was short and fun, with some slight glitches 'ere and there (enemies getting stuck in walls and I could warp out of bounds.) Other than that, it was really well made and I love the graphics. Great stuff!
Grhyll
26. Aug 2015 路 10:18 UTC
Pretty nice! It's fun to play, even if sometimes I tried to warp and it did not seem to work :/
The graphics are neat, but the ghosts doesn't look too ghostly to me :P
Nice game!
Druid
26. Aug 2015 路 10:21 UTC
Pretty basic gameplay, but still surprisingly fun! Art is pretty neat too! So, maybe not top, but overall of this one will be probably pretty high!
Riftpoint
26. Aug 2015 路 17:51 UTC
Very cool game! I liked the art style
sergicollado
26. Aug 2015 路 22:04 UTC
I really enjoy this game, so simple but nice art and good controlls
Odefus
27. Aug 2015 路 01:29 UTC
Lovely pixel art. Gameplay was smooth and the controls solid. Sound effects were maybe a bit too.. how to put it.. piercing? Made my ears hurt after a while.
Antonio Elizio
28. Aug 2015 路 15:18 UTC
The scenary is wonderful and the game play is fun! but i did not notice the skills when i first played , and when i saw it, i had to guess how to use each one. Maybe some feedback increases would be a good one! =D But i really enjoy it - Congrats!
Drunkteam
29. Aug 2015 路 18:27 UTC
it's a realyy nice game. I just miss music
crucknuk
29. Aug 2015 路 18:31 UTC
The pixel art is really good! Good job!
bodsey
01. Sep 2015 路 17:32 UTC
Great execution for a compo, congrats. I agree the gameplay is a bit classic, but nice job overall
Grahhhhh
06. Sep 2015 路 22:42 UTC
The game was beautiful like everyone else said, I checked to see if anyone else had issues with the mouse being too sensitive but didn't see anyone commenting, so probably just me. Playing on a mac with parallels though, so probably my bad.
馃帳 pirate_shell
06. Sep 2015 路 22:56 UTC
@Grahhhhh Hmm... I am not sure what might be causing that, really. The game doesn't alter the mouse movement and sensitivity in any way as far as I am aware so it might just be an issue on your end :/
struffy
07. Sep 2015 路 21:27 UTC
it does feel like you turned the table on the old games like sabre wolf. would have love to have found more terror in the victims. but a nice laire and setup!
nihilaleph
08. Sep 2015 路 23:09 UTC
Awesome graphics! Mechanics are very good too! Although there could be more enemies type (but I suppose there would be no time for this), and warp didn't seem very useful, at least I forgot to use it and it played well.
It's a bit weird the weeks counting, since it feels like just one night passing xp
Anyway great job!
PeteGrammarman
13. Sep 2015 路 01:58 UTC
Very nice pixel work. The sound effects got kind of annoying after a while. The mixture of guys who shoot magic back at you and guys resistance to melee was a very good mixture of mechanics. Good work!
MrTwister
14. Sep 2015 路 17:50 UTC
Man this was fun!
I think it becomes a tad unforgiving after the first stage, and the fact that the game closes after you die (instead of going back to the title screen) is a bit annoying.

Having said that, the game is incredibly fun. The art is gorgeous and the combat is smooth.

An incredible work, especially for a Compo entry. Kudos!
Sparrow
14. Sep 2015 路 21:45 UTC
Good game, hard to master but awesome once you do.
uheartbeast
14. Sep 2015 路 22:47 UTC
Great job with the graphics and mood.