I HATE HALLOWEEN by Vaida
Made for the Jam (72h) version of Ludum Dare 33.
It's pretty obvious that I have an obsession with the 80's. Making the synthpop track was lots of fun! This was my first LD, and I have a lot of things to say about it; will make a blog post sometime soon.
The song can be downloaded here: https://soundcloud.com/vaidap/night-drive
Tools used:
Construct 2
Ableton Live 9
Bfxr
Photoshop CS6
It's pretty obvious that I have an obsession with the 80's. Making the synthpop track was lots of fun! This was my first LD, and I have a lot of things to say about it; will make a blog post sometime soon.
The song can be downloaded here: https://soundcloud.com/vaidap/night-drive
Tools used:
Construct 2
Ableton Live 9
Bfxr
Photoshop CS6
| Web | http://gamejolt.com/games/i-hate-halloween/88320 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=55384 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 73% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.46 | 326 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.62 | 155 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.43 | 266 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.79 | 327 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.37 | 239 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.79 | 689 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.50 | 248 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.44 | 537 |
I am fairly impressed by the number of art assets in this game, though. The amount of backgrounds, enemy sprites, projectile sprites, etc. was greater than what I would normally expect from a jam game.
I felt like there was a lot of polish like the intro video and the TV style overlay.
I do actually hate Halloween as well so that helped! The game finished too soon, played it through twice and I would have kept going if it were longer.
Overall, a pretty solid entry, congratulations!
I recall having a costume like those ghosts on a Halloween when I was a kid =)
The music and graphics were really nice. I think the sound FX were a bit loud though. Especially since the game started without music and only the very harsh effects it felt a bit rough (and since the volume on my speakers was quite high I got a bit scared).
The play-instructions could maybe just show up around the character the first seconds of play rather than at a separate screen. It took me a little while to get going and remembering the controls.
To sum up: well made game!
- graphics
- different masks
- the boss
- soundtrack
The nay:
- masks don't change much aside from boss
- alright, I get that ghost can go through closed doors, but why my bullets do that, too? ^^"
The meh:
- main gameplay mechanic
Somewhat fun little game, even if not a stand-out.
I really like how the boss worked, and I also really enjoyed the graphics and the "TV"-filter on it all. It's feels a bit like a mix between Hotline Miami and Altered Beast.
I liked the intro cinematic ^^
Art and music is a great combo for this game. If you like the 80's theme, come check out our entry!
Great entry!
-Loi LeMix
It played smoothly and it was well executed. Really nice game and very well done for it :)
Otherwise well done on your first LD, you made a really good game :)