I HATE HALLOWEEN by Vaida

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made by Vaida for LD33 (JAM)
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

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

Feedback

antonymity
24. Aug 2015 · 15:06 UTC
This is really cool! I like how vibrant the colors are. The song you wrote goes really well with the pace and feel of the game, too. I think the screen shake is a little too rough for my eyes. When choosing to play again, no monsters spawn - but I found myself using that to my advantage to make my character "dance" to the song :P
antonymity
24. Aug 2015 · 15:06 UTC
Oh also the boss fight was brilliant with needing to change masks to match what the arcade machine displayed!
Mr. Jif
24. Aug 2015 · 15:30 UTC
Graphics and sound were freaking fantastic! Gameplay was great too, awesome boss fight!
0x0961h
24. Aug 2015 · 17:06 UTC
That was pretty good! It gave me a strong Hotline Miami vibe. Nice job!
NickMakesGames
24. Aug 2015 · 20:36 UTC
felt a little bit shallow. Outside of the boss fight, there was no noticeable difference between the different masks, and the combat against waves of ghosts wasn't really all that interesting - it really just boiled down to hammering the spacebar and occasionally turning around to cover your back.
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.
MegasDragos1
24. Aug 2015 · 20:36 UTC
I like the idea of the boss fight, it's really a great concept for game, so great job, you made great 10/10 game.
cirpig29
24. Aug 2015 · 20:50 UTC
I did not get the idea of the game. Change the mask to get a new weapon? "Boss Fight" without a boss, but much more ghosts? Anyway a nice submission to the Theme. And graphics an sound are great too.
matthewd673
24. Aug 2015 · 21:13 UTC
Really fun but was SUPER easy. Also, couldn't figure out the boss fight.
MrDave
24. Aug 2015 · 21:14 UTC
I really enjoyed the graphic style, it had a nice theme to it that ran through the whole 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.
mantis
24. Aug 2015 · 21:20 UTC
Nice idea, loved the boss fight!
chromebookbob
24. Aug 2015 · 21:45 UTC
Great soundtrack but the gameplay is a little repetitive
Rocketship
24. Aug 2015 · 22:17 UTC
Cool use of the mask mechanic with the boss, would've liked to seen some more use of that, maybe different sort of attacks or something. Overall enjoyable, solid game!
Ithildin
24. Aug 2015 · 22:25 UTC
Great mood! I loved the mask switching concept, and it would have been even cooler if projectiles had been different enough in terms of gameplay (or their effects more noticeable in case they were already differences, which I think is the case) to be used strategically . And nice touch on the boss battle, too!

Overall, a pretty solid entry, congratulations!
sadenly
24. Aug 2015 · 22:48 UTC
Really liked the graphics!
I recall having a costume like those ghosts on a Halloween when I was a kid =)
cxsquared
24. Aug 2015 · 22:54 UTC
The graphics looked really really good. The final boss battle was really fun with the mask switching mechanic. Really nice work.
JustinJ
24. Aug 2015 · 23:40 UTC
Awesome graphics, and the boss fight was clever! I had been wondering the point of the masks.
Lady Beardo
25. Aug 2015 · 02:16 UTC
Yeah- that seems like Halloween to me-- killin' ghosts with candy and blowin' up the arcade. I especially like that the shooting noise changes with your mask. Nice!
primaerfunktion
25. Aug 2015 · 08:12 UTC
That was really fun and cute and actually pretty dark when I think about it. :D Loved the visuals.
Acerio
25. Aug 2015 · 08:44 UTC
I laughed so hard in this. XD Graphics are amazing. Good job!
Tango172
25. Aug 2015 · 08:52 UTC
Love the Audio and Graphics - Awesome first LD! :)
Karai17
25. Aug 2015 · 08:56 UTC
Nice retro look! I liked the boss mechanic. :)
collaboration
25. Aug 2015 · 09:02 UTC
Haha, love the visual style, and love 80's, great job, simple and funny.
cebollinos
25. Aug 2015 · 09:26 UTC
Nice art! Remindme of Hotline Miami.
local minimum
25. Aug 2015 · 11:41 UTC
I enjoyed the game much. It's always nice getting to the end of LD-games and it's a hard thing balancing a game when you are so stressed about just completing it. I solved the final boss, since I was too stressed about staying alive, but just waiting for the correct mask-matching to come up.
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!
Andrew
25. Aug 2015 · 13:27 UTC
Took me a bit to figure out the masks for the boss. Once done it was fairly straightforward. Loved the retro-beatup feel of it
wdebowicz
25. Aug 2015 · 13:36 UTC
I like the graphic, I feel young again :) It's hard to figure out what to do in a boss figt. I had fun!
Sunflower
25. Aug 2015 · 15:05 UTC
The yay:
- 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.
Hemuuuli
25. Aug 2015 · 16:56 UTC
I love the punch in the sound effects. It just simple feels good to press space.
mitkus
25. Aug 2015 · 19:12 UTC
Cool game! Hehehe. Loved the music and graphics.
glimaleite
25. Aug 2015 · 21:34 UTC
Boss fight was so cool! I wish there were more levels to keep playing it. Great job!
Jupiter_Hadley
25. Aug 2015 · 22:01 UTC
I love the bossfight. I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/UXRiA5Goh28
SKT
25. Aug 2015 · 23:17 UTC
The boss fight is super cool, switching the mask to beat the machine is a great idea. Nice music and graphics, the ghosts are pretty funny. Great job !
psychonull
26. Aug 2015 · 00:14 UTC
Excelent job. Nice graphics and sounds. I really like this game. Congratulations!!
jackrugile
26. Aug 2015 · 06:53 UTC
The amount of effort you put into the art is insane, is looks SO good!
Boberro
26. Aug 2015 · 07:35 UTC
Nice idea for the boss, although I'm not sure what it had to do with heroes hate for halloween :)
GeorgeBroussard
26. Aug 2015 · 08:25 UTC
Like the retro graphics and 80s vibe a lot. The enemies remind me of PAC-MAN (intentional?) :) Great job!
Erlend Aakre
26. Aug 2015 · 10:23 UTC
Fun game, loved the aesthetics
Brainfreezeman
26. Aug 2015 · 12:32 UTC
Nice cutscene, simple but fun gameplay and a really fun boss fight!
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.
lukepilgrim
26. Aug 2015 · 12:48 UTC
great! graphics are perfekt, really liked the idea for the boss. very fun.
LeoM
26. Aug 2015 · 16:32 UTC
Fun to play ! :)
I liked the intro cinematic ^^
smotko
26. Aug 2015 · 18:49 UTC
Coll pixel art and an awesome boss fight... I was wondering what the masks were for and I felt great when I figured out how to use them in the boss fight. Well done.
maguera93
26. Aug 2015 · 19:19 UTC
Good game. I like the audio and the fx. Good job!
GeeItSomeLaldy
26. Aug 2015 · 19:39 UTC
excellent!
HappyHour
27. Aug 2015 · 05:50 UTC
The mask swapping is a fun little touch. Digging the aesthetics.
Saf
27. Aug 2015 · 20:30 UTC
Great visuals! Love the old style rendering you have there! Awesome effort for the little time
t4u
27. Aug 2015 · 21:33 UTC
Mah is the best word describing this game. No bugs, gameplay works but I dont get fun from it, music and graphics are average so again... mah.
Electron
28. Aug 2015 · 08:38 UTC
nice gaym
randoman
28. Aug 2015 · 10:47 UTC
That face in the end, hahaha. Enjoyed the boss fight. Didn't notice much difference in attacks with each mask, something unique for each of them would be cool. Congrats on the entry!
rudra
28. Aug 2015 · 14:43 UTC
Pretty good! Liked the graphics and the gameplay, good job!
mubox
28. Aug 2015 · 21:32 UTC
Nice music and gameplay. ^^
Donutttt
29. Aug 2015 · 00:42 UTC
Nice! Great sound, and interesting graphics. The game itself was fun, great work!
OnionBlaze
29. Aug 2015 · 13:01 UTC
I loved what you did with the boss fight! I wanted a little more after that. Nice visuals also. :D
Teesquared
30. Aug 2015 · 02:54 UTC
Great sound and visuals. Simple game play but it kept me playing. The gamejolt link didn't work for me but playing the embedded version was fine. Funny collection of projectiles. Very complete entry. Good job.
roaringcatgames
30. Aug 2015 · 19:51 UTC
Hahaha @ the pac-man ghost costume. Stars!

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
KhaoTom
31. Aug 2015 · 02:30 UTC
Cool ending screen. Congrats on your first LD!
zenmumbler
31. Aug 2015 · 12:49 UTC
Nice, fast paced arcade-y game with even a boss fight. Didn't really understand when new masks became available but used to good effect anyway. Good.
Drauthius
02. Sep 2015 · 18:33 UTC
Nice game! Really liked the graphics and the humour.
crucknuk
12. Sep 2015 · 19:30 UTC
I find this very cool! :)
It played smoothly and it was well executed. Really nice game and very well done for it :)
Catmoo
14. Sep 2015 · 22:32 UTC
I really liked your game, the vignette on the screen was great giving an old tv look. The game was violent yet also felt like it wasn't. Plus I really liked what you did with the boss fight. I just wish it was a little more than left or right and shoot as quickly as possible.

Otherwise well done on your first LD, you made a really good game :)