Lurker of the Night: Shamzalla by VividReality

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made by VividReality for LD33 (JAM)
ATTENTION: JAM VERSION ONLY SUPPORTS A RESOLUTION OF 1920*1080
For a post-jam version with fullscreen fix, please visit the web link.

Greetings your spookiness. Where are we, you ask? You are in the room of a little girl, and you have to scare her! Why? Well, because YOU ARE THE MONSTER!

But beware, the girl has a flashlight! Don't let her find you! It will reveal your true identity! Try to find some good places to hide before you scare her.

Your skills are at the bottom of the screen. Click them, or use their respective number key. But most of all ... be VERY spooky!

F11 to toggle fullscreen
Escape to go to menu or to exit game

Linux users please install LÖVE (0.9.2)

The Good:
- Loads of content
- Fully voiced
- Adaptive music
- Fully animated character
- Pathfinding
- Lighting engine
- 10+ unique interactive icons with voiced description
- All assest are custom made during the jam except for fonts


The Bad:
- We wanted to do more with the item system. The system is there, there are just no items, but we ran out of time.
- We wanted more interactive objects, but we ran out of time.
- Too little content. ;)

Known Bugs:
- Resolution lower than 1920 * 1080 isn't supported. Fixed in post-jam version.
- Clicking on items can be stupid. When you click on an item you would expect it to work, but if you click on a place where you aren't allowed to come, the pathfinder can't compute the way there, so your character won't go there. If you stumble upon this bug, please try to click somewhere else within the items radius.

ATTENTION: JAM VERSION ONLY SUPPORTS A RESOLUTION OF 1920*1080
For a post-jam version with fullscreen fix, please visit the web link.

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.54 255
Audio(Jam) 4.05 45
Fun(Jam) 3.24 388
Graphics(Jam) 3.90 271
Humor(Jam) 3.64 135
Innovation(Jam) 3.34 275
Mood(Jam) 3.63 172
Theme(Jam) 3.95 152

Feedback

A_K_
25. Aug 2015 · 03:27 UTC
Liked the sounds. Pretty funny :) GJ
rotpar
25. Aug 2015 · 03:37 UTC
Really good! Loved the graphics.
MagnesiumNinja
25. Aug 2015 · 03:52 UTC
Super charming game! I can't believe the whole thing is voice acted, too.
LandoSystems
25. Aug 2015 · 04:21 UTC
Fun game, nice art style and good gameplay. Great work!
valid4life
25. Aug 2015 · 04:25 UTC
Awesome graphics!
Enjoyed the music and voice acting!
Aumni
25. Aug 2015 · 04:29 UTC
Really awesome game overall!! I really liked the art and having to retry multiple times to find better strategies. The voices are super cool too. Nice work! :)
duskpn
25. Aug 2015 · 04:39 UTC
Voice acting in a LD game is something I had never seen. Pretty challenging too, I like it! One thing though: it's a little hard to click on the radio, the skills menu kept opening.
🎤 VividReality
25. Aug 2015 · 04:47 UTC
Thanks everyone for rating our game, we really appreciate the comments.

@duskpn: That is an issue on computer screens with a lower resolution than 1920 * 1280, which is an issue we had no idea of until an hour after submission. That's why we provided a post-compo version on our website with a resolution fix.
🎤 VividReality
25. Aug 2015 · 04:50 UTC
I meant 1920 * 1080, of course.
adsilcott
25. Aug 2015 · 05:01 UTC
A really impressive and fun game! Great graphics and audio!
Ryusui
25. Aug 2015 · 05:35 UTC
Love the concept. A little fidgety getting objects to operate. Really professional-looking, though - what did you use for the animations?
🎤 VividReality
25. Aug 2015 · 05:37 UTC
@Ryusi for the animations we used Spriter Pro.
DruhinM
25. Aug 2015 · 06:02 UTC
Nice
chikun Dev Team
25. Aug 2015 · 06:08 UTC
The effort put into the game is commendable. Very polished, clear interface, and lots of elements that add to the game such as voice acting. The visuals are really clear and well-done, making full use of the resolution provided. This is a very good game given the time constraints.

The voice acting for the cute/passive-aggressive monster isn't my thing but is probably really appealing for a wide audience. Gameplay is a little clunkier on a laptop as it relies so much on switching between powers which is awkward using a touchpad and number keys. Minor interface issues include the cursor blocking the description of a power at the bottom of the screen.
cyrixd
25. Aug 2015 · 06:36 UTC
Very pretty game, with good humor and great audio design! I liked the point-and-click style of it, too. I struggled a bit with knowing what was interactable and how, but eventually I scared the beejesus out of her. Nice entry!
Jani Nykänen
25. Aug 2015 · 06:51 UTC
I liked the graphics! But that monsters sounded a bit too cute to be scary, heh.
Paul Sinnett
25. Aug 2015 · 08:02 UTC
Great use of graphics and sound. Very well presented.
MechanicMoon
25. Aug 2015 · 08:17 UTC
Hello, The game is pure love. It's very cute, nice graphics and has a mix of gameplay very interesting. Good job ;-)
collaboration
25. Aug 2015 · 08:22 UTC
Great idea, reminds me of Haunting polterguy, was kinda hard to realise what to do after you yell though, scare meter decrease really fast, anyway - awesome work, love the audio and voice.
Nikteddy92
25. Aug 2015 · 10:07 UTC
OMG HAHAH
I'm gonna call you mister cuddles <3
Nice game, great narrating voice and clean graphic!
Well done!
NAL
25. Aug 2015 · 10:07 UTC
Polished to the nines, with good voice work and a lovely graphical style. Great entry (once I worked out how to bring the actions up)!
Nikteddy92
25. Aug 2015 · 10:07 UTC
OMG HAHAH
I'm gonna call you mister cuddles <3
Nice game, great narrating voice and clean graphic!
Well done!
Acerio
25. Aug 2015 · 10:12 UTC
Graphics are awesome. I *love* Love games like this. No pun intended.
congusbongus
25. Aug 2015 · 10:29 UTC
Outstanding, I love how polished the graphics and audio are.
Karai17
25. Aug 2015 · 10:55 UTC
Great entry! LOVERS UNITE! The voices are super cute, as is the art. Gameplay is solid too. Great job!
Druid
25. Aug 2015 · 11:05 UTC
Wow, one of prettiest game here! And gameplayy was pretty catyh too! Good job!
S0lll0s
25. Aug 2015 · 13:18 UTC
Very funny and complete game, great job!
bakpakin
25. Aug 2015 · 14:16 UTC
Wow! This is really awesome! I love the voice acting and the art.
HiVE interactive
25. Aug 2015 · 14:34 UTC
Voices are awesome! Good work :)
JakeL168
25. Aug 2015 · 15:35 UTC
A little buggy but it's overally fun, and scary too. Your audio work was pretty good.
Windmill Games
25. Aug 2015 · 15:52 UTC
The amount of features and polish in this game is through the roof! Fits the theme perfectly and has amazing art. Easily one of the best LD entries I have played.

I Löve it :)
Zccc
25. Aug 2015 · 15:54 UTC
Ahah very cut audio and graphics :) It was a bit hard scaring the girl but I did it!
CorgiCommander
25. Aug 2015 · 16:53 UTC
Very good presentation, especially within the time frame. Will have to add this to my "Play Again" folder ;)
cgmorton
25. Aug 2015 · 18:58 UTC
I never really figured out how to use the different powers, the one that turns you red in particular - I mean, she still thinks you're cute if you're spotted while monstrous.

Neat game though. You might say I... 'love'd it?
SophieExMachina
25. Aug 2015 · 21:08 UTC
Very nice game!! The voices were pretty adorable!
I made a small video with gameplay footage of it, I couldn't really figure out how to properly play it though.
Check it out here if you feel like it!!
http://youtu.be/qMmQv-tM_RE
🎤 VividReality
26. Aug 2015 · 13:20 UTC
Thanks for all the lovely comments :)
@SophieExMachina, thanks for taking the time to make a video! We really appreciate it!
kmiitz
26. Aug 2015 · 18:24 UTC
Nice game! Liked your efforts for coming with an original concept. Also the graphics and the general atmosphere are really well done. Only the gameplay (control of the monster) could be a little bit improved.
Cheers!
Pavel M. Dlouhý
27. Aug 2015 · 15:51 UTC
Very nice game. Good job!
Lafolie
14. Sep 2015 · 14:08 UTC
The mechanics are a bit finicky, but everything else is great. Very high quality audio/visuals for an LD entry though the perspective makes it a little tough to determine where might be a good place to hide.