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Rise UndeadView game page

How high can a statue climb?

Submitted by Charlieyoung87, Mochi, FoxLoveInk — 29 minutes, 6 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Originality	#11	4.571	4.571
Presentation	#90	4.250	4.250
Fun	#198	3.357	3.357
Theme	#331	3.143	3.143

Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
The most useful version of power is the ability to influence the world around you.
Using your influence and control over denizens of the underworld, powered by the souls of the damned, you attempt to claw your way out. There is only problem... you can't move. Using only your powers of control can you try to escape.

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GrapefruitSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

Interesting design, monsters and their abilities are cool

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PalPlacesSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

pretty dang fun! strategizing what guy to use was a good time. I like the procedural generation also!

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The Relic of ULTIMATE POWER

CameronSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

Really creative design! I love the way that the different denizens allow for very different playstyles. I tried pairing the snake guy with the screaming guy to pull myself up and then push myself over. After awhile I would just grab the bomb guy and send it until I died of fall damage. XD

Great work!

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nickymonkeySubmitted29 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

120M, 90 souls collected! Woot! Cool art style, impressive map generation, fun hook. Overall fun and unique, nice job! (Exploding guy is the GOAT but also shout out to the RIP block)

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FoxLoveInkDeveloper29 days ago

120 is the best i've heard so far! Good stuff!

patricklydonSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

lots of fun once i realized you can place the bomb guy ANYWHERE lol. all the summons are well designed as a toolkit and visually.

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TwoeSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

This is great! It manages to still pose interesting puzzles using the tools you have but with (I assume) randomly generated layouts. It reminds me a bit of the Trine series in the way that you just have a bunch of random physics tools to get from point A to point B. The art and music is also fantastic. Best score I got was 68, I will update this comment if I do any better :)

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FoxLoveInkDeveloper29 days ago

Omg haven't thought of the Trine series in forever, I might go back to those now just because you brought it up.
Decent score hope you get to climb higher!

PostMortemExpressSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

Very fun. I only played a few rounds but to me the exploding one seemed the most powerful so I almost exclusively used that one. I think I would have preferred if the camera stayed on the player so you wouldn't lose by falling out of the edge of the screen, but instead, you would only lose when you run out of the energy orbs, but I'm not totally sure. Great game nonetheless!

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Charlieyoung87Developer29 days ago(+1)

I agree. I found out early on that the bomb was the most fun to use, so I wanted to make the other minions ways to help the bomb, or to get out of specific sticky situations. Sadly we didn't have time to fit in as many minions as we wanted. We deliberated on whether or not to have the camera follow the player or not. While we went with no, I agree that the focus of the game should be on your maintaining your souls so maybe we should reconsider. There are a lot of things that I would change if I had more time.

Holographic CorporationSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

This concept feels very fresh and I would love to play a development of this game. It reminds me somewhat of games like Mr. Snoozleberg where you need to help your character get somewhere but without actually controlling it. Thanks for the experience. Also loved the music. Cheers.

P.S. Thanks for letting me blow up imps.

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MochiDeveloper27 days ago

Thank you for the kind words ! I’m happy to hear you liked the game and enjoyed my background music 🐰 Have a rabbit pic:

Preeminent_BunnySubmitted30 days ago(+1)

A neat concept. Gotta love creative takes on platformer controls. The visuals are also very cool.

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CrystalSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

I loved the visuals, all the graphics are so well done! The animation, the menu... Everything is very well done! I loved the music too, super catchy. The gameplay is a little tricky for me but I understood the fun behind it. Good work guys!

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MochiDeveloper27 days ago(+1)

Thank you thank you thank youuu !! I’m very flattered to see you found my background music catchy 🩷 We’ll continue working on the game after the jam and I’ll write more original music :) Have a rabbit pic:

barrousuSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Game looks very good! Lots of fun. I got stuck in a platform once, but i think that was my fault (i had other ways to go)

Good work!

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Charlieyoung87Developer29 days ago

Thanks for playing!

There is quite a bit of jank with the collisions that I would have liked to address given more time!

KuaikuachuSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

the visuals are amazing! I'm very bad at it, so only got to 40m, then the fucking skull guy pushed me off instead of helping me (stupid goons). Very very fun concept and definitely very unique as the first game!

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Charlieyoung87Developer29 days ago (1 edit)

40m is a good score for only a few atempts!

I think if I were to do it again, I would just spawn the skull guy on either side of the player regardless of whether there was a platform below him.

tapesclubSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

nice work! fun idea—i couldn't get very high but really enjoy the concept!

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RussySubmitted30 days ago(+2)

Really fun game! Enjoyed learning the possibilities and combinations you could do with each soul, while at the same time trying to optimize my usage of souls and height gained.

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topoftheyearSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

Felt good making pot shots with the explode man. Felt bad being off by an inch and falling to my death :(

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TITAN: Terraforming Initiative for Titan's Autonomous Nexus

FoxLoveInkDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Pot shots are the best :p

cupoSubmitted30 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

Had a lot of fun exploring this one!! Tried posting my results, but itch wouldn't let me :( Got to 38m with 52 souls remaining.

This scratched an itch in my brain of trying to optimize my souls and get by with all the cheap minions, and also trying to find the useful ways the minions interact with each other.

Great presentation as well, great stuff!

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ORBLORGO COMMAND

FoxLoveInkDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Yeees, gooood. I'm glad we're hitting that itch!(.io)

Charlieyoung87Developer30 days ago(+1)

If you're having trouble figuring out what to do you can look at the game page for some tips!

DedzixSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

Really cool concept and nice art. It took me a while to realize what I was meant to do but after that it was really fun.

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Sheep In Numbers

FoxLoveInkDeveloper30 days ago

Ty very much!

Bradley_PaquetSubmitted31 days ago(+2)

Took me a hot second to figure things out, but this is a really great idea. Will def be coming back to see if I can get over 125m

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FoxLoveInkDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Thank you for the for the feedback! Updated the download page to try help people with the confusion for now.

FoxLoveInkDeveloper31 days ago

Got up to 197m btw, cowards

FoxLoveInkDeveloper31 days ago

221m LETS GOOOO

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