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I think a Necromancer Survivors game has a lot of potential! I think the power curve ramps up a bit too slowly here to suck the player in. But if you adjust that and add a bunch more summon types to choose from, it's an interesting twist on the genre!

Thank you, I am honored 😊

I've been asking for years: Where are all the anti-litterbug pacifist undead protagonist games? Finally you deliver. Great work.

I sent a shiver up my own spine when I got that sequence how I wanted it. Thanks for playing!

Cute! I had to sympathize for my little zombies. It was a little tough to control the zombie chaos, but on the other hand, it's zombie chaos. So I think you might get away with it. This time! Nice entry, had fun.

I never played Amnesia, but I did think about it during development. Glad to have given you a little scare :)

The best birthday party I ever had

Hi! Yes there's more, you can pick up statues by left-clicking on them. Hold down the left mouse button to move them around. With this knowledge, you can progress further

Ahh you were so close! There's one last puzzle after you get the golden idol, just have to observe / think backwards a bit. You can actually just barely see the other figure earlier, but it is a missable moment if you go quick. The last puzzle doesn't have to do with him at all.

I fiddled with footstep SFX but in the time allotted, I couldn't get them sounding nice enough that they were a plus and not a minus. Maybe after the jam period I'll give it another crack, I agree it would fill up the soundscape appropriately.

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed, sounds like you had the ideal experience 😊

Thanks Sven!

Big shout out to the music which is enthralling, especially the lovely title screen. Everyone's efforts come together very well in this, just a great vibe here. Even with just a few pages, I do think it's pretty hard to get started! Maybe having some elements "unlock" over time would help, suddenly coming to terms with basically all of the games' "items" is maybe just a little overwhelming. All in all, a very strong jam game, be proud!

That was my idea! The long lost sushi DLC. Imagine my surprise when I found out during development that Overcooked already HAS a sushi level. 😂 Oh well! Thanks for playing :)

Some novel ideas here! Spinning up and flying across the map reminded me of early Sonic games. However, with novel mechanics there's an increased burden on the tutorial / onboarding to bring players up to speed. Figuring out how this game works is a bit challenging. One way things could be made more clear is if Rockman could not go behind the front-most camera parallax layer -- it's often difficult to determine which ways are the path forward. I do like the color palette a lot. Overall, some interesting ideas and approach, good job keeping it fresh!

Thank you for playing for the kind words. Let me know if you find the source of that bug! I haven't seen that one yet.

Cheers! The Leaderboard turned out to be super simple! Everything only really came together right at the end, but I suppose that is typical. Thanks for playing :)

You're probably right, I'll shrink the player collider a bit if I do an update. Probably had developer blinders on for that. Thanks, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Take a look at my game too. It might give you a chuckle. 😊

No worries, it's hard to get it all in within the jam timeframe. Just offering my impressions. Let me know what you think of my game too. Don't worry about the multiplayer option, it can be played solo if you don't have a buddy handy

Sure thing, Sven. Give my game a look too and tell me what you think. Don't worry, it can be played solo if you don't have a multiplayer buddy handy :)

Surprisingly engaging! I didn't get it to work on Firefox, but it ran after switching to Chrome. I thought getting Critical Hits on a balloon was pretty funny. I'd suggest offering some progression much sooner, like, maybe you can get a first item for 7500 gems instead. Thanks for the laugh. :)

Moving story. The pivot into horror sent a chill up my spine! One suggestion: make sure you have that sparkle effect on every Interactable object in the game as an affordance to the player, including cabinets and such, I got a bit stuck after getting the glue (appropriately I suppose) because I didn't know I could interact with that one cabinet. Nice entry! 📷

Done! 😊

Nice! I made my own Game of Life using Unity DOTS earlier this year! I've always been enchanted by the concept as well. 😊

Cool novel puzzle game. I love the zen meditation game juice and feel. Reminded me of a sand garden. Great sound design too. I was wondering if there was some way you could show the player visually that they can flip direction left to right, like if the puck did a little flip when changing direction left to right, or maybe if the puzzle box itself had little handles on the left and right sides, and the whole level could kind of get a little "juke" or tilt when the player pressed the left/right inputs. At the moment, there's no real in-game justification for why the player can control direction left to right but not up and down, you just have to remember.

I also think maybe you aught to consider focusing more on the puzzle side here and less on the reaction timing side of your design. Really these are separate skills / parts of the brain / appeal / audiences, and I personally think you should lean into the puzzle side for this game you've got going here. What I mean is, if I can reason out the solution, I should be able to finish the level in my next go, and not have to struggle against getting the at-times rather quick set of inputs correct. I think that's a different genre that isn't serving your design here. That's my personal opinion anyways.

All in all, this is a very strong submission with clever novel mechanics and outstanding presentation, one of the best I've played in this jam yet. Great work!

Interesting world you've created! Slug guns to battle zombie clones of yourself. I have to admit, I haven't seen that one before. I dig the art style and music, it is bleak and dystopic.

Two game mechanic suggestions. One, I'd allow the player to jump again as soon as they hit the ground, like most video games. Second, I'd give more ammo of each slug, maybe 4 for a heavy hitter, 12 for a pistol. These two changes would prevent the player from losing key "Verbs" while they play. You could up the enemy count to compensate the difficulty balance.

All in all, a memorable and novel experience. Best of luck in your game dev journey!

Thank you!

Super interesting worldbuilding and exposition. I decided on embodying the benevolent undead. Is this made with Twine or what narrative scripting tool did you all use?

My game features Co-op Multiplayer! While you can play it solo, I thought it might help to have a place where players could potentially find each other and give the game a go. It's available right in the browser!

If you've played Overcooked, you know the drill. How many sushi recipes can you deliver before the timer buzzes? A match only runs 4 minutes, so any help in the kitchen goes a long way. Claim your place at the top of the Leaderboard!

https://lanyard.itch.io/too-much-wasabi

Compete for the best sushi scores in this Overcooked-like tiny game! Form a team or go it alone. How many sushi plates can you get out before the timer rings?

https://lanyard.itch.io/too-much-wasabi

Fun yet relaxing... that's high praise for a video game, I'd say! Thank you.

I thought about being a little more explicit about the ingredients and recipes, but I didn't want to clutter up the kitchen too much, nor lead the player completely by the nose. I also thought a little bit of a learning curve for the player's first time through might encourage them to replay and try to get something respectable on the leaderboard.

Surprisingly engaging for its simplicity. Definitely felt like I was powering up as I gained upgrades. I liked how I eventually got to bust out a whole bunch of attacks in a row. I felt like there was a missed opportunity for some tactics in differing attacks. For example, if attacking were to hit every enemy in a straight line while spellcasting did an area-of-effect attack on the target, now all of sudden I'd have a reason to choose one attack over the other strategically and should consider both my and enemy position when the turn timer is about to pop. All in all, this was fun!

Love the weird control scheme!

Interesting tech demo. I wonder if it could work when more fleshed out. fyi, the game crashed for me whenever the first wave was supposed to spawn. 🤷‍♂️

Great character design overall, I love the orange with a straw, but I gotta give it to turkey leg cyclops in the end.

Where is the game? I don't see one...

Love the graphics, the music, the flow! I did have to refer to your game page to get a handle on the controls a couple of times, I think an in-game tutorial, just some text by those early chasms would help a lot. And the difficulty curve is intense! Maybe you could ease players in a bit more. Nice work overall!

Interesting twist on a classic!

Avast ye! Nice, I'm a sucker for anything pirates and nautically themed. Definitely was gripping the helm hard there at the end so as to not shipwreck before reaching the end. My only gameplay tip is that I would put the forward cannons on the "C" key, so they can be fired easily while mostly worrying about the port and starboard batteries. This was fun, I got into it! Great work. Did you think about having a "Wind" mechanic that would help the boat sail in certain directions?