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A jam submission

NecrofancyView game page

Humans come and go, but fashion is forever.
Submitted by davemorris (@davemorrisisa) — 13 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#53.7223.722
Overall#63.7413.741
Visuals#84.2784.278
Fun Factor#93.5563.556
Audio#93.6113.611
Theme Implementation#163.6673.667
Special Feature Implementation#183.6113.611

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How is your game related to the Theme and Special Object?
You are a skeleton that works for a necromancer who is always seeking new clothes and you use a sewing needly as a weapon.

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Submitted(+1)

It's a different type of game, kinda wanted to just kill the necromancer at the end, would have liked to see the necromancer raise a different villager like someone you killed and then you play as them, I feel like there's not enough necromancer (because you don't see him). It would be cool if you had to sow the necromancer clothes with the needle and get the materials/torn clothes from the villagers.

Developer

thanks for playing. 

Yeah, I wanted to have a little scene at the beginning of everyday with the necromancer raising a different skeleton form a grave everyday. But i still haven’t really mastered cut scenes. Next time. 

Also, I didn’t want the necromancer to be seen, I wanted the idea in your head of this Clothes Addecited Necromancer to only be in your imagination. 

Cheers!

Submitted(+1)

The game feels polished and fully complete. The story is funny and I enjoyed playing it.

Submitted(+1)

This stealth game is an unusual take on the theme of the jam. Necromancy may not fit so well with the game, but regardless it's fun to search for the people wearing the clothes the necromancer needs. It felt extra rewarding if you remembered the position of a certain villager. The quotes were cool. The audio was good as well as the graphics. You did a really good job at making sprites fitting to the package. Great game that stands out!

Developer

thanks for playing, I’m glad you liked it. 

I guess for the theme I was going off of Necromancy being about raising the dead. So you were a skeleton, and if people saw a skeleton moving around town it would cause a panic. So the stealth part kinda made sense to me. But i get it. I’m glad you liked the game!

cheers,

D

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Now that I thought about it more Necromancy is included well in the game. I think it's cool that you are one of the minions and have to complete Tasks for the necromancer who summoned you. I think this is pretty cool

Submitted(+1)

Funny Game! Nice Job!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Best submission I’ve seen so far, I won’t repeat what everybody said but really great job overall.

The cute / killing spree contrast is really cool, but in the end I don’t really feel the necromancy as a theme for the game (pretty much the only “negative” thing I will have to say about it)

(Also could not find that blue shirt xD)

Developer

thanks for playing and the incredibly kind comments. 

To me I took necromancy as raising the dead. So made the character a skeleton sneaking around trying not to raise suspicion. But I get it. You’re not the only one who didn’t think it was thematically linked. I was always focusing more on “needle” with the clothing aspect. 

Anyway I appreciate the kind comments!

D

Submitted(+1)

Probably the most polished game I've played so far and it was really fun! I loved the memory aspect with the clothing and location hints

Developer

thanks so much! I’m glad it worked for you. 

Submitted(+1)

I enjoyed this game. I'm also glad that you used a loss to teach how to play the game. Punishing but you still used it to learn how to navigate. Was also nice to have the little goblin guys have tips as well.

Submitted

Right off the bat I love the atmosphere of the game with the little bouncing character animation and clouds floating by, and hilariously that is immediately contrasted by the morbid nature of the game. I like the sneaky fetch quest style mechanic. I think one thing that might help would be to have an icon with the target object somewhere in the ui permanently as there was one point I walked off and immediately forgot what I was supposed to get lol. I think it is interesting that the world change in response to the actions of the character. Sometimes I would get stuck on things or get spotted while I was stuck during the camera pan, which was a bit frustrating. Overall it is still an interesting and funny game! Well done!

Developer

thanks for playing and for the feedback. I decided against keeping the fetch item visible, as I liked the memory aspect of the game to be part of the challenge.

and yeah, I tried to fix the “being seen while the camera pans” and I thought I mostly got it. But there might still be a couple tough spots. 

Things I will definitely smooth out after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Good Game!

Submitted

A fun (and strangely lighthearted for murdering villages) twist on the theme, the gameplay of searching for the right clothing each day and memorising where to go to find the villager / location. One improvement could be the detection system, as you can easily run by most of the npcs.

Overall a fun experience, well done!

Developer

thanks. 

Yeah, I originally was gonna have the guards chase you or what have you, but for a jam I wanted it to be easy enough that people could finish it in one play without too much frustration. I light up the difficulty after the jam.  

Thanks for playing. 

d

Submitted (1 edit)

This is very fun! Noce Idea for a game, murdering innocent villagers to dress up is very villanous https://dpg-ecal-calib.web.cern.ch/view/DT/job/dt-rr-lock-test/58/console. The audio and graphics fit perfectly.

Submitted(+1)

Very Nice! Love the graphics you chosen for the game and placements for the level design! This reminded me of a memory game since you need to remember what the items are! Very neat concept and love how it shows you how many times you've been seen and the extra kills at the end. Also having one of the NPCS telling you "Drop for E" is clever since players might be confused and everyone has a different learning curve.

I also found the quotes changing day to day were entertaining to read but some were a bit too fast Hehe but I'm a slow reader I think so ah.

Developer

thanks a lot. 

I’m glad you liked the quotes. I threw it in last minute so the timing was a little off. But I thought they were kinda funny and kept the feeling of the game light. 

Cheers!

Submitted

The game has a cool concept. The great art style along with the fun finding the items has made the game a must play in the submissions. The hidden tutorial was cool.

If there were sounds it would have made the game more fun but, I understand that there is not enough time the add sound, but if there would make it very satisfying to burst the little humans.

Developer

Hmmm... there are sounds and music. What are your sound settings like? Did you play it in Chrome? Safari? Firefox?

I hope you try it again and make sure you hear the sounds. The explosion sound is satisfying, and the music really adds to the feeling of sneaking around a town and murdering people for their clothes.

Thanks for playing though!

Submitted

I am playing in Firefox.

Developer

Hmmm... I just tried it in Firefox. And the sounds all worked for me. Weird. Anyway, thanks for playing the game.

Submitted(+1)

I, have chromium I played it there and the sounds work, they are quite cool.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for trying again. Glad you got to hear the sounds. :)

D

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This game is so much fun wth

I love how it consists on this random dead guy who goes out there to just kill random people to get random ordinary objects, and the music really aids this sense of mischief, but the music doesn’t seem to loop, is that intentional?

Nice game!

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks for playing! I’m glad you liked it.

The music should, at the very least, play the whole time. It is a bit of a longer loop, so it kinda builds and then ends, and then starts again. If it stopped, then there must be a bug I’m not aware of. I just played it through and it worked for me.

But I’m glad you liked the game. I had a lot of fun coming up with it.