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GDL - August 2022 Jam

Hosted by ViolentCrumble · #@Gamedevleague

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A jam submission

Your Soul Is MineView game page

Possess others and use their powers in this top down shooter.

Submitted by Alex003, Catherine Bevan, Riverbottom

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#2	3.611	3.611
Creativity	#5	3.611	3.611
Theme	#6	3.667	3.667
Overall	#7	3.389	3.389
Polish	#21	2.667	2.667

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

Talking points of your game
On our team, concept was key. We're hoping to bring you a unique variation on the concept in this jam, with some cool ideas to add some depth to the gameplay too.

You are a necromancer who can possess other bodies and use their powers. Your powers drain the life of mortal bodies, but the death of your current body is not the end. When it dies, your vulnerable spirit form emerges, and you can possess another enemy. Jump between bodies and cause some chaos!

This is a top down shooter made by Alex00, Catbevan and Riverbottom. If you like what you see, check out our profile links on the game page.

All the art, visual effects, audio, music, etc was made by us!

Assets you used
- Shield AoE effect from https://pipoya.itch.io/pipoya-free-vfx-mysterious-object https://lil-cthulhu.itch.io/hit-effect
- We created everything else ourselves.

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Comments

Mrp1Submitted1 year ago

Its juicy and fun.

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binailSubmitted1 year ago

Cool idea. A sufficient number of options for opponents. Interesting game!

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Thiago L.Submitted1 year ago

Really cool concept! The game was really fun, and I loved how you implemented the balance between killing fast and dying faster so you can possess the bodies before they disappear. I think the game could be a bit harder, but that's just a tweak. Really cool game! Hope you continue this, and add more content, as it is really fun to play, and would love to see more. Good work!

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They Will Die for You

Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thank you! We wanted to fine tune balancing, but ran out of time. We're planning to do it and small fixes in the post jam version.

im.stealthSubmitted1 year ago

Very fun, and polished in all the right places. The game felt good all around, combat was satisfying and even though its jam art, the animations were smooth and cohesive.

Really my only criticism would be with game balance. I found it pretty easy to survive basically indefinitely, and only stopped after 30k points because the game was starting to slow down (lag) and it seemed there was no further difficulty progression. I think the melee attacker felt overpowered (in contrast to xtr3m3nerd, I actually thought the bigger armored characters were fairly weak!), and its easy to avoid giving enemies any chance to damage your spirit form.

*However*, I really liked that dying strategically was the main way to keep going, which felt very thematic. I had a lot of fun with this one.

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Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thanks for playing! Happy you liked the polish. You are totally right that the game stops getting harder after a minute. We wanted to fine tune balancing, but ran out of time. Planning to do it in the post jam version.

Cranberry NinjaSubmitted1 year ago

Had some fun playing this! Shield guy was way OP though, pretty much wouldn't posses anything else unless I was forced to. I feel like if you made the different enemy types counter each other like rock-paper-scissors, it could make your corpse picking more strategic. Awesome work, loved the idea!

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Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thanks for playing! The enemy types already have a rock-paper-scissors mechanic, there's detail on the game page. We wanted to add a button to die to change bodies, but ran out of time. Planning to do it in the post jam version.

LueSubmitted1 year ago

Neat concept, for some reason the wasd movement for the characters was bugging out so the first character you possess doesn't actually have the ability to move. Once id possessed a second one it allowed me to move and the gameplay loop was really cool, good job!

Alex003Developer1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! It's a rare bug, sorry about that. Bad luck you got it on the first character. Happy you liked the game.

siccitySubmitted1 year ago

I dig the rock paper scissors mechanic! Props for making all the assets yourselves.

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Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thank you!

kejuuSubmitted1 year ago

Really good highscore game!, i love being the assassin and killing 5 guys at once, it's so satisfying. Also love the effects and particles :D

Submitted

Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thank you! We're happy with the effect too.

TheSnowlySubmitted1 year ago

That's the exemple of a simple idea well made! The gameplay has great depth and the art style is efficient enough, we can see it's very polished too!

However I would have loved to be able to change bodies at anytime and not only when the body die.

But that's a nitpick x)

also great music!

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Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thank you! The jam theme has been a bit done to death (pun intended) so we were wanting to add some depth to the gameplay. We wanted to add a button to die to change bodies, but ran out of time. Planning to do it in the post jam version.

Catherine BevanDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the music :)

imophiSubmitted1 year ago

Fun game! Shield guy OP!

Submitted

Bibi's Heebie-Jeebies (GDL33 Submission)

Alex003Developer1 year ago

Thank you!