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Most of my Ludum Dare Game Jam games were made in Love2D, before I switched to Godot! It's good stuff; sometimes I miss being able to write my own draw loops XD

Holy crap! Thanks! :D

I'm embarrassed to admit the game was mostly content complete by the original deadline - I'd made the final level and endings, I just hadn't completed (or begun work on) the fourth level. Still, once I got over my procrastination, I got to add sound and other polish to the rest of the game (the bit with the room full of zombies in level 3 was always there; the bit where a pair of them were literally trying to tear down the door was not XD)

That was a deliberate inspiration here, yes! XD

Ahh, I got confused. I saw the prompt icon over the chest and I assumed the lack of one over the NPCs meant they were just scenery.

Cute story, now that I've finished it properly!

Really short but really impressive. You built a whole RPG engine in Love2D!

I'd love to see more of this, and of these two. My only gameplay issue is I'd have appreciated a run button XD

God I love all the cinematic stuff you've got going on here. Can't figure out how to reach the safety pin, though, or how to chase the cat off the computer - I'm assuming the clue has something to do with the tooth, but I have no idea how to actually use it ^_^;

I want to love this, the mechanics are really clever, but they also break my brain! ^_^;

I got past the first locked door (I figured out how to make the white ghost travel and use it as a teleport point) but I couldn't figure out how to do the jump over and up from the bed of spikes.

Fantastic little proof-of-concept-sized game! A bigger level with more stuff to photograph (or better hidden stuff) would've taken this to the next level.

Speaking of hidden stuff - I'm curious about that "alternate ending" mentioned in the description. Does it have anything to do with the glowing bathroom stall at the end?

Ended up being closer to 55 days (I spent a lot of my early dev time spinning my wheels trying to get things like the zombie behavior to work, and I procrastinated on getting level 4 finished and the sound implemented until right before the voting deadline), but thanks!

I think my next game will probably be less of a hybrid - the TPS stuff ended up a lot clunkier than I was hoping it'd be (even if it gives you a nice view of Miri up close XD)

It's very pretty. Is it just bugged on my end, or is there really nothing here yet game-wise, though? I can explore the town and the forest, and get turned away if I go down the side road, but none of the NPCs seem interactable.

I saw the guy run off into the forest and tried to track him down, but he vanished. Neat little touch, but again, I'm not sure if the game's bugged or if this is just a (again, very pretty!) diorama at this point.

More like four days, amirite? XD

Still, enjoyed it! I do hope you get to expand this prototype into a full game.

Very pretty game. For a moment I thought the intro used live-action footage! XD

Didn't have any trouble with the ghosts but the south wall in the east room can be passed through, whoops! Might also have been nice to have an indicator of how many keys you've collected, and that the other exit door leads outside.

Now updated to 1.0 with the full five-level complement and music/sound!

Now updated to 1.0 with the full five-level complement and music/sound!

Could use more animations but I quite enjoyed it. I thought the boss fight at the very end dragged on a bit - and I'd have appreciated a proper ending as my reward ^_^;

I thought the blurry VR effect was really neat but I couldn't make the final jump in the platforming sequence. :(

Cute little doodad. I got as far as the stage with the searchlights before dying.

My only big gripe is the small coins don't make any sound at all. I'm used enough to the rapid-fire clinka-clinka-clinka of grabbing golden goodies in Mario and Sonic that the lack of sound stood out to me. XD

Oh hey I remember these kitties from the last jam!

Deceptively brutal - you can take out the first opponent just by spamming uppercuts, but the later opponents demand a more defensive approach. Getting pummeled eats stamina, so you tend to end up in a downward spiral if you're not careful.

I didn't finish but I did get a kick out of what I played. My one issue is, I think stamina should regen a bit faster? Seems you spend a lot of time exhausted if you tap out.

Yeah, I messed up and forgot to move Miri back to the start of Level 3 after testing. I'll get it fixed (and the final level implemented) after Ludum Dare 59 this weekend.

Yeah, you have to switch to TPS mode (Tab on KB/M or LB on controller) to shoot the weak points on the zombies. I thought it was a really clever idea at first but it turned out to be really clunky ^_^;

The good news is you don't need to see the targeting symbol to hit the weak point; you just need to remember where it is. But you do have to tag it with the scanner at least once, though!

Thanks! I'm hoping to get the remaining content in soon.

probably the best put-together of all the games i've played thus far. simple gameplay loop but it knows what it wants to be.

my gripes are largely aesthetic. this is a game that's begging for some kind of sound feedback for its combat and gathering. the item pickup animation also ought to be snappier - the way they float and leisurely drift towards you, i honestly thought i still had to walk into them to pick them up. there's also no ingame explanation for what any of the things you trade goods for do - i assume they're all combat powerups, but there's no descriptions given for any of them. (an ingame prompt that you need to press F to do a trade would also be appreciated!)

i would also have liked it if there was some kind of clock indicating when the day and night cycles start, and i feel like enemies ought to despawn during daylight hours.

as an aside, it seems rather easy to softlock the game - the sakura wood seems very hard to find, which is probably deliberate, but if all the NPCs are asking for it and there isn't any to harvest, then that's the end of your run right there.

Quite an eclectic selection of gameplay styles on display here. I think I'd have preferred it if there was only one or two and they were fleshed out better. The music is nice.

Nicely put together. There was something inexplicably satisfying about being able to burn a bunch of enemies at once with my flashlight Alan Wake-style. I do wish there was more feedback from combat - a hit effect, maybe a sound effect, something a bit more than "basket swings, HP goes down."

Also weirdly enamored with the fact that I have infinite health items but their use is limited by a lengthy cooldown. Some neat design choices in here!

Cute but I do wish it felt more like a complete game than a broad sketch of one. Some guardrails in place to keep me from venturing into the myriad "NOT FINISHED YET" scenarios would've been appreciated. (Nothing fancy needed - just omitting the options that lead nowhere would've worked just fine!)

I hope this does actually get finished properly sometime!

Also: is the title screen a bit broken, or is that just on my end? "New Game," "Load Game," and so forth show up with a custom font, but there's also options for "History," "Save," "Load," "Preferences," and "About" in a plain font which overlap them somewhat.

A tip about Raggedy Belle: pay attention to whether she says "Simon Says" or not. If she doesn't say "Simon Says," move to the opposite corner of the shape she calls out.

When her head comes off, she will only use the "silent" variation of the attack.

was a little confused by the controls because my Ludum Dare Game Jam #58 entry was also a dungeon crawler but it had the rotate and strafe buttons reversed (e.g. Q/E to move sideways, A/D to rotate) XD

if there's one feature i really, really wish it had it would be a minimap - there was a lot to explore and i felt compelled to explore it all but there was just so much to keep track of ^_^;

so friggin' much dungeon. the lack of a map made it a little onerous by the end. ^_^;

Minomi kicked my ass pretty handily. i found the shield but she hits like a TANK

fantastic aesthetics and vibes. i love the concept you've got here for the combat, though unfortunately the actual execution leaves a lot to be desired. attacking is really finicky and enemies (even the basic RPG bats!) are ridiculously tanky. i died twice to the first encounter and called it there. ^_^;

i don't know why the blue attack indicators sometimes vanish, but it happened several times that i found myself surrounded by bats and couldn't hit them, no matter how well i performed at the QTE, and was stuck flailing ineffectually until i ran out of "steps" and my turn ended.

yeah i ran out of time before i implemented sound, alas

i hope to fix that sometime

i'm currently working on a version that fixes a few issues - for one, the boss fight was bugged (you're supposed to fight Belladonna as your 12th room), and i've hopefully fixed the black screen issue as well. i've also made a couple more dramatic changes to the gameplay: several cards have had their AP costs reduced and (tentatively) the maximum AP amount is 5, and passing increases it by 2. (i hadn't had a chance to test a run properly before launch and i found it frustrating how often i ran into "deadlock" situations where i had good cards but no option but to pass!)

i'm also completely reworking the ghost's attack; the version that made it into the game was a last-minute compromise and it neither looks nor plays nice. it's still going to be a Snake-themed attack but now there will be an actual ghostly arm chasing you.

i also added one new card: "Spare Parts," which you can only get by visiting the Morgue when you already have all your parts intact. it can be used mid-battle to restore a missing part. as much fun as i had implementing the dismemberment mechanic and its consequences, i realize it's not much fun ending up stuck with only your basic jump kick! (relatedly, i also buffed the one-two combo slightly; the base damage is 2 whether or not you have both arms, though losing one still takes away one of your QTE damage bonus opportunities.)

yeah i rushed to get the game out the door, there is an ending and there is a fight with Belladonna herself but it looks like the game crashes on a black screen, whoops

i will try to get this fixed as soon as possible

thanks. i imagine i've still got a bunch of bugs to hammer out; i rushed this morning to make sure the game was playable start to finish but i missed some obvious things like "does the game actually reset when you die and return to the title screen" and "does the Windows build actually work without the .pck file in the directory

Yeah I didn't realize there were three denominations, whoops.

All told, yours is one of the best-designed and implemented entries I've played in this Jam - there are things I have problems with, to be sure, but for the most part they have the vibe of conscious choices that add friction to the game rather than mistakes, bugs, or omissions for time. It's clear this isn't your first rodeo! ^_^;

Two gold coins. It was a bit of a surprise because I went to the deposit box with a regular white bone in my possession and it spat out a gold coin; I'd been expecting silver, but I also expected the shop to allow me to pay with inexact change. Alas!

Fortunately another trip to and from for a white bone got me the silver coin I needed to buy the bass (and for what it's worth, afterwards I had a single gold coin in my possession, so that much at least works properly).

How do you "GRIND," on that note? It's in the directions and in the instructions but I never figured out how. Is this just "click the checkmark and close out the recipe attempt," or is there something else in the workshop that's not obvious besides the mixing bowl?

Love the aesthetics but I wish there was more feedback on actions. It's hard to tell when I've added things to the bowl, and the only way to tell if I've completed the potion properly is by returning to the shop front and offering it.

Also, not sure why the workshop screen is as wide as it is; I had a devil of a time realizing I had to scroll to the right to find the mixing bowl. It's also weird that some potions require a lot more ingredients than others - like, a lot. I'm a bit daunted by the fact that some ask for 5 or 6 Powder and there's no way to keep track of how much you've added except in your head (and it's not clear whether the Powder has successfully been added to the mix in the first place!)

Gives me vibes of both Gregory Horror Show and Return of the Obra Dinn (two of my favorite things). Platforming is a bit janky but it vibes with the retro aesthetic. That said, I will say that the black orb at the end is a bit of an annoying hindrance: I don't appreciate having a quarter of my screen blocked off, especially when it's right in the center of my view, and the fact that it collides with objects makes it almost impossible to traverse stairs once you're stuck with it (I figured out a workaround; you can jump up them backwards). On the upside, it also functionally extends your jump range, so reaching the area with the barrels is a little easier.

I seem to have run into my own problems with the final shop: I went there with two gold coins and I couldn't buy the bass! I had to come back with exact change, which necessitated another roundabout trip.

Cute, clearly a lot of effort put into it, and I really like the "your bullets have random effects which switch up at intervals" concept...but as an actual game, I feel like it came together a bit half-baked. The frog and snake enemies are bugged where they don't seem to take any damage and the boss doesn't seem to have a health gauge. Shooting the boss gives me points but doesn't seem to have any other effect.

Would love to see that "random bullet effects" mechanic worked into a more refined shooter!

I love the concept, though it feels a little clumsy in execution - I'd have liked a default "gun," or perhaps more shots per "pickup" (e.g. each pickup gives more "ammo" but one unit of ammo gives you a single shot instead of multiple waves of automatic fire). As it is, I feel like most of my shots are wasted because I can't really control them.

Wild stuff with that arcade ROM bootscreen intro, by the way - I just wish that level of polish carried over to the gameplay!