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A jam submission

LycatharsisView game page

Turn-based grid-based destruction game
Submitted by mkraenz — 5 days, 7 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#14.4334.433
Cohesiveness of game elements#14.5004.500
How visually consistent is the game?#14.6674.667
How polished were the game mechanics#14.3334.333
Quality and fit of sounds and sound effects to the game#34.1674.167
How well did the game follow the Spooktober theme? It's halloween after all#34.5004.500

Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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HostSubmitted

You should definitely keep working on this game! I played it three times trying to figure out how to get "the good ending". I did find a bug in my last run where your mom kept attacking me during the day when i wasn't transformed. She ended up killing me, and soft locked the game, where i couldn't do anything.

If you keep working on this, you could have something amazing that people will love. I really enjoyed that it was turn based, and had some DnD elements to it, but it didn't really feel turn-based in the traditional sense. Really well thought out mechanics and concept. Great job! 

Developer

Thank you! Glad you liked it, @StoreBoughtRocketGames.

Sorry for the bug. It’s been fixed on the newest version and I’m just waiting for the rating period to end to publish it.

had some DnD elements to it, but it didn’t really feel turn-based in the traditional sense.

I’d be very interested in hearing what you think is different if you don’t mind me asking. Feels key to developing this game further and not just ending up in the same old formula. Thanks!

HostSubmitted

Happy to talk it through with you! DM me in discord for your winnings! You got overall first place, and took 1st in most categories. Congrats!

Submitted

Firstly I have to applaud the mechanics. They're super fun to experiment with and the clarity of the goal helps tie the mechanics together in so many dynamic ways. Destroying stuff could have used some sound effects and particles but I was so worried about the timer half of the time that those decisions felt like they had impact on my entire play through. Love the music and the art is charming, the game is very technically impressive as well, fully destructible world/environment could not have been easy. The piece that tipped me off to the amount of thought that went into making this was the very shrewd decision to put the highest catharsis items next to humans that can kill you and that you were trying not to kill. This forced you to stealth around those items and break as many as you could, as well as plan your route ahead of time. The Majora's Mask esque gameplay is excellent and given the chance to grow and breathe you've got a banger hood classic on your hands. There were a couple of bugs I ran across, you seem to be missing the lose screen when killed by a human and the oil machine broke on some play throughs back to back and I couldn't get the chime so I had to restart the entire game in order to get it to work again. It could use some visual and auditory feedback in some places and some type of tutorial wouldn't have hurt but that's minor stuff. The game slaps and I spent way more time with it than I even meant to because I couldn't put it down. I wouldn't mind a game that did this very thing but focusing on different werewolves in different locations (Maybe even spice it up with a vampire or wendigo?), introducing different enemy types you have to fight, different goals, and different protagonists with unique back stories. Heavy Ba Ba Is You vibes but if Ba Ba went on a murderous rampage. Hats off to you sir, this little puzzle box of a game is highly captivating and I'll be likely playing some time after the jam ends to get all the endings.

Developer

Wow that’s incredibly kind feedback. I feel honored. Happy you had so much fun with it.

Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into describing in detail what you liked and the areas and directions for improvement. That’ll help me a lot going forward! I thought about the vampires, too, but wendigo are so awesome and very much under-represented/under-utilized in games - as are hydes (little Wednesday reference here).

Submitted

Really enjoyed this one! I spent at least 2 hours in it hunting for all the endings and found 5 out of 6. I couldn’t figure out the last one. I think it needs another ingredient at the table, but I only found the knife, ash and blood. Absolute cinema of a game! ( I need a hint for last item pls)

Two small things I noticed: after the night ends, if someone saw you transform, you can’t get away from them and they just keep chasing you (second screenshot). Also, my sister attacked me right at the start, so I had to escape using diagonal moves and kill her right after lol

Developer(+1)

Thank a lot for your kind words!

As mentioned in twitch chat,

⚠️ Click to reveal spoiler a) do not kill anyone b) talk to mom on day 2

They keep chasing you as soon as they saw you in your night form, yes. If you’ve read Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, it’s that kind of reaction :D

Assuming the 2nd screenshot shows the bug that I think it is, then it’ll be fixed with the upload of the post-jam-fixes version as soon as the rating period is over. The post-jam-fixes version will also have several fixes for the perfect ending. So you might want to wait until that’s deployed.

Again, thank you so much! :)

(+1)

This is super fun! I love the destruction mechanic. 

So far, I've reached the ending where my family saw me murder someone so my mom killed me during the day lol 

Also I can't figure out what to place on the table or what the chime is for...

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Happy you liked it. The NPCs should give you some hints of where to go and what to check out to progress.

click to open spoiler check grandmas room during daytime. particularly the shelves

Ah, granny did say something about her bookshelves, but she left her room by the time she said it and I couldn't remember where it was lol. I'll have to just replay it 

Submitted(+1)

You've made an awesome game! The graphics are awesome, and the music in werewolf form is great.

I haven't finished it yet... I died, didn't destroy enough things before dawn, or couldn't find that ritual knife... 

But I absolutely love your game!

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked it! I’ve crammed more possible endings in there than you’d should for a game jam ^^; If you’ve liked the music, I’m pretty sure you’d love the perfect ending, too. In case you’d like a hint for the ritual knife, let me know.

FYI: Once the rating period is over, I’ll push a new version with a bunch of bug fixes.

Submitted

Thank you! And if you don't mind... may this little fool ask for a hint? Please?

Developer

In which room in your house do you find knives? Check there. And remember: you can move/bump diagonally! ;)