CATALYST
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Hold back the darkness that's taking over your town.
Recruit others in the cause. The more people you have fighting back, the stronger your message is. Appeal to your fellow humans to have them join the fight.
Made in 1 week with <3 for #ResistJam
CONTROLS:
Arrows and Space on Keyboard
Thumbstick and (A) on XBOX Controllolol
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this game was super fun to play! loved the whole idea and concept of the game!! really awesome job on creating this :D
The constant balance between getting people to follow you and to use the collected power to break borders was a fantastic approach to the theme of the ResistJam. Each new passage for a challenge for itself, but it felt pretty rewarding to progress. :) Thank you very much for your game! I wrote an article about it and also uploaded a little playthrough video in the hope that more people might give it a try. <3 Looking forward for your future projects!
Best wishes,
Sebastian
It was difficult, and I almost put it down at the beginning, but once I got into the swing of it I really enjoyed it. The moment where I almost yelled "oh my god why am I spending so much effort just trying to convince this ONE FUCKING GUY to do ONE FUCKING THING" was the one I realized, despite the abstraction of an appeal into a rhythm game, this was actually a really true to life depiction.
Great idea for a game. The controls really need tweaking. Cannot progress in the game as the balance is too finicky. I'm playing this on Linux Mint 18.1
Also had a very hard time with the convincing mini game, but I love the idea and the presentation here.
Great game, well done. I also watched it on gamejamcurator (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZjOSGdDz80, thanks andyman404). I'm on Linux, so would appreciate either a port or a web version. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the kind words I ran a build for Linux but cannot test it. Would you like to try it out?
Hi, I've tried it. On my laptop (Intel® Core™ i5-3337U with 4GB RAM) with 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04 both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions start. However, it's quite slow and jumpy, so I found it very difficult to persuade people at all.
I really like the game value of this. Wish there wasn't delay. Solidarity!
Great concept, but I find the fail conditions in the beginning a bit too frustrating.
Thanks for checking it out! I totally agree with you. I'm gonna tweak the balance tonight. One note, breaking a barrier increases the wall strength, so it's better to fight off the wall before busting through. Give you a little breathing room to build up a larger resistance.
Great, I will certainly try it again, really like the game otherwise.
Great game! I couldn't beat it though - I had to watch the video from gamejamcurator to see the awesome ending.
Thank you! I'm gonna tone it down a bit, I balanced it after playing it a lot in development, so it's not exactly tuned for first play throughs.