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Shine

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall64.15
Graphics214.33
Audio213.82
Coolness281
Innovation363.95
Fun363.80
Mood463.78
Theme583.79
Humor4092.45

Comments

niksudan 2013-12-16 01:17

Really well made!

patricklorio 2013-12-16 01:47

Great game and use of the theme.

2013-12-16 01:54

Very nice game. The light ball mechanic was both entertaining and fascinating. I don't think I've ever played a game much like it.

aneeslol 2013-12-16 02:32

Such a neat mechanic, loved it!

justin35f 2013-12-16 02:48

Great use of the theme. I'm very impressed at the level of detail and polish that was put into this game. Smooth controls, no bugs (at least that I found), crisp sound effects, nice soundtrack, and of course great pixel art. Job well done.

crabman 2013-12-16 03:01

Wow, this is incrabbable! Amazing work!

compostface 2013-12-16 03:02

Nice use of theme/mechanics. The light source hitbox felt a bit big at times.

sink 2013-12-16 03:33

Awesome and fun! The graphics and music really add a lot to the mood. Great stuff!

wojworks 2013-12-16 03:42

Great game! The movement of the camera combined with the movement of the mouse can get annoying though.

gatechgrad 2013-12-16 05:07

Controlling the light with the mouse is a neat mechanic.

mcapraro 2013-12-16 05:08

wow, what a great entry! this is really polished and well executed. well done! i wished that the orb followed the mouse in real time rather than clicking but overall this was amazing

loren 2013-12-16 06:22

yay! This was so fun, fantastic use of theme. I love the lighting so much

xezko 2013-12-16 07:19

I'm in love with the mechanics of this game.
Amazing!

hypnohustla 2013-12-16 09:44

You always make the most polished games here... Sweet artwork with a nice and innovative game mechanic. Great job. :)
I almost got frustrated with some of the later levels, but I managed to pull through. :)

stals 2013-12-16 10:25

Awesome game! Kudos to you.

pereubu 2013-12-16 10:42

Well, the gameplay is well made, the art looks nice, it's smooth and polish but damn it's ridiculously hard and frustrating. I got problems with understanding what would kill the light ( everything). It's got a lot of potential, great job :D

hemuuuli 2013-12-16 11:05

This was the most polished game I have played so far in this Ludum Dare. Awesome job!
This would work really well in handheld consoles with touch capabilities like Vita or 3DS.

shellfishgames 2013-12-16 13:27

Very well done. Quite a complete game for 48 man-hours of work. The music is really catchy. :)
My only criticism: The orb gameplay isn't really all that fun. Still a cool experience, after all.

ongaku 2013-12-16 14:51

Awesome game man !

kulhajs 2013-12-16 16:13

Very well put together, great game again!

rubna 2013-12-16 16:15

Loved it! Very slick and very polished!

nightshadow0 2013-12-16 17:19

Brilliant, well done!

rezoner 2013-12-16 17:49

Seriously - one of the coolest idea in platformers.

snutidesign 2013-12-16 18:45

Beautiful game!
Loved controlling the two characters and so much fun, nice job :)

occash 2013-12-16 19:32

I like this game, good graphics and concept!

2013-12-16 19:58

Great game, good thing you don't only get one life \o/

ammaralsharekh 2013-12-16 21:28

I like the game but i feel game control is hard

Oreganik 2013-12-16 22:05

Potential "game of the competition." Very strong. =)

lokarunith 2013-12-16 23:14

realy cool entry! The last level was great.

_rilem 2013-12-16 23:20

I love this. :) The idea is so simple yet so strong! Sweet graphics also. Very impressive!

chamberlainpi 2013-12-16 23:26

Winner! :)

It's almost unbelievable how you could of made such an awesome game with great mechanic, art, story idea, all in 48hrs! Nice choice of SFX and music too!

The level that took me the most time to figure out was the first platforms-on-wheels that moves under spikes. I thought I missed a control or something (like ducking) but sure enough, the light revealed there was a way underneath!
Well done :)

zekyon 2013-12-17 00:06

Very innovating the idea of control two character!, maybe I lacked some checkpoints, is too frustrating when you are in the end of the level and you fall off or you die.

However, very funny game, I loved it.

bitserum 2013-12-17 00:58

Really well done, i love the use of theme here. The game plays great, and it looks and sounds quite lovely too!

colorvade 2013-12-17 02:26

The 'light in the dark' mechanic used very well. Nice job!

sean-noonan 2013-12-17 04:58

Solid execution of a good idea. Music is great :)

javicepa 2013-12-17 09:35

Great game!! I love your pixel art.
I saw your comment in my game "The Last Rock" about it not having and ending. It has one! Please read my answer there and re-review it. Thanks!

5elephants 2013-12-17 11:01

At the beginning I thought this game was not that impressive or original... But then I noticed the level design, which is great! Great job!

javicepa 2013-12-17 11:41

About your reply to my last post: It has exactly that: a congratulation text and some other words, but thanks for replaying anyway :)

paperblurt 2013-12-17 13:04

Once again you amaze me on what can be done in just a few hours!!

d__adee 2013-12-17 15:30

Nice game! :D
I like the idea and it's really pretty polished!

colapsydo 2013-12-17 16:15

A game in the pure tradition of the Adventure Islands games.
The orb is a clever use of the theme.
The autoscrolling levels are a bit nightmarish.

drludos 2013-12-17 16:43

A nice idea and an absolutely outstanding execution! I can't believe you made such a polished, balanced, and fun to play game is two days. Did you actually sleep or eat during the compo? :)

The level design is awesome, with very good idea (I loved the chariot and spikes level - and the autoscrolling ones are nice too but very very hard). I bet this game will end up in the top game of the compo (and it 100% deserves it)!

loggs2 2013-12-17 17:19

I thought your mechanic was very unique and interesting. It was really polished and really fun - I enjoyed playing a lot!

kalth-streil 2013-12-17 18:12

Loved it :)

The sprites blend amazingly and the ball gameplay fits the theme perfectly, while being very original. However, the music is a bit annoying, and sorta makes you want to rush, which is the opposite of what you actually have to do!

At first it's a bit hard to get used to the ball not being affected by gravity (I was afraid to stop clicking haha), but then it's nice :D

On the fun side I'd say it's a bit slow-paced for my taste, but still good :)

xaychru04 2013-12-17 18:13

Wow, lovely game! The artstyle is awesome, and the mechanic is really original. I didn't managed to finish it yet, but I'm still trying! ^^

nicso 2013-12-17 18:18

As usual -> awesome ^^

aaants 2013-12-17 18:23

Another great piece of work :)

Congrats!

joekinglake 2013-12-17 18:45

This is fantastic! Everything is so smooth! I love the audio & graphics and the mechanic is pretty interesting. Fantastic job here!!

soy_yuma 2013-12-17 20:10

This is my favourite so far. You made a great job! Congrats! :-) BTW, the final stage is haaard...

jaj 2013-12-17 20:17

Amazing concept this time, this is probably the most creative concept you've come up with so far, and with the same or higher quality in the other areas too.

Great, great, great!

markavian 2013-12-17 20:32

That was pretty amazing as a game, I really struggled on the final level, but only because the additional skill of moving and controlling the orb at the same time overwhelmed me. Maybe a slower moving wall level earlier on to introduce that mechanic might have helper prepare me, but overall a really fun and well polished game.

johnnysix 2013-12-17 20:48

Wow, awesome. It was addictive as hell, keep going for one more try, especially the later levels that rely on timing. Great stuff!

cawrtz 2013-12-17 21:09

Excellent game. The levels are well designed, the art is beautiful, the music is very cool. Nicely done !

cesisco2 2013-12-17 21:26

Awesome game mechanic!It would work like a charm with a xbox controller pad.

kookoon 2013-12-17 21:37

Loved the mechanic to coordinate the orb and Lucia.
Really nice idea, lot of fun, pretty graphics and music!

keithe 2013-12-17 21:54

really good, best game I've played so far. Great job! Really impressive Jam game.

valerien 2013-12-17 22:22

Solid entry made in only 48 hours. The learning curve is very well handled for a fantastic final level. Kept me entertained until the end. Only one little thing: I didn't expect the orb to break on wood but it is nitpicking. Good job overall.

jezzamon 2013-12-17 22:30

Amazing that you could make all that in 48 hours!

But it's pretty rude to show ads to people who are rating your game, see as we're doing you a favour by voting. It'd be better to have a non-ad version for Ludum Dare and then versions with ads elsewhere.

ninjacharlie 2013-12-17 22:41

I liked the mechanic with the light, and how it was limited to the bounds of the world. Nice job.

dinos 2013-12-17 22:42

Very nice game, really polished, smooth controls and great graphics!

sadiquo 2013-12-17 22:51

I spend lot of time on the last level but I win \0/ It was Awesome!

ambi 2013-12-17 23:04

Great game. A little bit too hard for me to finish. The chasing spike block was the one I got stuck at.

nickw 2013-12-17 23:30

The camera would move the orb unpredictably some times which lead to a lot of frustrating deaths. Really nice art, and good production value. Great job!

spe 2013-12-18 00:24

Neat, very "finished" feeling. Also the last level has just the right amount of difficulty.

codecranker 2013-12-18 01:08

Awesome man. Neat concept! Fun and challenging. Seems quite polished too.
Great work!!

stvr 2013-12-18 01:31

My son and I played this as a two-player game. He did not like the wall of death!

coinflipgames 2013-12-18 01:44

Great game!

torcado194 2013-12-18 02:32

great as always! loved it

dznemotion 2013-12-18 02:50

The best at a moment for me!

johnfn 2013-12-18 03:01

Great use of the theme and great concept. Really enjoyable... but really hard D: (is it just me?)

vikingpotato 2013-12-18 04:03

An awesome game! Great pixel art, and polished controls! This game would be awesome with dual stick controller too

unept 2013-12-18 07:09

Beautiful game. Love the theme implementation.

nicotr014 2013-12-18 10:34

Really well done. Good job

lissar 2013-12-18 11:14

Great game! Lots of fun to play, and I love the light ball mechanic.

zebi24 2013-12-18 12:09

Very innovational. Nice use of a theme. All in all a great game!

zkenshin 2013-12-18 21:20

Neat story and simple, yet fun game, good job!

christian-s 2013-12-18 21:22

Great pixel art, interesting, new mechanics ... awesome!

triplevisiongames 2013-12-18 21:27

Awesome entry! Love the idea you got to in the end. Graphics are lovely as usual and this controls really nicely too. Really shows what you can achieve with Stencyl :D

roguenoodle 2013-12-18 23:20

Really original entry! Hard to find the time to play LD games through to the end, but I had to with this one (although that last level drove me nuts!) Amazing work,seriously.

alchiggins 2013-12-19 05:16

Freakin' stellar!
I love how you do so much with such a simple mechanic.
Only complaint is that the frantic music - as good as it is - doesn't really suit the deliberative gameplay. Otherwise, one of the best entries I've played.

acheronstudio 2013-12-19 08:02

Aw this is awesome. I had a lot of fun. Charming graphics and the main mechanic is clever!
I originally had a one light source game idea myself! Only it changed to be a projectile that is also a light source. My submission is a little rough and buggy but check it out, it's a first person puzzler ala Portal.

garethiw 2013-12-19 11:27

Great use of the theme, good platforming physics and lovely graphics.

Jeremias 2013-12-19 18:57

Fantastic game, nice concept, very polished. Was really fun to play and especially the last level was a challenge. But I finished the game. Good job!

gfm 2013-12-19 21:34

Amazing game! It's really fun! :)

This was really novel! Though I associated it with those analog games of passing a ring through a wire maze, it was really interesting how you made that into a game! =D

dylanwolf 2013-12-20 01:22

Neat concept, and the first several levels are very well paced. It's a very polished game. I love the pixel art graphics style.

venks 2013-12-20 07:19

Really like everything about this game. The platforming, the music, the art, the design. It's all top notch. Great stuff!

vaelzan 2013-12-20 08:10

Been following your games since Tiny Island and this one again didn't disappoint :) Fantastic art, good music, loved the way you put the story into it, and a very unique and cool gameplay concept! Challenge level was pretty spot on also, last level took me about 5-6 tries maybe, and almost got to the point of platformer rage as it was hard to concentrate on controlling the orb and the avatar at once but it wasn't too frustrating either. If I had to make any suggestions I'd say make the light colliding with stuff a bit more forgiving, maybe have it take a couple of hits to die or make the hitbox a bit smaller, but it was pretty good as it was anyway.

unusualcadence 2013-12-20 14:30

Always enjoy playing your games, they're polished, nice to look at and always have a fun take on the platformer genre!

koe415 2013-12-20 22:23

Great game play! Use of both WASD and mouse worked really well in your puzzles. Art was very polished as were your puzzles. Great job!

barkergames 2013-12-21 01:01

I love it!

lightsoda 2013-12-22 02:19

Still torn about what I think about this style of gameplay, it might be too much for me to consider it fun, it's quite challenging, I'll give you that.

I like the idea, and you had some clever level design that got progressively harder, while keeping them pretty short, which was great.

Very nice graphics, and the chiptune style music was a nice fit.

jd557 2013-12-22 13:13

Awesome game. Everyting was very polished and the gameplay was really fun.

The only thing I missed was a small intro to each level (for example, just a text floating saying "Level 1"). Otherwise that last level gets a little bit frustrating (It lacks that small break at the start)

loxo 2013-12-22 18:17

Overall a great game! Very polished and good level design. But I couldn't get past the moving wall with spikes.

eni 2013-12-25 16:32

Nice graphics, neat concept, good execution! All in all, a really great game! On the second level I managed to stand on the block below the pillar way to the right. Not sure if that's intentional. Also, I didn't much enjoy the last level, but that's probably cause I sucked at it. :P

gokuhd 2013-12-26 00:03

This is one of my favorite games so far. I really doubted it was made in 48 hours, it's really polished. The only thing I found a bit difficult, was to play with the touchpad but it's not your fault of couse.Very well done.

kgs0142 2013-12-26 04:54

It's a good idea! :D
Very challenging stages.

janmavzla 2013-12-26 21:07

As always I love your art-style!

The main mechanic reminds me of a prototype of a game I made, it felt warm inside <3

Great job! Very polished as usual from your entries. It was really fun :) My only complaint is that the difficulty was maybe a bit too low on the first levels. It escalated well towards the end though!

P.D.: Why the hell does a Lighthouse have traps and spikes in it?!

dangerpenguin 2013-12-27 21:03

Now THIS is an entry! Good music & sfx, great use of the theme, FUN, unique, and it all culminates into a great game.

Holy cow, great job!

zyxer 2013-12-30 13:16

Great platformer, well thought-through and challenging

erkberg 2014-01-02 00:49

Great game overall, really nice graphics and audio. The gameplay was very good too, I enjoyed this a lot.

cakencode 2014-01-02 09:40

Amazing game!!! I know you always make great ones, but I think this is especially really interesting in game mechanic. I loved juggling the light orb and the character and how these are controlled. Of course the graphics are great, and the music/mood work really well together. :) Great work!

diptoman 2014-01-03 14:16

This was really good! Great pixel art, dat reaction when the orb goes out xD
The levels were really cool, since the paths for the orb and Lucia are sometimes different. And it even has a back story! Love that.

tomski 2014-01-04 04:25

Neat entry, impressive stuff

cappelnord 2014-01-04 09:27

Awesome entry as usual, especially graphics and level design.

raphy 2014-01-04 11:36

Awesome entry, great work ! Kindda frustrating at times to synchronize both the player and orb (orb is kindda big or fragile imo) but it's really a detail. Congrats, I think you'll be very well placed :)

nyrrrr 2014-01-04 16:05

Really well made game. Nice graphics. Innovative gameplay.
And I liked how hard the last level was.
good job!

supermini_man 2014-01-04 17:56

Cool game. I liked the orb's moving mechanic.

anoarith 2014-01-06 16:57

That's genius ! I loved it !

vaelzan 2014-01-07 02:58

Congrats!