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Defy Hades

By myrddinsowl

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics144.63
Coolness371
Overall543.81
Mood613.94
Audio1683.51
Fun2033.28
Theme2223.47
Innovation2763.23
Humor5582.10

Comments

2014-04-28 19:40

Wow, you sure that you did it in 48h? :O

myrddinsowl 2014-04-28 20:59

This is for the jam so we actually did it in 72h. Team of one programmer and one artist :)

myrddinsowl 2014-04-28 21:01

Also, Thanks!

orangepascal 2014-04-28 21:53

nice graphics! controls can be a bit frustrating (especially the jumping) but very nice overall :)

myrddinsowl 2014-04-29 01:21

Thanks! Initially there was a bug with the jump when I first put this up this morning, but that was fixed around 2pm PDT today. The jumps are still tricky, but at least it is jumping when you hit jump now.

snickersnacks 2014-04-29 02:10

Love the atmosphere. There's a finicky sort of drifting upwards effect that's happening at the apex of your character's jump, it makes aiming for ledges and landing on them needlessly difficult. Time to play and polish really helps with stuff like that though. :) Great job!

grooveman 2014-04-29 02:14

This game has some serious style - though the organic style to the levels doesn't fit the jumping mechanics well. The interactions and character designs obelisks are my favourite part - upon getting stuck in the room with all three, I contented my self with just bouncing between them~

asotelo94 2014-04-29 02:15

Pretty good, but the jump key has a bit of delay.

myrddinsowl 2014-04-29 02:32

@GrooveMan, how do you think the jump should function that would make it fit the style better?

pixel_3 2014-04-29 08:52

Why are all the good LD games so short? Just as you give us a level that puts all the powers to good use it's over. Well guess that means I'll just have to wait to see if you continue it.

~AlucardX60

xerohuang 2014-04-29 13:41

Nice game. The last level is not easy to get through.

myrddinsowl 2014-04-29 17:09

We've updated to fix the jumping bug. We had an extra location where we were telling grounded = false which was preventing jumps.

Lucariatias 2014-04-29 18:20

Beautiful visuals, beautiful sound, plays well.
A joy to play.

darkuser 2014-04-29 18:21

The song restart on every load and that jump issue were annoying. Really great looking game otherwise. Got stuck on the level with all 3 pick ups.

mrshortee 2014-04-29 18:47

Short but impressive. A bit frustrating: sometimes the jump key didn't seem to work.

myrddinsowl 2014-04-29 19:41

Ok, so apparently the jump functionality I needed to move into Update() not Fixed Update(). Who'd a thunk. It should be perfect now.

brodenino 2014-04-29 21:56

Cool art style and atmosphere :). It set the mood well. I would love to see a version with more levels!

cudabear 2014-04-29 22:07

Really loved this game! It's an awesome proof of concept for a much bigger platformer. It was a shame to see it end so soon, but I guess the levels you made were good enough to prove the potential for this game. The graphics and audio were awesome, but it was a bit annoying to have the sound restart every time I died or passed the level. Also, controls were a bit floaty (particularly on slopes) Well done!

ludipe 2014-04-29 22:14

Great art and interesting story, but it's a bit too short and offer no challenge. I'd like to see an extended post-jam version.

notnasiul 2014-04-29 22:21

A bit dark, I couldn't see things clearly sometimes. But awesome work!

jacobrb95 2014-04-29 22:33

Wow. This game is amazing!!! Well done!

myrddinsowl 2014-04-30 00:44

(This post is Drew): I apologize for the shortness of the game. In order to achieve a finished art style, I wanted to give the backgrounds for each level adequate time and polish. Doing new animations for each power up was also a bit time consuming, but worth it I feel. Thank you all for the feedback so far, and for taking a moment to play our game! We are already discussing making more levels and a full game, as this was a boatload of fun!

xbcw 2014-04-30 02:04

Tough game. Looks and sounds great.

mcapraro 2014-04-30 03:41

really well done guys! love the animation as the characters changes form, really nice!

savethejets1 2014-04-30 04:01

Graphics are great!

zillix 2014-04-30 04:31

fantastic presentation! I wish there were more levels to play :)

myrddinsowl 2014-04-30 05:58

(Josh here): There will be! And more transformations, more challenging levels, achievements, even more polish, ect...

mortus 2014-04-30 07:46

Great visuals! Mechanics are cool too, too bad there are so few levels, I'd love to play this game more.

7hesama 2014-04-30 23:15

Controls were pretty sketchy - like trying to jump while walking down a slope. I like that you could solve some of the problems in different ways depending on your preference. Looks great obviously. Way too short and hard, especially since most of that difficulty came from the controls.

perfect-victim 2014-05-01 11:38

nice game ,i really like the graphics

thegamefather 2014-05-01 14:32

The art of the game is great! The concept of the game is also interesting, fun game!

infectionteam 2014-05-01 17:31

This is AWEEEEESOME :D I managed to beat it after dying a couple of times. That jump on the Yellow power level is really hard though D: died a lot on it

makatak 2014-05-02 01:38

Really love "discovering" each of the new powers, and love the Greek-mythology setting!

lyje 2014-05-02 07:20

Really impressive platforming physics with curved surfaces etc, lovely graphics, music and sound - only one thing I found the last puzzle rather odd and unclear even though I did finally complete it!

tenpn 2014-05-02 18:56

Really nice art style. Audio was basic but did the job. A good idea that I would definitely have loved to see expanded out further than it was. Good job guys!

loneshark 2014-05-03 03:11

I'm stuck in the bottom right corner of one screen. The hero is just floating and can't jump out or fall down =/

loneshark 2014-05-03 03:11

Also Left Shift + T isn't working... (Playing via Firefox)

myrddinsowl 2014-05-03 05:12

what Level did it happen on Loneshark?

_waterman7_ 2014-05-04 12:18

Great visuals!
Too bad it's so short, I'd love to see more of this.

rincewind_cz 2014-05-05 15:51

Nice graphics and great audio! Actual game is too easy, but has some potential :-)

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-09 11:04

Super nice graphics and cool game! I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ruvs0qoO4zU