bloodjohn 2014-08-25 03:37
Weak weapon, hard controls, light off..
It horribly for me, man. Not so funny. :(
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD30 → They Came from Beyond
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 62 | ||
| Graphics | 583 | 3.06 | ||
| Audio | 697 | 2.44 | ||
| Mood | 745 | 2.77 | ||
| Humor | 916 | 1.65 | ||
| Theme | 958 | 2.58 | ||
| Innovation | 983 | 2.52 | ||
| Overall | 1051 | 2.62 | ||
| Fun | 1057 | 2.38 |
Weak weapon, hard controls, light off..
It horribly for me, man. Not so funny. :(
Not really sure what's happening during this game. :S
Interesting gameplay, but the limited light range is a killer for me. The light orbs were always following too far behind to be useful in seeing where to go. (Perhaps my monitor settings are darker than they should be. An in game setting would be beneficial) The attacks also seemed to vary in effectiveness, sometime knocking the enemy back a distance, and other times, hardly moving them. The initial load menu looks very much like an afterthought (What does the 'Quit' button even do?) and with a Ludum Dare, I can't blame you much for that, menus are the last thing I usually work on.
I liked this. I think the first part was a bit hard until I got used to the mechanic, almost gave up on it. It would be nice if the baddies were a bit more visible..
Loved the art style!
the hitboxes for the portal thing seemed to be buged
The mechanics could use a bit of work, the lights can be a bit too slow although I understand the gravity behind them
There should probably be some sort of invincibility after being hit.
Hi there. Like the look and feel, found it difficult to play, directed attacks seem too feeble to protect self. Great sounds and good FX.
not bad, wasn't sure what i was doing for awhile but I had fun.
First congratulations on finishing your first LD :). Good job. You managed to make something playable in 48h which is in and of itself impressive. My feedback regarding controls:
It was hard for me to estimate what my attacks would do (therefore use them effectively). Sometimes it would thrust enemies up in the air, sometimes they seemed completely unimpressed by my attacks.
A bit difficult - the dim light made enemies difficult to spot until they were right on top of you, and the attacks seemed to sometimes send an enemy bouncing back a long way and sometimes didn't do anything at all.
Great effort for your first jam! Looks good and plays okay, although the weapon is slightly frustrating to use. Seems fairly polished also.
I thought the lack of visibility was interesting, but paired with the unforgiving combat mechanics it can feel a bit muddy.
My hypothesis: If you iterate on the combat stuff a little (some invulnerability time after taking damage, some more transparent attack feedback) I think you'll find people start to enjoy the light/shadow thing more :D
Weapon is way too weak, not enough knock back to the enemy and no invincibility frames, the damage just piles on.
The latency between attacks is way too large.
Light is WAY too limited.
I understand how the lights work, but they move WAY too slow, making the game slow paced.
Pretty nice, but the movement felt a little bad.