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Gargoyle Abyss

By imaginarymonsters

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics444.42
Fun2143.33
Audio2963.26
Mood4013.05
Overall4243.16
Theme7251.96
Innovation7491.92
Coolness142645

Comments

sanojian 2014-08-25 17:24

Not running in Chrome. "undefined is not a function"

4sap 2014-08-25 17:29

The graphics and music are fantastic. That is some A+ pixel art. Was sad to see it end so quickly. Would love to see a full version of this made.

mlabarca 2014-08-26 01:33

I couldn't run it in chrome :/

zatyka 2014-08-26 03:54

Bummer only having 1 level. The theme felt a bit forced. Cool graphics... nice use of color. I'd suggest giving the option to jump with the up key; I think it would feel more natural.

I'm glad you learned a lot, and hope to see you in the next LD.

imaginarymonsters 2014-08-26 13:37

Thanks all. Sorry about the Chrome situation. Still figuring out the subtleties of publishing web builds from Game Maker. Runs o.k. in Safari, Firefox, and IE (I've heard) in the meantime. I'll look into uploading a desktop version too.

sojabird 2014-08-26 13:38

Graphics from the screens looks amazing. Can't wait to play on chrome :)

carrier_signal 2014-08-26 13:43

Its fun and plays great!

ludipe 2014-08-26 13:44

Fun game, but it's extremely short :(

coruon 2014-08-26 13:44

I had the same problem with chrome as other people seem to be having. Played it in Safari though and really loved the art. I would have loved to see more done with it, but it was nice for what it was. I understand the time constraints, I had the same issue and did not manage to do nearly as much :P

kabzoer 2014-08-26 13:46

Great game but obviously very short.

polona 2014-08-26 13:55

Amazing looking game! The Animations (the flapping while he slowly drops, awesome!) , the tiles and the background.
The background sound is really good, but the shooting sound too squeeky.

Also: the german keyboard has y and z switched. Just put the actions on both key, makes it easier for us Krauts.

carlsommer 2014-08-26 14:06

Great sound and excellent character design and sprite art!

tautnerve 2014-08-26 14:21

Great pixel art and somewhat fluid controls, like the others
I really would have hoped to see more levels.
Great work on your Ludum Dare! Keep it up

graveyardpolice 2014-08-26 14:39

I love the pixel art in this, Im not sure if it was just me, but the movement when flying up seemed to move kinda rapidly, like it skipped some frames. Id love to see more done with this. I like the idea of it being an adventure game possibly, like you said in the notes. also some fluidity added to the controls instead of instant start/stop would add a lot to a game like this with the flying done the way it is. I enjoyed it though, very nice work.

lexgear 2014-08-26 14:43

Worked fine on Safari (Mac). FUN! But Short :( Please continue working on this game.

imaginarymonsters 2014-08-26 15:00

Thanks everybody! I definitely want to add more to this (though obviously not for LD30). I spent most of my time trying to make the gargoyle animations fun, then wound up with less time to expand the actual game : p lessons learned though!

@Polona – great thought on the Euro keyboard support! If I did up for jumping like @zatyka suggested controls could be arrows to move, space to fire.

imaginarymonsters 2014-08-26 15:02

@GraveyardPolice - thanks dude. The jump up state is just a single frame right now. Looking at it again it would probably work better as a wing flap down and hold on the final down frame. Good to take note of.

oli 2014-08-26 15:26

Good game, the character is funny but it's too short

teoacosta 2014-08-26 16:24

It didn't run in chrome for some reason, but I ran it in Safari without any problem. Really like the graphics and the music! Great experience!

imaginarymonsters 2014-08-26 20:24

Anybody have any experience making html5 builds from Game Maker and having them not run proper? I'm going to google around to see if there's some noob setting I'm missing.

radmars 2014-08-26 23:50

Sick nasty art! :D Gameplay feels really slick too. I want morreeee!

creative630 2014-08-26 23:54

WHAT THE HELL AM I KILLING HERE?!?

Weird enemy aside, Pixel Art is just great!

Although it's very very short, what you do have here feels really solid.

Game hints at something really cool - hope you take this further!

imaginarymonsters 2014-08-27 03:44

@creative630 - you're killing Old Ones from the Lovecraft Mythos! :D

brighterorange 2014-08-27 12:32

Wow, you weren't kidding about short. :) The graphics are super good, though, and I liked the music too! Only worked in Firefox for me, but very smooth.

jjhaggar 2014-08-27 14:33

This game reminds me of Demon's Crest, I feel nostalgic now ^^ Great pixel art! :D I'd love to play the full version of this game :D

retr0spectrum 2014-09-05 19:57

Great graphics, but the controls seemed a bit awkward for me. If movement was WASD, it would be much more playable IMHO.