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The Fable of Gina

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness350
Graphics2043.61
Mood2053.32
Audio2633.14
Humor2842.72
Fun3043.36
Theme3453.54
Overall3703.32
Innovation7572.61

Comments

alexiseshford 2016-04-18 11:05

I didn't get the gold square :c

Game looks super cute, i really love zelda-like aesthetics. Very strong entry!

retrogradeorbit 2016-04-18 11:09

I like the old school flick screen design. Groovy tune. I'd really like to move diagonally, though.

almightytuna 2016-04-19 03:45

Really fun retro styled game. I think some way to switch between your powers would have allowed for some really interesting level design

psychomonster 2016-04-19 07:23

Wow nice little game. I like the graphic style... it remembes me for my first console (Atari2600) I like the puzzles very much too. Thanks for rating my game too :)

euske 2016-04-19 10:19

It's good and polished!

silkworm_sweatshop 2016-04-19 16:29

Nice little game. The zelda-like aesthetics were pretty charming. Not the most challenging puzzles but pretty satisfying nevertheless.

madk 2016-04-19 22:49

No diagonal movement? No way to recover health? Or to attack? I love the art and music and Zelda 1 nostalgia, but it's really hard to enjoy it as a game.

ginger9 2016-04-21 06:11

A little hard as a bird, a spike throw it to another.
Nice game.

jupiter_hadley 2016-04-21 23:24

Very retro feeling :) I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/ly5GDw3HErI

leo_p_mahon 2016-04-21 23:34

Nice, complete design and mechanics. So cute when she cries.

siryakko 2016-04-22 05:08

Really nice retro zelda look and fun :)

brainslugs83 2016-04-22 05:19

I was really excited when I saw this. But then I played it, and the movement was really choppy, and you can't actually do anything. Space and gamepad buttons do nothing, so you just wander around until you die. Makes me sad. :-(

themonika 2016-04-22 10:57

After my third death on the spike corridor, I opened up dev tools gave myself an extra 20 lives. Other than the (totally thematically believable) difficulty, pretty fun!

Got stuck waiting for a monster who was blocking the path before the first key once, and some of the "this is the path you have to take now but there'll be a shortcut later" bits were almost too long, but they all felt like the kinds of rapid prototyping issues that happen in jams and get cleaned up right away with any extra development; it felt basically finished and ready for QA and polish.

virgate 2016-04-24 04:34

Nice twist on the Zelda formula!

shizor 2016-04-28 08:26

Nice entry! Tough as nails tho, a way to replenish your lifes would be appreciated :p

cheesyramen 2016-04-30 15:35

Reminds me of a certain awesome old-school game ;)
Great work on it! :)

crefossus 2016-05-01 22:02

Very good and polished. I had a little bit of learned helplessness after getting the punch ability. I didn't realize/even try to attack the enemies until I did accidentally.

Others already spoke of the difficulty being a bit much, although it was pretty rewarding when I finally made it through. Part of it might be that you don't realize each heart is so precious until after playing a few times.

Maybe it's my 360 controller, but the down direction seemed to not be working on the joystick smoothly (deadzone issue?) The dpad worked fine though. I'm not factoring this into my rating at all, just thought I'd let you know. Speaking of controller support I love how you show the notification on the main menu.

brightstar 2016-05-04 02:39

Cool game. : )