FORF

miki 2017-12-05 18:29

From one first-timer to another:

FORF is a retro top-down hack ‘n slash dungeon crawler game which felt really well-made to be honest. I love retro, I love hack ‘n slash and I love dungeon crawlers, so you won me over by default. On a more serious note its adorable graphics and sound effects paired up with the retro gameplay feeling and difficulty makes it a pretty nice and simple game.

It’s sad that you did not have enough time to add weapons, abilities and more monsters, and unfortunately, I didn’t feel like you nailed the theme, BUT what you should be happy and very proud about is that you’ve made a very stable base for a future game of yours and I really hope you do choose to continue with this project in the future. Good luck!

johndimi 2017-12-05 19:39

@miki Thanks so much! I'm glad you found it interesting I know it is almost totally off the jam theme, and it's more like an engine concept. I will try to expand on it in the future, we'll see how it goes. :grinning: :blush:

igorsgames 2017-12-06 20:46

Nice graphics! I think you should make the monster-die sound randomized from several pre-made versions of it, otherwise it gets annoying very fast.

johndimi 2017-12-07 16:53

@igorsgames Yep, It was meant to have different sound effects I even had like 5 explosion sounds ready to go. But I totally screwed up and botched it :frowning2:

gyfis 2017-12-08 15:50

Really nice game, graphics, controls and the whole flow, everything mixed up together very well! Enjoyed playing this, thanks :)

justin-toyo 2017-12-09 18:03

This was a really awesome submission! I loved the graphics and the sounds were cool!

gama-croma 2017-12-10 18:04

Great game, enjoy the urgency, maybe it's a bit easy to screw yourself before you even realize it. Maybe somehow warn the player hes too leveled up, make the first level grow faster, just so you remember to avoid combat instead of staying.

gamequester 2017-12-10 18:41

I really liked your game. The graphics and sounds were nice and the gameplay was good, too. The game crashed for me in the 3rd level though. Also for my taste the attack hitbox of the player could be bigger. Maybe, in return, give the enemys a bit more complex attack pattern. You did a very good job for your first LD entry.

epono 2017-12-10 18:49

as @gamequester said, bigger hitboxes would be sweet x)

A bit of fast music, improving the feeling of rush would also greatly improve the experience IMHO.

Otherwise, nice controls, nice idea, nice subimmsion :)

samuli 2017-12-10 18:51

The core game feel is good and game in general feels polished. It is better to have what you have working well than bunch of half-baked assets and mechanics, so you did well in prioritizing what you cut in the end.

johndimi 2017-12-11 08:56

@samuil, @epono, @gamequester, @gama-croma, @justin-toyo, @gyfis, @igorsgames, @miki

Thank you for taking the time to try out my game and leaving feedback :smiley_cat:

I know it's heavily unpolished, I mean I just barely slapped it together and submitted it, lol. I will get back to it and make improvements, I think this could become something nice. I'll try to work on it before the jam ratings close. Cheers!

illabom 2017-12-12 01:51

Nice game you have here. SUPER WELL DONE!

Come check out my game if you like! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/virus-detected

andrew-white 2017-12-23 22:39

Nice fluid animations and controls. It fits perfectly with the theme. Good job!

jjjjason 2017-12-24 04:47

There's been a couple of "game genre but you don't do the main thing of the genre" games this LD, but I think this one handles it pretty well. As you mention, the map design struggles a little bit, but the core idea of rushing to the exit and only taking fights as you need it is a cool one. I really like the backstep one of the enemies' does--it speaks to the amount of polish. The graphics are also pretty nice, they have the modern-retro aesthetic that is pretty trendy these days but you do them well (again, the backstepping enemy's design is my favorite).

@Samuli had it right when they talked to you focusing on heavily polishing the things you could get in time, rather than getting everything in mediocrely.

lereveur 2017-12-24 05:17

It's a very solid entry for a first time LD! Don't worry about haven't made all you wanted to, it's part of the LD experience, and what you finally done is way more than a lot of entries (not just for this LD, and especially for a first time - and I don't say that only about my own entries XD). Don't forget that the first purpose of LD is to learn, about making games, but also about yourself. As is, I think you don't have so much to improve to make it a polished game. Make your own monsters assets to give a more personal touch, take time to design levels with progressing difficulty, some things like that. If you like what you've done, so go ! Make a post-jam version, and take fun by doing it! ;)

johndimi 2017-12-28 08:02

@jjjjason I'm happy you enjoyed it, thanks! (The backstepping was the most enjoyable thing to code ) :smile:

@lereveur I agree, it was a self-test as well. Learn your own abilities, how do you manage time, where to focus on your code, etc. For example I learned that I should put priority to making interesting levels first rather than other minor things, because as Reggie said *"If the game isn't fun why bother"* :sweat_smile:

Thanks for the feedback guys.