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The Way Home

By xyterix and Cryostasis

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2253.7621
Fun5563.2121
Innovation7462.8621
Theme4423.5721
Graphics954.3421
Audio184.2520
Mood184.3621

Comments

eva 2018-12-04 07:28

Cool game! Was a little frustrated because I didn't think to go left after I kept getting close trying to float across a wide lake.

vipaka 2018-12-04 07:29

Absolutely beautiful game (could see where you were headed with the story), but the controls are a rough combination. ASDW + Shift + click? I didn't make it past the larger river even with the powerup.

bugord 2018-12-04 07:39

A little but not obvious what to do when you meet spikes (maybe only for me, because i didn't read text :D) The graphics are awesome!

xyterix 2018-12-04 07:51

@eva Thanks for playing and the feedback! Going left is definitely unexpected so we'll keep that in mind!

xyterix 2018-12-04 07:52

@bugord Thanks for the feedback! You can fly by holding left shift + wasd (if you have unlocked it).

xyterix 2018-12-04 07:54

@vipaka Thanks for playing! The game is definitely on the difficult side as we didn't have time to introduce a proper difficulty curve. The controls are definitely a bit difficult as well, and maybe if we added controller support it would be easier.

youngblade 2018-12-04 08:00

This game reminded me a lot of Hollow Knight, which is a great game, if quite hard. And this one is as well. I had no problems with the controls, only with mastering the mechanics, which is exactly what I would expect from a precise platformer.

goldenmelon 2018-12-04 08:26

Great story and music.

Controls are hard.

The more i die, the more sound gets laggy.

Nevertheless I liked the game.

erebus 2018-12-04 08:53

Great game! Love the mood! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!

royur 2018-12-04 09:00

what to do in the dark area?

pukami 2018-12-04 09:47

Great art, music, and atmosphere! The gameplay itself is also fun, but the hitboxes are really unforgiging and makes it too difficult to proceed forward with the controls. A bit more tweaking could do good for it :)

captainweeaboo 2018-12-04 16:39

Game is really really good. Probably one of the best in LD43. Sound design is at top level, soundtrack aren't feeling like its an indie game. I can't say I liked mechanics with dodging those spikes with keyboard, thats just painful a bit. Overall I think this game is in top 5 of all I've played on LD43.

ivan-garcia-filho 2018-12-13 12:13

Awesome artstyle, graphics and animation, the level design is also awesome since it's following a nice rythm trying to introduce, evolve, twist and conclude... most off the timees the user really attempts to turn left to meet the cloacked spirit (so you succcesssfuly, stablished a contract/language with the user)... everything is nicely tied together

pogo 2018-12-17 14:13

The spiky zone after the big lake cross defeated me - the checkpoints were a little too far apart and the timing a little too tight for me to continue. The style for this is great and you really nailed the mood and visuals.

jk5000 2018-12-18 18:34

The idea for this game is really good, and both the music and graphics is amazing. The story is also good, but in the beginning the story telling stops the gameplay a bit too much. And then sadly the controls and to some degree also the level design, makes the game too difficult to play. Overall is this a good LD game, and with a bit polish it can become an really amazing game. Well done.