Baldaquin 9 - I chose life

jackson-makes-games 2018-12-03 04:44

I found your game pretty confusing once I got to the "afterlife"(?) stage. I really loved the intro, as the player was just about as confused as the player character, and the poetry/rhyming added a comedic, interesting, and novel element to what would've been an otherwise fairly bland setup. I would love to see some explanation of what to do once you got to the afterlife(?) so I could continue the game, since I was pretty hooked by the intro and mysterious factor. If you can add some cohesion, I think it would add alot to the overrall appeal of the game.

fussenkuh 2018-12-03 04:51

Hmmmm... unfortunately, I had no idea what I was doing after the intro scene. The dude I was walking around as looked pretty dang cool and eventually I got an icon to use the left mouse button. But, I walked and walked and never found anything to use the mouse button on :(

jisam 2018-12-03 04:54

I got 5 more seconds because I'm too bad. :v:

doomshmuck 2018-12-03 05:06

It took me a bit to figure it out, but I did get through the whole thing. I could sense the emotion (I guess) that was present throughout, and made me push through the whole game. I wouldn't say the "fun" factor was very high though... I think the one I had the most fun with was the 3rd part. The second part was just frustrating, and the first part was super confusing but I eventually got there. But yeah, nice work, lots of different stuff here and all implemented pretty well, and the homage was moving for sure. Nice job!

marcellus 2018-12-03 11:33

@jackson-makes-games & @fussenkuh

As the god tells you : "One of two star you must bleed, West or East, is as you feel". There are only two things in this "world" and the mouse icon doesn't show up randomly.

@jisam

Lucky you, you could listen to the amazing music for a little longer.

@doomshmuck

Thanks for this amazing comment, hope you did enjoy backflipping like hell as a little gold fish before achieving your fate.

andrea 2018-12-03 15:02

I have to admit it was 3 pretty nice games, and definitely challenging too, well, except for the first one :p Well done!

sun-wukong 2018-12-03 15:49

umm... the "What?" game. It is always so hard to judge one.

marcellus 2018-12-03 15:59

@sun-wukong

Hehe, try playing it and make you own opinion maybe.

sun-wukong 2018-12-03 16:02

@marcellus, that is opinion after playing it. Your game got the highest amount of "WTF per second" so far.

marcellus 2018-12-03 16:26

@sun-wukong

Thanks a lot, this is the most amazing comment I've ever received in 9 LD !

lastleaf 2018-12-03 18:09

The first part was frustrating (I figured out by reading comments and guessing). The second part was a little difficult. Other parts were really great. I was always expecting what will appear on the screen! It just went black after 10 seconds. It really ended?

marcellus 2018-12-03 18:59

@lastleaf

If you mean the last last black screen with a light switch sound at the very end, yes that is the end. Congratulations for reaching it by the way.

move127 2018-12-03 19:55

That was pretty interesting.

I liked the art of the character in the first act. Beyond that I was just unsure what to expect at any given time.

fashionbatman 2018-12-03 20:02

Great job! All 3 games were creative, the second one was really hard I got 5 more seconds a lot. The writing was especially good.

furtive-pygmy 2018-12-03 21:19

Very nice game, I loved the first act the most. The characters and music were top-notch!

mattdacat 2018-12-03 22:11

I couldn't get past the first act. :shrug:

bugninja 2018-12-03 22:13

I wasn't sure what to do in the level with the fuzzy guy on the checker board.

potatoez 2018-12-03 22:14

Game was cool, nice art style, very interesting

kunonooni 2018-12-04 00:10

That was one trippy experience! :laughing: I was not able to get by the second area because I just don't have the reflexes anymore.

great-bobleny 2018-12-04 00:42

I finally made it past the first act, but couldn't get past the second. I was never good at those types of games.

marcellus 2018-12-04 01:16

@mattdacat @bugninja @kunonooni @great-bobleny ho, great, I hope you did not rate my game according to the 20% you've played then.

Spoiler alert for this kind of comment not to happen again :

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU PLAN TO PLAY THE GAME IT WILL RUIN IT FOR YOU

1st act : turn left or right 90° then walk until moon / sun is in the middle of the screen, then hold left click for about 8 to 10 seconds.

2nd act : dash jump / dash jump / dash jump / normal jump / normal jump / normal jump / dash jump / dash jump / crouch + dash / normal jump / dash jump. With this method, you should beat the level with approximately 0.5 seconds left on the timer. If you can't, just die 20 times and get 5 extra seconds. FOREVER.

3rd act : wait / jump in the water / pick the 10 rings / accelerate towards up and jump out of the water with full speed / enjoy the life of a fish by doing some crazy backflips and try to hit the god while you're at it.

4th act : walk forwards and don't touch any other button, even when you ear that no one is following you. (orphea / eurydice style)

5th act : press right once.

BTW : my 66 years old father finished the game by himself in about 15 minutes without help. He failed more than 20 times on the rollerskating level but with the 5 extra seconds he managed to do it. The last video game he played was duck hunt on the NES.

great-bobleny 2018-12-04 01:28

@marcellus I tried many times to get past the skate level. I made it to last jump a few times (I assume it was the last jump). The one where you have to jump through the opening in the vertical flames. For some reason I can't get the timing down, and I keep bumping into that last blue shelf.

thomas-bringer 2018-12-04 10:06

This game is quite confusing, and the graphics look a bit weird in my opinion. However, I love the story and the different acts and gameplays. Really interesting! I enjoyed it. Congrats (:

rohezal 2018-12-05 20:22

One of the best games in this ludum dare. It is deep and very good. The roller skates were quite hard. Good that I got 5 seconds more :)

annagavaldakedavra 2018-12-07 20:26

For my birthday i received : linen sheets, an Advent calendar with only homemade weed-chocolates inside, and this game. I very much like all of those. You managed to remake my stuff with your unique style. Deep, fun and true. My favorite of the "baldaquin serie" !

chauchau 2018-12-09 15:31

This is your masterpiece. I Loved it Marcellus Manu, it's beautiful. Sully?