A flight to the gallows

negativice 2018-12-03 05:38

Wow, just wow! This is a true gem! Gameplay, mood, graphics and audio is incredible, and on top of that you nailed the theme! Amazing experience! Even tho i want to go to bed so badly i still finished the whole game, the ending was interesting.. :open_mouth: Not sure if its possible to have different ending states, but it still was a nice story. Gameplay was interesting, and every level had different chalanges. I'm suprised that you managed to make so much content :open_mouth:

Some of the dialogue was a bit speedy but that didn't really subtract from the game. Also i barely got to use the bombs.

Not only the game is top-tier but you are also clearly very talented. :thumbsup:

squirmonkey 2018-12-03 05:52

A gem. Beautiful graphics and mood contribute to an intense and foreboding atmosphere.

I have only two complaints with this game: Sometimes when I'm flying up, I can't see what the prisoner is saying The last level was too hard for me, I couldn't beat it >.< so now I don't get to see what happens.

Apart from that, very well done, congrats on a great game :D

theseusinabottle 2018-12-03 18:57

Fantastic. Played this late last night I really loved it. The graphics are really nice and I love the implimentation of sacrifice through cutting weight free from the ship.

jharler 2018-12-03 22:02

Great polish. The visuals and sound were great and meshed together well. Very moody game and interesting story. A little slow, especially when you die and have to start over at a checkpoint. A small issue. Overall, well done!

erebus 2018-12-04 04:01

Awesome job! Thanks so much for bringing it by the stream!

arkiruthis 2018-12-04 11:15

Wow, a lot of work went into this! I ended up playing this for a long time, such was the narrative and atmosphere of the game. Really nice game, well done.

2018-12-04 12:10

This game is amazing, i am glad that i scrolled all the way down to the bottom of submissions to find it. It's just cool, and with a bit of polish it would be very solid indie-game. Music, graphics, gameplay, everything is spot on.

That's being said, there is two things i would like to see changed in a full game:

– Physics. I had a-lot of damage done to the ship not because of enemies, but because i got inside of the wall and was getting damage until i flew out of it. I think there should be some sort of collision system, preventing you from getting inside the walls (Balloon seems to have it). Ship movement feels a little clunky, but this is a good thing, i felt like i was operating a real balloon.

– Overall speed of the game. Prologue and first 3 chapters felt very slow, and whole tutorial could have been packed in one level. But when bullets start flying, game became much more interesting, so i propose a shorter prologue.

publicidadeba 2018-12-04 16:50

Mood was right and the voices helped a lot. I think maybe if it was a bit more zoomed-in it would be better. Bold entry, congrats one that.

sokette 2018-12-04 20:15

Wow wow woooow wooooooooooow. Didn't finish it (got taken down on the level you get ambush by that guys gang) but daaaaaaaaaaaaamn the atmosphere was awesome, the music was so great, the gatling gun felt SO RIGHT and powerful.

This interpretation of the theme was fantastic.

I would only complain about the lack of menu : I had to alt+F4 from the game :yum:

I don't know if I had any other choice, but I felt so bad for cutting the doc away (and dropping the coffin by accident at the same time...).

mike-inprinciple 2018-12-06 04:51

@thomas-olsson, your game is really good, but if you don't review other people's games it won't be seen by many. I think you should take some time to do this, as the game looks like a contestant for a high spot in the competition in my view. Good luck either way, just wanted to encourage you to get to at least 20.

taco360 2018-12-08 04:41

I had a blast playing this one

-Incredibly innovative mechanics. I've never seen a game like this before, and that's something to be very proud of nowadays.

-Very interesting world and characters. The solemn cliffs and caves really set the mood for this game.

-Combat is a real challenge, but shooting your own balloon is more annoying than interesting.

-Beautiful graphics with great sound design. The fact that the art alone didn't take up the entire time allotted is crazy.

Overall a fantastic concept, this could totally be turned into a full game. However, there are a couple of problems with the game that I thought I'd mention.

For one, during some sections the game expects you to have ammo (sometimes during non-combat areas), when I didn't have any. I had to tank a lot of damage from wood planks and such during a few levels because I just plain didn't have any left over from the previous level.

Also, collision is very wonky. I actually couldn't finish the game because after I made it past the final area I couldn't land where the arrows pointed, resulting me crashing through the floor and bursting my balloon. Like heck I'm doing that final challenge again.

lastleaf 2018-12-08 10:26

Amazing game! The atmosphere is so nice. The graphics and audio are properly set. It could be even better if controls are adjusted better, but it is already super great in 48 hours!

stames 2018-12-08 15:56

that game was amazing. sadly I wasen't able to finish it. I was at the gallow and there were these green arrows but they didn't seem to work. But it was amazing to play. remindet me a little bit of sunless sea but just because of the mood

aevek 2018-12-09 08:54

Holy cow! What!? How?! This is an amazing game, the fact that it was made in 48 hours amazes me. The characterization and world building you were able to achieve is awesome. All the mechanics had all the right feedback, I particularly liked the shooting which felt super meaty. Only complaint is when you collide with the ground you don't collide just sink into it causing a lot more damage while you struggle to get out of the floor.

falak 2018-12-09 10:40

I love it :heart: ! I would really like to see it as a full game. I found one problem. The font could better match the game's climate. Good luck!

deathbysnail 2018-12-10 13:13

Fantastic, awesome job.

chao 2018-12-12 10:25

no ending.png Why you gotta go do that.

You feed me this fantastic story, and then at the very last second, the ending was bugged.

Why man.

Other than that though, the game was super awesome. The mechanics fit really well with the theme, and there were lots of tiny details that really pulled the game together, like the little distortion shader that results from using the burner, and the fact that your balloon gets slightly bigger when you're moving fast.

Very nicely done.

thomas-olsson 2018-12-13 02:08

Hi @chao @stames @taco360 and others who had the end game bug : I just updated it and fixed ! If you have the courage to play through it again... would you give it another shot with the end revealed?? :) Thanks a lot for playing.