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Crystal Castle

By kylazaur and whirlguy

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall414.1444
Fun294.1344
Innovation6503.0143
Theme2593.7243
Graphics974.3242
Audio254.1840
Humor3623.1338
Mood1963.7641

Comments

generalbeans 2019-04-30 08:42

Super solid gameplay, most polished project I've seen in the submissions. Would love to play more content, as it was fun to play with all three of the characters. Would be interesting to see where it could go! nice work!!!!

lexyvil 2019-04-30 09:50

Fun little game. My favourite aspect was the music, and everything else was good, despite the easy difficulty and how short the game is~

robowarrior1982 2019-04-30 10:57

Very fun game, i like this retro style, not original but it works very well ! Good job !

rhewid 2019-04-30 13:33

Good job on that one, the art is amazing. Overall one of the best games Ive played this Ludum Dare.

serious07 2019-04-30 13:36

Although this game is short, but its quality is just great. Good job!

udo 2019-04-30 13:38

Just saw this on a stream. Is there any chance of maybe making a macOS or Linux build?

lurkinmcclerkin 2019-04-30 15:44

Great entry Kyla, was fun, and graphics were top notch. Grats

kylazaur 2019-04-30 19:10

@generalbeans Thank you for the kind words and potentially it could be a thing if peoples are interested in something more full featured without being restricted to a theme of "Your life is currency" as I kept forgetting about it and wanting to branch out with my own ideas but I tried to keep the theme there... whatever little there is in it ~ OvO

@lexyvil All the music was done by @Whirlguy, you can find his whole library on newgrounds and you can even use if for your own projects, awesome overall guy. Believe it or now, the game in testing was actually easier but I didn't want to frustrate people so I kind of went in between... which was still too easy xD but thank you for the kind words ~ ^-^

@robowarrior1982 To me a top down was something new so it was somewhat of a challenge to me, I do admit though that I could of tried a little harder to impliment the theme more ~ oVo

@rhewid Thank you so much for the super kind words ~ <3

@serious07 Thank you, I tried to go for quality over quantity so i was spending a bunch of the time polishing more than anything as I'm sure you can tell ~ (x

@udo I didn't have plans to but if people want to see a more... fuller game? it'll be availible on all platforms ~ ^-^/

@lurkinmcclerkin Thank you, mean a lot coming from someone with such talent as you do, I'll be sure to definatly play your game in a little bit ~ ^T^

nayaki-anandan 2019-04-30 20:32

This was so fun! The graphics and music were great, and I enjoyed the pacing. It was also easy to figure out the controls.

kylazaur 2019-04-30 20:51

@nayaki-anandan I'm glad you had fun and it was awesome to watch you play this on stream <3

flamboozle 2019-05-01 03:27

The game is really great from a polish standpoint, very few quality of life features are missing. Its close to the theme but a little off. It wasn't too long or difficult either. With a little more time and this amount of polish you could make a really fun game!

2019-05-01 03:33

Not a very unique idea but was a pretty straightforward implementation of the theme. The screenshake was way too much in my opinion. Especially at the boss fight in the beginning it was overkill. Over than that, fine submission.

kylazaur 2019-05-01 03:44

@flamboozle Thank you for taking the time out to play it and all the recomendations are welcome, best way for me to improvee <3

random-thoughts 2019-05-02 14:07

The art and audio makes the game look really polished. The only thing that it seems to lack for it to be a full game that I might find on Steam is that it was kind of short. Good job!

danield 2019-05-02 14:14

This was really fun! Just simple, no nonsense, functional jam game. The art style was good, and the music was banging, but I felt it could have been louder or brighter. I wish there was a category for "The game worked all the way through so it gets 5 stars here".

aterlamia 2019-05-02 16:40

Very good game i was sad it fished so early but in a jam making more levels is not always wise and i think it served you well that you polished the game. Id also liked the art and sound,

sholyu 2019-05-02 16:59

Very good game, really short but i know it was just a matter of time ! Graphics are really nice, the theme is well respected ! Nice job ! GG

nchalakov 2019-05-02 17:08

The art and audio makes the game unique. Good job bro :).

tricky-fat-cat 2019-05-02 18:16

The visuals and sound are super cool!

drunk-wizard 2019-05-02 18:16

Really superb game, the graphics, animations, sounds and the polish, just awesome. Only trouble I had was with the dying enemies still damaging you when you walk into them, but other than that I didn't encouter any problems :)

duke 2019-05-02 18:53

Really cool! Way too short for my taste, I could play this for another pair of levels :) The art was nice and the shooting felt very satisfying. Great job! The sound effects were fitting and it shows that you put all your effort in. Could use some more mechanics and some polish around the edges, but aside from that, a very nice experience!

kaisean-games 2019-05-02 20:45

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah man... It's tooooo short. Conceptually nothing new, but it's very fun nonetheless.

Graphics are awesome. :) Very well done. Especially coins' direction being a bit randomized.

Just has a really great feeling.

mags 2019-05-02 21:29

Amazing graphics and music! I love that there is a choice between three heroes and that there are different types of enemies and little details like crystals. It's nicely polished. It was short but it was entertaining. :thumbsup: I don't think the theme was quite on spot though, because it's money which is a currency in it self but it doesn't ruin the experience for me. The theme this year was kinda tough and didn't leave much space for creativity. Good job for your first LD entry - hope to see some more from you in the next ones. And keep @Whirlguy on there too, he's got a talent. :slight_smile:

twenty5clocks 2019-05-03 00:05

Everything worked great!! I could see this idea being stretched into a full game. Nice job. I mean it was a full game, but a longer game.... You know what I mean right?

craftlord 2019-05-04 09:59

This was really fun! A well rounded little game with the right graphics and sound. A chame it's so short :-),but on the other hand, itgives me more time to play other games.....

elysiagriffin 2019-05-08 22:28

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/421765787?t=36m23s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin