FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD45 → Amor Fati

Amor Fati

By starvingindie

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1283.67133
Fun2393.23132
Innovation1843.48133
Theme554.07133
Graphics693.95132
Audio293.94131
Humor1902.77113
Mood284.01133

Comments

brallex 2019-10-06 18:53

Wow, I loved this game! The fact it was simple and short made me really appreciate your storytelling skills more. Great music, great mood, great story - great game! Well done! :)

Sidenote: It was pretty addicting too ^^,

starvingindie 2019-10-06 19:22

@brallex thank you so much! And thank you for playing.

crazywulf 2019-10-06 19:42

Nice game bro

xacur 2019-10-06 23:26

It was nice, I don't know if it was a game, but it's interesting.

gabriele 2019-10-07 08:04

Lovely game, lovely narrative, lovely conclusion. A highly polished experience, well done!

clemonades 2019-10-07 15:59

Wow. Polished, beautiful, and moving. Great entry..fit the theme prefectly. Also yay godot engine is the best :)

codeforjoycaro 2019-10-07 16:01

This is the first game today that really made me smile. Thanks for that :) However, the music could be a bit smoother.

kristinamay 2019-10-07 16:02

Lovely is the word! Was confused at first but appreciated how the mechanics did their own explaining.

starvingindie 2019-10-07 16:20

@dazedhead @xacur @gabriele @clemonades @codeforjoycaro @kristinamay Thank you all so much for playing!

zakamana 2019-10-07 16:45

Cute game :) nicely done!

trusty 2019-10-07 16:49

Great game. Was really relaxing, made me wish it was longer.

piturnah 2019-10-07 16:54

Really nicely done. I love the whole aesthetic. The particles are brilliant, and I love the shaky effect when you click.

idk-what-im-doing 2019-10-07 16:56

its not really a game to be fair. "click screen 20 times and then thanks for playing". but it looks REALLY good, so props for that.

toryf 2019-10-07 16:59

Quick but Wonderful, Excellent Job !

adliberum 2019-10-07 16:59

What a lovely idea! Nicely polished. Great work :smiley:

starvingindie 2019-10-07 17:40

@zakamana @trusty @piturnah @idk-what-im-doing @toryf @adliberum Thanks for playing!

adrupen 2019-10-07 17:46

Quite short but a really beautiful game!

pietptr 2019-10-07 18:12

Very sweet, the sound and visual effects make this a very nice little experience :)

twinturbodouche 2019-10-07 18:14

This is an awesome idea! Also props for using Godot :)! You should expand the game after the jam!

2019-10-07 18:17

Very well polished - I definitely enjoyed it

100th-coin 2019-10-07 18:49

Oh dang, i really thought it was gonna keep going, this was super short but the music was boppin'! Great work!

sozey 2019-10-07 19:12

Such a lovely little experience. You did an amazing job at telling so much in so little time. Of course I wish there was more but I also know that maybe the shortness is part of what makes it great. A very nice entry.

polyethyleneglykol 2019-10-07 19:13

Love the Music and cute gameplay! But I did just spam leftclick which.. accelerated the progress quite a bit :D

georg-wacker 2019-10-07 20:07

Oh hey, a fellow Godot coder :) The art is just beautiful, the entire aesthetic is so fluffy. A great message makes this a perfect little game that fits the theme super well.

djee 2019-10-07 20:43

Very good mood and polish, attention to details (that itch.io theme matching the game's is rad). Good introduction and storytelling, but the game was too short once you realized you can spam LMB to get through it.

Kudos on the non-violent theme. 👍

PS: I thought we cannot use external audio in Compo and have to make it from scratch?

starvingindie 2019-10-07 20:46

@djee Thank you so much for playing! The tool I used to make the music is called Ecrett. It's kind of like SFXR but for music.

jaydubbyasee 2019-10-07 20:49

Love the atmosphere of the game, the music is great. Wish it were longer!

starvingindie 2019-10-07 20:50

@polyethyleneglykol Great point about the spamming LMB. It was a hard design trade off to make: keep the cooldown timer between clicks or let the player go nuts. Letting the player go nuts felt more fun and gives you the option of choosing to spam LMB or not.

igoreshka 2019-10-07 20:51

Cute and simple) Thanks for Godot example :wink:

polyethyleneglykol 2019-10-07 20:52

@starvingindie Well I enjoyed going nuts, all the particles and sound effects playing were very satisfying!

jiri-hysek 2019-10-07 20:57

Nice little game! Or interactive story? Enjoyable experience anyway :)

ssstormy 2019-10-07 21:01

Very short but also very nice! I liked how the particles & subtle animation and sfx came together and made the game satisfying to interact with!

The ability to spam click felt a bit unintentional however.

djee 2019-10-07 21:03

@starvingindie Oh sorry! I looked at the website too quickly, I though it said "Royalty free music for creators" as in this was a database of free music. I didn't realize it was an app! Sorry about that, and thanks for correcting me, I will have a look at it that looks useful :)

starvingindie 2019-10-07 21:06

@djee No worries at all! Hopefully the tool sees some love from those of us who are not great at making music :)

geoff-nagy 2019-10-07 21:18

This was a fun game. Sound effects, visuals, and music were all well done. Tells a nice story, too!

barrier 2019-10-07 22:27

Super short but fun while it lasts :)

2019-10-07 22:29

great aesthetic

2019-10-07 22:39

Cute and nice. I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/PWHzHVXDNtQ

arzi 2019-10-07 23:07

Certainly a feelgood game :)

starvingindie 2019-10-07 23:10

@geoff-nagy @barrier @sbrianz @jupiter-hadley @arzi Thank you for playing!

adamk33n3r 2019-10-07 23:49

very cute. nice sounds and pleasing visuals :) great job

aaranos 2019-10-07 23:53

Short and simple but very beautiful. The visuals were well thought out and the music complements it.

purpledartfrog 2019-10-08 00:02

Weeeeird - I only got a black screen and a pink arrow :thinking:

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:

starvingindie 2019-10-08 00:39

@purpledartfrog Thanks so much for letting me know. I'll look into that, but it seems to be an issue I'm seeing with Godot html games. Are you by any chance playing on Firefox and on Windows? If so perhaps try playing on chrome or downloading the Windows, Mac or Linux build. Again, thanks for letting me know about the issue and I'm sorry that was your first experience with the game.

purpledartfrog 2019-10-08 00:50

@starvingindie no worries :smile:

aconfusedragon 2019-10-08 00:54

WOW i love this!!!! It's so cute!!! All the animations are wonderful, and even tho it's a short game I thouroughly enjoyed myself, great job!!!!

marchmain 2019-10-08 00:54

Very brief, but wonderful vibes. Love your colors.

organicpencil 2019-10-08 01:06

Super feel-goody. Having trouble thinking of anything to improve... Eventually the screen shakes did get quite intense, so maybe there's that. Two thumbs up.

bobotast 2019-10-08 01:32

Nice, short, sweet. Quick game, but pleasant.

umsee 2019-10-08 03:12

Just the mood. And you just had to go and use godot. How can I ignore godot? You did some great stuff right there, Nietzsche? Amor Fati. Love thy fate. Killed it man! Just Killed it. only if it lasted a bit longer! But good things don't last do they?

starvingindie 2019-10-08 03:29

@umsee You're the first to catch the "Love thy fate" reference! Thanks so much for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

emiliabea 2019-10-08 03:46

This is so relaxing, I love the colors and art. It's simple but packs a punch. Nice work!

janderson-barboza 2019-10-08 04:32

Nice work!

goldenglade 2019-10-08 04:41

The game has pleasurable and apt graphics and music, as well as satisfying visual and audio polish and punch. It seems to end too quickly, however, and the game can be beaten without even moving the mouse, its only form of control. I would suggest expanding upon the bumping section if you decide to expand the game any further, perhaps by adding an element of strategy. Overall, nice work.

brokenmirrormedia 2019-10-08 04:50

Super cute and very polished game, the soundtrack really brings it all together!

toasteater 2019-10-08 06:00

This is really short but nicely polished. Nice game!

iozsaygi 2019-10-08 06:52

This is solid entry! Feel is amazing, concept is unique and idea is great. Art was so fine and music was fitting to the game. Honestly this game is 10/10. Good job!

kazatan 2019-10-08 10:34

Very much on point with the theme and mood. The graphics are really nice and the music and sfx all fit perfectly. Not much to improve here! It's really good, maybe a tad short, but it conveys it's message well in that time. Well done :thumbsup:

benjames171 2019-10-08 11:16

Amor Fati is the name of of one of my favourite songs! Anyway, I loved your simple pixel art graphics - nice use of colour. Was over before I would have liked but hey, you got lots done in a short time - good job!

nithin 2019-10-08 11:50

Was a nice little story you made. The clicking was really satisfying. I wish you had included a continue creating button just so we can continue mashing.

psychic-ash 2019-10-08 12:33

good job!!!! Even though the game was short, I enjoyed the non violent approach.

nachtwitch 2019-10-08 14:36

Great entry you have there! A really fun play, it's complete, it's kind of polished, and it's fun, congratulations!

ryzy27 2019-10-08 15:43

Amazing game. Short and to the point. Mood is great and everything fits together so well.

I caught myself trying to press mouse to the music rythm. It's amazing!

unept 2019-10-08 16:32

Feel-Good game of the jam for sure. Well done creating a short, sweet experience. Also good use of color, and the heart animations are splendid.

mechanicallife 2019-10-08 16:46

Simple and clever, high polish. Cool stuff!

karwei 2019-10-08 17:54

This is very sweet. I wish there was a little more to it, but it was a lovely experience. The music, sounds, art and colors are all very pleasing together.

quietgecko 2019-10-08 18:35

Wow! I loved this game, the narrative and way you introduced the mechanic was so organic and the whole message was lovely. Very juicy visual feedback as well.

We also created an entry for the jam in case you wanna check :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/$172916

robodoig 2019-10-08 18:44

Lovely game, short but polished

polarcube 2019-10-08 22:00

Great game i enjoyed though it could have been a bit longer.

cybikitty 2019-10-08 22:47

Really wish this was longer or had more characters etc - it's wonderful! Very wholesome :)

redmountainman1 2019-10-09 01:14

Short and lovely, thanks for this. :)

velvetlobster 2019-10-09 02:15

"from nothing fate created love" that was so nice, thank you for making it

velvetlobster 2019-10-09 02:15

the screenshake and colors remind me of lufthausers

porocyonak 2019-10-09 07:22

cute and fun! audio and graphics are great, good job

oakwarrior 2019-10-09 17:25

The literal definition of "short but sweet". Very well done. Congrats!

freakoftheyear 2019-10-09 17:25

This was really simple and cute! Keep doing these kind of things, you might be onto something!

jusw85 2019-10-09 19:10

Good mood and audio, and suits the theme really well. Short and simple!

cg-fred 2019-10-09 20:04

Short but cute and great audio. Well done!

tokugawa1983 2019-10-09 20:26

Amazing!

pestodesign 2019-10-09 20:33

Shortest game in the jam I think :D Very cute though! +point for "amor fati", the most important sentence of stoicism

fredbernardo 2019-10-09 20:33

A short but nice experience! Really great! :)

neowhoru 2019-10-09 20:52

Short but really nice game. I feel that lovely mood.

zoglu 2019-10-09 22:00

Nice entry, would have loved to play a longer game with the same concept.

mrerdalural 2019-10-10 06:27

Short, simple and beautiful. Thank you for this mini game! I enjoyed it.

sharkwithlasers 2019-10-10 10:26

Really like the challenge of making a nonviolent game. Great job!

Also, the game felt very crunchy! I like the polish!

joe-bustamante 2019-10-11 01:43

This was really beautiful, which makes me especially impressed since it was for the compo. You crushed it with the graphics and the audio - the game has a really great vibe to it. I was a bit sad that just by clicking as fast as I could I could pretty much beat the game in a few seconds, so there's definitely some room for taking the core mechanic and expanding on it. But overall, this was really cool! Also, great to see some other Godot developers in this LD!

pokenoufl 2019-10-11 02:12

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this (i read first few comments), but I got 2 guys stuck on top of eachother and they ended the game is 2 seconds by spawning tons of hearts.

gold5games 2019-10-11 04:59

Simple, short, but creative, and feelgood. Nicely done. I wonder how you might expand upon the idea.

lunardust 2019-10-11 12:21

well polished game! love the music and animations

starvingindie 2019-10-11 20:18

@pokenoufl Thank you for playing! I'm sorry you had that experience. There's some physics issues that'll need to be sorted out and I'll be sure to tackle that bug when I revisit the game. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

starvingindie 2019-10-11 20:19

@joe-bustamante thank you for playing and thank you so much for the kind words.

w0lfenstein 2019-10-11 23:20

Simple and interesting. So cute graphics. Nice! ^^

nickykendy 2019-10-12 04:49

Beautiful game! So lovly creatures bump into hearts! Love this idea! The music and graphic give me such harmony! How I wish it's not ending so quick!

p-r 2019-10-12 13:09

Cute

shabbyrtist 2019-10-12 17:32

um. too short. is this a game? : D

danilo-freire 2019-10-12 20:50

Wow, loved how looks, sounds and feels. I would definitely play longer if there was more content. Maybe you can balance the game to least a little longer.

Congrats on that one, is a beautiful experience.

frenchie 2019-10-12 22:32

I love the graphics for the little guys spawning hearts! Nice job, this was a relaxing game to play after so many other LD entries :smiley:

ahistyap 2019-10-13 11:24

I love it! Very relaxing game, the music is amazing too! I wish there's more though. I would totally play it if there's more, like maybe about what else fate created beside loves.

hcursino 2019-10-14 06:11

Absolutely beautiful! Good work!

pedro-rosa 2019-10-14 11:09

Very simple and charming game. It was super fun to play and the game feel is so well done. The concept is great and the pixel art is well done. Congrats, I had a lot of fun playing your game.

gamebuilder 2019-10-14 17:48

This is the real Call of Duty. Well done.

recursor 2019-10-14 20:54

It is pretty short, but it has a nice feel to it. Extra points for using Godot.

mharring 2019-10-15 01:43

Feel good is a great way to describe it! Simple yet elegant. The music set the mood nicely. Good stuff!

asfdfdfd 2019-10-15 20:24

Cute concept. Great music!

solah 2019-10-21 19:51

Very cute game. Well done!

anion-z 2019-10-22 23:26

Nice atmosphere, its a small game but it gave me relaxed vibes. I found a bug, if you create the guys next to a wall they will bump into each other instantly, finishing the game instantly, maybe you should limit the area in which you can spawn them?

I said its a small game but didnt realize it was a compo entry, sorry, its done very nicely for a game made in 1 day by 1 person

virimine 2019-10-28 19:45

This was so cute!! :3 :heart_eyes: Graphics are very nice and fit the atmosphere. Music is nice too but I think it's a bit loud :P I like that instead of killing them by clicking you make them find love :P I would suggest adding an end screen stating how many creatures you created and how many of them found love in order to have a bit more "game-like" elements. Good job!

madbarron 2019-10-29 19:35

I kinda thought there would be more, so I was expecting the next thing after filling up the bar, but this is a cute little experience, thanks!