Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD45 → The Little Adventure for Slime
By mimusangel, Lukein and Nephelias
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 805 | 3.18 | 76 | |
| Fun | 772 | 3.00 | 77 | |
| Innovation | 512 | 3.23 | 77 | |
| Theme | 603 | 3.25 | 76 | |
| Graphics | 532 | 3.56 | 77 | |
| Humor | 580 | 2.65 | 70 | |
| Mood | 816 | 3.01 | 72 |
Really nice! I like how you introduce the different mechanics through puzzles and how they all work together. The background art was also super pretty. The only thing I can critizise is that there are no check points (as far as I can tell) and that I had to restart from the beginning after making good progress. Other than that, solid work!
@syrapt0r Thanks! Yup, there is no checkpoint. We were wondering during development but decided not to put any to stick with the theme. Start with nothing, restart with nothing as well !
I really like the art and the music. Fun concept. I had some problems getting the controls to work. Like they were non-responsive at times. Do you have to hit ctrl or tab many times for them to work? Nice puzzle concept!
Really cool, specially the morphing. You could improve the controls (the character physics)
@attala @bozarre We know that there are bugs with the controls, but after all the tests we did it does not really impact the game, even if sometimes it's complicated to control, but we currently have not find a way to solve all its bug and it was more acceptable than a version we had done earlier in the day. We are happy to have worked on the blends shape and have placed in the center of our gameplay. Thank you for your feedback.
Very nice, I really liked how you taught the player as the game progresses. The movement was a bit buggy though.
Nice game. :-)
I really enjoyed the aesthetic of this game, the 2.5d, low poly, very colorful and bright. The controls are a bit unresponsive, which makes some of the jumps difficult. And I would have really liked a checkpoint system, I was unable to clear the water obstacle, which would cause me to lose all of the progress up to that point.
The game is full of cool ideas, i wish it has more puzzles and utilisationof double or triple slimes ! The actual double jump and wall jump are really not precise and plateform fells frustrating to me, we can't control the slime mid-air :( The game has a ton of content and cool modelisations !
I am having an issue with all these controls: double jump, block, split, merge, anvil (maybe others?). In french to devs for simplicity: je suis obligé de bourriner la touche pour espérer déclencher l'opération en question et la chance est très faible, du coup je n'ai pas réussi à passer la partie avec l'enclume. Peut être une question de `FixedUpdate` vs `Update`? :shrug:
Might have been unlucky with my machine, but ther than that I loved the graphics, the theme fit, the mood and the ideas! Congrats guys :)
@blint6 On utilise le Fixed Update, au début on utiliser le Update mais on avais encore plus de bug de contrôle, comme le double saut qui s’exécutait illogiquement en même temps que le saut...
Using the fixed update, the beginning of the page use, update, but more control bug, like the double jump that ran illogically at the same time as the jump ...
I'm sorry, but I got quite stuck on the double jump part. I thought it would be tap space in the air, but that didn't seem to trigger it? Also, the text on some of the tutorial parts went too fast, and I had to come back to this page to get all of the info. I really liked how you handled the incremental powerups though, it sounds like there was a lot more that I didn't uncover.
@justcamh I'm sorry for you, it is true that there are some bug with the double game, it's a shame that you are not going into the house with ghosts, Thanks for playing despite the bugs and having us Leave a comment
Nice little game, I got some difficulties with the control, but I got some satisfying moment when I transformed into an anvil and it worked :) Pour les contrôles normalement c'est en Update, le FixedUpdate est pour la physique uniquement (coucou les français)
Sinon c'est neat que vous ayez utilisé la propriété du slime à se transformer, c'est rigolo, gg à vous
@narudgi Je suis a la fois d'accord et pas d'accord avec toi pour les contrôles, car souvent on nous dit les contrôles se font dans l'update mais l'usage de la velociter dans le FixedUpdate, hors en utilisant les controles je set la velociter pour avoir un contrôle total sur celle-ci. JE pense pas qu'il est de "normalement", vu qu'il a des bug d'Input redondant dans l'update et des bugs d'input qui ne s’exécute pas dans le FixedUpdate. Apres je pense que j'ai encore beaucoup de lacune sur l'usage moteur unity, c'est pour ca que je fait des game jam, j'en apprend beaucoup comme ca.
I am both agree and disagree with you for the controls, because often we are told the controls are done in the update but the use of velocity in the FixedUpdate, off using the controls I set Velocity to have total control over it. I do not think it's "normally", since it has redundant Input bug in the update and input bugs that do not run in the FixedUpdate. After I think I still have a lot of gap on the use engine unity, that's why I made game jam, I learn a lot like that
The game is nice, I really like the split and shapeshifting part. Nice environment too. Good job! Altough not having a checkpoint when introducing the wall jump mechanic was a bit harsh!
@mimusangel oui mais du coup tu peux récup la condition d'input en update et la set en fixedupdate, tu utilises l'input manager classique ? les bugs c'est lié à quoi ? o:
@narudgi Oui j'utilise l'input manager de base, après réflexion j'aurai pu éviter certain bug quand c’était encore dans l'update avec plus de condition mais j'avais pas mal de mapping a réaliser... Avec les Inputs on demande une execution unique comme juste a l’appuie d'une touche, il y a 3 états a chaque key/button "Viens d’être appuyer" / "appuyer" / "Viens d’être relâcher". Et mois j'utilise le premier et le second cas, sauf que pour une raison inconnu des fois (pas tout le temps) le "Viens d'etre appuyer" qui devrait s’exécuter qu'uns fois le fait plusieurs fois. Mais bon pour la prochaine fois je coderai pas les input et les movement dans le meme fichier, je ferai un input contrôler et l'application séparer, plus de boulot mais je pense moins de bug. Voila j’espère t'avoir répondu et été claire :)
@mimusangel ayes, jpense ça aurait mieux fonctionné ; mais de toute manière je pense que la prochaine fois l'input system de unity (le nouvel) sera prêt et donc plus sympa à utiliser :>
Well done on the graphics, the animation is more or less decent. Didn't like the accuracy of the controls but still, pretty cool. Keep working
@narudgi Maintenant que tu le dit je vois qu'on y a déjà accès en preview... je vais suivre cela.
@mrabnox Thank you for your opinion, yes bug controls a bit sadly, but we are working to improve for the next LD!
Mais en tout cas, bonne chance)
Game looks really nice, music is fitting for the type of game, controls were a bit janky all in all a solid entry!
Nice and cute game. I really love the low poly and 2.5 aspect :D
Bien joué à vous, les contrôles sont en effets des fois capricieux, mais rien de dramatique pour une GameJam ! :)
nice idea but the controls are bouncy and jump movement is hard to manage
Awesome graphics and unobtrusive music and sound effects. Controlling the character is sometimes strange and unresponsive but i got used to it. Game's world feels very cute, cartoony and it is really nice to look at. Great entry!
Nive job music works well and its quite entertaining
I like the game design. The Artstyle is alo really nicely done. Could have used some anti aliasing too make it look even nicer. I had a lot of problems with the controlls tho. I had to press tab and controll at least 20 times before the merge or split happened...
Wow the graphics are amazing. The controls are a little bit not working but its okay
The game mechanics are really nice as an idea but the movement controls are quite bad unfortunately meaning I can't finish this game. Its a shame because everything else about it is good! Great job apart from that though!
The mchanism looks great, satisfying and addictive and the game looks amazing. Really cannot believe that you guys managed to make such a great game in the given time. Great job you guys.
@alphaden If you want to check it just look at the reddifs! Well the designers had not live but hey we just have to watch as we go along. https://www.twitch.tv/mimusangel/videos
@mimusangel I'm not saying i don't believe you. I'm just saying that i got stunned by your work.
The aesthetic is simple and well fitted. I'll not mention the bugs that have already been quoted in previous comments, so otherwise the game is very good. Perhaps with animations and some dynamic element as a miscellaneous it would have been cooler, but still, good work fellas! :D
@alphaden Ok, I misunderstood your message. sorry my English is not good.
Who cares about your language. Your game is great and thats what really matters ;)
@alphaden A thing you won't believe either... Even less, I think. We slept way more during this week end than you'd expect during a game jam ! Weird flex, I know. Anyway, thanks for your feedback !
I did not understand the anvil part. I was not able to break through anything I found on the map. Other than that, it had some cool mechanics and made me feel a little bit smart when I used them correctly.
As many have said, the controls are not that great. Sometimes the keys don't even register and you have to spam them to get through. I do think some animations could be a bit faster to make it smoother, but there has be something on the coding side that is the culprit here.
Nice little game. A difficult with some area but besides that, was really a fun time!
Woo, fun, simple and done well, nice work! i had some problems with controls from time to time but nothing annoying
Great work! I love the lil slime friend :)
I got stuck very early the game i can't get how the jump works, the game looks good and i like the ingame tutorial. I'm also french, so please pardon my english too.
@gisam Merci d'avoir jouer au jeu, dans les prochain jour je vais travailler pour me préparer mieux a se type de contrôle, car je suis un peu dessus de ne pas avoir réussi a tout debug... mais je suis contant du game design réaliser par mon équipe et moi.
@mimusangel Je réessayerai dans quelques jours alors!
Controls seemed a bit unresponsive, but the idea of gameplay mechanics is good. And I like the design, cute color scheme.
Another slime fan : ), nice art with good gameplay, controls were a little wonky, but I liked how colourful the game is.
How frustrating to move by small jump. I was like "Ok, so now I need to move juuuuust a little bit and... #!%". I think that moving like a snail would have been strange, but it can work for a slime. Good game anyway, but a music a little bit to short (or too repetitive idk)
The graphics are very cute and creative game overall! Good job mate!
The mechanics are quite cool, although I did have problems with controls (sometimes they didn't even react). Apart from that the entry was quite polished, quite nice for jam game.
Keep up the good work!
Really fun game man, I really like the art style!
Very nice logic game. Music is well suited for the movement of the slug.
I love the style of this game, its really bright and the slimes are suppppper cute. Well done in a weekend, even with some issues, it turned out really nice!
@daria-toni @whatnamegames @sir-galloy-de-fierpate @addnone @zgragselus @matthewjd389 @dodelov @sarah Thank you for taking the time to play and enjoy the game despite the control bugs. And especially thank you for your comment!
Love how you can split the slimes! Great graphics! Keep up the great work!!!
The idea is very good. The amount of different commands makes gameplay a little difficult and not everything works exactly as it should. Something that bothers me is the lack of checkpoint, dying and having to come back early is complicated. With a little more polish in the gameplay is a very interesting game.
The visuals on this are stunning! Love the music and art style :)
Movement/control unresponsiveness definitely weakens the game - otherwise it is excellent. Nice graphics style. I got stuck early because I couldn't figure our what the anvile was supposed to do.
I like the idea of the game, it has potential.
Sadly I got really frustrated by the controls. Generally the double jump, split and cube/anvil transformation buttons sometimes work, but mostly dont or only while hammering them. It feels like you are only processing one button press at a time (no jumping or splitting while moving etc). Additionally all the controls are pretty awkward to keep your hands on at the same time (tab, space and control)
Make sure that you check all buttons down in the runs of the update/fixed update functions and if you have problems with the same button press triggering in multiple runs of the update function try using Input.GetButtonDown since that only returns true in the frame that the button was pressed.
I also got weirdly stuck in walls and jumping felt very floaty. Still I like the general concept.
It seems you got already comments on the controls already, so I will not push this further. I loved the game, the song was really fun since the slime bounces in the same rhythm, and the mechanics were really interesting. I would love to see more of this if you guys ever feel like continuing the project and fixing the controls haha
@hcursino We discussed that a few days after release actually. @mimusangel did a rework of the controls and on this new build it was clearly better, but even after re-reading the rules, it was unclear if we could post a reworked version, on this page. I saw people making post-release versions of their games, but idk. Feels kinda cheating, in a way.
We got 3days to make a game, we did our best in this time frame, there are some bugs. Feels bad, but that's the way it is. And it also means we got things to improve for our futur projects and entries.
@syrapt0r @attala @bozarre @tom-adams @s-yanik @tjmcdonald @vhalenn @blint6 @justcamh @narudgi @gnomik @mrabnox @bredera @theog @rhymar @xcvzxc @elbidev @ausstein @torami @skalex @alphaden @crazyhomeboys @k0haku @a-french-canadian-studios @demuss @cybikitty @gisam @daria-toni @whatnamegames @sir-galloy-de-fierpate @addnone @zgragselus @matthewjd389 @dodelov @sarah @sillyman987 @gabrielgamedev @tony-redmer @space-wumpus @taddl @crazyhomeboys Thanks for you com' ! We decided to make a patch of controls. Feel free to test the game if you want. Thanks Google Translate
It's refreshing. The graphics are good. But controlling slime was so hard.
@gamefive Which version did you test? the LD version has the controls really harder than the patch version
@mimusangel after LD. It's an interesting game, but it's hard for me to control multiple buttons.
@mimusangel just tried the patch and could go as far as the 4th slime split! I'm happy to have seen the rest of your work, thanks for the patch! :) Controls are now usable although still a bit hard I think: the walk animation does mini jumps that interferes with the actual jump. I would say that having this animation as only cosmetic (and not affecting physics) would have been perfect, but I guess it's complicated! Also, after I died, the movement acceleration became crazy, like I could move super fast in the air, even from the beginning (even when restarting the game)! Maybe it's my machine, but this was strange.
Anyway, I appreciate that you worked based of the feedback we gave and I could appreciate your work much more, so thanks! You must have learned a lot from this experience :)
@blint6 First thing first: Thanks for giving a second chance to our little game! It means a lot!
For the animation part, as far as I know it is all physic based. Hence some weird behaviours. This time around we wanted to experiment with blendshapes. (the slime morphing into different shapes and forms) So I had to learn things during the jam. Not much time left to put into rigging and animating, then. (Plus, it is a skill I have yet to master too.)
But we'll take this into account for futur projects. Another thing we figured out during this jam is that our games aren't enough "juicy". Let's just say our next game will be way better!