The Void

davidsheadgames 2019-10-06 23:07

I really liked this one!

The stick is super OP!

If I had a bit of feedback, it's that the Void boss doesn't have a 'hurt' frame or animation, so it's hard to tell if hitting it is doing any damage.

I also didn't feel the "Start With Nothing" theme as much, as the three playthroughs I did always put me with a weapon before I encountered any enemy. However, I loved that you could attack while 'falling'. That was probably my fave bit.

Otherwise, a nice, short-and-sweet RPG.

norris-eldridge 2019-10-07 00:03

Yeah that's very true @davidsheadgames this one doesn't super fit nicely in that Start With Nothing theming. I probably should have looked for ways to make it feel more like you were in need of items your didn't have. Had I focused on that a bit more I think adding some basic item collection "puzzles" or something like that might have been a good fit.

kazatan 2019-10-07 00:24

I liked the feel of this game. It felt like the controls were slightly off, but it might just be the movement speed or a slight animation thing. I haven't managed to kill the void boss :cry:

Good work on this though. The minimal color pallette looks really nice and I love the music and SFX :thumbsup:

norris-eldridge 2019-10-07 00:29

Thanks so much for playing and for your feedback @kazatan yeah, that's fair enough. The movement / animations are definitely one of those things I'd have liked to spend more time polishing up and fine tuning.

snufkinshat 2019-10-07 00:45

The graphics and mood are great and occasionally I couldn't tell why I wasn't hitting the skeleton. A knockback or particle effect would have helped.

nachtwitch 2019-10-07 00:48

most of all, I like the name you chose, really hard to chose a name imo

norris-eldridge 2019-10-07 00:51

@snufkinshat definitely! I tried to have a knock back when you hit enemies but I think at times its a bit buggy :/ Oh well, all just part of making games real quick :P

norris-eldridge 2019-10-07 00:52

Lol, thanks @nachtwitch yeah I thought of that one and it stuck simply because after spinning my wheels on names for like 10 minutes that was the only like kinda good name I could come up with :P

theseusinabottle 2019-10-07 04:08

Really nice sounds the music track that plays in this is really nice to listen and I didn't realize it until the music left and I was about to fight the void and grabbed a weapon that the weapons had a sound for swinging them. I wish the void showed some sign it was damaged but it not having a hurt frame didn't stop me from beating the game so alls well that ends well.

ferdi 2019-10-08 20:29

Impressive work you did here. Boss is tough. Neat graphics and gameplay. Love !

norris-eldridge 2019-10-08 21:44

Thanks so much @ferdi !

shrapx 2019-10-10 02:02

short and sweet, actually, that boss was scary!

norris-eldridge 2019-10-10 02:45

Hurray! A scary boss, I did it! lol Thanks for playing @shrapx

amye123 2019-10-10 13:35

A cute game, with great graphics, I enjoyed the animations and the music! I kept dying before I came to this boss, so I will probably try it again later

norris-eldridge 2019-10-10 13:59

Thanks so much @amye123 and please do! I'd love to know what you think of the boss

tort60091 2019-10-11 17:00

I like that mood and style. It's not critic but I see elements through the character, maybe it can be an interesting mechanic ?)) Screen Shot 2019-10-11 at 7.52.37 PM.png

norris-eldridge 2019-10-11 17:16

Yeah! I think that'd be really cool. I'll have to think about that some more @tort60091

netmute 2019-10-12 14:30

I like this! I wish I could zoom out a bit to see where I'm going. I found a stick! I found a mace! I found a sword! I'm invincible! HOLY FUCK THAT VOID SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. I'm dead.

10/10 would die again.

robowarrior1982 2019-10-12 14:38

Nice dungeon game, the esthetic is retro but disparition effect of the monsters is a resizing a sprite then i would like to see them explode with pixels ! Else it's a good game !

norris-eldridge 2019-10-12 14:52

Lol Hurray! I love hearing that The Void scared you! @netmute Thanks for playing!

norris-eldridge 2019-10-12 14:53

@robowarrior1982 That is a really good idea! If I ever continue working on this or something similar I will definitely look to do something like that.

barbiche 2019-10-12 21:26

That was great, loved it! Very good work on sounds and arts, and the game is pleasant to play overall. I can now say to my emo friends that I saw the void. And he is scary

silkworm-sweatshop 2019-10-16 20:14

Nice little dungeon crawler! I like the look and the music although the sound levels for the sound effects were a little quiet until you get to the boss where they're almost too loud.

norris-eldridge 2019-10-16 20:38

Thanks for the feedback @silkworm-sweatshop yeah that's fair enough, I wanted to try to find a balance between the music and sound effects. I wanted to make the effects heard but only barely noticed so that the music remains at the forefront but I think you're definitely right that taking some time to level that out a bit would be good :)

derek-volker 2019-10-17 13:54

Very nice music. I really appreciated it. Too bad that the graphics doesnt match the music quality. They are competent enough for a jam but not near as good as the music. Sorry.

The game mechanics are pretty easy to understand and the controls respond well, which is good.

Nice job!

norris-eldridge 2019-10-17 13:59

Thanks for playing my game @derek-volker I'm really glad to hear you thought the music was good :) Yeah, I am admittedly not an artist so my go to is always very low pixel artwork :P

adliberum 2019-10-29 01:25

Neat game! Good job :thumbsup: