FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD46 → The Heart Pieces

The Heart Pieces

By sticmac

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4473.5030
Fun4973.3230
Innovation8882.8030
Theme3803.8230
Graphics7543.0530
Audio2233.5330
Mood4643.2729

Comments

snory 2020-04-20 12:03

Thank you for your entry!

Thanks to the music I felt like I really needed to keep the heart thumping. The movement was smooth, the idea simple yet enjoyable. Some more challenge would be welcome but apart from that I feel good and chill after playing it.

Just missing exit button (had to do alt+F4) and also I think more people would play it online. With unity and simmer.io it it a piece of cake to build it for web.

Thank you!

landerack 2020-04-20 12:04

The gameplay feels super smooth~ nicely done, the game does really rely upon you explorign the level before you can play the level well, maybe have a mini map? but good job either way! The music is very nice :)

nirose 2020-04-20 12:07

Fun little game. A small tip. When playing the bigger levels, try zooming out the camera, so that the player has full view over the level. This allows you to strategize and plan how to approach the level. Forcing the player to make interesting decisions. Rather than jsut blindly walking into a random corridor.

dangitspang 2020-04-20 12:09

Good job! :) took me a few tries on the last level but i got through it

bigtinygames 2020-04-20 12:31

I love this running for life concept, level design could use some more work however first levels are explaining mechanics very well - it just lacks end game :) I could see some element of strategy involved in this game(levels made in a way that encourage specific order of collecting bits) or some additional interaction (like one way passages that will speed u up in one way and slow in oposite direction, jump pads that would knock you back and soo on) Improve graphics, add more content and variation and this might become BIG :)

axelrinaldo 2020-04-20 12:37

What a brilliant puzzle game, especially how you had to do a few trial runs to figure out the map layout on the last level. I wish it had more levels to complete.

sticmac 2020-04-20 12:48

Thank you all for playing my game!

@snory That’s a very nice feedback thank you very much! I think I will always forget to put a pause menu and an exit button in all my ludum dare games XD I’m glad the game felt that right to you, that’s awesome! :smile:

@landerack Thank you very much! I’m glad the game feels that great for you! :smiley: I’m also glad you liked the music because I felt super unsecure about my music writing skills XD The mini map is a great idea, I may try to add one if I continue developing this game :slight_smile: Thanks!

@nirose Thank you very much for the constructive feedback! Indeed that seems smarter to do it that way :) If I continue that game, I’ll consider doing so

@dangitspang Thank you very much :smile:! Would you say it was satisfying? :slight_smile:

sticmac 2020-04-20 12:55

My my, the time I took to write my answer, two other comments popped out!

@bigtinygames Thank you very very very much! I wish I had more time to do level design, I loved designing the different levels present in here, and I’m a bit frustrated I could only make one “complete” level… I’ll really keep your comment somewhere if I want to do some improvements :smile: Thank you very much again!

@axelrinaldo Thank you very much for your comment! I wish I could have made more levels as well, the level design process on this game was extremely satisfying to work on :smile: You made me so happy calling it brillant haha! Thank you! :D

captainabi 2020-04-20 15:37

It took me three tries but I finished the last level! Fun and relaxing :)

cagibi 2020-04-20 15:40

Nice game! A bit short, but audio and gameplay are good and smooth. Though I didn't notice the timer counting down until level 3-4.

I also had this feeling of "blind exploration" on the last level. What you can do (instead of/in addition to a minimap) is to put the camera slightly in front of the player.

sticmac 2020-04-20 16:27

@captainabi Thank you! I’m glad you liked it :smile: Hope the difficulty was enjoyable!

@cagibi Thanks for your feedback! I note that the counter should be more visible then! :stuck_out_tongue: Did you find the “blind exploration” feeling frustrating? I might work on that for post LD, if any :)

cagibi 2020-04-20 16:32

@sticmac I didn't really find it frustrating, maybe that's because I was lucky in my exploration choices and I didn't die because of it :P

sticmac 2020-04-20 17:09

@cagibi Thank you very much for feedback :smile: I feel from other comments (both here and in private) that some may actually enjoy that exploration, but sure it may need to be less frustrating :stuck_out_tongue:

leon-oost 2020-04-20 18:26

First one that I saw with the theme to fix a broken heart! The music is really good and I like the gameplay.

joowon 2020-04-20 18:39

This is a great game! Thanks for sharing it. I felt sad when I hear the music. :sob: What's the story behind it?

sticmac 2020-04-20 20:50

@leon-oost Thank you very much for your feedback! I’m glad you liked it all :smile: I’m so unconfident about my music writing skills so it warms my heart to hear that someone found it great!

@joowon I’m honored that you found my game great! Sorry if the music made you sad xD There’s no real story behind it if I’m honest! If I’m honest and personal, I could tell part of the artistic direction was led by the melancholy feeling I have from not being able to see my lover during those quarantine times ahah ^^ But yeah thank you veeeery much for your feedback!

taldius 2020-04-21 09:08

Simple concept, but well executed. I felt the adrenaline rush while playing! :sweat_smile:

sticmac 2020-04-21 09:32

@taldius Thank you very much for your feedback! :slight_smile: It’s very nice to read that! I’m glad the game plays with your feelings that way haha :stuck_out_tongue:

raivk 2020-04-21 15:07

Cool game, loved the simple yet cute aesthetics, nice music and mood :) had a nice time playing your game !

sticmac 2020-04-21 17:05

@raivk Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed the game! :smile:

brice-mahier 2020-04-21 17:41

Simple, clear, well implemented. A really nice game for a first compo.

Keep up the good work!

zimny11 2020-04-21 18:54

Nice game. I really liked the music.

sticmac 2020-04-21 19:13

@brice-mahier Thank you very much! I’ll try my best to do other nice games for future jams! :smile:

@zimny11 Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it :smile:

joe-bustamante 2020-04-21 20:06

This is awesome! I'm really impressed you put this together for the compo. The overall mood of the game is great - you did a good job with the graphics and the audio. They really work together well. The game itself is fun too. You did a good job creating the core game mechanic and I genuinely liked playing it (and it also had a nice amount of tension + cool take on the theme with dealing with relationships). Overall this was an awesome entry!

sticmac 2020-04-21 20:30

@joe-bustamante Thank you for your enthusiasm about my game :heart: I’m soo glad you find that awesome and that you liked playing it! :smile: I’m very happy to read that you like graphics and audio, because this is the first time I create them for a game! :laughing: I’m more of a game designer & programmer to start with! Funny you said it deals with relationships; now that you talk about it, I kinda get that my game can be interpreted that way :smile: I didn’t specifically design the game around that theme, but it probably was somewhere in my head while creating it :smiley:

stending 2020-04-23 12:39

I already told you, but what a nice entry! Especialy for your first compo! The idea is simple yet really well made, everything works fine, even the music is great!

The last level was nice to understand, I was so sad it was the last one!

I'm looking forward to your next game! :heart:

sticmac 2020-04-23 16:20

@stending Thank you very much buddy! Your feedback means a lot to me :heart:

inka-mcatee 2020-04-28 09:35

Sweet and heartbreaking

sticmac 2020-04-28 16:29

@inka-mcatee Thank you very much :D I’m glad you found it enjoyable, sorry if it broke your heart xD Thank you again <3

8bitcharlie 2020-05-04 12:27

This is really pretty nice entry. Good job! Feedback: It would be nice to be able to continue with next level without necessity to touch the mouse. PS: I played all levels! :-)

sticmac 2020-05-05 20:13

@8bitcharlie Thank you very much for playing my game entirely! :smile: Yeah I know, I wish I could have done that in time ^^ Hope it didn’t bother you too much!

100th-coin 2020-05-07 17:33

Ooh, that last level was fun. I like how the longer your stack of heart pieces is, the easier it is to reach the heart. I was even able to reach through a wall, I had so many pieces in the last level! Cool game.

sticmac 2020-05-09 08:37

@blobo Thank you very much for your feedback :smile: That honestly was not really intentional but, if you liked it then, let's say it's a feature! :smile: Haha!

shaulor 2020-05-12 16:19

Very simple but it feels complete :smile: