Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → AMBER
By LadMiester and cakts
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1569 | 3.34 | 37 | |
| Fun | 1816 | 3.02 | 38 | |
| Innovation | 2204 | 2.70 | 38 | |
| Theme | 574 | 3.97 | 38 | |
| Graphics | 1350 | 3.52 | 39 | |
| Audio | 1343 | 2.86 | 39 | |
| Mood | 1206 | 3.40 | 39 |
I dig the art. Concept reminds me of a basic form of Don't Starve. Easily grasped, works well, and beautiful! Would have only wished for more aspects to gameplay than planting and chopping trees. Fits 100% to the theme. Overall, well done!
I liked the game overall had a nice aesthetic and the lighting was beautiful. Found it difficult to judge when the fire needed stoking.
Very beautiful game would like there to be more aspects to the gameplay as all you do is chop and plant trees. The game is also very buggy with stoking the fire.
I wish I could cook my weenus in this game, even though it lacks in that area, everything else seems like components of a good game
The tree hit boxes are a little big, but the mechanics are fun :D There def a need for a few more objectives though
I like the idea. The visuals are also quite pleasing. I think the biggest issue I ran into was the hit boxes on the trees seem to be a bit off. I expected to be able to walk behind trees but it seems like they didn't work that way.
The artwork was beautifully done in this for sure. I like the animations and sound effects. Definitely had Don't Starve vibes to it. Great game!
I like the concept here. It's a great first effort, and mostly played pretty well. I would have appreciated a little more incentive to explore the world, as the systems pulled the explorable amount of the map in very tightly by even day 2. I think the inputs could have been bound to the same button, as it was actually a little difficult to remember what did what, and I found myself just mashing all of them under pressure, since there's no penalty for doing that. I think with just a little bit more wiggle room to experiment for the player, and a little bit of UX / QA polish, this game would hold my attention for a substantially longer amount of time. Thanks for the game :)
Aesthetic is simple but really cool. I enjoyed playing it and the atmosphere is great to maintain the tension when you are away from fire 🔥
like it.
Simple, but it needed a few more mechanics, there isn't alot to do. I do however, really like the atmosphere, especially when dying.
Hello, I am Gerbo from Jonas' discord server. as I said there, the graphics are stunning for a jam game. tho I wish there were other things to do other than chop trees and replenish the fire. Nice game, keep it up!
It feels a little empty, after a couple minutes playing there isn't much reason to carry on.
Overall great game. Tree and walking hit boxes were a tad annoying not a huge deal. The sound effects especially the freezing sound when you died were really good. I enjoyed playing it!
I really like the colours and lighting effects in this one, it really adds to the overall feel of the game. Once I got used to the keys, it was perhaps a little to simple - although I did freeze to death on the third day despite standing right beside a well lit fire. The only thing that I felt was a little annoying were the collisions between the character and the environment. Overall, a very nice looking game with a solid game loop.
Simple game, but i enjoyed it a lot. Had some issues with stroking the fire, but apart from that it is very relaxing. Great work!
There is to mush bass in the sounds.And can you make that when you open the journal the text is difficult to read and can then stop everthing.You can do it with: Time.timeScale = 0;//To stop the time Time.timeScale = 1;//To continue the time
I'm impressed!
Good game. I have enjoyed it pretty much. If you planning to continue on it you should add more stuff. Because currently world looks a bit empty.
Pretty cool, but would like just a little more than just chop/put in fire loop. Polish is really nice though, how did you do the light/shadow effect? Unity plugin?
@eryph We achieved the lighting by using the inbuilt 2D light rendering system in the URP engine. :smile:
Good job, dude! Great graphics and nice sounds create a cool atmosphere!
The concept quite good, it just that the life decrease quite fast for the first day. The sound fx was really great, the fire particle quite good. The transition between day and night was awesome. It just that the game quite repetitive without additional challenge.
@bobothegreat @wubbaduck @human-writes-code Thanks for the feedback! We're gonna fix the collisions to the game in the paid DLC starting at $15.99! lmao
the set, sounds and the mood are nice... I got bored at day 3 though. so I just wondered to the left to see how big is the map lol...
I think it needs something else going on IDK... and with ability to plant trees I think you can play forever without dying?
@abdurrahman-khallouf Yeah, we're planning on adding some base building stuff, some story, and some enemies. As for the "can you play forever question", the record is 21 days, held by me lmao. The freezing time gets faster everyday. We're gonna change it out for a random weather system tho
A lovely chill mood to this game and great pixel art. Felt like it needed more to it gameplay-wise, however, such as enemies, having to move camp sites, or other complications. Like I said, mood was nice, though I think it could stand to be improved with added background sound effects (wind, etc.), especially if complemented with extra weather effects (which I see you're considering).
Great game, really relaxing. I wish there was more mechanics to keep things interesting, maybe switching things up with the mechanics that do exist! Adding music to the game would also make it a lot more enjoyable! It was well polished though and has potential! Great work :D
nice little game that fits the theme well.
some feed back when you pick up items would be cool the disappearing confused me a bit at first and it kind of takes you out of the experience. But besides that this game is amazing! I think you captured the essence of the survival game genre. Great job.
This game is really good! I enjoyed playing it! The graphics were amazing and I found the pixel art really nice and consistent. The lighting was superb if not fantastic in how it casted shadows around the objects. All lighting during the day and night was spot on! All the graphics worked so well together and the audio combined for a really peaceful experience. It really felt like you have crafted a unique world with this game! The menu and font are great, and the ability to check the control at any time is helpful. The game is intuitive and well polished overall!
To improve this game, I would consider some more player feedback when you stoke the fire or pickup a log would be helpful also. At night, consider making the UI's health and wood numbers white (but keep them black at daytime as that worked really well). Some more mechanics (and music) would spice things up, like crafting weapons to take on enemies or whatever would suit your game.
Overall, this is a very good entry that fits the theme well. It feels unique and well crafted. The main mechanic works well and keeps you playing. All aspects work really well together and I'm sure you're really happy with it as it was a pleasure to play! Well done!
@emperor-eagle Thank you for the feedback :D
Great Job! I love the idea! the collisions felt a little weird witch made walking around and planting trees a bit annoying to do, I thought there was a special area to do it until I cleared enough space. I think that this game has a great potential! Amazing Job!
No sure what the rule for being allowed to plant a tree was, and the tree colliders were a bit annoying. It was still quite fun to play. Good job :) Lovely art, the trees look really nice. Especially love what you did with the "froze" text!
@jmad Collisions were a bit of an issue due to how I did sprite layering, and I didn't have much time to fix how I did it so I made the collisions a bit larger to prevent overlapping sprites (bit of a dodgy fix haha). With the sapling plant, the rules are: "Can't be near a tree, campfire, or other sapling" and "Player has at least 1 log." I think a visual indicator (like a green circle showing the radius that turns red if can't plant) could've benefited the player greatly. I also really enjoyed your game, and i'm really impressed how you managed to stay organised with so many team members lol.