Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Afraid to Turn
By rhoff95
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 299 | 3.63 | 272 | |
| Fun | 473 | 3.29 | 273 | |
| Innovation | 418 | 3.26 | 271 | |
| Theme | 514 | 3.48 | 272 | |
| Graphics | 206 | 3.82 | 274 | |
| Audio | 146 | 3.73 | 272 | |
| Humor | 370 | 2.65 | 234 | |
| Mood | 110 | 3.87 | 270 |
Great sound design, properly terrifying when a wolf appears. I found the wolf eyes very difficult to see against the background, especially when they looked very similar to the 1 pixel gaps in the treeline (which could have been intentional?)
Really dig the art style! The darkness unfortunately consumed me :joy:. Nice work!
This was fun. I do wish it was a bit easier to see the wolf or hit him with rocks, though. It's quite challenging to hit him with 3! Despite that, I had a good time. Nice job!
Excellent use of pixel art! I also loved the wolf howl. Nice, tight throwing mechanics too. Great job!
Really good sounds! Took a bit to understand the rock throwing mechanic though.
great parallax going on with the trees. The transition of your character looked great as well.
The presentation is great! Both the art and sound design are excellent; the moon filling up as the timer is one of those lovely touches that makes an experience memorable.
I'd love to see this fleshed out a bit more. The rock throwing doesn't really feel great and having to run all the way back at the end is a bit tedious.
All in all a solid entry. Well done!
Really nice art style. The audio and atmosphere is really great too. I think it's cool how you turn into a stronger player by slowly turning into something you don't want to be. I like the parallax background :)
I think it's cool that the wolves shake your berries/rocks off to pick them back up again.
I had no problems seeing the wolves' eyes. Throwing the rocks is definitely the best strategy vs trying to land 2 rocks before getting bit.
Only gripes I felt was the long backtrack to the wizard. Also I wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong, but I gave the wizard the berries and then the potion spawned, but I wasn't able to pick it up off the ground with my pickup button. Then the darkness consumed me, rip :laughing:
Solid game :)
@cammin The eye visibility was a bug I fixed since other comments, and not being able it drink the potion is a bug I just pushed a fix for. Glad you liked it (WebGL only so far), thanks for the feedback.
No matter what I try on linux or in a browser, I see this. I'll try it on windows later. game.png
Nice atmosphere. Good sound work. Consistent style!
@mudlee you've gotta click the moon to start!
This was fun! I really liked your artwork and the sound design was great. I tried finishing it twice, but I found the controls really hard. Especially because my mouse can't left + right click at the same time! Cheers anyway, nice work.
Yeah now it worked :) I hate wolves, now even more. I managed to survive at the first try :)
Such a nice game !
Fun game! I enjoyed the resource management and the walk back felt tense since you can lose the berries. Not sure if it's a bug but when I collected the potion I turned into a wolf anyway. Really enjoyed this overall!
Artstyle is awesome and just description by itself made me smile a little. I really want to play your game but i don't have a mouse! It means I can't press two mouse buttons simultaniously. I think you can still add some touchpad support as a bugfix, if you havee the stregth after the jam I'll leave the tab with your game open for now
Well executed! I really like the artstyle. Congratulations!
Very nice game! The sounds were amazing, and I loved the way you became stronger as the game went on, but getting too strong would make you lose. I found the trek back to the wizard appropriately stressful, and I reached him a few seconds before the full transformation, which was satisfying. I think the throwing mechanics would have worked better if you could just click to throw at the mouse, but other than that, great entry!
Lovely pixel art! I quite like the parallax effect of the trees. The sound is also quite nice and really helps set the mood. The gameplay is a bit simple, but if anything this works in the game's favour. My only complaint is that I couldn't work out how to start the game at first, but that's mostly my fault for not reading the instructions...
The art is great and the sound/atmosphere as well ! Had a bit of trouble getting the werewolves off me and I wasn't certain if I really had to backtrack to the wizard or not at first because it seemed like a long hike.
"You managed to pull yourself out of the darkness". Nice game, great mood, I like the pixel art! The sounds were really terrifying, especially the wolf noises (self made? wow!). It is a bit hard to get the wolf to let go of me when he appears, maybe I did not do it right, but otherwise great entry! :thumbsup:
Really nice game, loved the art and audio, mood was on point, i feel like the wolf eyes could show for longer, because it's pretty hard to actually throw the rocks at him, gold berries aren't really noticable if you don't know how they look, first run i didn't see any since i didn't expect them on trees, the click on moon thing wasn't really obviouse, just a simple highlight when we hover over it would help a ton, i feel like the gameplay was a bit too linear, like the player didn't had much control over situation, there was very little actual strategy, or skill needed, i feel like some extra obstacles would help with it, the concept of turning into a wolf was pretty neat alongside throwing rocks
@ariorick @ben-taylor I believe I bound ctrl to shoot in addition to left click. Just forgot to add that to instructions.
Nice game with great atmosphere. The sounds are amazing.
nice short game, really love the mood. Thanks for putting the berries on the return journey or the game would really be unbeatable.
Very nice game, good sound and cool use of pixel art. A bit short and lacking a difficulty curve or atleast i did not find one.
Really cool and atmospheric game. I think I'd prefer just hold to aim and release to shoot, but other than that it was fun + intuitive. Nice art :3
@rhoff95 i collected 5 berries interacted with the pot and gave me an item, still lost, is the win screen not made or it was a bug?
@hestrateja That was a bug, and a fix should be up now. Thanks for the feedback!
@rhoff95 Feedback is the most valuable thing from this event! The game is cool, only things I think it needs is a bit of feedback in the shooting system like sound FX or smth like that
The gameplay is pretty simple, but I enjoyed the mood, creepy sounds and cool looking graphics. I think it is quite cool game for LD Jam, considering it was created just in 48 hours. For Compo it is an excellent entry!
Could do with maybe some atomspheric rain sounds, feels a bit too quiet otherwise, other then that it's pretty good!
@msipp27 There should be. What platform are you on?
@rhoff95 I played on html5 (google chrome) though it's possible I just didn't hear the rain sfx
Very nice!
I love the pixel art animations. And who doesn't love parallax scrolling?
You did a very fine job for only having 48 hours. Keep up the good work!
Wow, this is such a polished compo game. Great job on the art and sound design. It definitely got more immersive the further you went. The limb transformation was a really cool effect as well.
This is a very good compo entry. I really like the sound effects. Not my favorite genre of game, but I enjoyed this one. Good job.
Very well done. I really like those simple but well made pixel art games, not only for game jams but in general, nice parallax effect you made, and good ambient, well done =D
Great audio.
nice audio, liked the art, i got wolfed.
A very well polished concept. I also very much enjoy when pixel art pixels are mostly consistantly the same size.
Great mood and tension! Every time those red eyes appeared the tension increased! You should develop this further!
Managed to escape my darkness, barely :sweat_smile:
Love the art and the sound effects, great atmosphere!
Spooky and fun. The art is great and the sounds are scary. Well done! Unfortunately, i can't manage to get the potion
Excellent game! Really nice movement and game mechanics, amazing graphics, atmosphere and audio were AMAZING, awesome way to incorporate the timer into the game world - there is basically nothing I'd critizise! Just a very good entry! Good job!
Really well done. Got turned into a werewolf both times i tried, managed to get all the berries but not make it back. I had some difficulties scaring away the wolf, the rocks didn't seem to do anything sometimes when it was in the woods, but once it tried to charge you I found it quite fun. The atmosphere was awesome, and the sound really added to that. Great game:)
Wow! Great visuals! I still have to go back and learn to defeat those beasts!
loved the idea and the style, so simple so great. but don't like the way of aiming, but the rest is great.
This was well-done! I loved the audio, and was very impressed with how you created such a good walk/run animation with so few pixels. The balance between staying low on the screen to maximize your distance from the wolf vs staying high on the screen to minimize berry-collection time was interesting.
Well done on this jam. My main advice would be to simplify the control a bit: Instead of requiring players to click on the moon, just allow clicking anywhere and tell them they can click anywhere to move to the next screen. Instead of having to right click than left click to shoot, just have them hold and release left click. Instead of requiring input to create the potion once the berries are owned, just have it autocomplete once you get back to the witch. Otherwise the game looks really nice and the mood is on point.
I unfortunately did not collect the golden berries in time :( The pixel art was really good - particularly the UI/HUD. Great job!
I definitely had moments of panic when the wolves came out the first few times (having you stop moving during aiming was a great decision) - loved that part of it, and once I figured out how to spook the wolves I was able to cure myself.. barely in time!
Really great animations given the amount of pixels you were working with, and sounds were super solid. A strong compo entry!
You've created a really great atmosphere here, really classic campy werewolf vibes. Your chonky pixel art is fantastic, and the depth of the forest is *muah*. The transition to turning in a werewolf on the character is subtle as well which I really like. My favorite is probably the sound design, it didn't need music, and the sfx were all consistent (both in sound and volume). Really great job.
The game is extremely fun to play. The art and sounds for this game were just as great. I love it!
That was an AWESOME game!! I'm sweating! You nailed the autmosphere and the way the art of the character changed over time was so good. Took me a few tries to really get it, but man- Awesome job.
The only feedback i could give is just the controlls are a little hard on track pad. It might be worth it to make "throw" something like space when you're holding the right click- it was difficult to swap between moving with my left hand and then finding the control key when that's not a button i click super often.
Rreally really awesome job tho. Amazing game :)
Very nice game, simple and well executed. Unfortunately didn't make it back with the yellow things.
Such a cool aesthetic and idea! I wasn't sure how to find the wizard at the end but otherwise had a lot of fun playing. The ability to scare the wolf off was a great mechanic and really put me on edge searching the whole time.
Absolutely fantastic! how is this a compo game? It's the game could be slightly more responsive with wolves or maybe wolves move a little slower, but overall fantastic!
I liked the interpretation of the theme. Haven't played a werewolf game in forever, so that was a nice unexpected surprise. I beat the game on my forth playthrough. On the second and third, it seemed that throwing the rocks only made the wolf come out quicker. Even in the last playthough, I threw a rock, it started chasing me, so I let it follow me all the way back to the wizard.
Loved the vibe you set, especially through the use of sound design, and was extremely impressed by the use of the moon as the timer!
@rhoff95 Superb. This is something totally innovative. The idea is totally cool!
Great work. The first time I did not understand what was required of me, and only at the end I noticed the transformation. Sound is atmospheric.
Really cool. The atmosphere was solid, great art style too, everything fit together nicely. I was a bit confused at first about the yellow collectables.
That's what I call pixel art done right: minimum pixels and maximum expression. Love the red eyes of the wolf gazing at you from behind the trees - really creepy.
Managed to complete the game in a few runs - perfect amount of gameplay for the game jam. Thanks for it!
Many cool little details! Everything felt very self explanatory and I got so into it that the wolf howls really got my adrenaline pumped up. Awesome game!
Hey o/ The game was really good, and fun to play ! I don't think I have anything to add to all the other comments, but I definitely enjoy playing it !
At the beggining I thought the rocks on the ground are blue berries, then I thought 'wait, what are yellow things then?', and at last I got it. Good game
No easy and not hard I like it, I liked to play, that was actually fun and after I came to wizard with wolf on my tail, I didn't realized that he made a cure for me and thought I lost cos wolf catched me hahaha Great Job!
Spooooooky! The sounds really get to you. Wasn’t sure how to find the wizard at the end. Still had tons of fun, great job!
Really liked the low-resolution art! The game was fun too play, I wasn't able to beat it though.
Great game! Loved the art style. The wolf was genuinely scary with its red glowing eyes. Never quite figured out throwing though! I wonder is it possible to improve the control system to make this easier. I wasn't sure what the glyphs in the bottom right were. Great work overall! Well done!
Ouch I died just as I got back to the witch because I didn't have time to make the potion :(
The game looks great and I love the atmosphere. Maybe the controls could be a bit simplified, I feel like it doesn't come naturally.
Wow, really nice game and awsome pixel art.
Really nice and original idea and good sound effects! Some music could maybe have been nice? Anyway, well done :)
Fun little game. Love the simplistic artstyle and the easy-to-get-into-gameplay!
Nice game! It was pretty scary when a wolf came out of the trees.
Very good game, love the graphics, and the audio is great as well! The concept was interesting and fun, but the rock throwing was quite difficult, specially on a Mac without two mouse buttons.
Love the parallax of the game :ok_hand:
I liked the mood, the story, the scary wolf :smile: A very Great submission ! Good job !
I'm scared to go outside now X) ! well play team !
Я все-таки смог вылечиться от оборотнизма! ^_^ Спасибо за игру!
I'm a big fan of the aesthetic you've managed to pull off here. I very much agree with @gibss, I couldn't figure out how to start the game, or how to throw rocks on my own, which was a bit of a shame, but pretty minor for a Compo game.
Out of curiosity, did I have to mouse over items when pressing E to pick them up? I couldn't tell, but I sure always did.
Could do with some indication on how far you are from the wizard. Also, I wasn't sure what the green/orange/red arrow was. Anyway, it was pretty tense and the art was great!
@jafcraze thanks for the feedback! The arrows represent speed boosts from fully turned werewolf legs. The arm represents throwing distance upgrades from fully turned arms. You get faster and more powerful the closer you are to the end of the game. Thanks for playing!
The sounds for this were excellent and served to pull me into the game even more. Great use of audio to establish a strong mood.
The wolf come to fast at me x) but its really cool !
Great little game! Amazing job! The pixel graphics have inspired me to go more simple with my projects! The sound and graphics were pretty much perfect! :)
Awesome game, perfect scope, I needed a couple of tries before I managed to find my way out of the darkness. Awesome art and sound as well!
Great small contained experience, felt myself immersed as if I was the character scanning the tree-line for those glowing red eyes. Once you have the wolf legs you seem to move exactly the same speed as the big bad wolf, so you can keep running back to the end once you have your berries (as long as you have a couple of rocks to fend them off at the end).
The sounds and atmosphere were also very well done!
Nice and fun, good job :)
Awesome art and audio. A lot of the picking up / throwing wasn't super clear.
Very interesting idea and great art style! The gameplay was not too clear to me at first, but once I read the text on the itch.io page I understood it.
Loved the atmosphere! Extremely immersive. The wolf feels like a proper mechanic for the mood, but it was mildly annoying and throwing the rocks didn't quite scare him as I was expecting it to.
Your concept amazing, this hoodie or outerwear is either a denim jacket animation, whatever, its really nice humor! 👀✔🤳😜
@asiyeap not sure I follow what you mean
Loved how quaint this game was. Very good LD entry! The wolf definitely spooked me the first few times he jumped out. Keep it up man, polish this up and release it :)
@rhoff95 so sorry, ı guess its a cloth, my bad. Its transforming wolf! ım pretty sure ı noticed now LOL
Super solid game! The graphics were cute, and sound was well done! The mechanics were pretty solid as well. I think the 'standing-still-to-aim' part of combat was a tad redundant however; In my eyes standing still seems to suggest the need for accuracy, but this game was moreso about speed. Yes standing still to aim seemed prudent when a wolf was lurking in the trees, but on the chance they chased after me, I was right clicking only for an instant; I might as well be able to throw while running. Overall however, super fun, well polished game! Well done!
wow! great game!
I liked your game, it was pretty cool!!
Well done! the first time I died after meeting 2 wolfs but then I got how it worked and played it through. Good job, I loved it!
The game looks good overall, It lacked a bit of clarity though (Without reading the explanation text you have no idea what to do or why anything happens). With a bit more feedback (Moving trees etc.) it could be great.
Well, I turned into a wolf in the end but, honestly that's pretty cool so, I'm gonna consider a win. ;) Nice Entry!
Really cool atmosphere on this one! The vibe was tense and creepy and the artwork was all really great. I though the game was quite easy until I realized I needed to run all the way back and keep a supply of rocks on hand. The wolf really slows you down if you are not careful so I think you nailed it on all those fronts.
great visual style, pixels fully convey the atmosphere along with the sounds.
Good sound and art style. The throwing mechanic was a bit difficult but fun. Interesting take on the theme. Good entry!
Loved the graphics and audio of this one! Good difficulty too, I just barely survived on my first play through. Great work!
love the sounds and general atmosphere
Nailed it! On theme, great concept, looks great. I do wish the throwing rocks was a little easier. Great submission! I'd love to see more in the future!!!
Nice!
"NO I don't wanna be a furry again!" Overall I like the game!
Overall great game I really liked the art and how you where able to show the transition to werewolf
Surprising amount of depth to this game! The rock mechanics were fun to figure out. I didn't really get the idea of your body parts changing, but I did sort of notice the difference. Overall REALLY good atmosphere and I love the idea of having to really watch the scenery to figure out when the wolf will come out. There were a lot of tense moments where the wolf was next to the berries and there's juuuuuuust the right amount to make the game have a lot of exciting pressure but not be easy (took me two tries.) Really well done!
Nice job. The wolves gave me a bit of a jump scare which was nice.
I loved the mood of this game. I'm using a trackpad, so it was a little hard to press keys, move the cursor, and click the mouse buttons at the same time, but that's probably my fault for not having a real mouse. I might buy one just to play more of this game!
really fun game. at one point i had a wolf behind me following for like a good minute was like a pet wolf. thought i could just outrun him. but i turned anyways :(ld48wolf.jpg
After several time failures, I start to figure out how to play this game. It's very very very fantastic game which is teriffying when you please game and bring me lots of fun! You got the highest score I have ever given. Good job!
Now that's what I call mood! ^^ An excellent LD entry. I didn't quite understand the point of the two icons next to the rock/berrie counter, but I didn't seem to need to either :)
fun game! feels very complete
The degree of completion of the game is very high, which makes me feel the huge benefits brought by simple creativity. The screen is simple but it fits the gameplay very well, and the pixel details are well performed. It is really a great game!
What a wonderfully polished, well put together game! There's an amazing atmosphere and mood, and the artstyle is beautiful. I like how it can be started, understood, and beat within 5 minutes. Great entry!
Very well put together experience. Overall you did a solid job! Perhaps if you were to evolve this more you could break up the gameplay a bit with other actions. For example setting traps or having enemies that attack you in different ways such as something that moves fast that you have to dodge.
Great atmosphere, I love the sound and the graphics are very pretty. I would make the difference between the rocks and berries a bit more noticeable. Otherwise, good job!
Very cool looking game! When the wolf cam for the first time it somehow reminded me of the old game SKI.
Simple, but polished, enjoyable game. I liked how the protagonist model changed while his disease progressed. The graphics are simple but fit the game well. The music and sound design really help the mood. 10/10, would get bitten again. xJHgGdU.png
Superbly atmospheric with a satisfying gameplay loop, and an incredible amount of polish in such a short space of time. Really enjoyable, great stuff. Well done
Excellent mood! I really get caught/scared by the wolf several times even if I know where it would show up.
The sound really adds up to the pressure.
I wanted to collect berries, but it was a wolf. And he ate me :cry: 5/5
lol it was fun to play but pretty hard for me with the touchpad. good job
Pretty cool game, and I love how simplistic the pixel art is and it just works so well
nice and short and sweet. looking forward to the sequel where i can play as the werewolf after he turned
It was a great game! I was so sad because I collected all the berried but by the time I got to witch I was wolf haha. Maybe after you collect the berries you can "quick run" back to the witch. Great visuals and fun to play.
Great atmosphere and great art (although maybe a few more pixels on the main character haha). I think the aim could use more of a purpose but I had a lot of fun beating this.
Here's a timestamped link to the stream vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003143985?t=2h36m57s
Short and sweet! I loved the pixel art and parallax background. Took me two tries, but I beat it in the end.
Nice atmosphere for the game. One thing I found weird was that berries "respawn", so instead of 5 I only collected 3 and on the way back got my other 2. Also, didn't notice any increase in berries the further in I went. Still, thoroughly enjoyed the game.
Nice art, and good audio. Sets the mood really well. The gameplay is simple but effective, and I enjoyed it.
Great touch with pixels changing on character, it looked really cool.
Good little game, with some pros and cons. Don't get fooled by the long text in the Cons list. I'm trying to come up with solutions to improve these points.
Pros: - Graphics and animations are nice, especially with the changing character modell. Not all games need millions of pixels - The sound effects are selling the mood very well, but the howling is a little bit too loud. Maybe adding some volume sliders woudl have been nice. - Clear objective
Cons: - Not clear what to do, when not reading the itch.io page. There should always be a tutorial in the game and as nice as the idea of having the moon as a start button is, it is not obvious for the players and some will struggle right there. I was reading the itch.io page and I knew what to do, but having the instruction on the wizard is weird and takes away preasures time during which the timer already starts to run. Some kind of movement tutorial would have been nice, followed by a cutscene of the player getting bit by a werewolf and the wizard then telling the player to find the berries. - Thowing stones feels weird and I'm not sure how the scaring away works, because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The arc is also a little weird. It makes sense for the stone to not get thrown too far, but it felt a little short when trying to scare away the wolves. - No real challenge if you realize that you just have to watch the trees for the yellow berries and as soon as you have 5 you return. You can't get killed by the wolves and fighting them off is super easy. There should be some consequences if the player is not doing this fast enough. - No true pixelart. The biggest issue here is the rain which is clearly not following your pixel sizes for all the other elements. If you make a pixel art game, it would be nice if you stick to the minimum pixel size, in this case: the stone, and not have any object with a smaller size. In addition, the background is not following the pixel raster because it is moving continuously, instead of pixel by pixel. Give the pixel perfect camera of Unity a try ;) - I have no idea what the square UI elements are. Some clarification would be nice. The long one is obvious after picking up a stone or berry.
That's it from my side. I hope my feedback helps you improve your game and any future game you will work on.
Have a nice day.
@backurio Thanks for the detailed feedback! I agree with all of that, and it sounds like it is in line with the majority of other players too. I am pretty happy with the experience of first playthrough and lose, second playthrough and win. For a jam, that is exactly the kind of game I would want to play. My thoughts on what any future work would involve is basically keep all the visuals, audio, mood elements and completely scrap the mechanics. They don't seem extensible and this concept could be applied to lots of different game types.
This was pretty cool! Graphics were simple but they worked. My only complaint is how long it takes to get back to camp after venturing into the woods. Really like how the game visually indicates your time left with both the player sprite and the moon. A solid compo entry! :smile:
Pretty unique take, but the gameplay was not very engaging. The rock throwing wasn't intuitive, having to aim first seems to be unnecessary. I also still don't know what the icons on the bottom mean. But the mood is on point, legit got me to jump once when the wolf showed up. I like the pixel art and the audio does it's job very well.
The game is really fun, the only advice I have is that it can be difficult to pick up items because we have a hand in the mouse and the other one within the arrow keys. Since we can't throw items without aiming it would be nice to pick up items with the LEFT mouse while we aren't aiming. I love your game overall good job !
cool game! I liked a lot the pixel art graphics (i'm a fan). The sound was good, it didn't distract me but also made feel the rainy forest atmosphere, the only thing was a bit loud was the wolf. Other than that... congrats, great compo job!
Cool game. I felt goosebumps on my skin 😅
Gangbusters sound design, and great pixel art! I enjoyed the simples controls for scaring off the wolves, they seemed very intuitive.
I love the mood on this game
Great work! Hitting the eyes of the wolves was a bit inconsistent but other than that I loved it!
Nice atmosphere! The timing of the wolf transformation is a little a tight, adds a layer of difficulty to the game. I like the sound design!
Great entry! I found that the best way to go about this was to simply ignore the wolves and just run for the berries, so perhaps the attack should be more useful, as in, the wolves being more aggressive or the chance of actually dropping berries aftera wolf attack should be higher?
Anyway, I had fun playing this, and it was very appealing in both terms of audio and visual! :)
I found it overly complex, but I did like the art style
Love the concept of this one! Took a little while to get into it properly but once I got the hang of gameplay this was a really tense and fun experience!
The audio especially was great!
Awesome entry.
the art style and the sound fx are really good and make for a spooky atmopshere and although I found the game a little hard, it was quite fun.
That is an interesting idea , but I couldn't figure out how to fight the big wolf , so never made it in time . The fight mechanics were unclear to me , it's sad because the game looks fun . This game could use of a more simple fight mechanic (just make trow rocks easier and more impactfull) .
Thanks for bringing your game by my stream for playtesting! If you'd like to revisit the play and commentary you can view the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1006135459
It reminded me very much of an ATARi game. Good times those! Wolf bites take too long and this is a little annoying. Which engine did you use?
Congratulations!
Loved the parallax effect you managed to pull off. The audio and art work well together to help set the mood of the game. There does seem to be a few bugs in the game. The one I noticed the most was not being able to pick up items every once and a while. Wasn't too sure how to replicate. Maybe a hitbox issue?
Either way it is an amazing game. Congrats!!!!
game looks great and sound design is awsome, i didn't enjoy the throwing but overall great game. I really loved the almost like atari feel of it
I didn't understand I could throw rocks to the wolf (I thought it was other type of berries, like purple berries), so I guess I should have read the explanations or add a tutorial in the game. I liked the mood of the game, going deeper and deeper in the forest to collect berries. The game is pretty simple, but it does the job. Nice work :)
The attention to detail is really amazing for a compo! I don't know how you pulled it off alone, but kudos!
Graphics are simple and nice, clear and consistent and get the job done. And I loved that you included the transformations in the graphics - both the character model and the icons. The only minor suggestion improvement to the graphics I have is the colors - it could be darker, more bluish-grayish in tones to create the ominous atmosphere of a full-moon night. Would go well with the whole werewolf theme. And if you'd put a row of trees sticking out (like 3/4 length) from the bottom of the screen, we would feel more like in walking through the woods, rather than just on the edge of it.
Soundscape is spot-on. And again - amazing attention to detail here as well, with the footstep sounds changing as your legs transform.
The gameplay itself feels fine. Controls are responsive, and I didn't meet any bugs. It took me a while to figure out the best positioning to throw a rock at the wolf without being noticed first, but I did and afterwards I was a rock master :wink:
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Nice art and game! I probably suck at it, since I did not manage to win, but I loved the controls. I think it's polished for a compo game. I loved the theme and I agree with others in that you can make it even more terrifying by making the ambiance darker. I did not like that you throw anything at the wolf (not just rocks) and hence you have to go pick up more berries if you get attacked. My only other criticism is the problem with Opera GX/Chrome and HTML5 not loading. Great job overall!
throwing the rocks took a while to figure out, but the sounds were great
This is an amazing entry! The mood was beautifully set with your art and sound!
The pixel art and audio were excellent. When throwing rocks at the wolf, I feel like there could be more of an indication of whether you're successfully scaring it off or not. I found I was throwing rocks and not knowing whether it was doing anything or not. Does he take multiple hits? Am I just not hitting the right spot?
I also was unsure whether I was to head back after collecting all 5 berries, or keep moving forward. If it is to move back, it can feel like you're in an impossible situation if the moon is nearly full and you have a long way to walk back after getting the last berry.
I wasn't entirely sure when the limb changes were happening and what benefits I was getting out of them.
The game was definitely a cool experience, and well made within 48h. Well done!
Love the throwing mechanic, the parallax background, and the ambience. There was ONE footstep sound in your selection that stood out too much for my taste (an especially high gravelly one). Very nice entry, congrats!
Ok, my partner asked me to make a let's play video, 'cause I was playing your game with some self-made mouth music and wicked expressions. I just loved the way the main char rises his hands, even if there're no stones, so I danced and sang "na-eh-na-ah-na-ih-neh-na-eh-eh-ih-na-ih-neh" while hunting for berries. When the wolf, i frantically clicked and shouted him to gtfo. However, at some point I felt, maybe it's a she-wolf haunting me, and the fate of the hero is actually to become her mate and bed her under the full moon in nasty woods. So, I wasn't disappointed with game over. Think they're romancing each other out there now...
Game itself was pretty simple, but the mood was great!
Very good mood. I loved the look of the forest and the slowly transforming character. Great job!
Congratulations on the game, your art is very beautiful, with few points it created a lot of immersion, I paid tribute to you in voxel, a big hug, and I await your feedback on my game. I will be grateful.Afraid to Turn_fim.png
@etrealjunior that is so cool! Thanks. I am working my way through all the games of comments and will definitely be playing your entry.
Absolutley knocked it out of the park with that mood! Simple graphics with really good sound design is always a cool combo to me!
Such a great entry! Very complete experience with outstanding atmosphere, movement and gameplay. I'm a fan of the art style and the controls. Also, the way you explained everything in-game was very charming. If you're looking to iterate on the game, I think adding features for replayability, such as a timer / score, difficulty settings or different scenarios / objectives would be a good start. Great work!
Very awesome mood :D Liked the red eyes :)
Really great graphics and the parallax works great with the low resolution woods. The general atmosphere and sound design was great.
The wolf gameplay felt a bit fuzzy and I didn't always quite get when I scared them off or if I was doing the right thing
Awesome job! The graphics and sfx work really well together. Throwing rocks at the eyes didn't seem to work for me, I had better luck waiting for the wolf to come at me. I like the mechanic where you choose how deep you want to go to get more berries, but you have to make it all the way back in time. Congrats on the great entry!
Loved the atmosphere! That wolf's gonna give me nightmares. Art style is great. Audio is great (except the howling is a tad too loud). I agree with some of the people above that the throwing is a bit weird, and just the interactions with the wolf in general. It wasn't obvious that the moon was the start button, and I had no idea I was supposed to return to the wizard, so on my first playthrough I just ran to the right non-stop.
This game had it all, great parallax pixel graphics, great atmospheric sounds, and fun gameplay. I liked that I was eventually as fast as the wolf and managed to run back with it on my heels! Thanks! :)
Great work! Love the idea, and the art/soundscape are really good (especially the audio)! Gameplay is compelling too - kept me trying over several times until finally managing the cure. Fun game!
Loved it. I was so upset when a wolf ate one of my berries and then I was 1 short for my potion D:
Really immersive experience! Throwing the rocks into the woods felt a little ineffective sometimes, but otherwise really solid game.