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Belly O' The Worm

By SimonCurtis, Zalstadt, fyslexicduck and Heidi van den Berg

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11153.4024
Fun12563.1124
Innovation17892.4023
Theme5483.9024
Graphics8533.7224
Audio9243.1824
Humor4443.3123
Mood11483.3124

Comments

heidi-van-den-berg 2021-04-27 01:01

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keppersnapper 2021-04-28 05:16

Really have to praise you on the animations! The character was so adorable and the idea of delving deeper and deeper into the belly of the worm was pretty smart :) Welldone!

wobbleblocks 2021-04-28 05:17

Deus vult brother! very nice!!

john-llyod-apolo 2021-04-28 05:31

Your character animation makes the game more fun to play and a good contrast to the atmosphere and art of the game.

revilo 2021-04-28 05:31

lovely graphics, and a enjoyable little game :D

boclow 2021-04-28 05:33

I liked the run animation a lot! It was also cool that you had another attack animation for run attack.

phil-lesnar 2021-04-28 05:34

Entertaining and exciting art direction. I only ran into a few clipping issues other than that great game.

macaroni-dev 2021-04-28 05:41

Loved the concept and the main character (his halo was a fun touch!) First game I've played with sphincters in it :joy:

Two comments:

* I got stuck - I couldn't figure out how to get to the sphincter that was below a wide platform. I tried holding down and jumping to fall through, but couldn't figure it out. I looked around the level too, so I must've missed something. * I couldn't quit the game. Alt+F4 and Esc didn't work. I had to alt-tab and manually kill it.

fyslexicduck 2021-04-29 04:57

@WobbleBlocks praise the sun !!

@macaroni.dev you have to hit the torch on the bottom right in order to open that "gate". We cut it too close to be able to add more hints at that or an Esc feature but thank you for the input!

starrynitegames 2021-04-29 07:01

I really enjoyed this one. The combat needs a lot of work, but that didn't even stop me from completing the game. Just on the narrative concept alone got me hooked.

The paladin's animations were so good!

Congrats on an excellent LD Game!

fpirritano 2021-04-29 07:02

Animation of the clerc is so cool !! With a little more feedback on attack and be attack, it would be great !

sam-wallach 2021-04-29 07:07

Funny and great art direction. Combat would have been improved by enemies that respond to your attacks a bit more, maybe a brief stun when they get hit

shin0nome 2021-04-29 07:15

Great Game ! The Art is awesome (I'm in love with the run animation, so cute!) and the game feel nice too. I think the only thing that seems weird is the combat system, maybe add some screenshake, sound effects and a white shader when you or the enemy get hit (this way the game will get "juicier"). But I really had a great time it was fun. Good job !

miej 2021-04-29 08:01

nice characterization and animations! didnt realize it was necessary to hit the torch, though i did try just going to it. would have been nice to have some feedback for getting hit by an enemy, but overall nice work!

lalaki7 2021-04-30 01:03

Great creative and humorous take on the theme. As everyone else mentioned the animations are pretty charming and makes the game feel more fun. The portraits during dialogue look a bit squished though. I also don't like how attack is assigned to the mouse button, it should've been some keyboard key instead. The music loop feels a bit repetitive and doesn't really fit the mood in my opinion. Finally it would've been nice if the paladin had an animation for when getting hit, the health bar alone doesn't provide enough visual feedback on its own.

Other than that it was a fun little game with a nice idea.

fyslexicduck 2021-04-30 05:57

@lalaki7 Thank you for the feedback! the portraits shouldn't be squished but that might be more of how the characters were designed. We had some hit animations and attacks etc lined up but couldn't manage to get them going in time. Thanks for taking the time to play our little game :)

aeveis 2021-04-30 07:15

I beat the game! Fun characters, I got stuck at the torch too, I thought I slashed it but I guess not to the right enough. I liked the run animation, but because there was no air time after going off a ledge it felt very unforgiving. The slash doesn't have any knock back or reaction on the enemy so it feels a bit weightless, and you have to find gaps and kind of go back and forth. If you press down while drilling down, you can fall through the platform, this happened once where I hit the killzone before the level ended and had to play the level over. Overall though interesting world and concept. nice job!

decrementedpalindrome 2021-05-08 16:46

I like the graphics and the game is a nice length for a jam. I agree with some of the previous comments that it would be nice to have more feedback when being hit/hitting something.

hiki911 2021-05-10 09:17

really like those character animations, GJ. agree with others that there is a lack of hit feedback. Hope you won't forget about game and maybe transform into something more polished