marika 2021-10-05 02:28
Excellent design on the 2D graphics, although the texturing and lighting on the 3D objects left a little to be desired. Overall a very cool and atmospheric game.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Dark Plunge
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 730 | 3.54 | 27 | |
| Fun | 903 | 3.27 | 29 | |
| Innovation | 876 | 3.19 | 28 | |
| Theme | 1365 | 2.68 | 29 | |
| Graphics | 396 | 3.98 | 29 | |
| Audio | 328 | 3.70 | 26 | |
| Humor | 922 | 2.65 | 22 | |
| Mood | 640 | 3.50 | 27 |
Excellent design on the 2D graphics, although the texturing and lighting on the 3D objects left a little to be desired. Overall a very cool and atmospheric game.
I loved the design and the music ! It all looked and sounded awesome. But sadly I found the game a little too difficult Still had a good time overall !
2d with 3d fit very well, light and good gameplay, could only be a little clearer
The graphics are cool. But everything else is so so
Had some difficulty with the gameplay, but I did enjoy the visuals along with the background music :)
I love the graphic between 2D and 3D,its amazing!
I love the idea of the game and the stylish graphics. But it seems to me it is worth correcting the control. The person moves quickly and you do not have time to move, so as not to crash into something. It seems to me that you need to reduce the number of generated objects and increase their size.
I'm a sucker for DOOM-like games so I was instantly a fan of this one. I appreciated the freedom of movement, especially how you can break your fall on the enemies. Clubbing and shooting at enemies was super satisfying, especially because of the lifesteal mechanic.
I enjoyed discovering more about the game and its mechanics the more that I played. Especially the music! The bass especially reminded me of the DOOM soundtrack. I also appreciated how it changed and morphed even after I was playing for some time.
Eventually I felt like landing on enemies was a bit of an exploit for going really deep, then I realized that you can just fall in the middle and then double jump when you see a center piece, which is how I got over 3000m deep. I feel like the enemies' projectiles could be bigger, I don't know if I ever got hit by one. Other people say it's too hard though, so you can't please everyone ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
I would definitely play a post-jam version with more enemies and some kind of difficulty ramp-up or even like level color variation as you go down. Loved the game, hope to see more of your work next jam!
The art and sound in this game stand out and really lend a cool, dark atmosphere that I found very enjoyable, though I did sometimes have trouble finding visual references to orient myself. Like Quite Good above, I also found that the best strategy was falling down the center and jumping to break your fall, and I wasn't able to engage much with the combat and enemies.
The depth fog effect was very well implemented and seemed to reveal things at the right distance, and the hand sprites and animations were really excellent. Excellent entry!
Really nice game, it reminded me of Downwell :) The ominous music fits very well with the game, and I loved the animation of the mace (those trails are super cool) and of the ranged attack. Having to choose where you want to land and using your dash, jumps and attacks really makes you think and is a great way to keep the game fun.
My depth was 2210. I really liked this although, I wish you could get additional score by killing enemies as there is really no point in killing them. Overall, one of the most polished games here so far. The visuals were fantastic.
The art is amazing, and the droning sound fits great. Really cool work
Nice game, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the music. The gameplay was entertaining but I feel that maybe the game could be more interesting if there were more consequences for different kinds of actions like a dash or a jump. Overall this is a really nice entry, good work!
Huh, it became so fun when I discover, than I can bounce on the enemies by killing them with a club!
I would work a little on visuals of the level. It's often very dark and I couldn't see where to go.
Overall I think this is very cool entry and would like to see where it would go with little more time.
The graphics of this game stood out the most to me even before I booted up this game, and they didn't disappoint. The ambience and music go together really well to create this brooding atmosphere, the combat is responsive, and the movement is fluid. Incredibly well done on the presentation and polish.
In terms of gameplay, though, I didn't feel like there was much incentive for me to try to hit enemies that often. My strategy was just to jump for a long time, and then use the double jump to break the fall, which ends up being a bit broken. Perhaps in the future if killing enemies gave you some kind of other bonus besides healing, or there was some reward for killing as many enemies as you can while falling. Maybe if the enemies get more aggressive as you get deeper, so you're forced to engage with them more. These are just a few things that I think would improve the replayability of your game drastically, to incentivize people to master the game. Overall, great work!
Great animations and a good idea. To me it doesn't seem to really fit the theme though.
The fact that enemies took more than one hit meant I just didn't bother killing them, it would also be interesting if they would give you some health back, as an incentive to actually fight them. Also the sensitivity was quite high.
I still had fun with this game though, it's well done!
@raphiell Hi!
There is a lifesteal mechanic for melee attacks, and the sensitivity is adjustable in the settings ( accessable through the main menu or the pause menu) if you wish to play again :)
@tobb Ah! I should have checked the settings :) I'll give it another go.
@tobb Much better! Thanks for letting me know!
Wow very nice and engaging. I liked it a lot. After a while I just started freefalling I found it amusing :smile:
Pretty good game when I figured it out, but on my 1366x768 screen part of the game was off the edge, making it impossible to see my health or go back to menu from the settings screen. Here's what it looked like: https://imgur.com/a/vLp88Xo
Also, the mouse sensitivity resets every time I die and the volume sliders reset but the actual volume stays the same.
1290! les goo (there's only one way to find out
there wasnt much replayability, maybe if you had a global leaderboard it would be more motivating to replay however, I loved the graphics, hitting animation and the audio. it is a very nice short ldjam game :) great job !
The joystick sensitivity made this difficult to enjoy. It was tough to figure out what was happening at the beginning because everything was just grey. The downwell inspiration is great, and the menu art especially was very nice.
Nice game. Would be great to have the enemies more red to see them better.
The graphics and audio were really well produced for this game. I loved the weapon animations and the build up as you fall for a really long time was a really nice touch. I think that for this type of game, a double jump and a dash might be redundant -- it may be better to just have one and limit the player some more and have a more cohesive loop
Cool graphics and unique idea. Nice job!