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The Trials Of Yoltic

By antom and DarknessDeWitt

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11553.2024
Fun10953.0825
Innovation15022.1524
Theme14532.4125
Humor12141.9024
Mood9133.2625

Comments

popertots 2021-10-05 20:58

To anybody struggling to get started, there's a double jump. To @antom and team, other than the hidden double jump i loved it. keep it up!

llaumegui 2021-10-05 21:41

The game is really cool ! I think it deserves a bit more polish on the checkpoints, sometimes i just respawn into the void as the platform disappears right as i spawn Overall it was really nice and the music was cool aswell

antom 2021-10-06 02:39

@popertots @llaumegui Thank you very much for the feedback, we are very motivated to see that someone has played our game

ericfreeman 2021-10-06 03:16

Cool game! I'm terrible at it, haha. I really liked the minimalist pixel art style and the secondary animations on the players face were a nice touch. Congrats on your first Ludum Dare entry! :)

minibobbo 2021-10-06 03:17

Nicely done. I like the 1 bit art style and the reduced viewport. It led to a nice aesthetic.

I agree that the respawns could be a little better. I think I would have liked the disappearing and reappearing blocks to be solid until you jumped on them and then disappear rather than the randomly blinking in and out after jumping on them the first time. It was a little frustrating to jump towards a block off the screen and not know if it was going to be there or not.

I also felt that the players controls were just a little too floaty and loose for this kind of precision platforming. The top speed was good, but turning up the acceleration and the drag I think would go a long way towards making the controls feel more responsive. I felt like all my deaths were more around slightly over or undershooting platforms because the acceleration was a little too low, but maybe that's what you were going for.

Overall, nice work!

zapturk 2021-10-06 03:18

Sweet pixel art!

lychee 2021-10-06 03:19

Liked the feel of the game, good choice on the art and music! Liked the variety of platforms. I would prefer a bit more snappy controls for controlling the character. I thought it was fun though overall.

zachary-granger 2021-10-06 03:24

The art and chiptune music is fantastic! The mechanics were a bit floaty but once I got used to it I had a blast playing this entry.

kalevrk 2021-10-06 03:25

I love the art style and setting. The double jump is nice to have even as a way to save myself if I messed up a jump that should have been a single jump. The jumping could be fine tuned to make it a little less floaty, but nice job for your first entry!

kalevrk 2021-10-06 03:25

Double post because of network issues. Sorry!

kalevrk 2021-10-06 03:25

Triple post because of network issues. Sorry!!

antom 2021-10-06 03:28

@minibobbo Greetings! We greatly appreciate your feedback, it helps us to improve in the next version of the game. :thumbsup:

darknessdewitt 2021-10-06 03:30

@minibobbo Thank you so much for the feedback! We most to take al the suggestions to make a better game on future updates!

animawish 2021-10-06 03:31

That's one perilous river crossing! Love the style, and the song is a jam.

lucdeligne 2021-10-06 03:32

A pretty fun game, despite how tricky the respawn points / floaty physics can be at times. You've done a really good job with the art and the music!

(Also, I love the Aztec Mythology theme, very original)

antom 2021-10-06 03:32

@ericfreeman Its incredible that you have noticed the detail of the character's face, it took us a bit of work to do it :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

antom 2021-10-06 03:33

@lychee Thanks for the feedback!! we'll improve the controls :video_game:

darknessdewitt 2021-10-06 03:34

@ericfreeman Thanks bro!!! We appreciate your nice comments, and it's amazing that you could see the animation so small hahaha :D

boxedmeatrevolution 2021-10-06 03:38

I made it across! It would be nice if the blinking platforms stopped blinking after death, and there should be a message explaining the double jump. Enjoyable platforming, and nice art + audio. Looking forward to future updates!

darknessdewitt 2021-10-06 03:44

@lucdeligne Thank you so much bro for the feedback! We will work on that points to make a better game, and for us it's incredible all the support and the comments!

darknessdewitt 2021-10-06 03:47

@boxedmeatrevolution Thanks for the Feedback Boxed! We appreciate the comments, and the Blinking Platforms and the Layout to indicate the controls, we will fix them soon!!! :D

antom 2021-10-06 04:54

@animawish Thanks for taking the time to try our game :slight_smile:

almightyzentaco 2021-10-06 13:17

I loved the art style. Well designed, simple pixel art is my favorite style and this was very well executed. The platforming was a little floaty, but I enjoy a challenge. Great job!

chillertyp 2021-10-06 16:00

I can't cross the bridge on the first screen... :-( But the game is fun and looks just great! The loading screen is cool, the font, the sprites, the animation... just great graphics! <3

salohcin894 2021-10-08 20:45

The controls were a bit hard with using shift to run. Maybe you could swap it, with the character running by default and have shift make the character walk instead. I liked the music and the 1bit art style!

darknessdewitt 2021-10-09 01:04

@salohcin894 Thanks for the Feedback bro! Yeah we must to improve the controls to make a better game!

ks-zealot 2021-10-10 16:52

Fantastic art style, really enjoy it

polkoii 2021-10-11 07:08

A nice, short game! The pixel art and chiptune music are good choices! Who did the music? I really would love to know the song! I also like how the water does not instantly kill you allowing you to retry from another low platform! Though that does allow you to just skip the level by swimming to the end. Had fun seeing the art and music but the jumping needs to be more thought out. Maybe the moveset of the character can be more than just jump and move. As well as maybe a lower priority on tight platforming?

Overall, good work!

pierre-morreel 2021-10-11 10:35

Nice aesthetic, don't know if you've done the music but it's cool. The game could really have a nice atmosphere with more polish, like less floaty physics and let the game be more reactive and energic. Ah and actually you can cross the river just by swimming in it ahah

melon-spirit 2021-10-16 22:40

The overall game seemed really polished. I liked the art style and the music fit the atmosphere nicely. I do think the very first area could have been a little bit easier since we're still getting used to the controls. That first disappearing block was really tricky to start off with, maybe it could have just been static blocks at the beginning. Good job!