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Protect The Light

By untitled-studios

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall853.8828
Fun394.0328
Innovation1723.6328
Theme6032.4120
Graphics474.2128
Audio1133.6928
Mood883.7628

Comments

yamzho 2022-04-04 13:57

A lot of work for a compo game ! Very pleasant game ! Well done !

lokt02 2022-04-04 14:00

Cool idea, awesome implementation. I like graphics, animations and gameplay that make this game very fun.

becher 2022-04-04 14:08

Realy cool :) fact that we go up in parachute when we carry the lamp is super interesting!

very-bad-bunny-studio 2022-04-04 14:08

Did you do all these moves in two days? I work with game maker, and I don't see myself doing that, congratulations! And I believe that the game stayed within the theme, there comes a time when it becomes very difficult to keep the light!

Art music and effects fully functional and matching. Congratulations!

untitled-studios 2022-04-04 14:12

@very-bad-bunny-studio took a lot of work haha, but yeah :>

Glad you think it fits the theme :))

claytonrumley 2022-04-04 16:07

Great game...I actually found it really challenging and gave up on the big eyeball boss. I would love to see this expanded to allow for other weapons, powerups, etc. The "lamp turns your parachute into a hot air balloon" concept is brilliant!

jordan-pavlic 2022-04-04 23:54

The graphics and audio are great. It it feels really good to land a shot that passes through the candle and the camera shake was really cool. I would have to say it was way too hard for my taste though. I died a ton and almost gave up before I finished (I discovered that the enemies couldn't see me in some situations so that let beat it). Oh and the parachute that floats with the candle is really a thoughtful touch.

lanalux 2022-04-04 23:59

Great game and really well executed tutorial, it was clear, easy to grasp and fun to learn the new mechanics. Nice polished game!

jcmonkey 2022-04-05 01:02

nice quick little game, and i love the fact that you can use the light to flame up your arrows. the dropping to shoot got annoying some times when the light got thrown, when you just wanted to place it down. but overall nice game.

mascoll 2022-04-05 01:03

SUper nice graphics and good feel to the controls!

ollie-d 2022-04-05 19:08

That was genuinely really fun. I'm impressed with how much you were able to get done within the jam period. I do think you could've really easily stuck to the theme if the candle DID deplete and you had flaming arrows that could reignited it. That way you'd have to balance out shooting enemies and shooting your candle to keep it alive. But genuinely well done, my favorite game I've played so far from LD50.

marcmagus 2022-04-06 14:31

Thanks for bringing your game by my stream for feedback! If you’d like to revisit the play and commentary you can view the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1447203076

I enjoyed the concept quite a bit. The controls (particularly click to aim, never my favorite) were a little fiddly at times, especially when trying to position the light and fight in the other direction at the same time. Which is also interesting challenge, but also sometimes frustrating "hard to get the game to do what I think I'm going to tell it to do".

My main suggestion for improvement would be better telegraphing of the "shoot through the light" power. Enemy health was also maybe a little high throughout, especially the boss.

Overall an enjoyable experience.

chusmimax 2022-04-06 18:41

Amazing game. It knows what it wants to be and every decision enhances the end result. Concise tutorial, ingame and cleverly display, no walls of text.

I could only find one thing that was making it a bit frustrating at times, and it's the fact that i couldn't not take the lamp if I got too close, too close and i picked it and doomed myself, too far and i was worthless.

Still, really impressive.

josep93 2022-04-06 19:59

Interesting idea. I like it!

guillem-serra 2022-04-09 06:56

Very well done for two days! Loved how the game feel of the bow, how it strikes the enemies. The difficulty progression is excelent. I found the rock-picking in the tutorial a little confusing, and maybe picking the light could be a direct player mechanic, like with E button. Amazing job!

aka-black-dog 2022-04-10 12:26

really cool game with great mechanics and implementation

digitaldude555 2022-04-11 13:22

Probably the most thorough tutorial of any game I rated so far, like the run animation and the sound of the bow, music is relaxing though gameplay isn't. It was a bit too hard for me. I couldn't finish it. Good job.

confidant17 2022-04-15 16:23

controls are responsive, love the graphics, not quite with theme but then again you said it at the beggining, you did a very good job for being compo. gj overall. you should be proud

coleslaughter 2022-04-17 06:38

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1457959497?t=01h14m09s)

This is such a strong entry, especially for compo. Very nicely polished mechanics and visuals, and felt very unique! Keep up the good work. :slight_smile: