RogueTime

remco 2022-04-04 12:39

The jump feels a bit floaty, and the environments seem a bit empty, but otherwise, there is a bit more content here than you might see at first glance. Well done. Would have like some music (or some more sound effects, but who am I to talk this time...)

I found that I could cheese most of those big knights ... which was necessary, as they absolutely decimate you whenever you do get caught. I had a decently easy time once I found (more) health regen, from that moment on I could just only take the good upgrades.

ace17 2022-04-04 12:47

The enemey move/attack patterns are simple, but surprisingly effective ! I found myself desperately trying to fire a laser to those jumping blobs, while time was running out ...

It's not as good as "Dimensional Shift" ( @shared 's previous entry ), which had set the bar extremely high! (those who haven't played it, go play it NOW :D https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/dimensional-shift )

jovialknoll 2022-04-07 02:14

Always cool to see some proc gen, though the environments felt slightly rough they didn't involve anything untraversable so that's great. I liked that you had distinct enemies with different behaviors. They also had different interactions with your attack which was a nice touch (try to line up shots to hit multiples but don't bother with the shield-holders).

Controls were a little confused, not sure there was a reason for mouse, would have preferred all keyboard. Maybe you intended to have aiming but didn't have time to implement? Though only attacking straight forward felt interesting given all the jumping.

Here's a real nitpick: I like the option of avoiding enemies in roguelikes, it would have been cool to not need to defeat all of them for a level, maybe pick your poison?

Bottom line: I think this has a lot of potential for future development, especially if you want to develop more content, loot, maybe ways to increase the time left. Really solid base.

useless-fish 2022-04-07 02:27

I dont know why but this game is super fun, something about it is so simple yet so good! The mechanics of the main character feel sooo smooth and it just makes the experience a whole lot nicer :))

potatolain 2022-04-07 02:29

This was a really fun one! I managed to get up to 17000 points, though it seems I've been massively outclassed. I suspect I would have gotten a bit higher, but this little jerk of a slime decided the space between two layers was _the absolute bestest place on the entire planet_ to hang out.

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Silly me thought "oh, it has a 5 minute timer, I can't be on this too long". I definitely spent like 20 minutes+ playing. Thanks for a fun one!

Edit: Maybe it was 27000 - I did eventually beat this guy and another world or two. I just noticed my score in this was already 19000 :sweat_smile:

sacredbacon 2022-04-07 02:32

The platforming is incredibly solid, i liked the upgrade trade-off. I felt like I could have kept going with 0:15, but I wanted to see if I could buy something that was more time than I had. I liked the level design and the enemies. Very satisfying to jump around the shield guys and get a crit on their back. Great job!

the3rdhunter 2022-04-07 02:35

Not a bad game. There are some bugs in your gameplay code, as the character will occasionally and seemingly randomly loose all forward momentum and stop moving until I press the direction I want to move again. Fortunately there's no pits to fall into otherwise that could be very frustrating. Good job having a variety of enemies. It was a little easy to cheese the large knights, but as mentioned, without the ability to cheese them they would probably feel overpowered.

I'm always a fan of systems that allow the user to select different abilities at a cost. It's a classic element of rouge-likes and I'm happy to see you use them here. Speaking of rouge-likes, I'm assuming you're using procedural generation for your levels, but despite that, the levels felt very similar. Maybe some more variety in your proc gen algorithm would help the levels feel like they have more variety, although just getting an algorithm that produces traversable levels without any major issues is impressive in the context of a jam! Kudos!

The last thing I'll mention is that I didn't really understand what sort of theme you were going for. There's knights and blobs, and your character is holding a bow which feels all classical fantasy. But the character also has tank treads and fires some kind of laser weapon. It was an interesting mix, but it didn't feel cohesive throughout the whole game. For example, the enemies should have had some sort of futuristic element to them if you were purposely going for medieval/futuristic hybrid. As it is it feels a little random. But maybe I'm just not getting it.

Overall great work, and as others on here have said, it's a great starting point that you could build something really interesting on top of. Congratulations!

shared 2022-04-07 03:07

@remco @the3rdhunter The controls were worked on kinda fast because of the amount of content I had to do, though i have never seen the glitch @the3rdhunter is talking about. The knights being cheesable is mostly by design, though them not turning around if you're too close was put in as a failsafe to avoid the player getting jammed into the shield hitbox, I left it in as is to let players have an option in tighter areas. @jovialknoll @the3rdhunter The proc-gen didn't end up having enough premade rooms IMO, you can go through the exact same level twice in a run, but time was too short for me to add more during the compo.

I do plan on making an update with another day's work. Adding the secondary attacks and the 2 extra weapons that the game was supposed to have, adding at least twice as many rooms, more decorations, fixing a couple issues, and maybe a new enemy.

@the3rdhunter as for the enemy/player theming cohesion, I know the robot player character feels out of place. It is no secret that I am not very good at drawing or animating, and the player sprite was one of the last things I added (the bow sprite is separate and was one of the first). It had treadmills because those are easy to animate and the rest was a robot to fit with the treadmills.

@cppchriscpp Part of said update, I want to avoid this from happening, slimes love those places too much.

@jovialknoll I considered something like not killing monsters being an option, but I find the idea hard to fit in the design, in a balanced way

Anyway, @remco @ace17 @cppchriscpp @sacredbacon @jovialknoll @useless-fish @the3rdhunter thank you very much for the compliments !! And @ace17, sorry that you didn't like it as much as the previous entry, which was more oriented towards game design and better level design, taking an idea and expanding upon it. This one ended up being more content-oriented, my goal for it being to focus on the gameplay and content side.

pkenney 2022-04-07 03:12

Highlight here is the enemies each with a varied unique form of attack. Loved the art on the knight, that guy is a terror. But the blob had that great attribute that he was easy in the right position, tough in many positions, and straight-up go-another-way tough in terrible positions.

Unfortunately, Godot opened the game in a very strangely-sized borderless window on my PC, and cut off all of the HUD info I see in the screenshots in itch. I could not see my time or health.

I cleared the level, but then there seemed to be nothing left to do. Sorry if I misunderstood the object. Was I supposed to do something to light each lamp to proceed? I wandered and waited, and restarted and retried a few times. But I couldn't figure out how to progress, or if I was even supposed to, sorry!

Critique-wise, if I could add one thing to the game it would be coyote time for the character's jump.

Some cool stuff going on in this game, I worry that I missed a bunch more, too!

shared 2022-04-07 03:50

@pkenney Yes you are missing quite a bit, after killing every enemy, a portal opens to take you to the next level. I am sorry about your resolution issue, I will try making the game work with more resolutions. I will mention you again after I fix this.

pkenney 2022-04-07 03:58

Great! If it helps, here is what it looks like on my windows desktop:

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My resolution is 1280x720

shared 2022-04-07 07:52

@pkenney I have uploaded a new version that is resizable, hopefully that helps with your problem !

seng 2022-04-09 06:03

Decent game. Even got myself a place on the leaderboard! Things I noticed while playing: - missing soundtrack. In my opinion soundtracks are really important and can make a game a lot better. - the sound effect which plays on kill is a little bit too "noisy" - arrows sometimes ricocheted after killing enemies. I don't know if its intended. Maybe something to look into. - you can hit enemies from the screen next to them. If they are already loaded maybe don't update damage. - pausing would be nice

Other than that the platforming and collision felt really solid. I also like how you can buy upgrades with time. Great idea and nice take on the theme. Keep it up!

tornadopiggie 2022-04-19 21:43

Idea and concept are brilliant. The Roguelitey aspect of the game is really interesting. I just think the moment to moment needed to be a bit more tight (less floaty jump, more interesting enemies and shooting could be a bit more interesting) and the difficulty could be a little higher, maybe less free items, but overall a really cool game jam entry!

zimny11 2022-04-19 23:23

Cool game and nice game mechanics. The game gets a bit repetitive after 3-4 level (maybe more types of enemies and more variation in level layout would help), but besides that, good job!

prakkus 2022-04-20 01:12

This is a great jam game. You've got just enough platforming to keep things interesting, a couple of unique enemy types which encourage me to play differently, and a good hook with time as a resource. It even works as a resource for health because you regenerate which is really slick. The powerups feel impactful and interesting, though it might be better to force me to pick one instead of offering them all, because it seems like the correct choice is to always take any free powerups.

Overall though it feels perfectly scoped and manages to deliver on each of those aspects, which is impressive in so little time. Kudos!

shared 2022-04-20 01:50

@tornadopiggie Thanks for the feedback, I think the difficulty scaling is too slow, and the game could have used a bit more work on the controls. Glad you liked it overall.

@zimny11 Thank you ! I know about there not being enough enemies or levels, it's a planned thing for a post jam update ! I'll be honest time was tight in the 48 hours.

@prakkus Happy you liked it, honestly it was hard to deliver on what I wanted for this game, I had planned more weapons and even extra skills had the start, but I ran out of energy, having slept definitely not enough during the compo weekend. I'm most glad you like the game design though, I was really proud of my idea and I spent a good bit of time thinking it through. Thank you.

aumbra 2022-04-20 02:26

This was very cool and had a lot of content. I really liked the theme of spending time for roguelike upgrades. I had one annoying bug where I kept losing my sideways momentum which made platforming hard but apart from that I had a great time. Well done!

shared 2022-04-20 02:36

@aumbra Thanks, glad you liked it ! I heard of that bug through another comment, but I have not been able to witness it while watching friends play it, or been able to recreate it.

sketchygalore 2022-04-20 04:51

Really enjoyed it! It's a simple detail, but the feel of the attack animation and the speed of the projectile really added a lot, and though the cast of enemies was small, I liked that each one felt so unique.

The main hook of the game, paying for abilities with your ticking clock, is particularly interesting! Some definitely were better than others, but for LD balance, it seemed like it was working perfectly fine, and I could definitely see it being expandable in a multitude of ways. Very good work!

shared 2022-04-20 05:09

@sketchygalore Happy you liked it ! I think some items being better than others is important in this kind of game, though armor was definitely undertuned in the version I released for the compo. Crit chance is generally better than damage%, but in some situations, damage% is better. Attack speed also feels undertuned, but that's because I didn't have the time to implement the other weapons I wanted to be in the game. I need to finish the post jam update !

nonnen 2022-04-20 12:45

I like the variety of enemies, pretty nicely made

gbgames 2022-04-20 21:13

I enjoyed playing this one. It kind of felt like Zelda II/Megaman. I wish I had more attack options.

It was incredibly satisfying to have one attack streak through multiple enemies at once, though.

I ran into what I think was a bug in which I couldn't damage a knight at all, and I thought maybe I had encountered something new, that I needed a new tool or weapon I hadn't found yet, but I couldn't figure out what to do, so I restarted.

I wish I had more feedback on the screen to let me know what upgrades I had equipped at any given time. It wasn't clear if I lost them between levels, but I assume I did.

Otherwise, I thought the sound effects were serviceable. The graphics were simple but easy to read. I liked the color scheme.

shared 2022-04-20 23:03

@gbgames Glad you enjoyed it ! What happened with your knight problem is that two knights stacked on eachother, which makes it impossible to hurt them from the front, because you can barely pierce one shield, but two becomes impossible. From the back though, the shields don't do anything and you would have been able to damage them normally.

The game was supposed to have more attack options, 2 more weapons, and a secondary attack for each weapon. and for the feedback, I would have liked to implement a way to see your stats, something that will be here in the post jam update.

Thanks for your feedback.