Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD55 → DUSK

DUSK

By wujood, yomalolo, smogen, dropalou24, rhymen, finedesignld and flaunora

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD55Ever
Overall4573.683563.677.1
Fun5173.523558.173.0
Innovation5763.383553.264.9
Theme3573.963571.381.9
Graphics5123.823556.671.9
Audio1763.883579.788.0
Humor6732.872937.352.8
Mood3533.823572.585.2

Comments

mcgank 2024-04-16 03:30 ♥ 2

To start great visuals and sound! Just a note, I think something is off about the parallax effect (I think the background is going faster that the foreground? I'm not 100% sure but something feels off). I enjoyed the gameplay great job for only 72 hours!

naomiajacobs 2024-04-16 03:30 ♥ 3

~~Beautiful background pixel art! Unfortunately I couldn't jump over the first taller obstacle so I couldn't make any progress. Is there a trick I am missing? I'd love to try again. (on a Mac laptop if that's important)~~

I came back and realized you can use the plant below to jump! This was very helpful and I had a great time with the first few levels. So polished for a hackathon!

whysguy52 2024-04-16 03:34 ♥ 3

yay! i did it! super cute.

aaronjnc 2024-04-16 03:41 ♥ 3

Love the game and visuals, I really like finding all the different pets. My one suggestion would be to add a note about using the plant to get over the first obstacle as it took me a bit to realize.

t-c 2024-04-16 03:41 ♥ 3

Nice game! Really liked the art and atmosphere of this one. It was tricky to understand that you could (and had to) summon a platform to get out of the tutorial area. Some kind of indicator to summon the first plant would be nice. The summons were interesting, collecting their requirements was a neat touch. I wouldn't mind the game showing you exactly how to use each summon you get once, so you don't mess up and accidentally use an elephant when you needed a penguin, like I did at the end of the last level, then have to start over. Music and effects worked really well with the art. Finally, I wouldn't mind if there was some way to activate the platforms instead of having them on cycles. Sometimes I ended up having to wait around for 10ish seconds for a platform to show up. Cool entry, really like the take on the theme here.

wujood 2024-04-16 10:35 ♥ 4

@aaronjnc @naomiajacobs @t-c Thank you for the constructive feedback! We added a gif on this page to show how to summon a plant so others may see it and don't have to wonder what to do.

promzona 2024-04-16 11:32 ♥ 3

Ultra chill game. Art of the animals is super cute. Would love to have more responisve controls. Charachter a little bit to clanky after you jumped. But I had a nice time playing. Thank you!

historymaker118 2024-04-16 11:53 ♥ 2

Lovely music and pretty art. I enjoyed the concept for this game, it's an interesting take on the puzzle platformer. The controls were a little janky though, and the jump just feels a bit 'off'. That being said, this is excellent for something made in a weekend and I enjoyed playing it. Well done.

jhax 2024-04-16 12:25 ♥ 2

Great level design, really liked looking around for all the different summoning ingredients!

manabreak 2024-04-16 12:25 ♥ 2

This was somehow a really calming game to play. Maybe it's the perfect palette choice and the calm music - I felt like I was really wandering around in the woods. Very nice job. :)

codechomper 2024-04-16 14:13 ♥ 2

Pretty awesome and deep entry, a lot of mechanics going on to get through the levels. To be honest I had a hard time at first, I was trying to drag and drop the elements from the spell book onto the level. Once I figured out it was a click to select and a click to place it was much better. Also the items in inventory could have been closer to the spell book. Either way you did a great job completing such a complete entry, I had fun so thank you!

tuh 2024-04-16 18:20 ♥ 1

Pretty chill. Although I find nothing to hang on to for longer i still enjoyed my stay.

asfdfdfd 2024-04-16 18:25 ♥ 2

Love your visual style, great stylization. Nice music. Clever gameplay mechanics. Probably some platforming tuning required but overall great entry!

swerky 2024-04-16 18:29 ♥ 2

Lovely game! Love the mechanics and the ambiance.

cainetinyarms 2024-04-16 18:44 ♥ 2

Very cute, love the penguin. Encountered a bug where I fell through the floor in the 2nd level but apart from that very polished too. I'd love to see more levels and animals!

elbbard 2024-04-16 19:15 ♥ 2

That was sick. Impressive level design and game art. I really enjoyed playing, thank you!

mr-esport 2024-04-16 20:40 ♥ 2

The chill atmosphere sold it for me. Super cute ambiance, well rounded levels. Pretty simple mechanics but I had some fun maxing out my (kinda clucky) jump ! *You can Super jump with the boar by jumping and moving at the same time* :p ^^

fenix131113 2024-04-17 08:21 ♥ 2

Very interesting idea and cool atmosphere. I love it!

plintusb 2024-04-17 19:44 ♥ 2

Thank you, I had a very nice time playing your game! Relaxing music and simple quests. It's fun))

baluj 2024-04-18 02:43 ♥ 2

I love this game it's simple and nice. It's a great concept, it just needs a little polish (in jumps and collisions with the edges of the ground).

unchain 2024-04-18 15:34 ♥ 1

The gamepaly is neat, but the environment color is a bit disturbing.

mechanicallife 2024-04-22 18:14 ♥ 3

Neat game, I had a good time, The music was real good, in fact the audio in general was solid. I also enjoyed the pixel art and particles. I only have a few gripes, The last level could be a tad frustrating sometimes with the slow moving platforms that you had to wait for. Especially then ones in tight corridors where I had to wait for them to go down as well as up instead of being able to just step off them. Also I did manage to clip through the levels twice so some small issues with collision I guess. Great addition to be able to restart the level. All in all had a great time! cool entry!

denilseven 2024-04-22 21:30 ♥ 2

This game is overflowing with charm and serenity! It was truly refreshing to play through this. Good job team 😸

joeshanahan 2024-04-23 20:53 ♥ 3

This game is really sweet - the combination of the hand drawn animals, the emotive yet subtle background music, and just generally chill vibe - it makes a really nice experience. The character jump feels a bit too heavy for me, they accelerate *really* fast downwards, but other than that I had a really nice time with this one 😄

joeshanahan 2024-04-27 13:29 ♥ 0

I uploaded my playthrough to YouTube - hope it's useful for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8uopwdMHCc