LIGHTDANCER by xk_the_name 2023-10-11T15:08:57Z
This is my favourite so far - the graphics are amazing, I just love the idea and the vibe. It's really beautiful. I hope you continue with this:)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → FloTheSnitchy
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | 👥 | Draki's Journey | jam | 441 | 3.69 | 3.44 | 3.44 | 3.35 | 4.04 | 3.83 | 3.85 |
This is my favourite so far - the graphics are amazing, I just love the idea and the vibe. It's really beautiful. I hope you continue with this:)
All I'm saying is don't give me a building license :v Love this game, the concept, the audio, the graphics especially. Very cute. Would've loved a tutorial or a full version or some sort of tips on how to achieve the most points / best build. But it was very calming and nice to play, loved it!:D Screenshot 2023-10-11 172346.png
I'm terrible at these games but that said it was very nicely executed as has been pointed out above, and I really like the art style and audio, it gives a great feeling to playing the game :)
I love the take on the theme, I've never seen that use done before with the soul - very cool. Loved the graphics as well and the SFX, would've loved some music. Hope you keep developing this idea:)
The wall-jumping might need a little polish but otherwise seriously an astounding game for the amount of time given - we had a similar concept for our game :D Love your graphics. It was sad to play because I own a black cat and I couldn't help but imagine him getting snatched all the time:') But that made it emotionally impactful too!
I'm so bad at these games but I love the look, feel, audio - it's clearly super well made! Nice:)
Very cool, for 48 hours solo amazing entry! Loved the funny VO SFX, the dynamic music, the colour scheme, and it was addictive! Whoever is up on the leader board is skilled :D
Nice! I absolutely loved the graphics. Narrative could use a polish imo but for such a short time frame honestly, hats completely off:D Well done.
This is such a well-made game and the graphics and audio are awesome! A little polish of the graphics (which seem a bit blurred on some edges) would really take this to next-level polish. This is an indie game I would pay a couple of bucks for on steam:D
Came back to say that it's incredible this was made by 2 people! Thank you :D
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What an amazing entry, I love these type of games! I could nitpick but for 72 hours this is wild, and by 2 people alone? Astounding to be honest. I can tell there is some over-scoping as mentioned above, happens to the best of us to be honest. Add that coin SFX in (because it's satisfying!!!) and you have me sold. This is a real game in itself if you expand on it and take the feedback onboard! Terrific.
BUG-FIXING
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your feedback already! We have now bug-fixed our game, and the confusing things mentioned in these comments that were due gameplay bugs have been fixed :) We will also be rating back now that we have the time.
Spooky regards,
Coffin Club
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🦇ANSWERS & BUG-BOARD🦇
Hi everyone! Thanks for the praise and all the super valid comments. We pulled some very long hours to get this in, across multiple time-zones, so it means a lot to us all!
ANSWERS - Space to Skip text (will add that to the itch page) - Collect *all* Novelty Items per Level to unlock 'Press E' by your coffin (number of Items increase per Level) - Not moving during speech bubbles was our workaround to avoid dialogue overlapping with Novelty Item text - Mixed art style for free assets was not intentional but due to lack of time, indeed!
UPDATED BUGS-BOARD - Fixing dialogue, text, size, typos, auto-skip, speed for accessibility - Balance pass needed for playability - Fixing player character hitbox for playability - Minor bug fixes
Thanks for playing Draki's Journey and helping us improve our game! We will bug-fix what we are allowed to fix, as soon as we have time.
Spooky regards,
Coffin Club⚰️
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🦇ANSWERS & BUG-BOARD🦇
Hi again everyone, thanks you for your continued feedback, praise, and honest commentary :D
[ANSWERS]
- ART: All the art is ours except most Level Design assets - some of that art is mismatched because we were very short on time! However, our Level Designer re-coloured them all to fit the mood, and the core assets are in-house, as well as the cover art, animations, gameplay trailer, etc!
- NARRATIVE: Have to agree to disagree on the writing being 'strictly flavour text' (but hey I'm biased): 1) the writing serves as a tutorial: about moving bookshelves, dashing, pressing buttons, warning about the cannon, light boards, etc. This I consider non-flavour text in its primary purpose, even if written in a flavourful way. 2) It also gives dialogue cues to better understand the gameplay, We even tried removing them, and it actually made gameplay confusing. 3) Part of the 'gameplay experience' is feeling like you are exploring Draki's life, so the flavourful feeling is an intended feature, and that's the experience we are aiming for (hence 'Journey'). :D
[BUG-BOARD]
- Garlic cannon shooting on paused dialogue is on our bug-board! - Hit box specifications vs dash is on our bug-board!
Thank you so much for all the comments, and for helping us identify more bugs.
Spooky regards,
Coffin Club⚰️
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Some quick replies to above:
- Thanks for the comments about Draki! The mixed art style was not intentional but there was, at least in our case, literally no time to make all of that by hand, let alone more levels, with everything else we did. The level design assets are not ours, hence the mixed style and not participating in the 'Graphics' category: what was hand-created is unified however:) Draki, his coffin, the collectibles, etc. If we had more than 72 hours and got funding, then unifying the art style would be at the top of the list <3 For now, we focused on the core components. If you're leaning towards rating down because of the art style, we ask anyone to please consider that we did not submit our project for Graphics.
- Not sure how to remove comments, but feel free to complete your message if you'd like!
Spooky Regards,
Coffin Club ⚰️
🦇ANSWERS & BUG-BOARD🦇
[ANSWERS]
Heaps of thank yous to those who have played our game so far and enjoyed it, we are really touched! Thank you for the stream of compliments and honest opinions that have helped make our game better. - Stopping gameplay on pop-ups was our workaround to not have different pop-ups override each other. Perhaps it can be improved in the future, but for now it was a necessary implementation. -Amount of text in this game is a gameplay feature, but it should of course still be fun. It might be a personal preference, but we'll certainly keep it in mind!
[BUG-BOARD] - Space to skip is functional. - Dash movement improved. - Garlic hits during pop-up pauses should not cause damage.
[OOS - OUT-OF-SCOPE] - Improved Camera Movement was on the list, but lack of time made it out-of-scope. - Space to continue for Novelty Item pop-ups is an idea that could be added in the future. - IRL Sir Battington plushie sadly also out of scope :( heh :]
Thanks again!
Spooky Regards,
Coffin Club ⚰️
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Hi ArtofLuba, we opted out because the rules said the graphics needed to be 100% ours, and some of the level design assets were not ours. It's a shame because our artist / programmer is amazing and made all the core pieces, and the two of us who worked in UI also really applied ourselves! :)
Thanks a lot!
So this game is very beautiful, the audio is cute, the idea is nice, I love upgrades, and the variety overall is very cool. However, I'm not sure I understand the gameplay loop / the purpose I serve as a player other than clicking on new upgrades which modifies the attack (and attached VFX). I just stood still for every level and did nothing, just to see. So I started to lose interest but it's a shame cause it has so much potential :D Removing the auto-fire and balancing the enemy difficulty might do the trick.
A little perplexed as to the gameplay but otherwise I love the art and SFX :D very nice. For the amount of time we all had, especially!