Thob

Stained Destiny by Marcenat 2018-12-12T18:49:20Z

Hey I just tested your game !

I liked the basic principle of the game, explore the map step by step, meet characters at each place, fighting on the way, it's really cool ! Managing your team is cool, as some paths are only accessible to a certain number of team members. I find it ambitious to make a story driven game for a game jam.

These are the things I would change : - The combat system is very simplistic but it's normal (it works anyway), but I'm sure you already have ideas to make it more strategic. - We see that some sprites are stretched (monsters in combat, life bars). - There are no sounds (but there is music and that's cool) - When my team is complete, I am can still accept other characters, I thought I could take more than 6 but not finally. - I did not understand the end, I guess I sacrificed myself? And that I sacrificed the others before for that? How? I'm not sure I got the end, maybe just 2 more lines of text to explain a little better could have been good?

In any case the game is really nice, you have a good prototype from which to make a very cool game, I encourage you to continue!

Mountain Rescue 2019 by farfin 2018-12-06T21:07:01Z

Your game is so cool !

The graphics are really nice, detailed tiles, the animation are cool, the characters are really cute. All is coherent, the approach of the theme is original too !

Yes it lacks sounds and music but the game is almost finished and polished. Gg!

Master Key by Jeremy Ryan 2018-12-11T19:07:05Z

The game don't work for me, I get a fatal error "Failed to execute script game" :(

Master Key by Jeremy Ryan 2018-12-12T19:30:06Z

Didn't work for me to rename the file. I use windows 10 V1803, sorry I think I can't test your game ! :/

bamb by fasterthanlime 2018-12-12T19:21:45Z

Super neat game here ! I really love the gamejam entry that are so much polished like yours ! There is everything in my opinion : graphics, devlopment, game design, music, sound. The game is simple but strategic, addictive, there is good feedbacks (graphic and sound) in game.

The (really) little things I would change are : - Make a brighter background than this dark grey color - Use another font that fits better the flat design you used - Make a better end screen with your score and your opponent score.

And you can put it on the stores (you can already). Bravo !

Whatever It Cost by FloYams 2018-12-05T21:20:02Z

Le jeu est sympa !

Le système de combat est intéressant, juste à bien l'équilibrer (évidemment là c'est normal qu'il ne soit pas équilibré).

Ma première remarque aurait été de vouloir voir les dégâts infligés par chaque items, mais après ça apporte une notion d'apprentissage, genre quel item sert à quoi, quel est le plus fort etc, je ne sais pas si c'est une volonté ou pas. Parce que si le but est d'avoir une sorte de notions d'essais des items et tout ça serait bien d'avoir la vie des ennemis affichées plus longtemps, ou alors tout le temps pour pouvoir mieux deviner les dégâts que font nos objets (c'est une juste suggestion si vous voulez exploiter votre concept dans ce sens).

Il y a pas beaucoup de production : des ennemis différents, des objets différents, des décors différents, des musiques différentes, avec mention spéciale pour l'animation de la dernière créature, vraiment cool !

Pas certain de l'aberration chromatique sur le bas de l'écran par contre ! peut-être pour le dernier monde mais au début ça fait bizarre, un peu hors sujet.

Mais sinon très cool :)

Sacrificial Movements by CJN 2018-12-12T20:09:36Z

A lot of things have been said with the others feedback ! Your concept is good !

Even with the tutorial I didn't understand some basic things, like the fact that you can pressed you key again to gain your abilitie back, it's important in my opinion. Sometime I get lost between the key to know if I pressed them or not, to solve these 2 problems you could have the keys in the UI that indicate if they're pressed or not.

The triple-jump feature feels a bit weird, maybe only one but better calibrated jump could have been better.

Last thing,I think you shouldn't make a level were you can insta-die at the spawnpoint x)

As suggested before, I think the idea of the game would fit perfectly in a puzzle game, and you should maybe work in this way, because your idea is good !

Missing Parts by radow 2018-12-11T20:08:23Z

Good game, really complete ! There is a lot of good things in this ! The puzzles are well thought, there is voice acting, sounds, FX, a story, and more !

I think the thing that could be better is the lisibility, mainly of the items I can interact with. We feel a little lack in terms of (game and graphic) design at this level. There is too much information at the same level : The background (the wall tile), the background with the machines, the plateforme, the UI+ the text. You need to prioritize the elements visibility according to their importance, to establish graphic codes.

I felt a little lost during the game because of all the informations i had at te same time. It's important to let the player eye's rest !

Beside that the game is cool of course, good job to the 10 of you !

Transmute Your Villagers TD by Sabeurre 2018-12-05T21:43:41Z

Super jeu ! Juste l'idée de base est super, le jeu marche y a une bonne boucle de gameplay, franchement il est super prenant ! La musique prend un peu la tête au bout d'un moment mais au moins il y en a une, elle est plutôt cool. Le concept de base est là et il demande qu'à être amélioré ! Il y a un bon équilibre entre les ressources je trouve (j'ai pas trouvé le jeu si dur contrairement à mes vdd) pour moi ça manque un peu de polish niveau graphisme : faire des interfaces bien lisibles, bien claires (surtout qu'on a peu de temps pour les consulter)(par exemple enlever la ligne de la range puisqu'il y a déjà le cercle très pratique qui permet de le visualiser rapidement), un peu plus de variations sur la map, ça peut être fait très simplement : ne pas orienter tous les arbres vers le même point, remplir les bords du terrain d'arbre plus gros pour donner l'impression d'une grande forêt (là on à l'impression d'être posé au milieu d'un grand plateau vide si on dézoomait).

Voilà en tout cas globalement c'est très cool :)

The Curse of the Conquistador by Myrrhe 2018-12-06T20:50:18Z

Cool, bon travail en effet !

Je pense qu'il manque un peu d'équilibrage personnellement, surtout au niveau de la vie des ennemis qui est gigantesque ! Comparé à nos faibles dégâts, on se retrouve à spammer le clic à fond ! Il serait peut-être plus intéressant de réduire un peu le rate de l'arme et de réduire la vie des ennemis pour rendre le système de combat un peu plus intéressant ? D'autant plus qu'avec le son (des chauves-souris par exemple) qui se répète à chaque fois qu'on la touche, à environ 5hit/sec ça fait un peu mal aux oreilles. L'approche du thème est sympa aussi, et je pense qu'il y a moyen de l'exploiter encore plus ! D'ailleurs j'ai toujours sacrifié les sons (je n'ai pas vu de changements ?) puis le poids (je n'ai pas vu beaucoup de changement non plus ?) et après oui certainement des choses comme le passage avec les statues qui requiert un sacrifice particulier (il faudrait juste que la demande soit un peu plus évidente je pense).

Je dis tout ça sans être négatif vraiment ! Le jeu est vraiment sympa, il y a une belle attention aux détails ça se voit, les animations, avec les particules à la mort des mobs, les sons, la musique, l'affichage des dégâts, l'écran de chargement (!), les différents ennemis, les différents pièges, etc,

Bravo !

Accept this Offering by xPheRe 2018-12-09T12:37:55Z

Neat game ! Cool mechanics, I really like the graphic style & the game is polished. This could be a good mobile game on the store. :)

Timestep by taco360 2018-12-11T19:33:32Z

The game is really cool, There is some really good ideas (I like this dezoom-map feature )! The concept of the game is good, remind me a mix of Minit and Half-Minute Hero ! It's a good approach of the theme. You have a good prototype from which to work.

Maybe you need to work on the coherence of the island and the environment a bit.

There is a bit of variety in the assets, little animations and little FX, there is sound, you can win and loose, the game is pretty complete !

@bastilo I think that's not reallythe point of the game. If you take off the time feature it would take away the originality of the concept

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-03T08:45:22Z

@pez Ok thank you i will fix this as soon as possible ! (tonight or tomorrow)

**Edit : it should be working now :)**

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-04T13:55:20Z

@daniel-abeleira Thank you for testing my game ! :D

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-04T20:55:25Z

@sabeurre Thank you for your time and for your feedback !

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-05T22:41:20Z

@imaship Merci pour ton retour ! J'avais commencé à faire une musique mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de bien faire malheureusement donc j'ai préféré ne pas la mettre ! Et je n'ai même pas eu le temps de faire les graph' pour les 1er ennemis mais oui on peut imaginer d'autres armes, d'autres ennemis, etc ! En 48h c'était vraiment short pour tout faire !

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-06T18:05:07Z

@imaship Merci haha ! Je ne sais pas du tout si je le continuerais. En fait si je voulais le faire il faudrait que je reprenne tout mon code à 0 parce qu'il est vraiment horrible là, il y a des bugs de partout et tout. Sinon il y a certainement des trucs intéressants à faire côté game design je pense

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-08T13:15:34Z

@jeremy-ryan Thank you ! Yes this feature selection bug is the main problem now, I have to fix it. Yeah I really ran out of time, I didn't even have the time to make proper ennemy ! Thank you for your feedback :)

@robowarrior1982 Merci beaucoup ! Oui un des 2 problèmes que j'aimerais régler actuellement c'est faire un support pour plusieurs résolutions, enfin mieux gérer ça. Pour les ennemis je voulais faire une feature qui permettait d'avoir des balles plus fortes qui les tuaient en un seul coup ! Après est ce que tu as essayé d'activer les Ammo ? Parce que sinon tu as une seule balle avant de recharger et effectivement c'est très dur de tuer les ennemis, mais si tu actives Ammo tu as 15 munitions avant de recharger et ça permet de spammer un peu. Et trop encombré dans quel sens, visuellement ? Merci de tous tes retours en tout cas :)

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-11T08:21:07Z

Thanks a lot for your time and feedbacks !

@taco360 - For Art and sound, that's the point of the theme for me : do you want to put point in things that don't actually impact the gameplay but make the game better or not ? Sacrifice Must be Made. But your opinion is very interresting, I'll think about it. - Sorry for the controls, I'll add QWERTY controls. [Edit : it's fixed !] - No it's not intentionnal I'll try to fix this ! (I fixed major bugs like : "Unselecting features in the main menu didn’t refund the points under certain circumstances"). [Edit : it's fixed too !]

Someone gave me the idea that the different capacities could not listen to the same number of points depending on whether they are important or not : the movements would cost 3 points and the sound and art 1 point for example (with more starting points). Or that we could add penalties to get more points.

@ente - I haven't even thought of a counter ! But it should be pretty easy to do indeed, thanks ! - Yes the game is not balanced at all there is safe point on the map were you can kill a lots of enemies without being hit. There is not real AI since I didn't have time to dev one, I just make the ennemy move and jump.

SACRIFEATURE by Thob 2018-12-22T15:56:16Z

@hdugmag Thanks a lot for your feedbacks ! Sorry for the controls I thought I fix this !

@acaral Merci beaucoup d'avoir testé et pris le temps de me faire des retours sur ton expérience héhé !

@vinay-rao You're totaly right, with only 1 ammo the game is really .. mmh... annoying (?). And the level design of the arena isn't really interesting, there is several safe areas indeed. Thank a lot for testing my prototype and leaving feedbacks !

@erkberg Thank you ! The features are not really well balanced. The game would need a level and game design rework. No the score fix was something else, someone else suggest a score ingame, I dont know why I didn't think of it during the jam. Thank again :)

Machine Godz by Beardmage 2018-12-09T14:46:15Z

The game is pretty good :)

There are some problems but they have already been told : - You can slash only in your movement direction - I thought I could destroy the turrets (readability problem) - The statue seems to be upgrade - Music and sounds are not well balanced (volume) I think that if you want to continue the development you'll need to rethink a bit the game design of the sacrifice part to make it interesting to sacrifice abilities in a system where it's not just harder or more frustating.

But beside that the game is very complete with really good art, FX and feedback, music and sound !

Bad Night by vknauss 2021-04-27T20:57:22Z

Hi, I wanted to test your game but the horizontal mouse look is reversed, which made it unplayable for me ! If you ever fix it let me know and I'll come back and test your game !

And if you are worried about post-jam changes : the ludum rules indicate that this is allowed. Here, in "Additional Notes " : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/rules >Certain Bug Fixes are allowed. You can’t add new features, but if something broke or didn’t work correctly as you were finishing up, you can fix this after the deadline. You are asked to highlight the changes you make in your submission (a short change log). You probably wont get a 2nd chance with some players, but at least it wont be a problem for future players.

DeeperCORP by grena 2021-05-01T15:05:36Z

Really solid entry ! Great game! I had a bit of trouble understanding it at first but once I did I couldn't stop playing! The game is very addictive. The graphics are simple but the whole thing is very coherent, everything flows smoothly. A little music would have been a great bonus but I know it's very hard in Compo to make a music ! It reminded me of the flash games era, really cool.

Magic Worm by namnam 2021-04-27T20:24:40Z

Really cool game ! I love the art style ! I had a bit of trouble understanding how the game worked at first, but once I did it was great. The design is good, very clever, I played at least 20 minutes ! (I didn't win once 😅)

F-33L5 by Plastacier 2021-05-01T13:38:23Z

I really liked the smooth controls, they are very pleasant. The atmosphere is good too, the music fits the mood well. I also really liked the fact that you can't lose, I think it makes the game very enjoyable ! If I had to make a feedback it would be on the impact with the rocks: there could be a small vfx (sparks from the ship or some bits of the rock that fly for example) with a small sound at the same time. In any case the game is nice !

Grapple Tongue by Mors 2021-04-29T11:44:01Z

_(I tested version 1.0.)_ Awesome ! Great game, great polish, the graphics are great, varied, the music is very catchy and the sounds are satisfying! The game is quite hard at times but still doable, the level design is well done too ! My only regret is that when you are on the ground, you can't aim without moving forward at the same time, it makes some situations tricky. But great game overall !

Sblaaf!! by Thob 2021-04-27T21:35:03Z

@ambeurk @plastacier @pedsm @dante2001 Thank you so much for your comments !!

Sblaaf!! by Thob 2021-04-27T21:55:00Z

@blmbop Thank you ! The game can be quite hard but it is also quite short! The end is reachable! Thanks for pointing out the problem with the credits, I fixed it ! I also added credits for the sounds used :)

Sblaaf!! by Thob 2021-04-27T22:00:04Z

@oramun Thank you so much, your comment goes straight to our hearts ! We still have the music in our heads since Saturday morning...

Sblaaf!! by Thob 2021-04-28T07:46:11Z

@pixelipy Thank you Pixelipy for the feedbacks ! There is one level for now. We made this choice to be able to fully polish it ! So it is also hand designed to have maximum control over the experience. If we were to work on it again we would do a procedural generation system, and infinite/finite levels as you suggest I think ! I started to make the itch.io page but I didn't have the time to finish it yet nor to make and test the webGL build but it's in progress anyway (I didn't know I had to create a drive account to be able to use it, sorry about that). Thank again !

Sblaaf!! by Thob 2021-04-29T16:22:31Z

Thank a lot everyone for the nice comments !! We're so glad you like the game so much ! - Following the few __feedbacks about the audio (sounds and music)__ used I asked Mike Kasprzak if he could opt out us from the Audio voting category (you can't change it by yourself after submitting the game)! Indeed, even if there was research, integration, retouching and mixing work on the sounds and music, we didn't do it ourselves and it would be unfair to be graded on that compared to other teams who would have done it themselves in the jam ! And it's done , __the Audio voting category has been removed from our rating !__ - We take note of your different feedbacks on the punch that doesn't always seem right! However, we wont directly make the modifications because we don't want to change the game during the voting period. - We also noted the few bugs that you shared, thank you !

20.000 LIGHT YEARS deep in THE SKY by Arivenzys 2021-04-27T20:28:06Z

It's been said many times but the game is incredible. Great atmosphere, great music and graphics, great design and everything flows smoothly. Plus dubbed by PADG, and not just a little! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that! And I reach Eden ! Awesome

Hellevator by baconn00 2021-05-01T14:16:22Z

The game is really cool! I've seen this type of drawing mechanic before but it's very well included in the design and theme. I also love the detail of the blood drops on the wall (by the way a priest drawing pentacles with blood?). The game is quite hard but I finished it! I just found it weird that the hands coming out of the top of the elevator are indicated in the same way as the one at the bottom, even though they can't catch us. Very solid compo participation!

The Lift by Nuanda79 2021-05-01T13:54:44Z

The idea is really nice, you can easily imagine other mini games that could go in it. It's quite hard at the moment but I could see the two endings! The game is well finished from start to finish. Cool short experience overall

I'd like to point out that if you didn't do the graphics and audio yourself during the jam (which is ok) it says in the rules that you should opt-out from those voting categories. You can ask the jam organizer by email to do so (that's what we did for the Audio category of our game).

Stranded on planet zod by Pixelipy 2021-04-27T21:25:04Z

The game is very nice ! I think it's ambitious to have made a metroidvania and you did it well ! I'll start with the small negative points: - I find the realistic gun sound a bit weird in the universe - I find the realistic backgrounds a bit weird too compared to the rest which is cartoon, the background with the stars is a bit too bright, the stars should be less clear because the background is more contrasted than the game plan. - There is a small bug: when you take gems in a zone, the score restarts from 0. - There are a few apparent lines due to the sprites I think. These are really minor things actually.

There are a looot of good things: the controls are nice, there are several types of enemies, there are cool abilities to find, there is a storyline. I like the squishy character and enemy animations and I really like all the feedback and VFX. The music adds a lot to the atmosphere. In short, the game is super complete with a lot of content and without bugs, top! 👌

Derbys F#ckin Pissed by sdata 2021-04-27T20:43:47Z

The atmosphere of the game doesn't make me feel comfortable but beyond that the game is rather pleasant to play, with procedural generation, no bugs. The intro is a cool bonus.

Maybe being able to dig on the right and left could be practical: in some cases there is a power up at the very bottom of a digging area and you can't know it until you get to the bottom, when it's too late to change your trajectory to take it :)