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The Qi Disciple by Jerre

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made by Jerre for LD32 (COMPO)
The Qi Disciple
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Play a monk discovering his inner Qi (also known as chi) powers on his quest to become the Qi master.


Controls:
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Movement: arrow keys.
Using Qi: spacebar.
Controlling the Qi: arrow keys.
Mute: M
Back: escape


EDIT:
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Since I get a lot of feedback about the difficulty of level 3, I added a visual guide to the screenshots, which should help a bit. The squares mean a safe spot to stand still if you keep close to the walls.


Explanation:
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There are four levels (should take max 10 minutes to beat). The game should explain itself, so you if you haven鈥檛 played it stop reading here and try it out now.



If you鈥檙e still here: the twist is that you can control a ranged weapon (your Qi), but the second twist is that you cannot move anymore if you do so. I have done my best to create interesting levels to showcase the possibilities of this mechanic, and had a lot of fun doing so. Enjoy!
Web (Unity) http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/
Windows 64bit (change 64 in 32 for 32 bit) http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/WIN64/The Qi Disciple.zip
OSX http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/OSX/The Qi Disciple.zip
Linux (untested) http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/LINUX/The Qi Disciple.zip
Source http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/Source/The Qi Disciple Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=13020

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall 3.41 333
Audio 3.25 242
Fun 3.38 282
Graphics 3.03 570
Innovation 3.59 236
Mood 3.38 217
Theme 3.66 295

Feedback

babilounet
19. Apr 2015 路 15:55 UTC
Acees to http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/ is forbidden
馃帳 Jerre
19. Apr 2015 路 16:09 UTC
Haha, you're to fast, was still setting up
jshaffer94247
20. Apr 2015 路 04:09 UTC
Love Zen puzzles. I can't get the last part of this puzzle level, but I'll probably come back to play more. Fun and interesting. Thanks for the game!
Nuclear Mosquito
20. Apr 2015 路 08:49 UTC
I like the mechanic, but your difficulty curve is all over the place. There is a huge spike at level 3
Figglewatts
20. Apr 2015 路 14:23 UTC
An interesting concept, but I think it got too difficult at around the third level.
馃帳 Jerre
20. Apr 2015 路 17:02 UTC
Thanks for the feedback all. I added a guide for the third stage that should help a bit.
rantt
20. Apr 2015 路 18:47 UTC
Cool, concept. I could only make it to the third level, very challenging. The art was really nice too. Fun game, I enjoyed it :)
dyfer
21. Apr 2015 路 17:24 UTC
I like the concept but level 3 is to difficult! I like the front image
FistBumpGames
21. Apr 2015 路 19:50 UTC
Nice mechanic but level 3 is gonna break your balls, after the first two levels.
Nice mood and sound, and really liked the theme!
Anti
21. Apr 2015 路 19:51 UTC
Good game. Loved the puzzles. I also liked the art style. It really grew on me for some reason. Probably because of the unified look. It was a really fun game to play.
Taldius
21. Apr 2015 路 19:58 UTC
The concept is good, it remind me of an attack of Yamcha in Dragon Ball Z. But the game gets hard really fast.
Good job overall!
TheMeorch
21. Apr 2015 路 20:07 UTC
Making the player stand still while controlling the projectile creates interesting situations where you have to find ways to shoot without putting your character at risk. I do wish the projectile controller were a little less sensitive, so I could feel more in control of it. The third level does indeed have a huge difficulty spike, but you've definitely got a cool game here -- nice work!
馃帳 Jerre
22. Apr 2015 路 07:14 UTC
Thanks for the good words all. That level 3 tho....
Embalaje
23. Apr 2015 路 19:30 UTC
Its really hard to control the Qi, very, very good gameplay. I麓ve enjoyed it very much.
hypp
23. Apr 2015 路 19:31 UTC
Great idea, but perhaps a little too hard?
adsilcott
23. Apr 2015 路 19:35 UTC
Great concept and mechanic! Those last few were really hard (but fair)!
SmilingCat
23. Apr 2015 路 19:41 UTC
Great mood, and good use of the theme. One suggestion I would make would be to have separate keys for controlling the Qi to prevent unintended movement of the character once the Qi hits something.
snesgaard
23. Apr 2015 路 19:49 UTC
Wow, think this is the most fun I have had with an entry into LD32 so far. I think level 3 and 4 should be swapped as the former is pretty brutal. Also hitboxes seemed to, at times, be larger than the visual model, which was a bit frustrating.
Music and art was very good at building the atmosphere of being a monk that fires autonomous mind bullets :D
jglrxavpok
24. Apr 2015 路 17:22 UTC
The Qi is hard to control but it's a great idea!
The level 3 is too difficult though
Snicklodocus
30. Apr 2015 路 03:36 UTC
Cool game! I liked the music a lot. The different control schemes for walking and controlling Qi helped mix up gameplay. Good job!