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Darkness by kevinAlbs

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made by kevinAlbs for LD30 (COMPO)
CONTROLS
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WASD to move/jump
R to restart
Click to shoot


Updates
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12:00am Aug 25th
Thanks for all the feedback. To those who've mentioned it's difficulty, if you cannot get through the ascension part you can skip directly to the boss fight here http://kevinalbs.com/darkness/#boss
It is more relevant to the theme, and you can see everybody's names!

8:14pm Aug 26th
kdunee - Good spot. I noticed this as well and should be rolling out a fix for this
Sounds will be coming out on the next version. I'll post a link when it's ready. I'd like to add music, but it might be too difficult.

11:22am Sept 7th
The server is currently down :( This is a personal server, of which I cannot ssh into (because it is physically off). I will fix by next weekend.

Development Notes
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Unfortunately I didn't have much time to get this as polished as I would have liked. I plan to work on this after the compo and possibly post a link to the revised version.

I tested this on Chrome on Windows. More than likely bugs exist. This was really rushed towards the end. I'll be cleaning things up and posting this on GitHub.

Upcoming features:
- SOUND and (if possible) music
- Source on GitHub
- More intensity towards the end of the climb
Web http://kevinalbs.com/darkness/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=26957

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall 3.12 646
Audio 1.55 976
Fun 3.38 289
Graphics 3.03 607
Humor 1.94 819
Innovation 2.42 1029
Mood 2.87 657
Theme 1.84 1165

Feedback

intelligentbean
25. Aug 2014 · 02:10 UTC
this was pretty fun! kind of hard though but not in a bad way. I feel like I could spend a lot of time playing this.
Nsmurf
25. Aug 2014 · 03:01 UTC
Fun! I like how hard it is :) Can't really see what it has to do with the theme though...
robbiehunt
25. Aug 2014 · 03:04 UTC
This is definitely hard. I can immediately see that this is the kind of game I really liked to play a few years ago, really requires attention and precision and quick movements.

It creates a good tension.

Really would have benefited from sound. But it has a really good aesthetic.
kenrickrilee
25. Aug 2014 · 03:05 UTC
I really dig the styling of the game. I don't think I've ever seen an edgy jumper game :P
HuntTheWumpus
25. Aug 2014 · 03:10 UTC
challenging but fun! I liked the fluent controls.
maad9
25. Aug 2014 · 17:37 UTC
Simple and very fun ;) good job!
IcyLava
25. Aug 2014 · 18:02 UTC
It's challenging, I like it! Took some tries but got to the boss. Had an interesting ending. Good work!
pjimmy
25. Aug 2014 · 18:30 UTC
pretty cool, but how does it fits into the theme? the world of light and darkness?
Xgor
25. Aug 2014 · 18:36 UTC
I must say, id wish you built the entire game about the end boss, that ending concept was so cool.
hirsch
25. Aug 2014 · 20:18 UTC
Even though i am not used to control platformers with my left hand, it's a fun little game that i definetly enjoyed playing.
Mali
25. Aug 2014 · 20:36 UTC
Good game. Well made and well polished. Not sure how it relates to the theme though.
John Drury
25. Aug 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Unforgiving game. Really hard! Love the minimalist style!
Eduardo
26. Aug 2014 · 00:36 UTC
The end was cool!
rd127p77
26. Aug 2014 · 00:55 UTC
Bookmark
ShadowStryker
26. Aug 2014 · 02:14 UTC
Very hard after the checkpoint, but excellent and very fun game none-the-less. Loved the ending!
Canyon
26. Aug 2014 · 02:29 UTC
This is great. I died after a minute or two, but I can tell I'd really like this if I played more. A run animation and sounds would add so much!
Animated
26. Aug 2014 · 02:50 UTC
Very tough but still fun
brodavi
26. Aug 2014 · 02:52 UTC
I didn't get 'connected worlds' (maybe I didn't get far enough?), but it was pretty fun. Good use of pressure. Felt fair. I will have to come back and finish this. It kicked my butt :)
zillix
26. Aug 2014 · 04:46 UTC
Very challenging! I love the simple art direction!
Cake&Code
26. Aug 2014 · 07:55 UTC
I love that if you destroy the platform the enemies are standing on you can make them all plummet to their doom... or so you think, until an elevator brings one of them back up and he snipes you dead!

Haha, lots of fun :)
mrexcessive
26. Aug 2014 · 10:00 UTC
Hi there... nice looking game. Shame no sound. I couldn't get very far due to my awful platform game skills. Good job
Vallar
26. Aug 2014 · 12:55 UTC
Haha, now I loved that ending and I liked the look of the game. The game definitely fit the theme well in that regard.

While the graphics were simple I liked them a lot and I liked how you play the game in general. It was a hard game but I liked the idea.

Could use some sounds and music though but probably that is a byproduct of the time limitation.

Well done :D
oakus
26. Aug 2014 · 13:07 UTC
Fun and hard. Some checkpoints would be nice. Also, I don't see the connection with the theme here.
kdunee
26. Aug 2014 · 15:22 UTC
It felt for me like the platform animation was framerate dependent or just inconsistent, since the moving platform would stop at different places each time, sometimes out of my reach. Otherwise a nice, difficult platformer.
Retr0spectrum
26. Aug 2014 · 17:07 UTC
Nice graphics, and an original take on the theme. I think this would be improved if the boss fight was more tactical - Maybe the boss's weapons could deal more damage, but be further appart (IMHO they are too close together to avoid at the moment). Maybe it would have been too much for only 48 hours, but it would be cool if the other players had more realistic AI, or were actual recordings of other players movements.
dix
26. Aug 2014 · 19:14 UTC
Nice game :D
Artamus
26. Aug 2014 · 21:50 UTC
Nice game, congrats!
siat
26. Aug 2014 · 23:45 UTC
Not very forgiving. The controls were nice and smooth, though.
ExtreLime
28. Aug 2014 · 15:56 UTC
Well that was pretty hardcore! Fun thing, good job.
ChuiGum
06. Sep 2014 · 23:22 UTC
Very fun game! Like the graphics as well. Good job!