*The stairs by skymen
Hello, it's my first submission to the Ludum Dare, I hope this is going to be fine.
I put all my heart in this game, I made it in 17H.
I hope you'll like it ^^
Skymen from the CloseEnoughTeam
Play The stairs, a narrative RPG of a man wondering what would happen if he goes in the stairs that appeared next to his town. Anventure in the edge of reality with Lycos, the narrator and hero of this game.
If there is any minor bug, think that it's a game made in two days.
Game does not work with MacOs or linux for compatibility causes.
I put all my heart in this game, I made it in 17H.
I hope you'll like it ^^
Skymen from the CloseEnoughTeam
Play The stairs, a narrative RPG of a man wondering what would happen if he goes in the stairs that appeared next to his town. Anventure in the edge of reality with Lycos, the narrator and hero of this game.
If there is any minor bug, think that it's a game made in two days.
Game does not work with MacOs or linux for compatibility causes.
| Windows/ MacOsx link 1 (.exe) | https://mega.co.nz/#!qJIQRJhT!QQilENfG6K6ciG5ieglHPi5GfdIKBu8T0iPzGLgVn4g |
| Windows/ MacOsx link 2 (.rar) | https://mega.co.nz/#!nQ40wa7T!OWITrlnlco1fRXNt7t94nXt0IlODFXzOvolA5agLdgU |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=33923 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 64% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.21 | 368 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.00 | 393 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.09 | 313 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.12 | 474 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.36 | 454 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.73 | 490 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.06 | 373 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.88 | 505 |
Both of your links don't work on Mac or on Linux...
Sorry
I was wondering how you managed this within the 48 hours, but then I saw it was a jam entry. Regardless, nice work.
Also mapping and programming is not that hard to, it just takes time. It's as hard to use a script already done (even though a script takes 5mn to be installed). And I worked 12h on it (I've written 17 because from 4AM to 9AM I was thinking of the scenario while sleeping (yes, I'm one of those mad guys that come up with a scenario when waking up)
Also I put all my heart in it, so you can kinda see it.
However, I still think that I could do better (and longer) if I were with my team. I made it in solo. There's nothing to be proud of. Someones spend time on programming, some others on graphics (some in sleeping) and me in mapping and polishing my game.
Thank you all for your comments. Whatever I say, I'm so happy that I would cry in special characters right now
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Like the mood and the setup. In the stairs it seems like the enemies get strong too quickly even if you pick up the better sword. Levels don't seem to have any noticeable effect so I don't really know why they are in the game. I guess the point is to just run around and avoid all enemies.
Judging what you actually did: The mapping is nothing special, the story is nice, the mood is nice. The polish and balance I don't know since I can't tell how you intend for the player to go through the dungeon but I would guess that the mobs are too strong for what you are going for especially since you buy and find new equipment and gain abilities.
I added levels because it is useful. I also made it easier to level up on the 30 first levels (more than enough to finish the game). This is why monsters are becoming too strong too quickly. Also, their life have been reduced to make them easy to beat, even if they're strong. Finally, I disposed 2/3 chests giving better stuff and potions, this might be usefull too.
Thank you for playing, and thank you for your comment, I'll try to apply it on my next entry for LD (maybe compo, who knows :D)
This is a game, you can do whatever you want, since you can do it. If you want to avoid monster and run, you can. But it's been designed the way you have to fight sometimes. So you should fight a lot (especially in the woods)
I realize that anyone will never be able to complete the game because I forgot to add a teleport event after the dongeon XD. In your opinion, do I have the right to fix it? It's not like the biggest glitch ever, and before the bug, you got way enough gameplay to make an idea.
Please play and rate my game again!