Under Soul by CastEclipse

made by CastEclipse for LD29 (COMPO)

Experience the peaceful journey of Cube, who is desperate to reunite with his Soul.

Thanks for checking out my game, Under Soul. This is a 2D puzzle platformer game made with Stencyl for the Ludum Dare 29. Get ready to be immersed into the relaxing world of Under Soul. Green grass and fresh air, plus calm and quiet background music. Since this game is, in my opinion, pretty challenging, I made a walkthrough/gameplay for those who are stuck on a level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJOirfjLg8

Thanks again for your time and devotion to this delightful, peaceful experience and I sincerely hope you enjoy it!

|| Controls ||
Arrow keys to move

|| Tools ||
Stencyl 3.0

Web - Newgrounds	http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/638269
Donate	http://casteclipse.weebly.com/donate.html
Video	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJOirfjLg8
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqf8tp0t11so801/Under%20Soul%20Source.stencyl
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34910

Ratings

Coolness	28%	1895
Overall	3.87	78

Audio	3.63	108
Fun	3.51	196
Graphics	3.91	139
Humor	2.61	431
Innovation	3.53	242
Mood	3.90	60
Theme	3.59	275

Feedback

callmemonamiral

27. Apr 2014 · 22:11 UTC

Calm and relaxing images and sound, but complicated and sometimes frustrating sequences...
The feeling is a bit strange. An interesting game, though.

guscost

28. Apr 2014 · 02:56 UTC

Wow, this is great!! Terrific idea!

pythong

28. Apr 2014 · 06:59 UTC

Interestng conecpt. I don't know why, but the game got very laggy in the 'press r to restart' level (I used the kongregate link and died a few times)

🎤 CastEclipse

28. Apr 2014 · 09:04 UTC

Sorry for the lag although it works perfectly on my computer... may be a glitch.. anyways, thanks for checking my game out! :D

Aaants

28. Apr 2014 · 11:03 UTC

Really nice work :)

zell2002

28. Apr 2014 · 12:15 UTC

loved this! fun graphics, tight game controls. and a really interesting mechanic !

zebi24

28. Apr 2014 · 12:22 UTC

This is soo well made! Perfect graphics and sounds. Really great job!

cageinabird

28. Apr 2014 · 12:29 UTC

Clever concept, but a tad difficult for me. It was frustrating to carefully nudge things into place, then miss a jump, and have to start over.

🎤 CastEclipse

28. Apr 2014 · 12:42 UTC

Sooooo sorry for the difficulty. Was deciding whether to make it easy or hard, but if it was easy, the game would be too boring. Anyways, thanks for checking out my game. Consider watching the video if it is too hard for you (and if you don't want to RAGE)!
:D

donan

28. Apr 2014 · 12:51 UTC

Nice game :)
Like the puzzles.

kbm

28. Apr 2014 · 12:59 UTC

Really cool concept and style - shame about the unforgiving difficulty which made the game quite frustrating. Good job, though!

ryebread761

28. Apr 2014 · 13:02 UTC

Nice music, decent graphics. Game got frustrating quick.

no.One

28. Apr 2014 · 14:05 UTC

Really relaxing, classic "symmetric" gameplay but with a lot of good idead and really well realised !
+5

IcyLava

28. Apr 2014 · 14:22 UTC

Nice idea, were you hoping for the "control more than one" theme? Music is good, helps carry out the mood. Didn't finish it, stopped at the one where you have to hold a block on your head, or something like that :P

Miltage

28. Apr 2014 · 14:32 UTC

Great game. I love the concept and you've executed it very well.

fserb

28. Apr 2014 · 16:22 UTC

Nice implementation! :)

Linkigi

28. Apr 2014 · 17:34 UTC

very impressive game. Cute mood and graphics with a sweet soundtrack. Plays very smoothly too.
My only concern was when pushing blocks they could often slide right over the holes which was often frustrating and distracted from the mood.
The difficulty curve was fine in my opinion. I did notice a difficulty jump but it wasn't a hindrance to my progression so I don't think it was a problem.

Romko Pidstryhach

28. Apr 2014 · 18:33 UTC

Great game! But the controls are a bit too sensitive for me. Anyway game feels solid. Art is cool, sound is great!

🎤 CastEclipse

28. Apr 2014 · 22:29 UTC

Thanks for the feedback guys! I really appreciate it! Extremely sorry about the difficulty... some people enjoy hard puzzles while others prefer a more moderate difficulty.

anbreizh

29. Apr 2014 · 10:23 UTC

Very good game !

Sheepolution

29. Apr 2014 · 13:14 UTC

Lovely game. Sometimes I wonder if I got the correct solution.

Jools64

01. May 2014 · 18:40 UTC

This is a great entry, nice graphics, sound and game-play. The level design is really nice, made me think while not being annoyingly difficult. Well done!

tomvert

01. May 2014 · 19:07 UTC

I love this concept, but it is sooooo hard, sometimes so frustrating (first level with blocks). Otherwise excellent game, brilliant execution :D

Shadow Dreamer

02. May 2014 · 14:16 UTC

Alright. I already left you a comment on Newgrounds too, but I'll sum it up here. I liked the game. The mechanics weren't the most original, but you put your own spin to it. The theme, mood and concept were pretty cool, as was the music!
This was a pretty fun game; good job!

koe415

04. May 2014 · 22:57 UTC

Great mood. The concept works very well with the theme. Music and visuals are very polished for a 48 hour game. The one thing I found was at odds was how frustrating the gameplay was when trying to figure out a puzzle versus how relaxing the visuals and audio were. Anyways, really impressive overall.

FuzzyWuzzie

06. May 2014 · 16:52 UTC

Great mechanics! Extremely well done!

Cute graphics too! :)

dector

06. May 2014 · 16:53 UTC

Very nice entry!

But it'll be great if you'll improve level's design. Now it takes some time to repeat same action again and again.

I enjoyed this. Thank you.

k.escoe

06. May 2014 · 18:03 UTC

great job!

CodeNMore

06. May 2014 · 21:43 UTC

Good concept, fair fit of the theme, fun and challenging!

lowcade

07. May 2014 · 03:46 UTC

Nice!
The levels is really hard, I enjoy it.
Good music, good graphics, nice game ^^
Thankyou

GFM

08. May 2014 · 01:27 UTC

I'm amazed by how well made this is! The graphics is really beautiful, an the song is great and soothing. The core mechanic was also quite new, for me. Although hard, I had fun trying to pass each level.
For it to be perfect it only lacked minor polish, in my opinion: sfx for the boulder (push/drop) and torch. It's a simple thing that makes a difference in such a high quality game. Not having those doesn't take anything from the game, though.

An outstanding game. Congrats. :)

monsterkillu

08. May 2014 · 05:52 UTC

Really cool puzzles. Fluid gameplay. Could've removed the edge fall at world ends. Great execution.

King_Mew

12. May 2014 · 01:55 UTC

Good idea! The only problem I had was that it was a bit too difficult for me. I got stuck by the 3rd or so level.