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Defy Hades by MyrddinsOwl

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made by MyrddinsOwl for LD29 (JAM)
You were a revered follower of Asclepius, god of medicine and healing....


Now you've awoken.. in the underworld.


Try to get back to the world of the living in this 2D platformer.


Can you complete the final stage by using each of the obelisks?



Walk: A and D / arrows / controller
Jump: W / up arrow / controller A button


****** In our initial release, there was a bug that was preventing the jump from always working. There was an extra spot in the code where we were making grounded = false. We also had to move input code for the jump from FixedUpdate () to Update (). These changes have been made, tested on Web/MacOSX/PC and reuploaded.******

Art Direction and Music by Drew Newman
Drewhah@gmail.com | youtube.com/user/Cerberust | youtube.com/user/PeacetimeMegaman



Programming and Sound by Joshua Gore (Myrddin's Owl)
josh@myrddinsowl.com | MyrddinsOwl.com
Web http://myrddinsowl.com/Games/Defy_Hades/Defy_Hades_v05/Defy_Hades_v05.html
Windows http://myrddinsowl.com/Games/Defy_Hades/Defy_Hades_v05_Windows.zip
OS/X http://myrddinsowl.com/Games/Defy_Hades/Defy_Hades_v05_MacOSX.zip
Linux http://myrddinsowl.com/Games/Defy_Hades/Defy_Hades_v05_Linux.zip
**Initial Web Submission w/ Buggy Jump http://myrddinsowl.com/Games/Defy_Hades/Defy_Hades_v01/Defy_Hades_v01.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34552

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.81 54
Audio(Jam) 3.51 168
Fun(Jam) 3.28 203
Graphics(Jam) 4.63 14
Humor(Jam) 2.10 558
Innovation(Jam) 3.23 276
Mood(Jam) 3.94 61
Theme(Jam) 3.47 222

Feedback

SirSpectacular
28. Apr 2014 路 19:35 UTC
Wow, you sure that you did it in 48h? :O
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
28. Apr 2014 路 20:54 UTC
This is for the jam so we actually did it in 72h. Team of one programmer and one artist :)
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
28. Apr 2014 路 20:56 UTC
Also, Thanks!
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 路 21:48 UTC
nice graphics! controls can be a bit frustrating (especially the jumping) but very nice overall :)
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
29. Apr 2014 路 01:16 UTC
Thanks! Initially there was a bug with the jump when I first put this up this morning, but that was fixed around 2pm PDT today. The jumps are still tricky, but at least it is jumping when you hit jump now.
snickersnacks
29. Apr 2014 路 02:05 UTC
Love the atmosphere. There's a finicky sort of drifting upwards effect that's happening at the apex of your character's jump, it makes aiming for ledges and landing on them needlessly difficult. Time to play and polish really helps with stuff like that though. :) Great job!
GrooveMan
29. Apr 2014 路 02:09 UTC
This game has some serious style - though the organic style to the levels doesn't fit the jumping mechanics well. The interactions and character designs obelisks are my favourite part - upon getting stuck in the room with all three, I contented my self with just bouncing between them~
asotelo94
29. Apr 2014 路 02:10 UTC
Pretty good, but the jump key has a bit of delay.
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
29. Apr 2014 路 02:27 UTC
@GrooveMan, how do you think the jump should function that would make it fit the style better?
PIXEL^3
29. Apr 2014 路 08:47 UTC
Why are all the good LD games so short? Just as you give us a level that puts all the powers to good use it's over. Well guess that means I'll just have to wait to see if you continue it.

~AlucardX60
xerohuang
29. Apr 2014 路 13:36 UTC
Nice game. The last level is not easy to get through.
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
29. Apr 2014 路 17:04 UTC
We've updated to fix the jumping bug. We had an extra location where we were telling grounded = false which was preventing jumps.
Lucariatias
29. Apr 2014 路 18:15 UTC
Beautiful visuals, beautiful sound, plays well.
A joy to play.
DarkUser
29. Apr 2014 路 18:16 UTC
The song restart on every load and that jump issue were annoying. Really great looking game otherwise. Got stuck on the level with all 3 pick ups.
MrShortee
29. Apr 2014 路 18:42 UTC
Short but impressive. A bit frustrating: sometimes the jump key didn't seem to work.
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
29. Apr 2014 路 19:36 UTC
Ok, so apparently the jump functionality I needed to move into Update() not Fixed Update(). Who'd a thunk. It should be perfect now.
Brodenino
29. Apr 2014 路 21:51 UTC
Cool art style and atmosphere :). It set the mood well. I would love to see a version with more levels!
cudabear
29. Apr 2014 路 22:02 UTC
Really loved this game! It's an awesome proof of concept for a much bigger platformer. It was a shame to see it end so soon, but I guess the levels you made were good enough to prove the potential for this game. The graphics and audio were awesome, but it was a bit annoying to have the sound restart every time I died or passed the level. Also, controls were a bit floaty (particularly on slopes) Well done!
Ludipe
29. Apr 2014 路 22:09 UTC
Great art and interesting story, but it's a bit too short and offer no challenge. I'd like to see an extended post-jam version.
Luis Anton
29. Apr 2014 路 22:16 UTC
A bit dark, I couldn't see things clearly sometimes. But awesome work!
jacobrb95
29. Apr 2014 路 22:28 UTC
Wow. This game is amazing!!! Well done!
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
30. Apr 2014 路 00:39 UTC
(This post is Drew): I apologize for the shortness of the game. In order to achieve a finished art style, I wanted to give the backgrounds for each level adequate time and polish. Doing new animations for each power up was also a bit time consuming, but worth it I feel. Thank you all for the feedback so far, and for taking a moment to play our game! We are already discussing making more levels and a full game, as this was a boatload of fun!
xbcw
30. Apr 2014 路 01:59 UTC
Tough game. Looks and sounds great.
mcapraro
30. Apr 2014 路 03:36 UTC
really well done guys! love the animation as the characters changes form, really nice!
savethejets1
30. Apr 2014 路 03:56 UTC
Graphics are great!
zillix
30. Apr 2014 路 04:26 UTC
fantastic presentation! I wish there were more levels to play :)
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
30. Apr 2014 路 05:53 UTC
(Josh here): There will be! And more transformations, more challenging levels, achievements, even more polish, ect...
mortus
30. Apr 2014 路 07:41 UTC
Great visuals! Mechanics are cool too, too bad there are so few levels, I'd love to play this game more.
7heSAMA
30. Apr 2014 路 23:10 UTC
Controls were pretty sketchy - like trying to jump while walking down a slope. I like that you could solve some of the problems in different ways depending on your preference. Looks great obviously. Way too short and hard, especially since most of that difficulty came from the controls.
perfect victim
01. May 2014 路 11:33 UTC
nice game ,i really like the graphics
iSamurai
01. May 2014 路 14:27 UTC
The art of the game is great! The concept of the game is also interesting, fun game!
InfectionTeam
01. May 2014 路 17:26 UTC
This is AWEEEEESOME :D I managed to beat it after dying a couple of times. That jump on the Yellow power level is really hard though D: died a lot on it
jsspiegel
02. May 2014 路 01:33 UTC
Really love "discovering" each of the new powers, and love the Greek-mythology setting!
Lyje
02. May 2014 路 07:15 UTC
Really impressive platforming physics with curved surfaces etc, lovely graphics, music and sound - only one thing I found the last puzzle rather odd and unclear even though I did finally complete it!
tenpn
02. May 2014 路 18:51 UTC
Really nice art style. Audio was basic but did the job. A good idea that I would definitely have loved to see expanded out further than it was. Good job guys!
Loneshark
03. May 2014 路 03:06 UTC
I'm stuck in the bottom right corner of one screen. The hero is just floating and can't jump out or fall down =/
Loneshark
03. May 2014 路 03:06 UTC
Also Left Shift + T isn't working... (Playing via Firefox)
馃帳 MyrddinsOwl
03. May 2014 路 05:07 UTC
what Level did it happen on Loneshark?
Waterman7
04. May 2014 路 12:13 UTC
Great visuals!
Too bad it's so short, I'd love to see more of this.
rincewind_cz
05. May 2014 路 15:46 UTC
Nice graphics and great audio! Actual game is too easy, but has some potential :-)
Jupiter_Hadley
09. May 2014 路 10:59 UTC
Super nice graphics and cool game! I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ruvs0qoO4zU