Time Ghost by Sephiroth87
A little puzzle game in which you need to make our little guy reach the exit of each level.
I don't want to say much more that this, as I'd like the game to speak for himself, but just know that it involves ghosts and time travel :P
I hope you'll enjoy it
Spoilers below if you want to know more about the gameplay.
Also, I've added a Video Walkthrough if you get stuck but still want to see more :)
WASD or Arrow Keys to move
PS: if you finish the game, leave me a comment or a tweet :) (@Sephiroth87)
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PRO TIP
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If you'd like to try that feature everyone is asking in the comments, and know a little bit about lua/love, you can enabled it in main.lua, you'll find it commented out in love.update ;)
GAMEPLAY SPOILERS HERE
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Every 10 seconds, you'll be teleported to the beginning of the level.
At the beginning, that will be it, but as you progress, your "past ghosts" will start to appear, and replay you previous 10 seconds, helping you present self reach the exit by keeping doors open. Each level generates a different number of ghost, each one will play your moves from further in the past
I don't want to say much more that this, as I'd like the game to speak for himself, but just know that it involves ghosts and time travel :P
I hope you'll enjoy it
Spoilers below if you want to know more about the gameplay.
Also, I've added a Video Walkthrough if you get stuck but still want to see more :)
WASD or Arrow Keys to move
PS: if you finish the game, leave me a comment or a tweet :) (@Sephiroth87)
============
PRO TIP
============
If you'd like to try that feature everyone is asking in the comments, and know a little bit about lua/love, you can enabled it in main.lua, you'll find it commented out in love.update ;)
GAMEPLAY SPOILERS HERE
=============================
Every 10 seconds, you'll be teleported to the beginning of the level.
At the beginning, that will be it, but as you progress, your "past ghosts" will start to appear, and replay you previous 10 seconds, helping you present self reach the exit by keeping doors open. Each level generates a different number of ghost, each one will play your moves from further in the past
| Windows | http://orangeinaday.com/ld27/ld27_win64.zip |
| OS/X | http://orangeinaday.com/ld27/ld27_osx.zip |
| Linux / Love /Source | http://orangeinaday.com/ld27/ld27.love |
| Video Walkthrough | http://youtu.be/tiUYmlpMJsk |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=26373 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 61% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.43 | 224 |
| Audio | 2.94 | 330 |
| Fun | 3.26 | 296 |
| Graphics | 3.06 | 446 |
| Humor | 2.22 | 563 |
| Innovation | 3.54 | 189 |
| Mood | 3.19 | 241 |
| Theme | 3.80 | 82 |
Great job!
Nice Game!
We definitely needs a "fastforward" button to kiil the current ghost now.
Interesting mechanics. I have seen this before, but I like your take on it, and you can see that you have thought about the progression through the levels and training the player with new skills and problems.
I only got about nine or ten levels into it. My brain doesn't lend itself very good to memory based games. Once the number of switches ramped up, I started to lose track of what they did, and at that point, the cost of experimentation got very high (having to wait for past ghosts to clear out, etc. Otherwise I got confused by who-does-what). For players like me, a "reset" button and potentially a hint button (which switch toggles what) would help a lot.
I think the core mechanic is solid though, the graphics are cute, and it fits very well with the theme. Good job! :)
While the mechanic may not be novel, I was really impressed with the quality of the levels. It didn't take long to reach ones that had really elegant approaches. Well done.
Innovation:****
I already have seen a similar game but there aren't many games like this out there.. and it's not just something almost new but also very good executed
Fun:****
The game is fun if you like such a puzzle genre..
Theme:*****
10 seconds. I think the timer in the upper left corner speaks for itself.
Graphics:**
I think the graphics are a bit too simple for my taste... and in addition the character you play is a bit hyperactive... (the animation contrasts the movement speed alot..) But actually the graphics doesn't matter so you can overlook this low rating..
Audio:****
Well... there is music! And it is not annoying~
it matches the visuals.. not sure if 3 or 4 stars but I gave 4 to even out the graphics
Overall:****
Definetly a game worth a try.. I myself didn't play this game for a long time but still have an impression of the game..
-Good job!
Damn good job!