Sands of Chime - Troll Games by hemlocksoames

made by hemlocksoames for LD27 (JAM)

Controls:
Arrow Keys - Move
Z - Staff
X - Magic

Troll Games presents "The Sands of Chime", a randomly generated dungeon crawler featuring Wizzard the Wizard's quest to destroy the fabled hourglass. While the Sand's magical abilities are great, and is capable of summoning minions, transmuting objects, and changing the dungeon, it is only able to use them every 10 seconds.

Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19855684/LudumDare/WebBuild.html
Web	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19855684/LudumDare/WebBuild.html
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=20932

Ratings

Coolness	48%	1156
Overall(Jam)	3.40	166

Audio(Jam)	2.79	305
Fun(Jam)	3.53	73
Graphics(Jam)	3.28	287
Humor(Jam)	2.67	231
Innovation(Jam)	2.97	298
Mood(Jam)	3.00	257
Theme(Jam)	3.23	231

Feedback

awesomesauce

27. Aug 2013 · 05:21 UTC

First time I have ever got a top-hat in a dungeon. :) Solid entry.

GrooveMan

27. Aug 2013 · 18:38 UTC

I'd recommend adding some screenshots of gameplay, because there's some solid fun here, that the title screen doesn't convey! You have a decent mix of useful, harmful and silly special effects that go with the timer, and it's easy to get to grips with the mechanics. A map would have been useful, though.

andwhatnot

27. Aug 2013 · 22:40 UTC

Good work! Brings back old memories of Zelda:Link to the past. Fun, solid gameplay.

Thermite

27. Aug 2013 · 22:46 UTC

Nice, the controls felt a little sticky, but otherwise very fun!

Andrew

27. Aug 2013 · 22:46 UTC

The sound got a bit repetitive and occasionally I'd get ping-ponged between two rooms, but otherwise it's a lot of fun.

kristof

27. Aug 2013 · 22:52 UTC

Wow,very polished and fun! Nice pixel art and music.

Andrew Shouldice

27. Aug 2013 · 22:53 UTC

I really like your music, nice work! I wasn't able to find the hourglass but I had a good time.

olafurw

28. Aug 2013 · 00:08 UTC

Very nice graphics, the magic attack never worked on my keyboard (/) is not a button here.

boneloaf

28. Aug 2013 · 00:09 UTC

Nice Game, made us want to play Sabre Wulf and Atic Atac

Vile Smile

28. Aug 2013 · 00:32 UTC

The concept was a lot of fun! Didn't really like the music choice, but everything else was great!

Lightmare Studio

28. Aug 2013 · 00:38 UTC

At first I thought "the theme implementation is meh" but after some runs I changed my mind to "this is actually quite an astute twist!"
I like the fact you sometimes have no choice but to run around, waiting for a more favorable ruleset to kick in. However I also think that frequent mana-deadlocks can get irritating (a slow 20%-capped mana regen would have prevented true deadlocks). Also, when you enter some rooms when the carpet is lava, you can't avoid taking damage. Speaking of lava, its sound effect is loud and grating.

But overall it's a good game with a cool twist and a nice level of polish! Congrats!

Darien

28. Aug 2013 · 00:43 UTC

Good game! Classic Zelda-like fun, and the added zaniness of the special effects every ten seconds works really well. The music's a bit too hyper, though, if you ask me, and the lava sound is REALLY loud. But otherwise excellent!

Also: check-plus on your username. Bullwinkle FTW.

Demurgos

28. Aug 2013 · 19:30 UTC

Nice game ;)

(Watch out your organs !)

KhaoTom

28. Aug 2013 · 19:38 UTC

Beautiful.

EdoMiyamoto

29. Aug 2013 · 20:38 UTC

Wow very cool

XaiZil

30. Aug 2013 · 22:45 UTC

Nice one