Season Shifter by fb_holzbaum
Update 23/04/2016
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We have added a second Web version with improved controls.
- Player doesn't get stuck in walls so so easily.
- Slightly improved swiming controls.
- Fixed some bugs.
If you struggle with the control of the original version try the updated version. Keep in mind that the updated version was changed after the Ludumdare deadline, when rating this game.
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This game is about Frank. Frank is just a normal guy that lives a normal life in a normal town called Summerville.
People from Summerville are always relaxed, even now, when a big crisis is facing them.
Evildoers stole the "Rod of Ages" and destroyed the "Crystal of Seasons". The latter is responsible for the balance between all four Seasons in the whole kingdom of Lumia.
Will you help Frank find the vanished "Rod of Ages" and become the hero Lumia needs?
Solve countless puzzles and find all the pieces of the "Crystal of Seasons" to save the kingdom Lumia
before it dissapears between the seasons.
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We have added a second Web version with improved controls.
- Player doesn't get stuck in walls so so easily.
- Slightly improved swiming controls.
- Fixed some bugs.
If you struggle with the control of the original version try the updated version. Keep in mind that the updated version was changed after the Ludumdare deadline, when rating this game.
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This game is about Frank. Frank is just a normal guy that lives a normal life in a normal town called Summerville.
People from Summerville are always relaxed, even now, when a big crisis is facing them.
Evildoers stole the "Rod of Ages" and destroyed the "Crystal of Seasons". The latter is responsible for the balance between all four Seasons in the whole kingdom of Lumia.
Will you help Frank find the vanished "Rod of Ages" and become the hero Lumia needs?
Solve countless puzzles and find all the pieces of the "Crystal of Seasons" to save the kingdom Lumia
before it dissapears between the seasons.
Ratings
| Coolness | 70% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.66 | 1034 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.54 | 967 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.13 | 686 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.71 | 818 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.77 | 783 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.14 | 684 |
Music is nice, level design is classic but well done.
I'm really sorry to put it that way, and I know i suck at jumping in games but I got ebola jumping in this game : yeah, something is definitely fucked up with that, I would have quit if I couldnt have tricked by grabbing the edge of the elevating platform from water then hanging on the wall to wait the platform to go down. Speaking of water, how sad I have to sink instead of swimming to go down. ><
Sometimes, you can jump fucking high but you have no idea how to do it again and end up spamming space with hopes of triggering some OP jump.
Also, I found some nasty bug double clicking the ctrl button, I swear it made Frank fly ! I'm gonna assume it's a god mode.
Positive aspects now xD :
Graphics are way better than anything I've seen so far, even outside this jam, they're smooth and pleasant.
Again, music is beautiful.
I LIKED the Rod of Ages idea xd.
And well, this is my kind of games so I've only been a bit rough because I couldn't play it properly >:(
(really you've no idea how irritating it felt to play such a pretty game raging for something so stupid)
Please fix this shitty jumping/swimming and sell it on Steam ! :D
But controls are glitchy and unhandy.
We were aware of the control issues, but hadn't enough time to fix them during Ludum Dare.
Today, we added a link to a new version with improved controls. The player shouldn't get stuck in every wall anymore. The swimming controls have also been improved. I hope these improvements make our game more enjoyable for you.
We are aware that the controls are still far from perfect. In fact, we are thinking about continuing work on this game. And if we do, we will definitely revise the controls.