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Souls of the Forest by dek

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made by dek for LD26 (JAM)
Get XNA Framework: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

Help the fallen to return to mother nature.
You are a wisp in the woods. You collect the souls of the dead animals. Because your lights do not reach through the night, you carry a magical lantern that you have to replenish at certain locations. If you fail to do that before the Lantern runs out, the game is over.You deploy the souls at chopped tree stumps. That way they can return to the circle of life through the trees roots. The world is procedurally generated.

Please read the Instructions.

Controls:
WASD - Movement
Mouse - Look around

Created by:
@dekdev - art
@wupto - art
@tice666 - programming

Windows [XNA] http://pathtothesky.com/releases/SoulsOfTheForest-0.1-win.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11517

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.20 248
Audio(Jam) 2.97 253
Fun(Jam) 2.54 403
Graphics(Jam) 4.17 48
Humor(Jam) 1.68 382
Innovation(Jam) 2.69 359
Mood(Jam) 3.88 28
Theme(Jam) 2.18 546

Feedback

Tyro
29. Apr 2013 路 23:54 UTC
I'd love to play this game, but after clicking on the link it said there was an internal server error and no download started.
馃帳 dek
29. Apr 2013 路 23:59 UTC
@Tyro, game will be up in a few minutes :)
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 08:05 UTC
Really good looking world!
nuprahtor
30. Apr 2013 路 10:31 UTC
Really relaxing and beatiful game, too bad that Esc key quits to the main menu without asking
Pinkerator
30. Apr 2013 路 10:39 UTC
This game reminded me about wisps from Warcraft 3 :) Cool level design for two days in development!
juaxix
30. Apr 2013 路 10:51 UTC
I like almost everything about this game, the night air with ambient sound of the crickets, flying over a forest near the sea, ...it is certainly a very romantic idea, and also has a spiritual touch, I must say that there is many dead animals to collect and a short lamp life to do haha
Xatulu
30. Apr 2013 路 10:56 UTC
Awesome game, that shows what a three man team can acomplish in 72hours, good job guys!
馃帳 dek
30. Apr 2013 路 10:57 UTC
@juaxix you can refresh the lantern :D! But there is a catch to this game.. It has to do with lantern consumption speed and your movement speed. :)
HelkeGames
30. Apr 2013 路 11:01 UTC
Love this game, even for the graphic ;)
Madball
30. Apr 2013 路 11:02 UTC
Great graphics and sounds, but not enough gameplay, going there and back over and over is kinda boring. Maybe you should add enemies, upgrades, something else.
captainkraft
30. Apr 2013 路 11:06 UTC
Really loved the environment. The mushrooms, water, lighting... I felt like I was in a real forest.

I had a little trouble controlling the camera at first. The sensitivity on the control is a little high, but I became used to it after a while.

I also like how you handled the world boundaries by draining the lantern's fuel faster when you enter the ocean. Great entry!
LizEngland
30. Apr 2013 路 19:55 UTC
Lovely mood and ambiance!
tiffi
30. Apr 2013 路 19:59 UTC
awesome grafics, really cool game
Jhelle
30. Apr 2013 路 20:00 UTC
Awesome graphical style. Didn't feel like there was much else to do, maybe I was missing something.
bernhard
30. Apr 2013 路 20:28 UTC
Screenshots remind me of "Black Lake" from Double Fine, which is cool, couldn't play it though as I have no XNA stuff.
Qaterknan
30. Apr 2013 路 20:34 UTC
I don't know what happened, but there the LudumDare26.exe crashed right after launching it :-(
I have Win7 Home Premium 64
psychopsam
02. May 2013 路 09:24 UTC
My best score was 3840. Really great graphics and sound. Enjoyable and challenging. Nice work.
GetFun
02. May 2013 路 21:01 UTC
Cool graphic
intripoon
03. May 2013 路 12:17 UTC
The game feels good while playing. Maybe I missed it, but is there a goal? I keep running around collecting while there is no enemy?
Misfit
03. May 2013 路 12:18 UTC
Nice graphics
MinionStudios
04. May 2013 路 20:14 UTC
Very nice! from the materials to the animations, good work!
kyyninen
05. May 2013 路 21:14 UTC
Wonderful mood and love the theme, I just don't know if watching meters fill/run out is the most engaging game mechanic. Some kind of warning sound when lantern is half full would have been nice!

It's midnight now where I am, this was the perfect game to end the day and go to sleep.
Entity2D
06. May 2013 路 00:27 UTC
Very interesting game, simple, yet gorgeous looking!
Dietrich Epp
12. May 2013 路 08:30 UTC
Excellent atmosphere, but the gameplay is a bit sparse.
dalbinblue
12. May 2013 路 14:16 UTC
Beautiful game with an excellent atmosphere, but the game-play is lacking. An obstacle or some progression in the game that makes the players feel like they are accomplishing something would help.
Monxcleyr Productions
20. May 2013 路 22:53 UTC
The camera controls are a little too sensitive. Not having any vertical control over the camera view felt a bit odd, particularly when returning to the tree when your view is very obstructed. The art and feel of the game is very nice though.