Flames and Shifting by Jordan

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made by Jordan for LD35 (COMPO)
Shapeshift, shoot lasers, and get your revenge! After an evil witch has turned you into a pig, you must travel through her dungeon shape shifting and becoming more powerful so you can defeat the witch and get your revenge.

Made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 35. Theme - "Shapeshift"

Tools:

Programming: Java, LibGDX, Eclipse

Art: Gimp

Sound: Sfxr

Music: Otomata

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall 3.11 557
Audio 2.96 345
Fun 2.80 686
Graphics 3.72 161
Humor 2.24 452
Innovation 2.89 603
Mood 3.02 399
Theme 3.09 636

Feedback

ThePaperPilot
18. Apr 2016 路 02:15 UTC
Big fan of LibGDX. Nice game!
XAND
18. Apr 2016 路 02:16 UTC
Very nice game. Graphics were good and the audio was nice.
馃帳 Jordan
18. Apr 2016 路 02:16 UTC
Heh, I can't get enough of LibGDX. Thank you!

I would have ported it to web as LibGDX can do, but I ran out of submission time at the end. Oh well.
Daws
18. Apr 2016 路 02:21 UTC
Nice little game! Graphics are very pretty
ThePaperPilot
18. Apr 2016 路 02:24 UTC
Big fan of LibGDX. It looks like a nice game, but when trying to run I got a unsupportedclassversion error. I'm still on java 7, and for whatever reason couldn't get to 8. Maybe you should target 7, or even 6.
馃帳 Jordan
18. Apr 2016 路 02:27 UTC
Oh, I forgot that I had targeted 8. I'll switch it to 7 asap.
ViliX64
18. Apr 2016 路 03:10 UTC
LibGDX - nice! I see that you've implemented lots of features. The game's interesting, but more polishing & debuging would be worth it. Nice entry.
馃帳 Jordan
18. Apr 2016 路 03:14 UTC
@ViiX64 Thank you! If you happen to drop back here, may I ask what you mean by debugging? I didn't notice any bugs through all the playing I did.
candlesan
18. Apr 2016 路 03:18 UTC
Cool.
biscuitdough
18. Apr 2016 路 03:39 UTC
I'm getting a crash on startup too :( looks really good though
馃帳 Jordan
18. Apr 2016 路 03:41 UTC
@biscuitdough Getting a Java 7 version up in a bit. Hopefully this doesn't affect many people in the meantime. Thank you :)
jessiexjquine
18. Apr 2016 路 03:48 UTC
beautiful game, the way the different colors of lighting compliment the flame-based weapons and it's just gorgeous...though the shadows and particle spam can make it hard to see the player character sometimes.

it seemed like there may have been a bug with the physics that caused moving characters to have their shots go...nowhere? maybe collide with themselves? it could also be me misunderstanding the controls.
Dooskington
18. Apr 2016 路 04:13 UTC
Sounds were a little bit annoying, and controls slow, but I liked the graphics and music.
馃帳 Jordan
18. Apr 2016 路 04:14 UTC
Updated the build to Java 7. Thank you for the ratings, everyone. I'll try to play all your games.
Idkfawin32
18. Apr 2016 路 06:40 UTC
Great job. I really love the lighting and particles.
ogre
18. Apr 2016 路 07:12 UTC
Like the look of the game overall, but the player seems to always be in the dark. Controls are mushy. Can't figure out what the rules are for when I can hurt enemies and when my shots go nowhere or just go through them.
Autovelop
18. Apr 2016 路 08:31 UTC
Looks good. Liked the music and the sounds!
Berserker_Chris
18. Apr 2016 路 11:01 UTC
Very Good game movement is a little bit hard.
vini60
18. Apr 2016 路 16:32 UTC
The game looks very nice. But controls aren't that responsive. Nice submit !!
Redpillgamedev
20. Apr 2016 路 06:15 UTC
I really liked it! I spent about 10 min on it! Congratz!
Khaoz_Fang
20. Apr 2016 路 07:09 UTC
Excellent visual effect! I like the lighting.
Gtron
21. Apr 2016 路 01:45 UTC
The left and right movement was difficult to work with and fought me a lot of the time. The visuals were absolutely gorgeous though, and the music was pleasant.
XtremePrime
21. Apr 2016 路 04:14 UTC
Interesting game, tho I have to complain about the physics. Moving feels like it's on ice entirely, jumping is just hovering (increasing on the y axis) as opposed to being anything and you can avoid killing all monsters as it will grab the "level" of the last one you kill. And the room is usually too dark.

The visuals and music and core idea are okay, but the physics kind of ruin it a bit for me.

Good entry nonetheless!
Patomkin
21. Apr 2016 路 10:49 UTC
The idea is nice, but the controls ruin all of it. :( Hovering should have been a jump and left-right movement should have been much more responsive. Shots disappear in mid-air and everything is too dark.
But I managed to do a pacifist run (boss kill doesn't count) by simply not knowing that shooting exists :D Good stuff.
Jupiter_Hadley
21. Apr 2016 路 23:19 UTC
Nice lighting effects! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you鈥檇 like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/ly5GDw3HErI
marmpa
22. Apr 2016 路 09:59 UTC
Nice one i enjoyeded.Thing i have seen posts of it while was being made :)
ceosol
22. Apr 2016 路 13:38 UTC
I didn't really see any shapeshifting other than the pumpkin getting smaller at the end.

The particle effects were really nice. My only real complaint is the game started lagging a ton around the pumpkin fight.
RNanoware
22. Apr 2016 路 21:30 UTC
The graphical and audio design is superb; I'm very impressed! As far as gameplay goes, however, it took me a little bit to figure out the lasers due to all the particle effects. Great job overall though!
w1n5t0n
22. Apr 2016 路 22:26 UTC
Cool game
Somnium
23. Apr 2016 路 07:43 UTC
Nice, another LibGDX game :)

I loved the graphics and effects, although the game was a bit too dark sometimes :)

The audio and graphics combined to create an excellent mood.
virgate
24. Apr 2016 路 04:26 UTC
Pretty nice graphics and audio!
QuestionableQuality
24. Apr 2016 路 09:58 UTC
I couldn't actually find the file to start the game. 8<
Omiya Games
03. May 2016 路 23:20 UTC
I would have liked it if the collision area of the fireballs were more clear, and hover gave me aerial controls. As of right now, I did not know what hit me, what the range of my attack is, and why one thing got hit. It's a bit of a fun killer if one doesn't know the effectiveness of their action or the enemy's action.

The lighting was really good, though, and I did manage to defeat Fred the witch.
TheCain
08. May 2016 路 00:43 UTC
I couldn't hear the sounds so I wont rate you on audio.
The graphics were very nice, but the controls weren't tight enough for my taste. and the boss battle was kind of confusing. I couldn't dodge very well because I could only move up and down, but I still won.
On the topic of theme, the shapeshifting was entirely pointless. It seemed like an afterthought.