Verdunfell by unit684

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made by unit684 for LD35 (JAM)
***PLAY IN FULL SCREEN*** - Lives and mana bar get cropped out in embed mode

A young novice druid is sent off into the forest of Verdunfell to stop the hordes of encroaching Goblins chopping down the forest. Using his druid leaf magic and wolf form kill all the goblins and their monstorous machinery.

*************CONTROLS*************
Keyboard & Mouse:
- Movement: WASD
- Shapeshift: 1/2
- Attack: Left Click

Xbox 360 Controller:
- Movement: Left Analog Stick
- Shapeshift: Left/Up on D-Pad
- Attack: A

*************LEVELS*************
Level 1 - Simple goblin enemies
Level 2 - Goblins then mech boss
Boss Fight - Three mech bosses at once

Feel free to play through all the levels or use Level Select to skip to whichever you choose. Make sure you try the mech boss before rating :)

Art by Charlie Conway @Charlie_conway and Programming by Tom Marsland @KingSizeMarsBar. This is our first ever game jam, it's been fun and look forward to the next one.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1160
Overall(Jam) 3.32 460
Fun(Jam) 2.96 674
Graphics(Jam) 3.74 315
Humor(Jam) 2.50 509
Mood(Jam) 3.32 369
Theme(Jam) 3.37 530

Feedback

fairwolf games
18. Apr 2016 路 23:49 UTC
kinda nice wish i could move faster tho
馃帳 unit684
18. Apr 2016 路 23:59 UTC
Thanks! Did you shapeshift into the wolf? It moves twice as fast
Crimson713
19. Apr 2016 路 00:30 UTC
Beautiful art and the music fits it nicely. It feel a bit slow though, maybe increase movement speed? (at least for wolf)
Daukan
19. Apr 2016 路 12:01 UTC
I like the animation of the characters. They look really smooth and nice, It could be a great game for mobile. I think the enemies was a bit too easy to kill however.
Pantelis Petsopoulos
19. Apr 2016 路 13:08 UTC
Great game, I wish there was more contrast in the graphics, colorblind people have a hard time seeing close colors :)
Dreschler
19. Apr 2016 路 21:40 UTC
Haha very funny! The pixel art is beautiful (I wish I could make it, but I'm trapped with the cartoon style haha), the music and animation are really cool. Good luck and keep going!
blob
19. Apr 2016 路 22:05 UTC
Ahhhh why is movement so sluggish ( even as wolf)! That goblin walk cycle is the cutest.
Idorrac
19. Apr 2016 路 22:34 UTC
Beautiful pixel art and music! :) I think the gameplay is a bit bland tough, the game is very easy and there is no real motivation to switch between human and wolf form: with the human it is possible to destroy anything.
jcmonkey
19. Apr 2016 路 22:37 UTC
the game is pretty good, though i didnt understand the fireworks when you killed the big shredder guys.
Jordan
19. Apr 2016 路 22:38 UTC
Specifically enjoyed the art! Fun game.
xandy
20. Apr 2016 路 21:39 UTC
the core mechanics with the graphics and sound make for a nice game but the details made me have less fun. the movement is very slow and vertical movement is way too fast. also the ranged aim/4 direction shot is hard and the enemy hit boxes felt very small. the boss fight is quite hard(but fun) but i got knocked back into the trees and got stuck several times.
MartinFernandez
20. Apr 2016 路 22:01 UTC
Great art and music, i enjoy it.
Freank
21. Apr 2016 路 14:09 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Garris
21. Apr 2016 路 23:00 UTC
I really love the graphics of your game! I was wishing the man moved as fast as the wolf, because I was more into his laser beam rather than the wolf's barky power. Good controls, though, and over all, I really liked it! Cool game!
lanestp
23. Apr 2016 路 13:46 UTC
Fun concept. The bosses seemed tough then I got the timing of hitting them with my magic shape shifting and running away to recharge. It was actually a lot of fun!
3rdChance
01. May 2016 路 21:43 UTC
Graphics are awesome and cool game... There are missing some camera shakes and juice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg
SpringCabal
04. May 2016 路 17:32 UTC
I really liked this.

Goods:
The music was a very nice and happy, seemed to fit with the cute animation you gave to the goblins
the druid/vs wolf form was fun. Switch between the 2 had real relevance.
the moment when I saw the goblin mech, my imediate reaction was, oh, my, this just got serious. super neat.

The bad
mana depletion slowed the game down, maybe powerups in future?
the goblin hit boxes were a bit small
not enough levels!

I really enjoyed it! keep up the good work, that was a lot of fun!
Satyre
05. May 2016 路 11:52 UTC
Will become a great game when you finish it. Try to include more transformations that you can unlock when you level up and some puzzle elements. I think it would fit into the gameplay. Good job!
Yumeito
06. May 2016 路 21:33 UTC
Nice little Game:)
Louspirit
09. May 2016 路 11:58 UTC
Nice mood and different abilities of the forms. Could be more dynamic though. Nice mech ;)