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Card Walk by Dovena

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made by Dovena for LD 41 (JAM)

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In this game, you can choose a card​ and get a platforming level.

Controls​: Press Space or Left Mouse Button to jump

Ok, I am not a programmer or a gamer. I am a mom and this was the first game ever. The reason why I let convince me to be part of this event is my son. :)

I started Friday evening with some tutorials in Unity. Saturday lunchtime I gave up.

Sunday evening, after my son @gerox turned in his game, I started all over again. This time with his help. :) I had to ask every 5 minutes for help and advice. I hope I annoyed him so much, that he will never ask again to create a game. I know he is really annoyed. :)

Enjoy the game. :)

My Genres are Card Game and Platformer

*Programs Used: * - Unity - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Audition

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=1casvNUEOzlDRjDoL6pxS894UpOO2lVKZ
HTML5 (web) http://pai-rer.de/CardWalk/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/card-walk

Ratings

Overall 1157th 2.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1144th 2.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1162th 2.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1117th 2.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 895th 2.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 735th 2.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 590th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1063th 2.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

mahalis
24. Apr 2018 · 03:20 UTC
This is fun! The first level instantly "game over"s for me and the third one is really hard, but the second is a good challenge. Really nice art too; the dog's cute. This is a great game for your first jam - I hope you make more!
Evan Minto
24. Apr 2018 · 03:32 UTC
I'm also running into the bug with the first level. The second one is the more playable of the two, but it's still pretty challenging. I think it's because of the high acceleration on the dog and the inability to progress once I hit a steep wall (I can't seem to jump high enough to get over it). I do like that you managed to animate the dog though (I didn't have time to animate my character when I did a platformer for a previous jam). I also wonder whether you could do more with the idea of a card game. Maybe the combination of selected cards or their order could be significant, like in a real card game?

Anyway, this is a great start as your first game, especially as a solo dev. Would love to see more from you!
AfroAnt
24. Apr 2018 · 03:33 UTC
I loled when the first card is an immediate game over! Nice attempt. Was that a real dog barking at the end???
🎤 Dovena
24. Apr 2018 · 03:49 UTC
@AfroAnt Thank you for your vote. Yes, that was a real dog at the end. Oh yeah, the first card is "Game over", that was the level, what was easy to program. :)
🎤 Dovena
24. Apr 2018 · 04:02 UTC
@Evan-Minto Thank you for your vote. Yes, with the first card, you get right away a "Game over". It's not a bug. It was faster to program this one than the two other cards. :) But you right, I had a hard time to give the dog a smooth and nice movement, and at some point, my time was up.
🎤 Dovena
24. Apr 2018 · 04:13 UTC
@mahalis Thank you for your vote. I am not sure if I will make another game. It was a crazy challenge. :)
Goutye
24. Apr 2018 · 05:02 UTC
@Dovena I read your story. Crazy challenge indeed! I hope that you learned a lot from this experience and you both had a great time together as an happy little family! :smiley:
Considering the time you put into the development, it is pretty nice! Well done.
Could you share your son's game? Would love to play it :dog:
PolyHatSteve
24. Apr 2018 · 07:46 UTC
Nice work, I really enjoyed the art! Level three is super hard haha.
ZakAmana
24. Apr 2018 · 07:59 UTC
Congrats on your first game! I hope you had a great time and continue to make some :)
serwaastudio
24. Apr 2018 · 18:35 UTC
Haha, this was fun and a bit addictive. Nice with multiple games too!
🎤 Dovena
24. Apr 2018 · 20:29 UTC
@Goutye Thank you for your vote. Oh yes, I learned a lot past weekend and it was not easy. Three days is really a very short time.
This is my sons game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/maze-ship
He is 14 and all his knowledge about programming he has only from books or google. I am very proud of him. :)
🎤 Dovena
24. Apr 2018 · 20:33 UTC
@PolyHatSteve Thank you for your vote. Lol, I know level three is very hard. Did you make it?
MartinTristan
25. Apr 2018 · 06:00 UTC
nice game! the dog seems to get stuck on the platforms he can't reach it when he's right next to it.
PolyHatSteve
25. Apr 2018 · 07:34 UTC
@Dovena No worries, and no I couldn't beat it haha. I'm not great at platforming games though :P
Alex13
25. Apr 2018 · 10:02 UTC
You made really interesting Cover screen. This dog looks so interested with cards. This excited my curiosity :)
Jammin
25. Apr 2018 · 14:16 UTC
Really fun game, I've tried hard to finish the third level. Very good for a first game !
hexagore
26. Apr 2018 · 11:48 UTC
Welcome to game dev Dovena, I hope you got something out of this that makes you want to continue :) More people should put their pets into games, that's what I think!