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Balance by dawdreyor

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made by dawdreyor for LD 39 (JAM)

Welcome to Balance! A game about restoring the balance of light and dark energies through teamwork. Isn't that cliche?

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Controls:

(Recommended to use two xbox360 controllers)

L Analog Stick - Movement

R Analog Stick - Look/Aim

RB - Fire

A - Jump

(KeyBoard Controls)

P1:

WASD - Movement

Q/E - Look/Aim

L Shift - Fire

Space - Jump

P2:

Numpad 2,4,6,8 - Movement

Numpad 7,8 - Look/Aim

R Control - Jump

R Shift - Fire

Escape - Quit Game

Thank you for taking your time to check it out! The scope on this game was a little larger then what could be accomplished in time, therefore the level is a little small and under whelming. The shrinking mechanic was never able to be utilized as well. This was also our first time utilizing shaders and lighting as well.

Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/p0tlma10hpg3usi/Windows.zip?dl=0
macOS https://www.dropbox.com/s/qy7bh8n2dsejxe1/MacOSX.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/balance

Ratings

Overall 585th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 554th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 250th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 669th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 341th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

isubka
31. Jul 2017 · 19:31 UTC
Looks really nice!
Quemagalletas
31. Jul 2017 · 19:34 UTC
Some feedback here, if you press shift button like a maniac, windows takes that as you want to activate Sticky keys prompting a message, maybe you should change the fire button of player one.

The camera it is a little bit strange, maybe you should add a lerp to have a smoother movement of the camera.

Also I would like a 1 player mode, that was a problem in my game too, so just add a timer attack mode or something like that to allow people to play alone.

Good game! ^^
quixatocs
31. Jul 2017 · 19:40 UTC
The shaders are gorgeous! We had a blast figuring out how to get through to the end.
Cornelia Xaos
05. Aug 2017 · 02:54 UTC
It looks interesting.. am I to understand that it's a two player game? So you couldn't play by yourself? I'm asking as I can't play right now anyways, because I don't see a Linux build! I took a peek at one of the downloads and it seems it was made in Unity.. so maybe try exporting a Linux build as well? :D
Askbackwards768
05. Aug 2017 · 04:30 UTC
Will do, thanks for the input! and you it's a two player game, but if you can multitask you could do it with one person!
Emery
05. Aug 2017 · 11:43 UTC
Looks really cool, fun gameplay, cool idea. I had to look for someone to play with, but we had a real fun time with this, and the overall graphics looked amazing. Good Job! :)
Nyckos
05. Aug 2017 · 11:58 UTC
Heya! :) I just wanted to say that I tried your game with a friend and we loved it.
The graphics look great and I really liked the concept.

Overall, a nice little game that deserves the high score I gave it. Out of the games I’ve played so far this one is my favorite! Seriously, great job!!
Fwazle
08. Aug 2017 · 03:12 UTC
Loved the lighting! I had a great time racing a friend! I also had fun trying (and failing) to control both characters at once :3. Well done!
joebeard
22. Aug 2017 · 02:18 UTC
Gotta love sticky keys ruining the fun, quite possibly one of the most loathed features of windows.

Aside from that, this was really cool. Good job with the shaders too, they make the game look suitably moody. As you said, getting anything substantial done during LD is difficult, but I think you guys did well. A two player game is especially complicated to build in a short time.

One thing that would have been nice to see was some ambient sound. Even if it's from a library, since you did such a good job on the lighting, a little more audio would really make a difference.
Dragojt
22. Aug 2017 · 11:50 UTC
The athmosphere of the map is so cool but I found the game a bit simple.
Yetman
22. Aug 2017 · 13:17 UTC
I couldn't get a good experience out of it since I have no one to play with and I am not good at multitasking in this game since the controls are a bit hard for me because the numpad is far from the right control on my keyboard (although I finished "Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons" alone). However, I like the idea and the lighting was great. The textures was a bit distracting but it was ok. Overall, Good Job :D
PNghasemi
22. Aug 2017 · 15:30 UTC
luckily I had a friend for multiplayer to play with. We had so much fun. It even got better When we found shooting button. It also supported gamepad, and that was really amazing!
We would have loved to use power-ups to take down each other. and also more platforming.
But overall, it was cool. keep developing it.