Apprentice by ThiefViolinist
Mysterious anomalies appeared in this lands. Your master and you try to find and destroy source of that power in the forest. Master is old and tired, after each attack you must defend him from monsters, until he will ready attack again. Beware golem and his minions - spooky devilgoblins.
arrows - move
z - Wizard attack
x - wizard follow you off/on
space - your attack
Red bar - your hp
Blue bar - wizard's hp
Yellow bar - wizard's power, at max charge he can use spell
Win - you destroed golem
Lose - you or wizard is dead
Added web version
| Windows | https://goo.gl/QSMZYR |
| macOS | https://goo.gl/c1Wx71 |
| HTML5 (web) | https://kostyashish.gamejolt.io/apprentice/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/apprentice |
Ratings
| Overall | 804th | 2.633⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 840th | 2.167⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 444th | 3.034⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 668th | 3.067⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 400th | 3.586⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 446th | 2.318⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 720th | 2.556⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 4🗨️ |
I really like the graphics!
The graphics are very nicely done and the animations too! Also, I liked how you approached the theme.
__ + __ The Game presentation that sells the game well
__ + __ Finally some magic in this tech jam
** What imo could be improved **
__ - __ It feels buggy, characters are knockbacked out of the screen and moves weirdly, attacks doesn't match the animation timing.
__ - __ Controls : having left and right turning your character instead of moving it in that direction have been abandonned in action games since… Little Big Adventure ? Those controls might be used for car or robot control, but mostly keep it for micro machine.
__ - __ Graphics in top view are not as attractive as they are in the description. The magical effect doesn't really mix well the the rest as well.
** Overall **
I see a lot of work there, unfortunatly it's not as good as it could be yet. You might also want to take inspiration from recent games to identify and re-use working recipes. But really, you already have a game and descent 3D graphics ! This experience will get you further in the polish phase next time, keep going ! Thanks for the game =)