Turtle's Quest by orcdraco
Turtle's Quest. A puzzle platformer game about saving the crocs. Crocodiles are being held captive and only Turtley the Turtle can set them free..... But beware, he only have limited amount of energy.
This game is made for Ludum Dare 39: Running out of Power Created by: orcdraco and mliit
Download it here>>> https://orcdraco.itch.io/turtles-quest
Note: we didn't create the music. we use music from open license site

| Windows | https://orcdraco.itch.io/turtles-quest |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/turtles-quest |
Ratings
| Overall | 702th | 2.92⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 696th | 2.706⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 746th | 2.46⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 750th | 2.8⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 423th | 3.519⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 313th | 2.652⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 527th | 3⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 68🗳️ | 42🗨️ |
Dying in a single hit is a little harsh, I would recommend you reduce power on getting hit instead, giving players a bit more of a chance that way! Falling in a hole could also just reduce power a little, and then warp the player back up next to the pit.
Another idea, it might also be worth it to place little pickups that recover just a bit of your power when you get them: not as much as the strawberries do, but could help make the beginning of the game a bit easier, and let you save your stravberries for when you backtrack later.
Another little detail, is that its not obvious that you can kill the plants. The small monsters were obvious enough to crush, but the plants not so!
Unfortunately, I couldn't get very far because the platforming was so unforgiving. Lots of issues with getting stuck on walls/cielings and not being able to reliably jump over obstacles.
I also had the same font-size issues as @randomphantom, which made it hard to read the instructions as they came up.
Overall, a very pretty game, but needs some work.
-m
Good job overall!
Keep up the hard work! ;)
I felt the controlls (collisions) need some work, but I really loved the metroidvania level design!
Collisions aren't perfect.
I dont understand very well the interest of the energy bar (except for the theme).
- i like the way you use the turtle shell to kill enemy
- But, player movement is very much buggy which make the gameplay not so good
- also the ui at the bottom distrat me as i cannot the the background below
- overall nice entry keep it up
The way the turtle kills the enemy, It reminds me about Mario!
But yet behind that cute facade lies a brutal game xD
I will mirror what others said about jumping being unresponsive and a little off (sometimes I would get glued to a tile as I jump into it, or not be able to jump when an enemy is approaching). Despite this I kept playing for a while, because the world was interesting and I was curious what I'd find next. Nice work!