The Perfect Halay by eusekerci
"Halay is a regional category of folk dance styles in central and southeastern Anatolia" - Wikipedia
Did you hear that it's always hard to join into a running Halay? Now you're about to learn!
Controls: WASD or Arrow Keys
Goal: Complete a Perfect Halay
Enjoy!
| Source code | https://github.com/eusekerci/LDJam40 |
| HTML5 (web) | https://eusekerci.itch.io/the-perfect-halay |
| Windows | http://bit.ly/ThePerfectHalay |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/the-perfect-halay |
Ratings
| Given | 10🗳️ | 6🗨️ |
My one complaint is the lack of gamepad support. Navigating a tight spiral near the end of the game, trying to get those low numbers near the center, is basically impossible with 4-directional keyboard controls. I would have liked to use an analog stick for that, and I know unity can support it without too much hassle.
You can also move your character outside the screen, which caught me off guard a number of times; there's no real way to recover if you've forgotten where they were. Keeping the controlled character bounded to the screen would have helped.
The music's great. It does loop a couple times through the game but given that you made it during the compo I'm just impressed that it never got on my nerves and set a great folk mood to the game.
Great job all around. I hope you go out and rate some games so more people discover this.

And also, thanks for the great and detailed feedback. I just don't have time to play other games, I'm planning to try as much as I can in this weekend.
If you are interested, please check out my LD40 game [Escape Infection!](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/escape-infection)
I played the web version, small note: sometimes it seemed like a player was selected that was outside the screen.
Although more dancers obviously make it harder to complete the halay, I feel the link with the theme is a bit far-fetched, so you lost some markings for me there.
I'm just bummed that after working so hard to make the halay, I got a zero score :)
Thanks for your nice feedback! <3
The game's graphics are minimalist but coherent, the music gives it a lot of atmosphere.
I just wish there was a clearer indication precisely where in the Halay my dancer would enter. It was a bit frustrating to aim for a spot only to realize that the dancer would enter the spot right next to the one I was aiming for.
I think it may have worked in the game's favor if there was a way to remove a dancer from the Halay, maybe by achieving a combo of 5 consecutive numbers or something like that. The way it is, an error remains an error until the end of the game which I feel lowers the motivation to keep playing.
You should prevent a player from leaving the screen. It was a bit fiddly sometimes to find the dancer again once it leaves the screen. Also it would have been a neat touch if the inactive dancers would wander around the periphery of the room, might make the game a little more lively.
Overall I think the game was quite innovative and fresh, but could have used a little more polish.