Exile by yves

made by yves for LD 39 (COMPO)

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Play a lonely banished human being. Settled down in a hostile environment called the Exile. The game is divided into two phases - choose a good tactic to survive both. Score as much points as possible.

Controls

W A S D - Move

Space - Roll

Left Mouse - Attack

Note

https://twitter.com/yvesmasullo

Made by Yves Masullo - LD 39

To run the project you need the third party asset "Pro Camera 2D - The definitve 2D & 2.5D Unity camera plugin"

Windows	https://yvesmasullo.itch.io/exile
macOS	https://yvesmasullo.itch.io/exile
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/exile

Ratings

Overall	214^th	3.513⭐	41🧑‍⚖️
Fun	204^th	3.41⭐	41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	427^th	2.892⭐	39🧑‍⚖️
Theme	456^th	3.263⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	41^th	4.175⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Audio	305^th	2.889⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Humor	442^th	1.893⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Mood	173^th	3.361⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Given		27🗳️	21🗨️

Feedback

davideperozzi

31. Jul 2017 · 12:52 UTC

Very nice artwork! Nice gameplay! Nice feedback! Nice! :D

Falk Bruskeland

31. Jul 2017 · 15:29 UTC

Nice gameplay and pixel art!

pvtroswold

31. Jul 2017 · 15:40 UTC

Fun game is fun!

SMILEY_4_

31. Jul 2017 · 18:42 UTC

Fun game with nice graphics! Only the screenshake makes it a bit hard to see sometimes.

alejandrodlsp

01. Aug 2017 · 09:17 UTC

This game is so much fun! Some music would have been great though

MagicSpore

01. Aug 2017 · 10:20 UTC

Wow, amazing style and very good gameplay!!

Sheepolution

01. Aug 2017 · 10:29 UTC

Interesting game, though I got bored rather quickly. After a few playthroughs I felt like I saw everything there was to see. That said, I like the graphics and sound effects. And the monster designs are interesting.

Batheo3000

01. Aug 2017 · 11:22 UTC

The graphics and sfx are nice. I think that the gameplay loop could be a lot more interesting if you expanded on it by adding more enemies, power ups, ect... In my opinion, this game has potential.

wischutz

01. Aug 2017 · 11:58 UTC

Nice work, man! I love your art style since last ludum dare!

ThePelranthean

02. Aug 2017 · 01:08 UTC

I like how this entire game stayed true to the aesthetic of the art. Well done.

Unfortunately, I'm not entirely clear how the power mechanic works, so maybe you could make that a bit more clear. Though, I may just be blind.

But the combat is fairly solid and the variety of enemies is interesting.

🎤 yves

02. Aug 2017 · 11:40 UTC

@thepelranthean Oh yeah I figured out some people have problems to understand that mechanic.
The game itself is divided into two phases. A powerful one and a weak one.

While your power bar at the bottom reduces, your attacks/roll gets weaker. Also your character "burn" effect will go down. After your power ran out the game freezes for a second and you switch to this "Weak" Phase where you are unable to roll very far or attack.

Royoyo

02. Aug 2017 · 17:28 UTC

Great game!

For the first time I thought obstacle is a solid wall, but now I see that it's a pillar.
Those pesky little creatures a way more dangerous than big ones :)

Stracker

02. Aug 2017 · 18:00 UTC

Satisfying gameplay and consistent aesthetic, I can't find much negative to say, an awesome entry !

Gurbx

02. Aug 2017 · 18:09 UTC

I had some trouble understanding the mechanics at first as well and only got it when I read your comment above. It could be a good idea to add that explanation to the actual page if there are others like me. Other than that the art style is really cool and atmospheric, and the sound effects fit in well with the overall aesthetic. Everything is very consistent, nice! It's a really great game, and I enjoyed playing it.

saucygames

03. Aug 2017 · 00:25 UTC

OOOO! Nice game felt very fair to me! GG. Being a fan of nuclear throne I was instantly drawn to this! Loved the intro animation

Eliana

03. Aug 2017 · 00:40 UTC

This looks great! Any chance of you releasing a Mac version, though? I'm a Mac user and can't play. :(

Tyler Miller

03. Aug 2017 · 05:41 UTC

Cant express how much I approve of this style of graphics :yum: Animations were spot on as well. Gameplay took me a couple times to fully understand but wasn't too hard. Nice work, hope to see more games from you!

Rudenko

03. Aug 2017 · 11:05 UTC

Awesome game, graphics is nice, effects, etc! Good work ;)

gil4

03. Aug 2017 · 11:37 UTC

Cool graphics style, interesting main hero weapon, sounds complimenting overall game mood, I like it. The strong and weak phases make up an interesting dual-phased gameplay and go for an interesting theme interpretation of "What exactly happens when the power runs out? Do you die or do you simply change?", just great. A solid entry, especially for compo. Well done!

🎤 yves

03. Aug 2017 · 12:40 UTC

Thanks to all of you guys for these awesome responses! I really appreciate it :)

@eliana Sadly I have no Mac to test it :/ But maybe a friend can help me to get this running on Mac.

BroRawr

03. Aug 2017 · 14:04 UTC

This had some vlambeer esque "art of screen shake" applied to it, it felt like the start of a great mix between super meat boy and any game made by vlambeer.

My only critique would be the audio and the controls.

Add some variation to the sound effects and lower them a tad. As for controls they mapping were good, I would have liked it a little bit "tighter" with better response (mainly on the roll/dash).

The game was really fun and I LOVE the simplistic art style and the hectic gameplay!

Great LD entry!

boats

03. Aug 2017 · 14:45 UTC

I'll be honest at first I thought this was going to be a cheap remake of Downwell. You perfectly captured the art style of downwell either intentionally or unintentionally. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it looks great!

Gameplay loop was solid although it would have been nice to have a longer 'combat' section. Overall a decent entry, definitely an excellent entry graphics wise. Good work!

Quaternius

03. Aug 2017 · 14:56 UTC

I really liked it, i think it would be a lot better if you could roll in the direction you are moving instead of where your crosshair is, rolling backwards while shooting would be awesome. Great game!

Baconinvader

03. Aug 2017 · 15:24 UTC

Fun game with nice graphics and responsive controls. My only complaint is that the map seems to get too cluttered with enemies. A larger map would have been nicer. Great job though!

Jupiter_Hadley

03. Aug 2017 · 15:38 UTC

Nice graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upb0aA4TPRk

merwaaan

03. Aug 2017 · 17:10 UTC

Very nice art. It reminds me a lot of Downwell :) You might want to make a web build available so that people don't have to download the executable.

simonhutchinson

03. Aug 2017 · 19:37 UTC

Looks like a lot of fun! Any chance of a Mac or Web build?

🎤 yves

04. Aug 2017 · 06:32 UTC

@simonhutchinson I will try to get a build ready :)

orcdraco

04. Aug 2017 · 13:38 UTC

The game is really fun to play and the graphics & sounds really fit the mood.

gamepopper

04. Aug 2017 · 19:18 UTC

Love a good twin-stick shooter! Love the 2-bit colour art style. Noticed the UI doesn't scale with the screen, was playing on 1280x720 and some of the buttons were going outside the screen.

grena

06. Aug 2017 · 17:23 UTC

Wow, cool game! Really nervous and efficient.
The monochromatic graphics are awesome, I love the monsters design, very enigmatic but oppressive. Sound is just what it needs, so congrats. You game really has a spirit :)

Not that much to say, the gameplay is mastered, I'd like to play this game with other levels/environment mechanism/monsters.

Pretty solid entry, well done.

PabloDap

06. Aug 2017 · 18:38 UTC

Really nice graphics, that intro animation is superb! Maybe if killing enemies recharged a bit of power it'd be a little more engaging, so that the player has to thing how much power he uses and how much he'll get in return.

🎤 yves

07. Aug 2017 · 08:40 UTC

@eliana @simonhutchinson Mac build is now available :) If you have an issues let me know.

simonhutchinson

07. Aug 2017 · 15:09 UTC

This is great. It's a great mix of lofi and hifi in the graphics. I really like the overall aesthetic. Post-jam you should add some intense background music to get players amped up, but, for a 48-hour compo entry just having sound is huge! Nice work!

Roberto Cano

08. Aug 2017 · 17:28 UTC

Impressive artwork man! Teleport effects and thunders are amazing. I miss some mistery/action music to pump it up, but the FX are pretty good. One thing I think could improve it is the addition of ranndom power ups so you can refill the weapon (not forever) so you can extend the gameplay. One of my favourite entries until now!

Ethan Allwood

09. Aug 2017 · 03:14 UTC

Great art and effects! One thing I would like to point out is to keep the graphics more consistent. You were so close, but I noticed some of the smaller enemies were scaled down so the pixels were smaller and also the score and cursor were not pixelated. This game has lots of potential and I love the 3 colour design (exactly like mine :P). It reminds me of a mix between nuclear throne with the art style of downwell.

elysiagriffin

15. Aug 2017 · 10:41 UTC

Featured Exile in my LudumDare#39 Highlights & Derps Video :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W8Ji5YhVkA