Smoke, the machine keeper ☁ by Plumepox
---- > PLAY ON ITCH.IO : https://plumepox.itch.io/ld38- <--------
-----COMMAND: Arrow left, right, up & space -------
Hey ! This is our first game... Made for the LD38 in 72h (48h tbh cause we sleept and worked monday ahaha) So this is really simple but we wanted to tell a story of smoke, the machine keeper.
I wanted to try to code and my friend Clock-D wanted to animate for a video game so... That's was a great challenge for us ♥
Art: Clock-D (http://lookforthehunter.tumblr.com) Code: Plumepox (https://twitter.com/Plumepox) music: bensound
I'm sorry for the bugs, fail and terrible end cinematic... I wish I had more time. But thank you for playing !
SPOILER _
You have to repair the machine... To win money, to gain your life, you know. Like everyone. Everyday. Or maybe not. Maybe you can make something better with your life, because this place is terrible.
Ratings
| Overall | 346th | 3.435⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 546th | 2.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 562th | 2.783⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 665th | 2.652⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 15th | 4.667⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 236th | 3.045⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 66th | 4⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
The objective of the game is not very clear, though.
At first I kept fixing the steams and didn't get how the money indicator works or what's its use.
But a good job!
And even with those bugs, I think it's a nice game !
That's yet nice to have a cinematic for a game jam entry!
The ladders were a bit wonky, but I got used to them pretty quickly. It was mainly dismounting them that was awkward.
Although I assume you used outside music, it was used effectively.
Nice work!
I assumed that I had to fix the ship to leave. The short story sequence at the beginning was really nice and effective, didn't really need other explanations.
At first I thought I had to keep all the machinery fixed in order to start the ship, but then I discovered this wasn't really necessary.
Beautiful work!
And yeah it was free musics/sounds so i decided to don't keep the music rating.
I'm so sorry for the ladders, it was my main problem, I really hope I'll have the courage to fix it later !
The game is visually beautiful, I loved the music, and although the gameplay was a bit simple, it tied the central story and mood in so it worked. Obviously a bigger game with a larger world with these elements would be even better, the overall product is fantastic as is! It's actually amazing that you've gotten me attached to the characters (love their designs btw) with that simplicity. Good work you all! And good luck with your future games! :grin:
I would have liked to see more done to fit it into the theme, but again a good effort!
Just some suggestions, It was too easy for me, if you have patience you can get it. Maybe some enemies at different points could make it more difficult and challenging. Definitely I will try to add this and to include more levels togenerate a version suitable to distrubution.
Congrats for a very good entry
Even if the game is very short, it tells a great story. Love the twist with the airship.
I presume you cannot jump when you are carrying an item to lead the player to the airship, but I found that very confusing, I restarted the game twice because I thought the controls were broken.
Did I already mention that I loved the graphics??? And those animations! And the storytelling! Wow!
Very nice game!
Thanks everyone ! It's so cool to have feedbacks, and I realised alot of little mistakes I made.
I'm sorry if you were confused with the repair of the machine. It was the main idea, that you don't have to fix the machine. You do it because it's "automatic", because someone told/show you that you have to do it, but it's not needed, and worst, useless. I wanted the player to feel anxious because he can't win by scoring. He have to find something else. BUT anyway, I'm so glad to have feedbacks ! Hope i'll do better on my next game !
And thanks for your kindness about art and the character ♥