Homewards by M a r o o v a n
I tried to create a simple Metroidvania, in which you are playing as a little cosmonaut on a small unknown planet. He is very young, but as he grow up - this little world becomes more and more approachable to him.
So I combined both themes:
1)You only need to use two buttons ("Z" and "B") to play this game
2)I was trying to connect growing process and level-up process and to think a little about, what does it actualy mean to be an adult.
It is very short, It won't take you more than 5-10 minutes.
Hope, that you will be able to play it without any problems
Controls:
Z - to move left
B - to move right
Z + B - to jump and make other actions
Esc - to quit
Link to the gamejolt
http://gamejolt.com/games/homewards/113935
I know, it's dumb that you should instal this small game instead of running singletime executable. But it is the only way to make sure that collision in the game would work on your computer.
So I combined both themes:
1)You only need to use two buttons ("Z" and "B") to play this game
2)I was trying to connect growing process and level-up process and to think a little about, what does it actualy mean to be an adult.
It is very short, It won't take you more than 5-10 minutes.
Hope, that you will be able to play it without any problems
Controls:
Z - to move left
B - to move right
Z + B - to jump and make other actions
Esc - to quit
Link to the gamejolt
http://gamejolt.com/games/homewards/113935
I know, it's dumb that you should instal this small game instead of running singletime executable. But it is the only way to make sure that collision in the game would work on your computer.
| Windows | https://www.dropbox.com/s/lhky9094rz372ko/H%20o%20m%20e%20w%20a%20r%20d%20s-Default-1.0.0.0.exe?dl=0 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=60701 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 59% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.77 | 143 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.71 | 148 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.03 | 205 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.09 | 555 |
| Mood(Jam) | 4.34 | 20 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.17 | 110 |
The story is good to follow !
Congrats guys for the game you've done !
I also randomly took damage, as if I was running out of oxygen, it was as if my hitbox was in a different place from my character.
And when I was looking for the last heart I got stuck in a ledge and couldn't progress.
Great art though and the 2button control scheme was impressively responsive.
And when I play it seems okay.
What about damage, lives, which flying above are running out as the time goes. Lives restores at home. But as you grow up, you live bar decreases slower and slower. I wanted to show that when you become infependent, you don't need any help at home.
P.S: I'm very sorry for my bad English. I'm Russian and I wrote those sentences in the last moment. The really need to be fixed.
The only things you need to fix are death conditions: I couldn't die whatever I did.
There were a few bugs and issues I encountered though. First of all, it would be nice if there was a way to skip through the text. It sits on screen for much longer than I need to read it, which can be frustrating. I also encountered the lack of hit detection in my game too, so good luck for eventually pinning that down. The health bar also seems to be attached to your character, rather than the screen, so it floats out of view when your near the edge of the map. Finally, I'm not sure whether this is intentional, but you can skip the section beneath the double jump just by jumping against wall to climb up to it.
None of these issues were a deal breaker for me though, and this is still one of my favourite games I'm encountered so far in this Jam!
+ Awesome concept
+ Very fluid control (even though it gets confusing sometimes)
+ Nice mood, graphics and audio
+ Great take on theme
Excellent work!
I like metroidvanias a lot, but this one I think it's too hard.
Because I can't vote on the Fun category on this game, this is (probably) the only game where my overall vote is lower than the average vote of the other categories.
Great work on the graphics and the audio. It really helps set up a nice mood.
I got stuck sometimes, though, after getting the higher jump, so I had to restart the game. :P