Lost Artifacts by rynti
STORY
- You're a wizard who has been ordered to retrieve five
- ancient artifacts that will help in recreating a
- long-lost technology.
GAMEPLAY
- You have two elemental spells at your disposal that
- you have to use in order to hunt monsters. They drop
- experience points which will allow you to level up,
- which you need to do in order to unlock artifacts as
- well as upgrade your character.
CONTROLS
- Movement: WASD Keys
- Upgrades: U, Q or Escape
- Fire Spell: Left Click
- Stone Spell: Right Click
- Toggle Sound: M
Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com
I hope you'll have some fun playing my game, make
sure to give me a rating and I always appreciate
feedback via. comments :)
- You're a wizard who has been ordered to retrieve five
- ancient artifacts that will help in recreating a
- long-lost technology.
GAMEPLAY
- You have two elemental spells at your disposal that
- you have to use in order to hunt monsters. They drop
- experience points which will allow you to level up,
- which you need to do in order to unlock artifacts as
- well as upgrade your character.
CONTROLS
- Movement: WASD Keys
- Upgrades: U, Q or Escape
- Fire Spell: Left Click
- Stone Spell: Right Click
- Toggle Sound: M
Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com
I hope you'll have some fun playing my game, make
sure to give me a rating and I always appreciate
feedback via. comments :)
| Web | http://showcase.rynti.com/2016/ld36/ |
| Source | http://showcase.rynti.com/2016/ld36/source.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=8363 |
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description.
Can you tell me where I'll find the video?
lvl50 Lost Artifacts mage
A linear power creep like this only works if the late stage enemies also become orders of magnitude more dangerous, which is not the case here.
Another possility is limiting the maximum effect of the upgrades. Rather than 10x castings speed at lvl 10 make that 2-3X. Each level gives a less visible boost, but the player will feel the change and you evade power creep.
A third option, the most preferred yet most expensive, is making each upgrade into its own skill/action. This is what ARPGs do to great effect, but of course 42 hours probably isn't enough to create enough interesting, well polished skills.
Really awesome game :)
I like the RPG style and leveling up and upgrade system.
I couldn't see any use for the stone spell tho.
The art and sound are nice and they create a nice mood.
I also like the fact that you respawn instantly without losing anything, which makes it good for LD entry. Maybe for published game you can change that, but for a small test it was a good choice :)
As a note, it doesn't seem to work in Firefox, dunno why.
Cheers,
Morco (LittleDoomDevs)