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My Friends Abandoned Me by SaRNEh

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made by SaRNEh for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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About

They left me, they literally left me before the jam even started. Actually I've been with nothing before the theme was revealed! My team mates couldn't participate in the jam BeCaUsE oF rEaSoNs (but these were important, to be honest). Since I am graphic designer I had two options: give up or learn some game engine. I present to you THE RESULTS.

How to play?

Your goal is to escape the cellar. Exit is on tob of the empty room (so you strat with nothing, right?). Find more boxes to reach the ladder. Easy, right? Nope, there are bugs (literally and figuratively).

Controls

| Button | Action | | ------------- | ------------- | | Lef arrow or A | Move left | | Right arrow or D | Move right | | Up arrow or W | Jump (you can also double jump) | | Spacebar or Tab | Attack | | E or Shift | Pick/drop a box |

Changelog

07.10.2019

Fixed an issue with weird behaviour of the boxes. It is not perfect, but these should act more properly now. No more sky jumping.

Removed one box from the starting room. Even after fixing physics issues the game was not chalenging and could be finished easly (it still can be, to be honest, but not THAT easy).

Known issues

~~Well, boxes can behave weird. There is something wrong with physics, for sure. I'll try to fix that. Tip: I'd avoid trying to pick a box if a character is "touching" two of them.~~ Fixed. I mean almost fixed. Well, it should be better now. At least I hope.

If you come really really really close to a box with another box in hands, they will switch places. But no more picking up a box you standing on!

Corpses of enemies doesn't fall. Damn bugs! They disapppear though, nice of them.

Unknown issues

I suppose there is more than known issues. They're still unknown though.

Credits

| User | Credits | | ------------- | ------------- | | @foka | Programming, graphics, almost everything | | @aart | Absolutely nothing | | @sarneh| Absolutely nothing |

Music

Youtube https://machinode.itch.io/my-friends-abandoned-me
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/my-friends-abandoned-me

Ratings

Overall 442th 3.566⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 583th 3.224⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 806th 2.859⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 656th 3.192⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 117th 4.244⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 219th 3.795⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 74🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

simXple
06. Oct 2019 · 21:45 UTC
Great game, great music and terrifying animals!
Travis Carlen
06. Oct 2019 · 22:18 UTC
I have to say, you did a great job with the graphics in such a short span of time. One bug I noticed while trying to climb up is that boxes will "stick" to things, including other boxes. With this, I managed to make a flying machine to get up to the exit. Overall however, it was a nice challenge and quite fun.
JoelLikesPigs
06. Oct 2019 · 22:27 UTC
A lot to unpack here. First of all the graphics are great, I'm a little lost on how this is related to the topic but, it has nice atmosphere and it looks very polished for the short amount of time youve had to spend on it. That being said the main game loop of gathering boxes to stack higher is hugely flawed due to how janky the physics end up being. I was able to beat the game with 5 boxes by getting them to float in mid-air. And stacking boxes itself is can be a real pain, because pressing E picks up the box you're standing on instead of just dropping the one you're currently holding. But it is what it is. The enemies are creepy and are well animated, I love the foggy aspect and if the bugs where ironed out it would be the start of a fun short game.
Foka
07. Oct 2019 · 05:27 UTC
@simxple
Thanks!

@travis-carlen
Thank you. Since I'm a graphic designer, graphics was the easiest part. Coding though... The box issue is generally known to me. My idea was to give a player possibility to build a tower, platforms or whatever, so sticking boxes to each other is fine. However the physics is now unpredictable and flying machine effect you described is unwanted side effect, which I would like to fix.

@joellikespigs
Thank you for your feedback! The main idea was to - as I described above - give a room with no platforms, so player can build them himself. I will try to fix it, but since I have to go back to my full-time job, it will take some time.
AZAMATIKA
07. Oct 2019 · 05:32 UTC
Lol, funny description, nice art.
Foka
07. Oct 2019 · 20:11 UTC
@travis-carlen @joellikespigs Probably I've improved the phisics a little. It's not perfect, but it certainly is not worse than it was. It should be more enjoyable now. I encourage you to try it again. Would be grateful for your opinion.

More info in changelog in game description.
PoundTheGroundStudios
07. Oct 2019 · 20:36 UTC
Yeah I liked it but it had a few problems
IndieBin
07. Oct 2019 · 20:37 UTC
Sorry to hear they left you XD Shouldn't have done though, because this showed a lot of talent! Really enjoyable, proper spooky and the graphics built a very nice atmosphere. Some sound effects would have been the perfect finishing touch, but still very good!
radgegames
07. Oct 2019 · 20:43 UTC
I loooove the art in this game, it's amazing, Love that pixel art, and that synthwave soundtrack is so nice
Fragment Games
07. Oct 2019 · 21:09 UTC
Nice and polished art. Well done!
khaoz-fang
08. Oct 2019 · 06:56 UTC
Love the art style!
MoebiusMeow
08. Oct 2019 · 09:08 UTC
Nice art and great atmosphere. It seems that it was telling a story of a man abandoned by his friend trying to climb out of the darkness of his heart? I am not sure tho.

By the way the physics of box is really confusing. The good point is that I only used 4 boxes to get to the exit so I didn't have to face those creepy spiders. XD
qristjan
08. Oct 2019 · 09:45 UTC
Very cool graphics (and spiders were creepy). Game was really fun but maybe you could add an easy mode were you have more than 1 health. And around the middle the volume went too high.
But overall, fun game!
4quet
08. Oct 2019 · 10:02 UTC
Congratulations for your game ! What made you choose Godot over the more "classical" choice Unity ?
The graphics and colors come well together and create a really nice atmosphere, great work !
Ferdi
08. Oct 2019 · 16:01 UTC
Nice platformer. These sneaky spiders got me a hundread times but it's pretty addictive. Also, for your bug tracking list, when I shoot spiders mid-air they stop falling. good job guys !
Sergio1811
08. Oct 2019 · 17:03 UTC
Good feeling with the art and the spooky environmental music, maybe some more guidance to the player will be good (A minimap metroidvania style would be ideal but almost impossible in a game jam :confounded: )
Dr4g0nsoul
08. Oct 2019 · 17:08 UTC
Cool game! But the game loop of backtracking and gathering boxes is a bit unfun. Like the enemies and shooting though.
Foka
08. Oct 2019 · 18:52 UTC
@poundthegroundstudios Could you be more specific about issues you encountered? Maybe I will be able to improve some aspects.

@4quet Well, I am graphic designer and don't have much experience with programming. Ususally my friends were responsible for coding, but when they couldn't participate this time I had to figure something out in a hurry. I know Python a little and it was quite easy for me to switch to GDScript. In my opinion Godot is simpler for beginners and is still quite powerfull tool (especially in 2D).

@ferdi Bug on the list! I'll try to get rid of it in a while.
Roberto Romao
09. Oct 2019 · 05:40 UTC
Being there bro =/ and 5 years later I mastered Construct haha :)

The graphics are perfect, color and all !! :D I just wish we have more lives, but even so the game is still fun and enjoyable! GJ and I hope more games come after this experience ;)
Franciszek Pyrć
09. Oct 2019 · 05:43 UTC
A nice platformer.
Furraran
09. Oct 2019 · 10:58 UTC
Brilliant idea, I hella like it. Kinda noir story from gamedev world.
The most difficult part of this game is spiders. I mean, they really give me creeps. They are nearly larger than the main character! Fighting your own arachno fears seems to be a real challenge in this game. :D
Overwall (and except the creeps) I had a lot of fun, playing this this game. Great work!
Raivk
09. Oct 2019 · 18:21 UTC
Very nice graphics ! The game is a little bit hard honestly ! But hey that's ok :)
changemewtf
09. Oct 2019 · 18:39 UTC
Very challenging! I couldn't figure out how to get started. I guessed there was something to do with stacking boxes, but I could never figure out how to get back up once I dropped down, and I keep dying in one hit! Great job on the atmosphere, graphics and audio were stellar.
Pedro Rosa
09. Oct 2019 · 22:14 UTC
1st I love the environment, it's just great. The game doesn't have a lot of mechanics but it is really well designed. You shoot, you move, you pick boxes and there's 1 enemy. You don't need anything else to make a fun game experience. The exit sign is also a good way of instantly giving the player the objective of the game. "Go up!"
Alchemic
11. Oct 2019 · 05:53 UTC
Nice graphics! I liked playing with the boxes and trying to break the physics lol.
Dane Tesla
19. Oct 2019 · 21:12 UTC
A well made game, especially that you did it all by yourself. Impressive graphic, fitting audio and simple but investing gameplay. Congrats! And don't worry about your friends, we all had those situations on game jams with people suddenly quitting or just not contacting with the rest of the group.
Nasz programista na przykład pod koniec jamu stwierdził, że ma już dość pracy nad projektem i zostaliśmy z masą bugów. Pozdrawiam z Polski :v:
🎤 SaRNEh
21. Oct 2019 · 06:45 UTC
@dane-tesla Pozdrawiamy :D
BrokenMirrorMedia
23. Oct 2019 · 21:10 UTC
Gameplay is really smooth and clear, platforming feels fair. I did have some weirdness with boxes being placed into walls, and the music would sometimes stop for a while before looping again, but overall this was really good. I really liked the graphics with a simple palette of colours, worked really well, and the music was great! I also love the meta-theme of starting with nothing in terms of teammates, but you did a great job on your own haha.