Refuge by LadyPossum
wow. i made it.
| Youtube | https://ladypossum.itch.io/refuge |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/refuge |
Ratings
| Overall | 646th | 3.368⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 829th | 2.947⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1000th | 2.526⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 733th | 3.105⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 154th | 4.184⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 607th | 2.611⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 504th | 3.395⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
Edit: Ok I guess I checked the game page too early.
@nithin spoilers:
pick up the flower on the edge of the cliff, then there is another path going down, you can talk to a cute girl and give her the flower to get a tiny quest.
go to the left, get her some mushrooms (you can give them to the guard too) for the ending of the game
Nice atmospheric game overall.
@hyperscope i posted instructions on how to get to the ending in a previous comment if you're interested in trying again!
@ben-ash it might be helpful if you posted your machine specs, maybe i can optimize the video player better? in the meantime you can skip the cutscenes entirely by clicking the triangle in the corner
@roque thank you so much for your kind words!
thank you for playing
I wasn't too sure of the controls, I had to experiment a bit before I realized I could click stuff on screen. The items that you had to pick up blended in a little too smoothly with the background so it took a while for me to get them.
I probably found all the ways to die as I did just that, 3 times now. :D First the ship, then the guard defending the lady, then the guard again, just because. Then I tried giving her the mashrooms. Loved the art for the ending, such a tender embrace! Speaking of which, you made so many pictures for it?? The intro is amazing, but so are the sprites and landscape. It'd be really short playing-wise, but with the intro it feels like a complete story.
It would be nice to be able to return to the game even after that ending, I didn't find a way and had to close it & start it over, and I still wanted to try giving the guard stuff (they looked so happy about the mushroom!).
Oh, and there were some overlapping issues, like:

Overall it was really lovely and the story was sweet. I hope that this experience inspires you to make more stuff!
@lucien-catonnet i messed up the camera and i think if it had been zoomed out more and you could see more of the map it might have been easier to find your way around and see stuff, so i'll try fixing that. i'm glad you were able to at least play and finish it!! thank you for your time!
@annie-owl thank you so much! for some reason the video player ended up playing at a faster rate than it did in the engine and I didn't notice. thank you for mentioning it so i can look into fixing it!
@ynneblack thank you for playing through to all the endings!!! it was a wild experience for sure but i'm so glad i did it. i'll take a look at your games!!
yikes i actually looked at that and thought "gotta make sure boundaries are outside that overlay area" and then forgot. thank you for bringing it to my attention!!
@webox he was just doing his job ): hehe thank you for the nice comment!
thank you all for playing