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The Fire Case by GetSky

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made by GetSky for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Someone has set the whole forest on fire! All of the animals are in danger and only Detective Nick Furry can find the culprit behind this case. Join our little fox detective on a platform journey filled with tricky puzzles and funny animals and find all of the clues and the loop hidden in the game.

Controls:

  • A/D - Movement
  • Space - Jump
  • I - Open Inventory
  • E - Make trees fall
  • W/S - Change the forest layer

The game was made for Ludum Dare 47. All the artwork was done by the team behind this game. All the sounds in this game are from open sounds websites.

We are aware that jumping in our game is pretty stiff and we're going to work on it. If you are willing to give our game a second chance, please don't hesitate to join our Discord server where we are going to post updates once we start our game's rework! https://discord.gg/gW3tdrb

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Youtube https://getskygames.itch.io/the-fire-case-eng
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/the-fire-case

Ratings

Overall 1551th 2.768⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1593th 2.362⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1443th 2.625⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1587th 2.481⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 933th 3.414⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 909th 2.911⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1004th 2.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1149th 3.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

ElllaDee
06. Oct 2020 · 09:21 UTC
Such a great game!
finntastico
06. Oct 2020 · 09:41 UTC
I really love the fox :) The jump'n'run mechanics seem a bit off. It was pretty hard for me to move through the game. Apart from that a really good game!
Silvae
07. Oct 2020 · 21:34 UTC
Great art and I loved the forest ambiance. I found the controls a bit hard to use but overall a very nice entry!
InitialPosition
07. Oct 2020 · 22:28 UTC
Very nice graphics, the ambient sounds fit very well into the game.

The controls are a bit weird though. You lose all control over your character when you jump, making it very hard to jump precisely.

Other than that, very nice game!
LeGoLaZ
07. Oct 2020 · 22:32 UTC
Jump doesnt work properly, its took a while to figure out that grey grass on grey background is a platforms.
shipster
08. Oct 2020 · 12:27 UTC
Controls are really hard. You have to push the arrow (left, right) first, before you jump. This makes it really hard to control.
Also I got stuck under a moving platform and pushed out of the screen.

Mood is nice.
Squidzilla
08. Oct 2020 · 12:33 UTC
Love the forest layers! As mentioned before, jumping is tricky. Giving some control over the little fella in mid air would defy physics, for sure, but it would make the game a lot easier to play :)
Denzil Gomes
08. Oct 2020 · 12:35 UTC
Seems like you may have a good detective game here but I'm struggling to get to the puzzling bit because of the controls. Particularly the jump not allowing forward momentum. Its a shame though as I was looking forward to seeing what the detective story was all about
Flammchen
08. Oct 2020 · 12:41 UTC
The fox is so cute and I really like the idea! I also enjoy the artsytle, however, sometimes it was difficult to see the game elements like plattforms. As others already said, I also had some problems with the controls especially the jump mechanics. Overall, a very solid and cute game for the jam. Good work!
TureGrappa
08. Oct 2020 · 12:43 UTC
Good game. I love the tiny fox, but the jump is tricky.
Artyom Volkov
08. Oct 2020 · 16:28 UTC
It's a nice submission, but there are some problems:
1. Movement feels clunky and it lacks of control.
2. Obstacles aren't contrast enough with background.
Juanv
08. Oct 2020 · 18:08 UTC
Awesome Game! The animations are great. I had some problems jumping but the overall game is great.
Chukwuebuka_racer
09. Oct 2020 · 02:00 UTC
Nice, controls were not that responsive
manusaiz
09. Oct 2020 · 02:03 UTC
Hey so here was my experience:

· The fox looks SUPER CUTE gz.

· I love the running animation.

· The jump is an utter torture, please make it horizontally controlable mid air, and/or adjustable in height by pressing the button.
Also making it a bit faster wouldn't hurt (try x2 or x3 times faster)

I didn't get the loop theme because I couldn't get used to the jump, but I see there's an inventory with evidence and you can pick up items, and you can like swap planes, I really wanted to see what the evidence mechanic was going to unwrap in the platforming action, so if you fix the jump please let me know so I can try to play it again.

Overall nice work! Don't let the jump obscure all the hard work, fix it so we can enjoy your vision, it looks like it has potential!
Spiderhead20
09. Oct 2020 · 02:08 UTC
As you told me, we have the same problem with the controls, it seems like you could've tweaked the gravity value of Nick Furry (an awesome name!) to make it fall faster, but who knows, I'm awfull at game physics. Overall the art looks pretty nice as for the background giving a nice mood to the adventure, the change between layers feels nice.
Floata_1
10. Oct 2020 · 15:11 UTC
was really fun but got stuck. jump works but not great .
nik184
12. Oct 2020 · 12:59 UTC
At the level with falling platform there is a chance to lost control if platform fall on your head