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The Nothingness Inside by Jason Lothamer

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made by Jason Lothamer for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

My inspiration for this game is the empty feeling people sometimes get and the desire to fill it. So, your character starts with nothing inside and as you consume light it fills up. This filling up also doubles as your health meter.

Controls are pretty standard and game pad is supported too.

Move: Arrow/wasd/zqsd keys or d-pad

Jump: space or A button

Shoot: X or B button

Note: shooting takes health

Hope you enjoy this short game! Any feedback is appreciated!

Youtube https://jlothamer.itch.io/the-nothingness-inside
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-nothingness-inside

Ratings

Overall 640th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 505th 3.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 850th 2.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 479th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 776th 3.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 365th 3.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 760th 2.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 608th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

HNKXOBKA
08. Oct 2019 · 15:50 UTC
Cool body player!
DoDELoV
08. Oct 2019 · 15:54 UTC
Nice game! The hedgehog died very funny :D Great job.
GhostGoatsGames
08. Oct 2019 · 15:55 UTC
Cool little game. I was confused at first why my gun wasn't working on the little crawly guys. I think if you'd have given me a bigger enemy at first, I wouldn't have been confused. Great job though, games works well and I like the lighting effect.
Ben Ash
08. Oct 2019 · 15:56 UTC
Good work! I love the idea that it costs your health to shoot. A couple audio glitches here and there, and I would have liked to have seen a greater need to shoot the spiky guys to jump off of them than just the one time I had to, but all around nice job!
mrerdalural
08. Oct 2019 · 16:00 UTC
I liked the mood of the game. The player jump felt a bit too floaty. I think you should increase the gravity scale a little. I enjoyed the mood and the sound effects.

Thanks for making this game! I had fun playing it!
Narffy
08. Oct 2019 · 16:01 UTC
Nice game, and the gameplay is original. Good job !
Michael Robison
08. Oct 2019 · 16:12 UTC
I loved the look of filling up your light. I wanted so badly to fill it up all the way. I liked the ability to jump off of dead enemies! Lots of possibilities for new levels. I think the background and music really helped with the mood.
Berkin
08. Oct 2019 · 16:13 UTC
I loved the music and controls are so smooth, also loved it. Good job !
Sir Galloy De Fierpâté
08. Oct 2019 · 17:36 UTC
I would have love to play it a little bit longer. A second level could have been nice ! The game is not that easy but very well balance. I like the idea of filling your character with light. Beautiful !
Emiliabea
08. Oct 2019 · 18:50 UTC
The playable character getting filled up with light is really clever and much more interesting to look at then a health bar. Good job with this one
vfqd
09. Oct 2019 · 09:46 UTC
I thought the best part about the game was the character filling up with light. I would love to see this expanded on, like if you could use your body to illuminate dark areas like a torch. Or if you could deliberately get rid of some light to hide from monsters
Amerigo Gazaway
10. Oct 2019 · 06:22 UTC
Nice work! This would have worked well for LD44 too (your life is currency). Love the music as well, really added to the mood.