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The Genie of Light by Wilko

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made by Wilko for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

You play as a genie who has to traverse a dark dungeon using your light core avoiding traps and looking for an idol. Watch out for ghosts and ghouls that might pursue you, preventing you from leaving.

Controls:

  • WASD to move
  • LMB to grow light
  • RMB to shrink light
  • R to restart level
  • ESC to get to your options

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Installation:

  • Download TheGenieOfLight.zip
  • Extract the files
  • Run TheGenieOfLight.exe

Don't forget to comment your best times and if you're really sadistic you can try the minimum light or no light genie run (burn out your core before you start moving and do the whole thing in the dark!).

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. This is our first game jam so we'd love to get some tips from the community.

A game by Ruairidh Williamson and Sam Wilkinson

Music by: Ben Sanders (https://twitter.com/AstroflashTR)

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Bug Fixes (for v1.1):

  • The light was too weak to see two of the traps, even at full beam so we buffed it. Thank you to everyone who let us know in the comments.
  • Two of the spear launchers were facing the incorrect directions
  • Added support for MacOS and Linux (currently untested as we don't have these OS)
Youtube https://wilkoco.itch.io/the-genie-of-light
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-genie-of-light

Ratings

Overall 1000th 3.58⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1246th 3.308⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 859th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1321th 3.615⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 718th 3.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 229th 3.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1092th 2.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 395th 3.865⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 44🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

Alfie
20. Apr 2020 · 23:45 UTC
Beautiful game. Low-light speed run completed. So satisfying. Thanks for the challenge boys.
Saxifrage
21. Apr 2020 · 00:09 UTC
Smooth design, challenging gameplay and plenty to discover if you have an eye for detail. *Almost* completed low-light speedrun on the last level, it requires some fine-tuned trajectories! Thanks guys, good luck :)
Maqo12
21. Apr 2020 · 10:37 UTC
Sounds are great. I liked the light's function.
Remus Rain
21. Apr 2020 · 10:54 UTC
Overall nice idea and good execution! I like the music and the atmosphere. maybe try to make the player point his light with the mouse and not the movement. This way its easier for the player to see. Also, I found that the trap trigger on the right in the second level that did not trigger a trap was a bit misleading.
Team-on
21. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
Well work on lights and core gameplay. Also support opinion that light should emmit to mouse position
Prox276
21. Apr 2020 · 11:46 UTC
Graphics and music is great and very well polished! Good job! :)
SaltyYagi
21. Apr 2020 · 11:54 UTC
Very nice polish and I particularly liked the movement and feel of the game. I do think that using the mouse for the light or at least having the option to activate it would've been nice. Good variety, and a nice soundtrack. Awesome!
Revetoon
21. Apr 2020 · 11:56 UTC
Really cool and suiting graphics and music.
I love the level designs and the progression in gameplay throughout the game.
Some trap setups are a bit too random and you are forced to make a guess but other than that I love the visual cue like the numbers on the ground.

I finished in 142.0secs :)
Raphaeltan
21. Apr 2020 · 11:59 UTC
Sound and graphics are great. Controls are excellent, well polished game good job
Maindric
21. Apr 2020 · 12:13 UTC
I really enjoyed it overall. Though, I feel too many of the deaths were to lack of knowledge of the level instead of lack of skill, as some things cannot be seen.

Also, what was that clue about Carol eating Sean, like, wtf mate?
Mumb0
21. Apr 2020 · 12:30 UTC
Very fun and polished game :D https://imgur.com/llxPsHB
ARBEX
21. Apr 2020 · 12:50 UTC
Nice polish :D, nice game, I love it.
IronyGames
21. Apr 2020 · 14:50 UTC
A curious concept! Although I found myself shining as bright as possible always, to allow myself better control of the place.

Maybe there could be an ever present small radius of light around the character? The light at its lowest form is not very useful, as you need to explore the map anyway even in low health.
TateTate
21. Apr 2020 · 15:15 UTC
Very fun and challenging. It would be nice if there was a way to deal with the traps other than just activating them and hoping for the best.
5imon
21. Apr 2020 · 17:48 UTC
Nice!
I enjoyed gameplay, traps are well positioned.
Good job!
Daniel Stephens
21. Apr 2020 · 18:35 UTC
Really great and intriguing game, I love the sound and the way that the light works. Very well polished, an all round great game.
neuronezero
21. Apr 2020 · 18:56 UTC
A new light on the try and die games.
Unimaginable_Code_Studios
24. Apr 2020 · 23:24 UTC
Challenging but keeping me playing!! Such a fun game, it is really awesome!!! Good Luck!!
Convg
28. Apr 2020 · 16:52 UTC
Awesome game. I love that you tell a really long boring story so people won't see how to avoid the trap lol. The graphics look great and fit really well with the music. Really good job, I loved this game.
Feingehacktes
28. Apr 2020 · 18:00 UTC
Would be nice if you could add builds for other OS like Linux and Mac.
🎤 Wilko
29. Apr 2020 · 16:13 UTC
@feingehacktes We have attempted to make builds for the other OSs.
GameOverMexico
12. May 2020 · 11:14 UTC
It is not easy in some parts, you have to run like crazy, once you know the way, it is fun, good graphics and music, Nice Job!
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