Development Purgatory by Ghost20000
A game about us trying to find an idea for the game. Watch as we fail miserably.
Fixed the incredibly loud segment, you know, that one.
| Youtube | https://ghost20000.itch.io/development-purgatory |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/development-purgatory |
Ratings
| Overall | 768th | 3.524⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 441th | 3.643⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 535th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1423th | 2.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1162th | 3.158⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 319th | 3.75⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 16th | 4.429⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 344th | 3.825⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
Battle Royale is earkilling, yeah))
You game is charming. Very drawn out though, I would probably spend some time refining the humor, keep the best bits and move on as quickly as you can. Especially in a game jam where people are probably only wanting to spend a few minutes per game.
As for the actual gameplay, your platformer needs coyote time. It took me longer than I like to admit to realize that I should've walked to left (even though it was the first thing I did when the platformer popped up), and probably more than half of my jumps were unsuccessful.
I quit at the boss because it kept restarting after a single hit, which was made worse from the fact that the player's hitbox (or boss hurtbox) is very large. For the first several times I took damage I didn't even realize it. I kept wondering why I was getting sent back to the start. So also some player feedback on that would be an improvement as well.
Good job on the game. The humor is pretty good and the narrator charming. :)
Seriously though, this was the most inventive entry I have seen in a while, if you made something like this but where player choices actually matter you'd have a hit on your hands. Probably.
Btw your game deserves more rating/reviews, I hope you are not shy about advertising. Any sort of image on the game's LD page might also help. While it's true that not knowing what to expect works well with your game, the lack of image may be putting some people off from clicking the link.