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Akhlut by David Kutak

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made by David Kutak for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

According to the Inuit folklore, the kak-whan-u-ghat kig-u-lu'-nik or akh'lut is a composite animal that takes the form of an orca when in water and a form of a wolf when on land. One such creature is in trouble in the Ijuguk Napâttulik, Forest of Ghost. Can you save it?

* NOTE: *

The game requires a decent hardware. GTX 1050 and better is recommended. The graphics are mix of free & paid assets and Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline magic. :)

* UPDATES: *

24/04/2020: Based on the comments, I have added "objectives menu". When the player presses the TAB key, it will show him the current objective.

Akhlut<em>screen</em>menu.png Akhlut_screen.png

Youtube https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvbiN3QdestkF_mrms-ypdsnqjsd5a5_/view?usp=sharing
Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/2f6ftvacq2frxcr/Akhlut_ld46.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/akhlut

Ratings

Overall 1204th 3.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1920th 2.972⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2088th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1447th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 154th 4.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

hangarter
21. Apr 2020 · 11:15 UTC
Any chance you can build for mac or html5?
🎤 David Kutak
21. Apr 2020 · 11:30 UTC
Hi, thanks for comment! It would be nice but I cannot do so unfortunately. :/ Mac build would require me to have a Mac and since I am using a Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline, web build is also not technically possible.
Viktor Dedek
21. Apr 2020 · 11:49 UTC
You could upload to a better cloud site, maybe google drive, so we can download faster. Unless you want us to pay to uloz.to, it takes one and half hour. Stejně si to stáhnu ;)
Janetheodd
21. Apr 2020 · 11:52 UTC
Uloz.to is blocked for germany and after a quick google i think its europe in general. Might be worthwhile to give an alternative.
Simply
21. Apr 2020 · 11:55 UTC
Wow these Graphics! Well done bro. :thumbsup:
Brenan
21. Apr 2020 · 12:02 UTC
I really wanted to play, but you chosed the worst host. I activated notifications on my message, ping me if you have a better host !
🎤 David Kutak
21. Apr 2020 · 12:41 UTC
Hi everyone, thank you for your comments and information about the download issues. Sorry for that! I have reuploaded the game, the new link should be in the Downloads section. :)
damagefilter
21. Apr 2020 · 14:16 UTC
Akhlut makes a very good job on the mood department.
Also props for taking the risk and using that cursed HDRP :)

I had a hard time figuring out what needs to be done though.
Would love some more, precise, (or more prominent? maybe I missed them) hints on what needs to be done.
Also got stuck once and then poor Akhlut died on me :C
burg113
21. Apr 2020 · 14:57 UTC
Good game. I enjoyed playing it.
🎤 David Kutak
21. Apr 2020 · 15:17 UTC
Thanks a lot for feedback @damagefilter. You are right, the explanation of "what needs to be done" should have been made more clear. :) Poor Akhlut, it is a tough life for him. :D

@burg113 ~~Can you please try the primary download link?~~ Edit: Great, I see it worked. Thanks a lot!
Solah
21. Apr 2020 · 19:20 UTC
The mood of this game is really great, I really wanted to save Akh'lut but I couldn't. I think your game lacks of indications, I quickly found myself lost after having found a half wolf but then I just saw ghosts and died.
Daniil Tcyvakin
21. Apr 2020 · 20:31 UTC
Cool graphics, sounddesign and effects, but a bit lagging on gtx1050. Unreadable down text, too hard to understand your story. I was killed without any reason. Ghosts were far away. Ceep on going, increase game performance and it will become really good!
Primum Ludum
22. Apr 2020 · 17:57 UTC
I’d enjoy it! The game have good mood due to interesting sounds and cool graphics. I liked the concept of a creature with two forms.

The camera's twitchy movements is a hindrance. I got stuck in logs and other small parts on the ground. If you quickly press shift, you can make jerks, even if the acceleration has ended.
I was lost in the woods periodically. Maybe some visual landmarks could help me.

I liked the mechanics. Two tasks at the same time is interesting. I want checkpoints so that I don't have to start from the beginning every time.
🎤 David Kutak
23. Apr 2020 · 22:12 UTC
Hello, thanks a lot everyone for the comments. :) I have released a first small update which allows the player to see the current objective. If there will be time in the future, I will try to improve also other things.
Risist
25. Apr 2020 · 15:04 UTC
Wait, why there is no possibility to score you for graphics? I wanted to give a high score here :/ And btw, even on my gtx 1650 I have maybe 20fps at best. Lighting looks neat through.
Rob Parker
06. May 2020 · 10:18 UTC
The mood and the graphics in this game are incredible!
🎤 David Kutak
11. May 2020 · 15:58 UTC
Thanks a lot everyone! :) The graphics category is omitted since the models are not mine.