Theft of the Inferno Heart by MarkoPoloDev

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made by MarkoPoloDev for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

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Steal the inferno heart and keep it (and yourself) alive. Fight your way through brutal arenas filled with deadly enemies, desperate for the next waypoint to guide your quest for freedom.

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Choose between abilities at the end of each stage: will you become an unstoppable juggernaut of power or an awesome behemoth of force?

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FYI, if you finish a stage and end up back at the main menu, you've won!

Technology

  • Godot
  • Sunvox
  • Aseprite
  • Pixel FX Designer
  • SmearFX

Development Timelapse

I streamed the whole thing on twitch, here's the tldr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6nLxkY-5k

Bugfixes

  • I have made several bugfixes since the deadline. For the full list, see the github commit log

Ratings

Overall 71th 4⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 61th 4⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 281th 3.593⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 66th 4.185⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 102th 4.148⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 182th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 135th 3.759⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

WittyCognomen
20. Apr 2020 · 19:50 UTC
Great entry, got the heart stuck in a corner though.
jsec
20. Apr 2020 · 19:51 UTC
cool loking game, i like art style.
Game would have better reach if also HTML5 version would be available (Godot can export to HTML5)
Ioan Pop
20. Apr 2020 · 19:52 UTC
Great interpretation of the theme! The game play and attacking felt great. I think some sounds are too loud tho, maybe they need to be balanced out, and at one point the audio just glitched out! Thought I'd let you know :)
Hedgy
20. Apr 2020 · 19:58 UTC
Really great art!
SoarenDev
20. Apr 2020 · 20:01 UTC
The true game begins when you understand that you can push the inferno heart with your character #speedrun x)

Really great game, good and polished in every aspect, so nothing more to say that it was really fun to play!

Good job!
cheesepencil
20. Apr 2020 · 20:05 UTC
Great mood. Nice BGM, too. The anims are slick, too. I had to give up after a few levels because the constant clicking was making my wrist act up, I wish I could just hold the button down! Solid compo game!
Wikers
20. Apr 2020 · 20:09 UTC
very cool game jajaja i loved, the art is very good
Im playing and see the @soarendev comment it was wtf i can push them, Play again :v
Webox
20. Apr 2020 · 22:29 UTC
Woah, this is impressive for a compo!!! You did a really great job!! cool visuals, cool music, really fun to play.. Great job!! Solid entry
JavaSaurus
20. Apr 2020 · 22:30 UTC
Nice one ! I tend to dislike escort mission but this game feels very satisfying :)
Pumpkikin
21. Apr 2020 · 01:29 UTC
Really solid game mechanics and pixel style. I dont know if this was intentional or not, but you can move the heart around, practically allowing you to speed run it to the finish, but also if its bumped off course its likely to get stuck and needs pushing off of obstacles.
Yonman
21. Apr 2020 · 10:04 UTC
Cool game! I really liked playing it and the graphics are great!
Frogman
21. Apr 2020 · 10:09 UTC
Excellent games! It was really fun, had interesting upgrades and great graphics. Some upgrades were a bit imbalanced (increasing the Heart's movement speed actually makes the game harder), but I managed to finish it on my second try. Very well done!
rk3Omega
21. Apr 2020 · 19:03 UTC
Very impressive for a compo entry. The game feels really nice and the combat is a lot of fun. Having to rapidly click to attack started to get a bit tiring. The third level just felt like enemy spam and unfair, actually souring the experience at that point.
Nerzal
21. Apr 2020 · 19:16 UTC
Hey, as allways i had fun playing your game.

Here are my thoughts about it:
1. The music was good.
2. The "windy" sound int he menu was very loud - a bit to loud.
3. As soon as i realized that i could cheat by pushing back the Heart as far as possible, to be able to clear the levels of all enemies without having to take care heart the game got pretty easy, as i abused this behavior. The heart also stopped following it's path when doing so, although it did start walking it's path again, when giving it a little push into the correct direction.
4. i like the graphics

Overall i did enjoy the game, and was a little sad, that it ended so fast.
elysiagriffin
09. May 2020 · 18:44 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615922637?t=3h20m54s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Honest Dan
12. May 2020 · 18:40 UTC
Marko - really impressive - especially for compo! you always do a great job of art and audio combining together <3