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Savior by Ekin

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made by Ekin for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

"There was a sacred fish before the humankind.. Now, its your chance to save the world..."

What is this game? It is an advanture game which took place in an ancient world. You have to save the Koi fish and carry him to The Pool of Life.

How to play? Use mouse to navigate and hold left click to dive. After diving release your left click when the bar is full to gain altitude. Collect air rings to increase your speed. Reach checkpoint pools to recover the fish.

Where did this idea came from? There are similar mechanics have been used in many AAA games like Batman: Arkham Series, Assassin's Creed II, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. But It was never a core mechanic. As flying is a core mechanic, we created wind zones and upgrades to support the gameplay.

What is the music? It is Lonely Bird by The Bulgarian Voices & Huun Huur Tu.

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Changelog: Savior v1.2(4/24/2020) - Camera angle issue on respawn fixed

Savior v1.1(4/21/2020) - Camera sensitivity fixed

Youtube https://ekinohutcu.itch.io/savior
Youtube https://ekinohutcu.itch.io/savior
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/saviour-1

Ratings

Overall 1450th 3.394⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1715th 3.085⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1091th 3.351⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1253th 3.652⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 688th 3.979⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Audio 473th 3.685⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1951th 2.014⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 308th 3.936⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

lvl76blastoise
21. Apr 2020 · 02:41 UTC
Interesting concept! I had a bit of trouble playing that game outside of full screen where it didn't display the time remaining and I was facing the wrong direction.
Huitre
21. Apr 2020 · 03:10 UTC
Great mood, and it's quite pleasing to fly around once you get the hang of it!
I had to reduce my mouse speed a lot for to be able to control it.
I like that painterly effect on the terrain too!
SparkDrago
21. Apr 2020 · 06:10 UTC
Nice Atmosphere :D,
keep up the good work guys! :thumbsup:
AdamCYounis
21. Apr 2020 · 06:10 UTC
This was a really intriguing game. I liked the concept and the mechanics, though i got stuck few times, dragged into the floor by the wind, so I was unable to finish. I really liked the aesthetic though. I hope you keep working on it! Thanks for the game :)
Almighty Games
21. Apr 2020 · 06:20 UTC
I really loved the low-poly 3D art in this game. The music and sounds were soothing and matched the nature theme of the game. I did have trouble with the mouse sensitivity, but it's forgivable considering the 3-Day time constraint. I will go back and play this game a little more when I have some extra time in the next few days. Great job! Hope you do well. Best to you!
lmstrato
21. Apr 2020 · 06:34 UTC
@almighty-games thank you for your kind answer.
Sami
21. Apr 2020 · 09:29 UTC
Really nice concept fitting with the theme, atmostphere and music was great. Kept getting stuck on the floor though, which made it impossible to finish.
yigitserin
21. Apr 2020 · 09:34 UTC
I quite liked the atmosphere and feel of flying. Well done.
Almalexxia
21. Apr 2020 · 09:58 UTC
Optimisation did not work for me although I have a decent PC setup :< Eventhough, I like the atmosphere and design assets. Tebrikler :)
jk5000
21. Apr 2020 · 12:06 UTC
The music, graphics and atmosphere is amazing. The controls is not the best, and was constantly flying into the rocks. Overall a pretty good jam game. Well done.
lmstrato
21. Apr 2020 · 14:45 UTC
We have updated the game, and controls are fixed.
thetego
21. Apr 2020 · 16:27 UTC
I think controls still sucks and there are some camera problems such as when you game over and restart camera angle is still same way do i think it need to be go true way when you retry
thetego
21. Apr 2020 · 16:27 UTC
I think controls still sucks and there are some camera problems such as when you game over and restart camera angle is still same way do i think it need to be go true way when you retry
David Bohan
21. Apr 2020 · 17:11 UTC
Great graphics and sound. The controls work pretty well, I have to play again on a computer that can run it faster but it felt smooth nonetheless.

Love the short and sweet story. Good work on this game.
Yigit Doruk
21. Apr 2020 · 18:00 UTC
Flying mechanic tooks a bit to understand but once you get it, it gets amazing and fun to fly around. Graphics looks stunning, and really liked the theme and story. Well executed game, good job!
Hasan Vurucu
21. Apr 2020 · 19:14 UTC
The dive mechanic is quite fun to play when you get it. Great game but especially loved the song.
noirdrive
21. Apr 2020 · 19:58 UTC
Very nice atmosphere and gameplay, good design for the theme. Sometimes I deal with some camera angle problems and stuck in rocks but still it's a çüte game :)
chrismcco
21. Apr 2020 · 20:53 UTC
I really liked the feel of the game, the models and the animation. Couldn't really get the hang of the flying, I couldn't figure out how to fly upwards and when I hit a rock he often got stuck.
Scott Steffes
22. Apr 2020 · 07:04 UTC
The controls were pretty difficult, but I have to imagine implementing them is more complicated than one might think :P The art style was perfect for a 3D game jam game. Not many people can pull off tasteful 3D in a game jam.
lmstrato
22. Apr 2020 · 11:06 UTC
We are glad so many people liked the atmosphere of the game.

The music we have sampled is Lonely Bird by The Bulgarian Voices & Huun Huur Tu.
Nivbeth
22. Apr 2020 · 21:59 UTC
Great atmosphere as all the others already mentioned :) So sweet!
raphy
22. Apr 2020 · 23:04 UTC
I like the looks of it and the mood of the experience created by audio and visuals. But I really had a hard time to master the controls though making it a bit frustrating at times and getting stuck everywhere.
Dextreon
23. Apr 2020 · 08:26 UTC
Wow! What a nice atmosphere!!! I loved it, the visuals reminds me of Rime, which is a game I love! The music was soo good and the controls were fine as well! Maybe a bit difficult sometimes when you get so close to the floor. Hope you can fix that for future releases, I feel potential here, such a nice work!!! :heart_eyes:
Krapht
23. Apr 2020 · 12:18 UTC
controllers needed some work. I wasn't able to get to a point where I felt I knew what the bird was going to do. The world felt great. Loved both the visuals and the audio. Awesome take on the theme.
PaoloGinefra
23. Apr 2020 · 16:31 UTC
Awesome music, graphics and atmosphere. Once you get stuck is really difficult to find your way back. Also when you restart you face the same direction you faced when you died and that's pretty confusing. Overall a very good jam game
lmstrato
23. Apr 2020 · 21:25 UTC
We have updated the game and fixed some issues for a better experience.

Savior v1.2(4/24/2020)
- Camera angle issue on respawn fixed
Fatsheep
23. Apr 2020 · 23:23 UTC
Nice and short atmospheric game, the diving to gain altitude felt a bit weird though
ben657
24. Apr 2020 · 12:05 UTC
Really good fun! Had a few parts where I got stuck on the ground and it's very difficult to get back into the air properly but aside from that I love it.
Fvafhae
24. Apr 2020 · 12:12 UTC
Awesome entry! Music and graphics create an astounding atmosphere. When you pick up the flying mechanics, it becomes really enjoyable. I like your game!
despdair
24. Apr 2020 · 12:43 UTC
nice feelings and smooth gameplay. You should give some feedback about lost time upon a crash, I did not see it before close look
David Greene
24. Apr 2020 · 15:55 UTC
Came from reddit (nice job with the animated gif, always a good way to get people to play). Like the other commenters have said, great job - good submission! I really enjoyed playing!
QYOUK
24. Apr 2020 · 17:03 UTC
I liked the mood of this game, very calm and relaxing. Nice job on that. But I found the controls a bit weird, maybe it's intended but I had problems to navigate smoothly and it feels to me that it doesn't match the relaxing mood of the graphics and sounds.
Arjenous
24. Apr 2020 · 20:08 UTC
Loved the concept. It was a bit hard to get used to the flying mechanics. Some SFX are a little bit too loud. Good job!
barret
24. Apr 2020 · 23:55 UTC
the game was pretty fun. At first I didn't read the part about the meter haha. Also love the visuals. this game looks very pretty. I would love to play a game like this with a gamepad. I was on my laptop so I didn't have one if it did support gamepad.

also the music was really fitting as well and I appreciated that you had checkpoints and didn't have to start all the way over if you failed.
amkingTRP
28. Apr 2020 · 14:18 UTC
I wasn't particularly good at this, unable to get to the second pond, but I thought this was a really promising game. I really liked the handling of the bird with the mouse, but I didn't really get the diving mechanic - it started feeling like one of those games where you fly through an narrowing cavern always going upward and have to hold the button to go down. If you could implement that into the actual steering of the bird (e.g. flying downwards at a steep angle counts as a dive and increases your airspeed - maybe use the mouse button as a boost) I think this would be perfect.
I'd also like to see a time-limit free mode so you could just enjoy flying around.
GameOverMexico
07. May 2020 · 12:55 UTC
The concept is interesting but the controls have to be polished a little more, very good job!
marcmagus
10. May 2020 · 21:41 UTC
Thanks for bringing your game by my stream to check out! If you'd like to watch again, the highlight is at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/617255761