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Cactus Adventure by Tamas Turi

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made by Tamas Turi for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

About

Accompany Pedro the lost cactus to the reserve. Pedro has to make his journey under the cover of darkness while monsters are hunting him. Don’t worry because with his special ability Pedro is able to create daylight out of darkness. Be aware as his ability doesn't last forever. If you use it frequently to eliminate your enemies, you will consume more energy. Fortunately, the track hides such energy that helps Pedro to recharge.

Guide him along the way to his friends and take down the monsters! Heal yourself in the daylight phase.

Controls

  • TAB: change between day and night (on the top you can see your health and energy level, use your ability wisely)
  • A/Left arrow,D/Right arrow: move left-right
  • SPACE: jump (double jump)
  • E: cactus strike, pick up energy

Credits

  • Artwork: Zsuzsi Sárkány (https://www.instagram.com/sarkany.zsuzsa.91/)
  • Programming: Tamás Turi

Screenshots

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Youtube https://ikturi.itch.io/cactus-adventure
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/cactus-adventure

Ratings

Overall 193th 4.024⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Fun 391th 3.763⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 588th 3.613⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1404th 3.575⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 18th 4.732⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 167th 3.959⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 170th 4.113⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

KayaCarlton
20. Apr 2020 · 23:48 UTC
Insane art I LOVE it !!
FramboiseDodue
21. Apr 2020 · 00:13 UTC
A bit hard to take in but great, I really liked the idea of the change between day and night! Nice artwork too! :D
Hexa3
21. Apr 2020 · 10:08 UTC
This art is magic, I love it.
Karas
21. Apr 2020 · 10:23 UTC
Love the day and night switch, love the art. Maybe a little hard to take in hand but really good overall ! Had to speed run it to see the end !
MikyDev
21. Apr 2020 · 12:05 UTC
I loved everything!
Maksym
21. Apr 2020 · 13:54 UTC
Very nice cute game. The idea with switching the setting is very nice. Art 5/5 and cool audio. Gameplay nicely done. Good game!
Niki90000
21. Apr 2020 · 14:17 UTC
I really love the art style! The only thing that is mocking me is the controlls. Punching with the E key does not really work for me, while walking with A and D. Maybe switching it to the Mouse Click might help. Still 5 Stars worth!
SAVVU
21. Apr 2020 · 14:24 UTC
Awesome idea and the energy / life mechanics during day and night are rally smart!​
Maqo12
21. Apr 2020 · 14:25 UTC
The dance when the night switches to day, I love it.
Cresceda
21. Apr 2020 · 14:27 UTC
Really cool art. Game seems to work great. Also cracked a laugh at the day time phase animations and music. Title screen gives a good feel (And reminds me of freddi fish for some reason lol). Don't really have any criticism =).
fabula_rasa
21. Apr 2020 · 14:33 UTC
Awesome art and lovely animation! The first time I made daytime really made me laugh. The game itself feels a bit easy but the atmosphere is just great.
guladam
21. Apr 2020 · 16:04 UTC
Lovely artstyle and idea! :)

Név alapján pedig írhatom magyarul is, nagyon ügyesek vagytok, szuper! ^_^
LeoMartinez
21. Apr 2020 · 16:06 UTC
Really cool game, nice graphics too.
BeaverGames
21. Apr 2020 · 16:11 UTC
Név alapján én tudom hogy te magyar vagy és így is fogod érteni amit mondok. szuper a játékod! Csak lehetett volna jobban ragaszkodni a témához. Ez a Zsuzsa az nagyon jól rajzol!

Tamás Just in case you don't speak Hungarian here's the translation:
By name I know that you are Hungarian and you will understand what I say. your game is super! I just could have stuck to the theme better. This Zsuzsa draws very well!
Mrowka
21. Apr 2020 · 16:11 UTC
Lovely art style, the music sets a nice mood, but I have a problem with the controls, while keeping my fingers on A,D and E I can't exactly reach tab to change the day
arzi
21. Apr 2020 · 17:57 UTC
Love the daytime samba! The art is amazing too, great job. It would be nice to have the attack button be different than the recharging one, as now if you're next to the glowy orb and there's an enemy, the cactus just tries to recharge.
Rodrigo Castro
21. Apr 2020 · 18:17 UTC
What is this art? Certainly the best part this game! I loved the concept too. Need to improve something in controls and balance. Keep with this project, please!
Aaron Taube
21. Apr 2020 · 19:32 UTC
*daylight dance starts* 5/5.

Controls were admittedly wonky, but I was charmed, instantly.
🎤 Tamas Turi
21. Apr 2020 · 19:55 UTC
Thank you very much for all your feedback! We are glad that you liked our game.
The controls and the balance really need to be improved in the game. :)

@guladam Köszönjük! :))

@beavergames Köszönjük, valóban lehetett volna jobban ragaszkodni a témához. :)

@mrowka You are right, the controls are a bit difficult with this layout, you can move the character with the arrow keys as well

@arzi You're absolutely right, we should have put it on another button
NoamRaz
21. Apr 2020 · 21:32 UTC
Wow Wow Wow. That Game is insane! I Love It! I can tell that this one is onw of the best I Saw Till now On that website. Only problem that i had was there was that the player movement is too slow. but except that the game is Wonderful!
🎤 Tamas Turi
21. Apr 2020 · 22:50 UTC
@noamraz Thank you! ^^
GreenDinoGames
21. Apr 2020 · 22:54 UTC
Amazing artwork. I like the desert style and the idea to play as a cactus :D
JBDEV
22. Apr 2020 · 09:58 UTC
Graphics are really cute! I enjoyed playing it a lot. Great work!
Faer
22. Apr 2020 · 09:59 UTC
Cool graphics ! The physics / hitbox his kinda broke, though... But Your game has big potential ! keep going !
Olga Ryzhychenko
22. Apr 2020 · 10:29 UTC
A fun idea. And an exciting game! Well conveyed atmosphere. Superbly designed graphic style!
TPZombie
22. Apr 2020 · 17:17 UTC
I love the art!
kjscott
23. Apr 2020 · 11:40 UTC
I liked the day/night cycle, and it was cool that it could be used to heal or destroy enemies (at a higher cost). I would have probably have preferred for the solar balls to be faster or instant pickups to keep the pace going, and for the whole game to move faster than it already does. The controls are a little "floaty", gravity probably needed to be a bit greater so that it produced more natural looking jumps.
GameOverMexico
11. May 2020 · 14:32 UTC
I liked all the details, it is polished and well handled, the style of art I really like, it is well adapted to the music, generally speaking of the atmosphere, the recharge of the fist is fine, but it would give a little more balance to the blow to kill to the enemies at the beginning and then they go away making it more difficult to kill it would add more flavor to the game, excellent work!!
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