VÖLUSPÁ : Twilight of the Gods by Mathoslink
Play the game here: https://mathoslink.itch.io/volupsa
Ragnarök has started ! The last battle of the norse gods ! The giant wolf Fenrir has already killed Odin and stolen his spear. Only three surviving gods remain to prevent the world from ending : the fierceful Vidarr, god of Vengeance, Freyja, goddess of War, and Idunn, goddess of Eternal Youth. Each one of them can offer a different power to the whole group.
VÖLUSPÁ : Twilight of the Gods is an Action-Puzzle game. * Activate Vidarr's Vengeance and recreate the original picture to reflect part of your enemy's damage. * Activate Freyja's Shield-Maiden and repeat the full incantation in order to prevent part of your enemy's damage. * Activate Idunn's Rejuvenation and link the roots of Yggdrasil back together to heal a good amount of your missing health.
But beware ! Fenrir fury is unstoppable and he will attack Every 10 Seconds. Some of his onslaughts can do more damage than others. Fortunately the gods' powers are still strong, and they can foresee his next moves.
Play wisely and complete the challenges as fast as possible to unfold even more potent skills.
| Itch | https://mathoslink.itch.io/volupsa |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/voluspa-twilight-of-the-gods |
Ratings
| Given | 24🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
The game indeed is very difficult, we are aware of that but decided to keep it that way as a game to actually train on and get better at. There is only one combat : Fenrir. It is an Action as much as a Puzzle game, but your speed and skill will be rewarded !
Others are just impossible to beat in 10 seconds limit. Very hardcore.
Nice visuals though! Respect to the artist. Sound effects are nice too.
but....
butt.....
iiiiisss very hard!! my brain is not ready to solve the puzzle in 10 seconds! haha.
Really, Good job!!!!!
love the variety in and how each option require its own minigame, that some innovation right there, (although I found a little exploit in the letters minigame where you can randomly spam all letters and still make it in time lol). great work!
The balance of the different puzzles/skills is a bit off imo. They're way too hard the first times as you've got no tutorial and so will end up losing your first run. I've found the Heal to be the easiest one, the Attack one is ok overall but the Shield is way too hard to do in the legit way, so I ended up just spam clicking on every rune as there's no penalties for errors. Also, I'm not sure the Shield is a good option as the heal is stronger than the damages you'd get from a single hit. I think some extra depth to the boss fight with the boss having several moves and a way to anticipate the boss' next move would be a nice addition so you'd want to use the shield whenever the boss is gonna do a big attack, heal whenever the boss won't hit your hard, etc...
Le concept est très intéressant. Mettre en place un système de puzzle-game au sein d'un RPG, ça me rappelle pas mal Undertale, ce qui n'est pas déplaisant. Pour le temps imparti le scope de votre équipe, franchement c'est très bien.
J'ai quelques remarques:
- c'est dommage de ne pas avoir faire un menu pour baisser le son et/ou les SFX, l'audio n'est pas mixé de manière homogène ;
- la difficulté des puzzles n'est pas assez équilibrée, le heal est trop simple par rapport au bouclier (qui peut être fait en spammant, mais ça casse le principe du puzzle) ;
- ça aurait été bien d'enchaîner plusieurs ennemis plutôt qu'un seul gros (mais je suis bien conscient qu'en jam, c'est compliqué).
Quoiqu'il en soit, j'aime concept et je serai curieux de le voir pousser plus loin que le cadre d'un gamejam :thumbsup: