Shoved Serenity by Solah

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made by Solah for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

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Short Description

As a monk, you try to meditate at the peak of a mountain, but the birds and the wind try to distract you (and make you fall eventually). Try to meditate as long as you can!

Tools

  • A game made with Unity
  • Music made with Reaper, my 7-string guitar and some VSTs
  • Graphics made with Aseprite

Feelings

That's the first time I manage to finish something without too much stress! I was confident in my idea, simple but fun and that helped a lot!

It was so much fun to make the game during live streams!

Thanks to @Solweak and @Nebiros for their advices when I was working for the first time with aseprite and thanks a lot to all the people from the chat on Twitch, you are the best!

I hope you'll have fun trying to meditate and thanks for playing!

Screenshots

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Ratings

Overall 72th 3.935⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Fun 45th 4.009⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 284th 3.311⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 65th 4.179⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 200th 3.639⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Audio 47th 3.923⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Humor 9th 4.375⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Mood 26th 4.067⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Given 74🗳️ 98🗨️

Feedback

SlimmerBurger
04. Oct 2021 · 08:50 UTC
Really relaxing game, that is until you lose at which point it's hilarious!
VarunDevs
04. Oct 2021 · 08:52 UTC
GG!!!!!!!
Nebiros
04. Oct 2021 · 10:01 UTC
Very great game ! Hard to fight myself to not spend all my time trying to beat my score on that one !
Just as addictive as the google dinosaur game
aplegatt
04. Oct 2021 · 13:50 UTC
Your game reminds me of Flappy Bird or Lumberjack types - simple, addictive and really hard :) Really liked sound design with crossfades from relaxing music to heavy riffage, nice touch :)
Jonah_SRG
04. Oct 2021 · 18:35 UTC
A very silly but fun arcade style game. The absurdity of it, along with jarring guitar and screaming sound effects make it seem like the perfect addition to a Warioware game. I found myself crouching most of the time and focusing on the jump timing, that seems to be the hardest of the three challenges. The zooming in of the camera when tipping over is a nice touch. Really well done!
Turtle Games
04. Oct 2021 · 21:26 UTC
hahaha. I love how he start to get destroyed by the hits.
Your game fits the theme perfectly
Pimeko
05. Oct 2021 · 00:58 UTC
Awesome game: fits perfectly the theme, great mood, funny, easy to understand, congrats!
JakobTheQuizGuy
05. Oct 2021 · 11:00 UTC
Sweet!
A few details I really liked:
- When you're close to falling and it plays the guitar
- The effects when you're hit by a bird, actually scared me the first time lmao
- How the monk gets progressively more beat up when you fail
- The voice acting for the monk

This game is fun and you can sit with it for a while. One thing I want is an animation for the birds, they feel a bit lifeless floating through the air like this. I was pleasantly surprised to find that our games are actually quite similar in some ways!
digitaldude555
05. Oct 2021 · 13:38 UTC
Simple and fun, takes a simple concept and polishes it to get the best game it can be, I could learn from your approach. Sound design is something I liked, except that ear piercing sound the wind sometimes makes. I survived over a minute before bird got me. Good job.
Ludokultur
05. Oct 2021 · 16:37 UTC
Jumping in the wind is not meditation? That's just your opinion man...

Really cool entry, I could totally see this being a popular mobile game. Great audiovisuals (love the looming metal guitar haha) too. Awesome job!
TheGreenWorm
05. Oct 2021 · 17:10 UTC
Une cheville très musclée le monsieur
Gorypixels
05. Oct 2021 · 17:33 UTC
What a fun little thing! had great fun with it :D
PowerAnze
05. Oct 2021 · 18:08 UTC
Very fun and the music is peak humor - would love to hear the whole track, I balanced on the edge just to hear it
jka
05. Oct 2021 · 18:34 UTC
Apparently I find meditating quite stressful.

Nice game, well done! :thumbsup:
Mathiouza
05. Oct 2021 · 23:46 UTC
1:31.97

The game is hilarious x) I actually laugh in front of my screen when I got hit for the first time by the bird ahah x)

Great work! Nothing to say more ahah x) :clap: :clap:
TimeLoad
06. Oct 2021 · 00:34 UTC
Fun game, I love the death animation lol
kenster
06. Oct 2021 · 00:44 UTC
I love the sounds and music! (but menu music would've been neato) nice concept too, fun
ADerpyChickenStudios
06. Oct 2021 · 00:58 UTC
Really fun little game I feel like this would be perfect as a mobile game I could definitely see myself playing it. I loved that after you died on the mountain you added the bandage to his head great little touch I laughed at. The game gave me vibes of Mario Party Games which is awesome in my books. Overall awesome little addicting game excellent job. I am happing to be the one pushing this over the 20 ratings mark congrats!
yopox
06. Oct 2021 · 01:04 UTC
The death animations are super funny :laughing:
Well done :)
kuro917
06. Oct 2021 · 12:08 UTC
Very nice design and graphics! Enjoyed it
kalevrk
06. Oct 2021 · 15:18 UTC
A unique concept executed well. I liked the art style and the ramp up in difficulty. Personally, I would have liked to have heard some sort of musical build up from the calm theme to the heavy guitar riff when the monk is starting to lean. Maybe some sort of warning theme or even some crescendoing amp feedback, but again that's just my personal taste. Nice work!
lesinvisible
06. Oct 2021 · 20:49 UTC
This is a very fun project, I like how it's put together, every element is on it's place. Especially the death animations)
Glaikunt
07. Oct 2021 · 09:17 UTC
I couldn't stop laughing when a bird came and slapped me off xD amazing job! really fun, the art is spot on. Great job!
Stending
07. Oct 2021 · 12:36 UTC
So simple yet so fun!

Loved all the stupid details, animations and the totally appropriate music!
We can see you had fun making it and it's amazing!
Remn
07. Oct 2021 · 14:56 UTC
1.44
Matthieu Riboulot
07. Oct 2021 · 14:59 UTC
Amazing compo entry.
Khelian
07. Oct 2021 · 14:59 UTC
Simple, fun, funny, and nicely polished!
madjackmcmad
07. Oct 2021 · 15:08 UTC
Brilliant entry, simple and super fun. High level of polish too. Here, a whole night sky full of stars for your votes. What a delight.

Best time was 2:10.84, apparently ranked God-Tier, I'll take it. Get you some leaderboards, have you checked out Dreamlo? It's where I'm hosting mine for all of no dollars.
caudatecoder
07. Oct 2021 · 16:16 UTC
Really fun little game! I love the setting and the idea of it!

Graphics and soundtrack are pretty cool too. Menus and tutorials gave me a good laugh, great job on this too!

I played it and recorded it during my stream. Unfortunately I was using new software and didn’t check if everything was ok so it recorded like 2/3 of my screen :sweat: I saved recordings of games where you could still understand what’s going on. And your's is on the list. I hope it will still be helpful to see how first-time player interacts with your game :sweat_smile:
https://youtu.be/KdS9PsTVR1o
Your game starts at 1:05:17
thesedatedprince
07. Oct 2021 · 19:42 UTC
This is so much fun :). A unique idea, and the art, music and gameplay all complemented each other perfectly. Really enjoyed it.
topquark
07. Oct 2021 · 19:52 UTC
It was really hard but we liked it! The effects when being hit by a bird were great.
pdotjpg
07. Oct 2021 · 21:17 UTC
Oh man, this is great. The gameplay is simple, polished and fun, but the theme really takes it to the next level. Such a silly concept, really brought to life by little details like the echoing scream. Someone above me put it well - you seem to have had fun making this. That really shines through.
BinaryPrinciple
07. Oct 2021 · 23:36 UTC
Awesome Game! Simply controls, easy to understand and play, and a unique theme!
Well done!
jk5000
08. Oct 2021 · 07:58 UTC
A funny and very well made little game. Well done.
Pierre Morreel
08. Oct 2021 · 09:25 UTC
2:03 ! Super addictive and fun game ! Worthy of a mini-game like Warioware honestly. Gameplay is super simple and clear, graphics are adequate for what it is, and the sounds adds a humor touch that kept me laughing all along !
​Super cool and smart entry !
llaumegui
08. Oct 2021 · 11:57 UTC
I had SO much fun ! Simple yet very polished, loved the attention to the details
Congratulations !
LuhUchiha
09. Oct 2021 · 02:19 UTC
Great art, and fun game! The hit effects and animations are very cool! Well done!
TomStuff
09. Oct 2021 · 20:21 UTC
I like it! Very simple and clean. Perfect minigame
hotaloca
10. Oct 2021 · 10:58 UTC
Haha. A perfect small game. I really liked the how-to-play description, it was real fun. Also the controls felt very nicely balanced - not too easy, not too hard. Nice experience, made me laugh. Thanks!
Lovor
10. Oct 2021 · 18:51 UTC
Pahaha that screamer at the end, it makes me laugh a lot. Good game with great atmosphere.
Fractale
14. Oct 2021 · 17:56 UTC
The game is so funny. I launch every time I died! I love how you approach the theme. great game
nratcliff
14. Oct 2021 · 17:57 UTC
Lots of genuine laughs from this one. I really love all the care and attention to detail in the polish. From the action camera when a bird hits you to the bandages on the monk, this is really something great. Excellent work!
Hacktier
15. Oct 2021 · 19:29 UTC
I really love your sounds. Nice Game.
crazyrems
16. Oct 2021 · 09:57 UTC
Hilarious and brilliant, great amount of details, super funny and challenging :smile:
Hengen
19. Oct 2021 · 10:26 UTC
my type of game! challenging and fun! Really JUICY and polished

Good job!
mikouaji
20. Oct 2021 · 11:32 UTC
Haha very cool :D Really fun to play, controls feel good. Very nice sound effects!