Forbidden crystal by hexkritor
Letter from the twentieth overlord of the order:
Greetings warrior!
You remain one of our order of the miners' knights.
I appreciate your courage, but are you sure you are ready for all the horrors that live in the dungeons?
Is this * "Forbidden Crystal" * worth all this effort?
Our main character has faced these words all his life.
He finally found a passage to the caves of the Ancients.
And now all that remains is to dig, survive and reach the end.
The Crystal of the Ancients is out there somewhere, waiting for its Seeker.
But are you ready for what awaits you?
And what awaits you ... is a platformer with a lovingly made protagonist, mobs and traps.
Take care of yourself and try not to fall when you climb the wall. Good luck :)
About team:
• Yaroslav (Jarnero) - Teamlead, gamedesigner, lvl artist
• Alexander (Hexkritor) - POGrammer, worked with Unity
• *Andrey Birchenko - Sound designer composer, lvl design - *
• Ruslan (September) - Art direction
• *Valentin (Nevernox) - ArtIST (Main hero stylization) *
• Alexandrina aka "DED" - Artist (Env + mobs)
• Sofia - Artist (Enviroment,props)
• Igor aka Leeric - Artist (Enviroment,main menu.)
HOW TO PLAY:
1. DOWNLOAD .ZIP DOWN BELOW.
2. FIND FILE LD 48.EXE
3. CONGRATZ, YOU DID IT!

| Win Build | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uHFk5IZQphwATLhRRi6-qoDXM79F2N2u/view?usp=sharing |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/forbidden-crystal |
Ratings
| Overall | 1534th | 3.121⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1629th | 2.776⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1893th | 2.086⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1501th | 3.121⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 726th | 3.828⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 1108th | 2.839⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1370th | 1.981⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1582th | 2.875⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Thats a very great that you has fan.
We as a developers really appreciate it:3
The art, with more polish could be really high class.
He needs some oil for his armor though x)
but
there is no "i got damaged" sound so it toke me a while to notice why i even died
game mechanics/design is lacking compare to the graphics, It looks so nice but feels like a beginner jumping square game.
A classic take on the theme, nice graphics and ambiance (these little sunrays hitting from the sky feel soooooo good). The controls would need to be refined a bit, but darn it, making pleasant sidescroller/platformer controls is a hard journey in itself. Also, I sometimes had a hard time knowing if I could interact with an element or not.
Anyways, keep making games :v:
Like others said: The game would really profid from more feedback. Damage Sounds/Particle FX etc. But for a Jam game it is really well done
P.S:
Пару моих личных придирок:
У вас там в description написано forgotten crystal, но он же у вас forbidden или это шутки ради?)
И там между sound designer и lvl artist дефис, насколько я знаю, не ставится. Но это все настолько незначительно, что легально и забить :)
You should improve feeling and impact of character.
About oil - ha-ha. Our sound-designer will think about it%)
I am a gamedesigner and it was a painful decision that we should work more with art then with some basic stuff. Anyway thats a new game expirience isnt it? Hope that is wasnt such painful as mine...
About bags - we will fix it at **POSTJAM version**.
Special thanks for our Art-lead Ruslan. He leads us and made this light what you likes^3
Any tips about controls?
We didnt find some "classic" controls for platformers, so maybe you can help us?
Anyway... **about making games - we will, ofc;3**
Maybe you would to play **POSTJAM version** with some new lvls and content?
First of all in this game should be a nice story. And Elevator should be something like a HUB when you can go to the next lvls + read some story of the world. What do you think about it? Does it will be interesting for you?
Ofc we will fix all FX and add a new one. Only 3 days is not too much, you know^(
Anyway - hope you enjoyed it. See you^3
Ну и если бы было больше времени - успели бы больше, поверь...
About bags - can you please answer whats happend 3 times in details? Maybe we can fix this. What platform did you played?
And thanks for playing - you a hero that didnt give up and do it 3+ times, really.
im an arist so i enjoy the art
one of the best here :)
Anyway - thank you!
Pls answer, becouse it is important for us!
Нам всем тоже очень жаль, но мы хотим сделать постджем версию с исправлением косяков, так что можешь следить здесь или на итче - думаю, доделаем. Спасибо ещё раз:3
So nice that you like it. We want to finish it at **POSTJAM version**. Will you be interested?