Fortold by MrTroy

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made by MrTroy for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Once every 5 years someone must throw themselves into the Time Fire to appease the Time God. Guess who's turn it is this time! Well, you might not have to, if you can get enough time cubes to warp yourself out of there and let it be someone else's turn for a change. Don't want to leave someone else out on all the fun.

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Developer's note. I know no one reads these things but... I ran out of time due to PC issues, so 90% of the story isn't in the game at the time of this writing. I may be able to get time to try and update things later, but the compo version isn't having it.


Additional notes. I hope you read this. The votes are only for the Jam version. I've been noodling around with adding additional content, and wanted to give you all a post Jam version. If the title screen says "Relaxed" then you're playing the version you shouldn't vote on. ;)

That being said I had a lot of fun making this game after the computer disasters over the Ludum Dare weekend. I tried to make a very very lite version of AI for this game, but there isn't really any balance. I hope you enjoy it!

Ratings

Overall 997th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1056th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1266th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1230th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 606th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 634th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 364th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 749th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Rebecca Harrison
05. Apr 2022 · 16:03 UTC
Hey Mr. Troy! :) I played it even though it wasn't 100% complete and it was really sweet. I love the art style.
makio64
05. Apr 2022 · 18:54 UTC
So I actually accepted my destiny and then tried again to escape it !

Very fun overall , had a pacman feeling in it and would love to see more of this game!

congrats !
BinarySpark
05. Apr 2022 · 18:58 UTC
Cute art style!
binaryDiv
05. Apr 2022 · 18:59 UTC
I like the idea. Very unfortunate that you couldn't complete the game, but still good work. :)
Davide Rossetto
05. Apr 2022 · 18:59 UTC
The game is cute and there are a lot of good ideas, looking forward to see it completed! :v:
Escarpoulpe
05. Apr 2022 · 19:02 UTC
Ok i jumped in the fire i think i'm dumb but the game is really cool and i've laughed so hard for the message after jumping in the fire
Jeff Kerman
05. Apr 2022 · 19:02 UTC
The art and vibe of this game is on point. I can't wait to see more.
subvertissement
05. Apr 2022 · 19:03 UTC
it was short, but the idea felt promising! nicely done!
Szkocka
05. Apr 2022 · 19:03 UTC
Hi!

After pressing "Run game" in itch.io nothing happened.
PiczkaBobra
05. Apr 2022 · 19:04 UTC
i really like the concept, the eyes in the menu was a nice suprise. Music is cool and graphical design is very intrersting but gameplay is lacking of core.

Idea is great i hope you will someday polish this concept :)
Bumble
05. Apr 2022 · 19:04 UTC
The art-style is simplistic in a nice way!

Looks like a great setup for an interesting storyline :D Developer's note read - hoping for updates :)
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:12 UTC
@makio64 Literally, the concept art was very pac-man esque. Thank you for spotting that. :D
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:12 UTC
@binaryspark Thank you. I've been trying to find my own art style for like 5 years. That means a lot to me considering I've been trying with this for the past year.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:15 UTC
@binarydiv Thank you. That means a lot.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:16 UTC
@davide-rossetto I'm going to try to, as soon as I find myself another keyboard.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:16 UTC
@escarpoulpe I'm glad you did. One of the things that was in the works was to tempt the player to explore as many options as possible.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:18 UTC
@jeff-kerman Thank you. All the feedback I'm getting is encouraging me to at least finish this game in the next few days once I fix my computer.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:19 UTC
@subvertissement Thank you.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:20 UTC
@szkocka Unfortunately I didn't optimize the game yet. So, the audio is really really large in file size (Even though it's only about 30 seconds of audio) that sometimes causes machines to take a really long time to load. If it didn't load at all, I need to look in to why that may be happening.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:24 UTC
@piczkabobra Thank you for playing, the eyes were originally part of the design as a hint for later levels. I wish I could've incorporated that into what I had to submit.
🎤 MrTroy
05. Apr 2022 · 19:25 UTC
@bumble Thank you. I literally sat down with an artist and discussed colour theory before working on this. The background was originally going to be either bright pink or a bright yellow. But, I wanted to save everyone's eyes. :D
LDJam user 139668
05. Apr 2022 · 19:27 UTC
Sad you didn't complete it :(

I really liked visuals!
Szkocka
05. Apr 2022 · 19:34 UTC
Managed to get it to work, experience on the shorter end of the spectrum. Super cool graphics style :D
🎤 MrTroy
06. Apr 2022 · 04:10 UTC
@yogurtthehorse Thank you.
OtterFaeLure
07. Apr 2022 · 02:42 UTC
Sorry you had troubles during the jam! Eck.
That being said, this is super super cute and I can definitely see that greatness was the direction you were headed!
Well done with what you were given. :D
Gix
07. Apr 2022 · 02:43 UTC
Decent concept, could definitely use more polish to flesh out the mechanics a tad more. There's a good method of storytelling but, gameplay wise, you don't start to get into the groove of things until the very last level. As obvious as this sounds, having more levels would be great.
🎤 MrTroy
07. Apr 2022 · 02:55 UTC
@otterfaelure Thank you. This means a lot. If anyone else is reading this comment please check out otterfaelure's game. I was humming the song to that game nonstop last night. 😅
🎤 MrTroy
07. Apr 2022 · 02:56 UTC
@gix Of course I started introducing more complex level designs to slowly walk the player into the groove of things. It's not difficult to create a level, I really would like to flesh out the mechanics.
KuKuRammus
08. Apr 2022 · 18:57 UTC
Artstyle is nice, game itself felt a little unchallenging, though :D
LDJam user 280755
08. Apr 2022 · 21:32 UTC
Cool art style. Would like to see it developed more!
🎤 MrTroy
08. Apr 2022 · 22:10 UTC
@kukurammus This is the opposite end of difficulty I typically do. I wish I could've given you the experience you desired.
🎤 MrTroy
08. Apr 2022 · 22:44 UTC
@daniel-username I'm trying to gauge how much more I can add before people become disappointed that it goes too far or doesn't live up to expectations. 😅
shadow64
13. Apr 2022 · 09:17 UTC
"Well that happened." :D I think the humor is really the part that sticks out the most for me with this one. I chuckled multiple times - "...into the Time Fire to appease the Time God" (of course!). I delight in the silly, so this description was very up my alley.

I'm sorry you didn't get as far as you wanted, but I think the concept is really good and I liked the sort of stealth-ish gameplay it seemed like you were leaning towards.

Thanks for reviewing and commenting on The Apocawiz. Sorry it took me a bit to respond!
Squerf
20. Apr 2022 · 12:39 UTC
I just played the jam version but now I'm definitely going back to play the post-jam game! Very interested to see where you've taken it.