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Time Thief by YellowKamel

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made by YellowKamel for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

The music was completely created by us. Not all sounds were made by us. Please rate us on music alone in the Audio category!

An evil "Time Stealer" from outer space infiltrated this once peaceful world.

:control_knobs: Controls

Most controls are obvious, but the final battle could need some instruction: - Use [Left, Right, Up, Down] on the keyboard or the D-Pad on the controller to change your selected hero. - Press [Space] on the keyboard or the (A) button on the controller to toggle helpers active or inactive or to switch attack type (melee, ranged) when Alex is selected. - Press [Enter] on the keyboard or the (Start) button on the controller to submit your turn.

:warning: Godot has some sound issues in the browser. If you want the intended experience, please consider downloading the game!

Link https://github.com/panorb/ludum-dare-51
Link https://panor.itch.io/time-thief
Link https://panor.itch.io/time-thief
Link https://panor.itch.io/time-thief
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/time-thief

Ratings

Overall 1047th 3.017⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1113th 2.667⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1044th 2.733⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1214th 2.1⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 464th 3.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 481th 3.017⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 908th 3.069⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Igor Morgun
04. Oct 2022 · 14:35 UTC
i like space
Finn Pickart
04. Oct 2022 · 15:25 UTC
Nice game.
Tbh I didn't read everything, it was a quite large amount of text, but for what I have seen I liked the game :)
lavendaggers
04. Oct 2022 · 21:49 UTC
Nice story with fun characters. Love/hate Porkus lmao
Rincs
05. Oct 2022 · 14:20 UTC
Love the characters, I thought it was a fun little adventure! Would definitely have loved a bit more pizazz on the graphics side, even if the pizzazz was all put into that last fight! I gotta try it with the ninjas at some point...
misterstripey
05. Oct 2022 · 15:51 UTC
Hey, I enjoyed playing this on stream! Here's the VOD in case you want to share with your team before twitch takes it down in a week or two: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1609951820?t=00h43m20s


I had so much fun getting to read all the dialogue out loud that I had to rush through the end to get to the boss. Loved some of the character names and unique situations, it made me smile. It was quite the surprise to see the **SPOILER** added in at the end after only thinking this was a choice-driven visual novel. Great job!!
NomadicRockMan
06. Oct 2022 · 00:01 UTC
It's a nice change of pace to a story-driven game in a jam. I wasn't quite sure how to use my supporting characters during the final fight, so I lost, but overall, very cool experience.
Slothzilla Games
07. Oct 2022 · 14:22 UTC
Very well done on the music, it was very epic. Text-based adventures usually aren't my jam but I enjoyed the what I did play up until I died :(

I'll probably give it another go soon. Good job!
Roroto Sic
08. Oct 2022 · 13:05 UTC
Great audio, musics give a great "rpg fantasy" vibes ! Nice visual novel /rpg game:)
exilegl
08. Oct 2022 · 14:45 UTC
Great story (and good bits of humor), love the music too - fits very well. Tried to figure out how to use my companions to fight in the end, and while I was able to sort of "select" them/highlight them with a red square, I wasn't able to make them do anything, so ig I lost - otherwise very good/solid!

![Screenshot_2022-10-08 Time Thief by panor.png](///raw/3f2/z/52db0.png)
Wendel Scardua
09. Oct 2022 · 18:52 UTC
A few things I'd point are:

- I think either there should be more illustrations during the story, or none, for consistency
- I think [enter] while the text is being written on screen should first skip to the end of the current page, instead of skipping to the beginning of the next page (I wanted to read it faster and ended up missing a couple of pages)

But nice entry, I liked how the decisions affect who will help you in the end (and how the first scene hids who was with Alex at the final battle)
MrBamboo
09. Oct 2022 · 19:57 UTC
Great scripting.
PostFrog
11. Oct 2022 · 14:36 UTC
Wasn't a big fun of the execution, but definitely an interesting idea. Something about the way the text was presented, and maybe even written, felt kinda unwelcoming and hard to get into (maybe its the font? not sure honestly. Probably more than that)
xsangyhix
11. Oct 2022 · 22:23 UTC
You've managed to put a quite considerable amound of content into the game. The music sounded good. I think you could benefit more from your own characters instead of borrowing from pop-culture. Other than that, I think you could have skipped the battle mechanic and replace it with more refinement elsewhere. I am also curious what the time relics were supposed to do.