Witch's Familiar by Nion

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made by Nion for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Your master has tasked you with an urgent delivery...

Navigate a short series of puzzles using your unique bird abilities.

Controls:

Arrow Keys: Movement

Z: Pick Up/Drop

R (Hold): Restart level

M: Toggle Music

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Changelog:

-Fixed a soft lock bug.

Ratings

Overall 29th 4.125⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 181th 3.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 208th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 52th 4.271⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 11th 4.542⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 72th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 23th 4.229⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

TofuCat
30. Apr 2023 · 22:36 UTC
Unfortunately the game won't run for me. I get the message "Failed to read the 'serviceWorker' property from 'Navigator': Service worker is disabled because the context is sandboxed and lacks the 'allow-same-origin' flag."
Any ideas?

However, I love the concept and art work :)
🎤 Nion
30. Apr 2023 · 22:51 UTC
@tofucat Thanks for the heads up. Working on a fix.

Seems to be a Godot HTML export issue.
What browser are you using if I may ask?

You could try the Itch.io embedded version and see if that one works:

https://nion-ne.itch.io/witch-familiar
TofuCat
30. Apr 2023 · 22:53 UTC
@nion I'm using Google Chrome. I'll try the itch.io link now :)
🎤 Nion
30. Apr 2023 · 22:57 UTC
@tofucat Okay I changed some spooky JS and that seems to have fixed it on my phone chrome at least :no_mouth:
TofuCat
30. Apr 2023 · 23:04 UTC
@nion I just completed it! I really enjoyed it. I love problem solving games :)

I did find some of the controls a bit fiddly with the narrow areas, trying to find the sweet spot so I can fly up or down. Other than that, the controls were really simple and easy to pick up.

I really enjoyed the theme you used as I'm really into witchy/occult stuff. I especially liked that the character name is Luna. I have a little black cat called Luna :)
🎤 Nion
30. Apr 2023 · 23:10 UTC
@tofucat Thankyou! I'm really glad to hear it. :) As soon as I had the idea of a bird running an errand I knew it had to be a witch's familiar, so i'm glad you enjoyed that.

The name of Luna for the witch was actually inspired by a cat I know called that as well! Please pat your Luna for me :)
Castitatis
01. May 2023 · 02:45 UTC
Nice atmosphere with that limited color palette and audio.

the puzzles are not too complicated which make the game not too frustrating :D
TumblingPuffin
01. May 2023 · 08:22 UTC
I like the art style and music.
haselkern
01. May 2023 · 11:01 UTC
Fantastic game! The puzzles were fun, you introduced lots of mechanics which kept the levels fresh, and the graphics and music really manage to set a mood. 10/10
🎤 Nion
01. May 2023 · 11:04 UTC
@haselkern Thank you very much for the kind words <3

@tumblingpuffin Thankyou :)

@castitatis Thankyou, I tried not to make it too difficult, though the last one is kind of a two in one :sweat_smile:
LDJam user 302410
01. May 2023 · 14:52 UTC
Beat the entire game just because of how beautiful it is.
Corporation
01. May 2023 · 15:23 UTC
Very familiar concept, but fits well into the theme. Great choice of colors, levels art is dark, atmospheric and moody. Looks good! Nice job)
kgurniak91
01. May 2023 · 18:31 UTC
Nice, first 5 levels were easy but the last one I had to restart because one of the stones fell from the platform and blocked my way back, lol. Very pretty atmospheric pixel art, especially on the congratulations panel.
🎤 Nion
01. May 2023 · 20:49 UTC
@dysleixc Thank you <3

@corporation That's exactly what I was going for, thankyou :)

@kgurniak91 Thanks for letting me know, it was exactly that situation that made me put in a reset input at the last minute. I think it could be helped by making buttons more "sticky". But thanks for playing to the end :)
TofuCat
01. May 2023 · 21:23 UTC
I've finally been able to rate this now that we have published our game.
Thanks again for this beautiful game and also for the lovely feedback on ours! :)
Skillpoint
01. May 2023 · 21:48 UTC
I really enjoyed it. Thinking that you made this in comp blows my mind - well done.
waptaincaffles
01. May 2023 · 21:49 UTC
A beautiful game, can't believe you did this for COMPO. Very Very nice, well done, really enjoyed :D
StormSword
02. May 2023 · 07:47 UTC
Very fun game ! It's so beautiful :two_hearts:
Foursay
03. May 2023 · 06:29 UTC
very cute puzzles here! this is a puzzle game that I find myself capable to solve to the end because the mechnics is very intuitive to understand and utilized. I wish to see more levels and congrats!
snesgaard
04. May 2023 · 02:46 UTC
Very good puzzler with good aesthetics! Found the first 5 levels were a good introduction to the mechanics, preparing you for the big last level. Couldn't get the music to play though.
PerfectSquare
04. May 2023 · 20:41 UTC
What a beautiful game! I loved the style you chose and all of the pieces (art, music, font) fit together really well. The movement controls and picking up mechanics were also very smooth and even situations like putting the rock on top of the package and then picking up the package worked intuitively without any fiddling.

In terms of puzzles, my favourite one was the part on the last level where the gear you needed was on top of two doors. It took me a bit of thinking to solve but not too much to get frustrating. Anyways, really nice game, well done!
Zefphyer
05. May 2023 · 03:24 UTC
I love the art. The art is REALLY good. A neat little puzzle game, although not all that difficult. Especially impressive for the Compo, nice job. Very smooth gameplay too for the most part. Honestly you could turn this into a full game if you wanted.
TinySalad
05. May 2023 · 08:20 UTC
The art looks nice, the bird is cute. The music while nice got a bit grating after a few minutes.
My cat enjoyed watching the gif.
Skleembof
08. May 2023 · 16:04 UTC
Very well done! simple yet beautiful graphics and music, with fun and creative gameplay. You did a great job creating such a polished game for the compo
PavelDlouhy
15. May 2023 · 17:57 UTC
This is very nice and polished game. Simple ambient (audio) but I liked it when I played it (until the end). Playing this game was pretty pleasant experience. Thank you! :hearts: ;-) Good job!