Spooky journey by SkelleRoznik

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made by SkelleRoznik for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Overview

A king wants to make an errand to another kingdom. But the journey lies through spooky woods!

Slash through enemies, protect the carriage with the king and deliver him to his destination!

You are immune to enemies!

Controls

Left mouse button/Z - hit

Space - jump

A, D/Arrows - move

Screenshots

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Changelog

Added more control options

Fixed wrong colliders

Credits

Sword slash sound: https://freesound.org/people/beerbelly38/sounds/362349/

Background song: https://freesound.org/people/deleteduser4397472/sounds/444885/

Ratings

Overall 294th 3.845⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 387th 3.633⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 588th 3.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 523th 3.966⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 70th 4.532⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 386th 3.429⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 179th 4.05⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 334002
01. May 2023 · 23:59 UTC
Nice graphics! I think that the game is kinda fun, but it's kinda repetitive.
LDJam user 202408
02. May 2023 · 00:07 UTC
A bit of criticism here, I think the gameplay mechanics are not as engaging as they could be, I found myself often standing in one spot and hitting the attack key, I wish they were more enemy types or more varied gameplay, maybe something that takes advantage of the wide horizontal space and the platforming some more. I think the art still is really well done, especially how the foreground elements easy to distinguish and the beautiful style, I could be wrong but I feel like you spent more time on art then on gameplay, at the end of the day no jam game is perfect and I did enjoy the story and how the king doesn't threaten to cut your head when you're rude with him because he has no choice lol, good work
LDJam user 336560
02. May 2023 · 20:21 UTC
Nice color palette & graphics, but maybe the king's cart blends in with the background too much - took me a while until I noticed it was there :smile:.

It was strange that the attack key was on z - I would either have to keep my right hand under my left hand using WASD, or be forced to play with the arrow keys.

The flying level was definitely the most interesting for me as the cart moved and I was forced to move with it, maybe the cart could also move on the other levels (like drive horizontally).

Also with most enemies coming from above you it would be nice if you would have a vertical attack (like in Hollow Knight).
ArturCosta
02. May 2023 · 20:43 UTC
My favorite game so far in the jam. Even tho it was a simple concept, it kept me engaging all the way through the play. Stunning art, great music and sfx. LOVED the writing and the overall story and concept, haha. Congratulations!!
SmDaniels
02. May 2023 · 20:46 UTC
Graphic is nice! It seems to me that the texts sometimes lack indents. Reading is difficult. And can make a dialog skip on the buttons? Anyway great job!
Nikfus
02. May 2023 · 20:53 UTC
The game looks cool and promising, but it's all spoiled by very awkward controls(
Obe Dot
02. May 2023 · 23:24 UTC
Looks great!
Aivaxela
02. May 2023 · 23:28 UTC
at first reaction the game is nice, love the colors and textures. And the little plot was interesting.
the gameplay did get a bit repetitive after the first wave I'll say, would have been nice to see some more actions!
I could see this turning into an awesome action/story game in the future
NuiN
04. May 2023 · 00:36 UTC
The colors look nice, I like how there are more eyes on the trees the further you get
thetatautau
04. May 2023 · 00:51 UTC
Great art and excellent "mood".

The gameplay was a bit too repetitive, and maybe a bit too difficult/unfair, mostly because of the collision boxes (ennemies that hit the carriage before reaching it and sword slash not hitting ennemies while it look like it should).
Profugo Barbatus
04. May 2023 · 02:18 UTC
Not to bad - Just when I felt it was getting stale, the balloon segment introduced some verticality and new considerations. This was fun to play, but I do feel the hurtbox for your attack could do to be tightened up - Trying to hit enemies that are very close to you is an exercise in frustration, which made jumping attacks on anyone not horizontal to you unreliable at best.
YurisCat
04. May 2023 · 21:15 UTC
I really love the vector art style of this game, it makes the whole picture look more concise and bright. The design of each scene and character is excellent and eye-catching. Great game!
Kutase
05. May 2023 · 22:27 UTC
Nice concept! I like vector graphics, music and sounds.
DustyRedBird
05. May 2023 · 22:43 UTC
The graphics and art were all top notch. Really excellent consistency and a clear visual style. The gameplay could use a bit more variance - it was kind of easy to stand in one spot and spam the attack key. I also think having some contrast on the player could help with visibility. But these are nit-picky, this was a fantastic game!
hotaloca
06. May 2023 · 18:35 UTC
A cool entry, I especially liked the visuals of the game - really nicely done: consistent and nicely contrasted. Indeed agree with other the different maps could have been a bit more different in terms of approaches, strategies to be played to keep some variance. The music-audio was great but did not fully matched the very fast style combat and-or the spooky theme. So for such a fast pace action game would have imagined loud sword swing, blood spill and body hit sounds. Or with this visual style instead of removing the particle effect after hit, maybe would have kept it red and left it all across the screen to make it look like a difficult fight arena.
philipprapp95
06. May 2023 · 19:37 UTC
Cool game, I loved the graphics and the knockback when you hit an enemy. After a while I thought how cool it would be, if the cabin would move along the map, only to see it to do so in the last level. Good Job :)
Oscar Berry
09. May 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Well done! Your game is really cool! I love the graphics and the atmosphere it's awesome for only 3 days of work!

Just a little issue: The font isn't clearly legible!

Oh and the funniest part of the game, which is the moment with the flying caravan, comes too late.

However, congrats for this game! :smiley:
Michelle_go
10. May 2023 · 19:53 UTC
what a really great graphic
Ixniyevonn
13. May 2023 · 21:05 UTC
Awesome style, font is unreadable but stylish as hell too. Nice one
LDJam user 352022
20. May 2023 · 00:12 UTC
Really neat visual design, I struggled a bit with the controls but had fun and beat the game!