Realm Courier by stellarnightmare

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made by stellarnightmare for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

A short adventure about being a delivery boy in a fantasy world

Quest NPCs have Green Eyes

Some Non-Quest NPCs will be willing to talk to you

you can stop along the way at any point there are no time limits

You can press Esc at any time to return to the main menu

I created all but 2 assets within the Jam time, those being, The Trees "an older model" and The Dirt Texture "a CC0 Texture that was edited"

Ratings

Overall 522th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 828th 3.167⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 859th 3.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 119th 4.37⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 261th 3.759⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 721th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 90th 4.212⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 282870
02. May 2023 · 02:17 UTC
Well done! Long walk to town. You did an excellent job. Never did find the guy to bring the grain to
A1stakesauce
02. May 2023 · 02:23 UTC
I really like the characters. They are haunting and adorable at the same time. Do they have a name? The lore and story really added to the mood category.
Quinnster
02. May 2023 · 02:25 UTC
Cool visuals and awesome characters! The camera was a little motion sickening, and I did end up getting rather bored walking down the long roads without much there, but the game looked and felt awesome!
xbcw
02. May 2023 · 02:32 UTC
I mostly just wandered around lost. I loved how big and open the world felt. I would play a game in this world.
LDJam user 259103
02. May 2023 · 02:36 UTC
Really enjoyed this one! The music and graphics were great and set a nice vibe. Very relaxing.

I noticed you can pick up the wheat from the first NPC a second time at the end of the game, but it's not a big deal and the ending still worked properly.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 09:43 UTC
@beebster-games Thanks, I did actually make the quest text repeatable so that if you forget,
you can get the directions again. Although I am aware of how unclear it is, especially the second one after you deliver the wheat.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 09:45 UTC
@a1stakesauce Thank you, I did kinda want that unusual look to the characters especially the big ones. I haven't thought of a name for them.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 09:46 UTC
@quinnster Thanks, but I am sorry about the camera.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 09:48 UTC
@xbcw Getting lost seems to be a recurring theme XD. But I'm glad that you enjoyed the world, that was certainly my main focus, and main time consumer in the jam.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 09:53 UTC
@python-b5 Thanks, this has actually been one of my favorite jam yet. just crafting what I love out of the world.

And I to found this bug at the end, and I know exactly how to fix it. But at the time I had less than 2 hours left and had other priorities.
D0vid
02. May 2023 · 11:44 UTC
Loved the openness of the world, even though it's hard not to get lost :smile: The characters were cute, especially their voice and the music was lovely !
D3kryption
02. May 2023 · 12:13 UTC
Played this game today!

Firstly, I LOVE THE GRAPHICS
The little guys are so adorable! :D

The music is perfect with the grass :D
Just walking down the path is so utterly peaceful.
I really like it.

I am not however a fan of the camera controls :( that feels a bit odd.

I also got stuck in the town in the construction part and can't get out lol

I restarted and cracked on. I managed to do the cycle! Hay -> town -> king -> miner :D

nice job! Its a cracking chill game :)
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 13:26 UTC
@d0vid Thank you for playing.
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 13:26 UTC
@d3kryption Glad you liked it
LDJam user 235915
02. May 2023 · 17:30 UTC
A big world with simple mechanics, I really like it!) A very large space for further creativity and development of the project.)
🎤 stellarnightmare
02. May 2023 · 19:13 UTC
@bassilij Thank you. I am still debating whether or not I will actually continue it.
yoddaa
03. May 2023 · 15:32 UTC
I love this one, very peaceful and relaxing walk I had the purple letter very good open world game.
very good concept and game.
the_martijn
03. May 2023 · 18:20 UTC
Relaxing game. Liked the idea. The guys reminded me of Star Wars :D

A few tips/bugs:
- The trees had no collision
- I got stuck in the construction site, but I couldn't jump.
- Maybe place the quest on screen all the time? Than you know what to do.
🎤 stellarnightmare
03. May 2023 · 20:23 UTC
@yoddaa Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
🎤 stellarnightmare
03. May 2023 · 20:25 UTC
@the-martijn I was waiting for the star wars comment XD and I was aware of the whole construction site thing and the trees not having collision. but having the quest on screen is actually something I could have had very easily, considering how I did the quests. I just didn't think of it in the rush to complete the game.
the_martijn
03. May 2023 · 20:28 UTC
@the-martijn I know that rush-feeling, hahaha. there is never enough time :D
Meta-link
04. May 2023 · 10:16 UTC
Incredible jam game. I loved wandering in this peaceful, well crafted world. Good job :slight_smile:
🎤 stellarnightmare
04. May 2023 · 10:19 UTC
@meta-link Thank you.
riley9
04. May 2023 · 18:52 UTC
wonderful game!! i loved the melancholic layer that i felt while i was delivering the grain and the letters. there's definitely something wrong in this land but i guess we won't find out right now :')
🎤 stellarnightmare
04. May 2023 · 19:23 UTC
@riley9 Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it and were interested enough to actually talk to NPC's XD
FrancoisGoret
05. May 2023 · 13:33 UTC
Very beautiful ambiance with good models, map, lighting and sounds.
Good job of doing all this model and the game !
jk5000
05. May 2023 · 14:43 UTC
The game looks and sounds really great. I overall like the atmosphere. I did never get much of the story and had very little idea where I was suppose to do, were to go, and who to talk with. But anyway it still feels like and interesting little game.
🎤 stellarnightmare
05. May 2023 · 19:52 UTC
@francoisgoret thank you I did spend more time than I should have making the art for the game.
🎤 stellarnightmare
05. May 2023 · 19:53 UTC
@jk5000 I'm glad you liked the atmosphere. I did try make the world more grounded by making the NPCs give you directions. But in hindsight I would have done it differently.
AlpalcaLad
05. May 2023 · 21:33 UTC
Love the atmosphere of the game and its rly pretty. It was very annoying when the pause menu didnt save my position but not a major major issue. Also if you were to continue the game giving an intro or something in game when you start could help ground what you're doing a bit more. Other than that nice game :P
Emaigualmc2_art
06. May 2023 · 03:05 UTC
Very good work! More considering that it was a solo work xD, the design of the characters seemed very interesting and together with the atmosphere and the music, it made me feel that there is a whole fantastic world behind it. You have a very large map where many more can enter, I would like to see it more polished and full of stories jeje! Congratulations!
Sylf
06. May 2023 · 20:39 UTC
It is super cozy game! But we had a Midsommar movie vibes, so it was scary sometimes :D
🎤 stellarnightmare
06. May 2023 · 20:43 UTC
@sylf thanks for playing it. I hope you enjoyed it despite it's simplicity.
🎤 stellarnightmare
06. May 2023 · 20:44 UTC
@emaigualmc2-art Thank you. I actually liked the world in this game the most out of my games, and I might continue it.
🎤 stellarnightmare
06. May 2023 · 20:45 UTC
@alpalcalad Thanks the esc thing was more just as a return to menu not a pause. But I would really have liked an intro.
StudioCherno
08. May 2023 · 04:47 UTC
Hey @stellarnightmare

I liked your game, it was a pretty, immersive world! I liked the character design and the audio was cute!

Some feedback:

- I don't think you are normalizing your input, holding A and W moves the character faster than W would
- I got stuck in the first villages construction building and couldn't get out because there is no jumping
- When getting to the second village I walked to the quest NPC and walked past him accidently without reading the message, as I couldn't read what he said again, I had to restart
- This is a personal preference but in my opinion, I think the camera should rotate around the player not an arbitrary point above and behind the player, because having created a cute character like that it would be great to see him!

Overall great and immersive game, and the art style definitely has some potential!

-Tim
🎤 stellarnightmare
08. May 2023 · 10:28 UTC
@studiocherno Thank you for playing my game. I'm glad you enjoyed it. But with the issues it was mostly just because I suck at coding. And I was just trying to finish everything on my own with 12 hours of the jam missed.
Stevie257
16. May 2023 · 22:47 UTC
The visual effects in this game are breathtaking. From dazzling spell animations to realistic weather effects, the graphics add an extra layer of excitement
🎤 stellarnightmare
17. May 2023 · 11:36 UTC
@stevie257 Did you comment on the wrong game?