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The Collector by Kazuren

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made by Kazuren for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Description:

Play as an innocent looking young girl who wants to go to the forest to collect ingredients for her special soup!

Controls:

Arrow Keys or A & D to move

Z or Up Arrow or Space or W to jump

X to interact

X or Enter to advance dialogue

Escape to pause the game and open the settings menu

Tools used:

Game Engine - Godot 4.5 .NET

Programming language - C#

Sprites - Aseprite

SFX - https://sfxr.me/

Credits:

Kazuren - Mostly Code

Zoldanka - Mostly Art

Music credited to:

https://pixabay.com/music/video-games-little-slimex27s-adventure-151007/

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-horror-background-tension-8-259233/

Fonts used:

https://www.1001fonts.com/mobalys-font.html

https://www.fontspace.com/handpixies-font-f26612

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tiny5

For everything else (sfx, story, gameplay) we both participated equally in the creative process and is original

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Link https://github.com/Kazuren/ldjam58
Link https://kazuren.itch.io/the-collector
Link https://kazuren.itch.io/the-collector
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/the-collector-1

Ratings

Overall 161th 3.851⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Fun 215th 3.64⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 373th 3.276⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Theme 128th 4.114⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 221th 4.057⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Audio 146th 3.789⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Mood 59th 4.233⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 108🗨️

Feedback

Ulziton
Oct 06th · 20:23 UTC
Cool visual, love it!
kantona
Oct 06th · 20:25 UTC
That took a turn! :D A very short basic platform game but i enjoyed the ending!
Auceane
Oct 06th · 22:10 UTC
I found it great ^^ Simple but I liked it !
Aquanim
Oct 06th · 23:27 UTC
Nice game - the visuals are great and the movement controls are smooth.

I was mashing my keyboard a bit trying to find the correct key to progress through dialogue at the beginning. It looks like right-arrow or clicking on the flashing arrow would work, but the correct answer is Enter. Skill issue on my part, I guess.
LDJam user 280189
Oct 07th · 04:24 UTC
@aquanim

Thank you for the feedback! Yeah I can see now how that could be confusing, I will keep that in mind for next time!
LDJam user 375016
Oct 07th · 15:44 UTC
what a twist :O :D


I agree with @aquanim - I was lost. Thanks to his comment I could start the game by smashing Enter. Maybe put it to the descriptoon?

I love the artowrok.
Zoldanka
Oct 07th · 16:44 UTC
@janinna21 Hehe thank you! :D Now that you mention it I can see that, thanks for the tip!
chi_ink
Oct 07th · 16:57 UTC
The concept, plot, and unexpected ending are really good. The sounds are well chosen. I really enjoyed it!
LDJam user 280189
Oct 07th · 17:24 UTC
@chi-ink Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! It was really fun to make :)
Aurora_Bee
Oct 07th · 19:23 UTC
Okay this one is really funny. I didn't expect the game to go there, but it fits perfectly with the character and theme. Overall: cute little game, nice and simple scope and sounds and looks good too :3
skale
Oct 07th · 20:50 UTC
Short but really charming game! Very satisfying art style — I absolutely adore the clouds. Gameplay is smooth, and I love that taking damage isn’t punishing; dropping items instead of losing HP feels fair and fun. The plot twist was unexpected and amazing — I love surprises like that. The sound conveys the mood perfectly and keeps you engaged. Solid entry overall, and it really leaves a warm, memorable impression
Theothervc
Oct 07th · 21:01 UTC
Short and Sweet! I didnt see that twist coming at all!
GARYglhf
Oct 07th · 21:06 UTC
I like it, it's beautiful)
Templarstudios
Oct 07th · 21:38 UTC
Amazing game, one of my favorites so far during todays exploration! This was great! loved the twist! Would like to be able to exit the game sooner with maybe a exit button sooner, but i still finished the game so it wasn't that much of a biggie to me. Amazing game!
LDJam user 282870
Oct 07th · 21:41 UTC
Game was good, fun. Had that leisure suit larry feel
volcanoeyes
Oct 07th · 22:07 UTC
Such a pretty game! The scary painting is a cool way of foreshadowing. I played a 2nd time and collected 0 ingredients: Sabrina's not gonna like that! hehe
Maakole
Oct 08th · 03:11 UTC
Great graphics, solid gameplay, love the idea that you drop all your collected items like Sonic dropping rings. Just fantastic work overall.
Gastoon
Oct 08th · 04:52 UTC
What a surprising twist, it made me laugh. Is that Little red riding hood and the wolf at the same time ?
YurisCat
Oct 08th · 08:59 UTC
I really love those adorable clouds, and all the food ingredients are so long.

I enjoyed the twist at the end—I helped her finish the soup...
Adrien Tremblay
Oct 08th · 15:07 UTC
Hell yeah. Great game. Polished. Good cutsenes. Fun and simple gameplay. Funny story and twist. A pixelart platformer done well. Good job
EklBirifine
Oct 08th · 18:48 UTC
nice and cute game! i really liked the art on main menu. the girl did nothing wrong :^)
gmaker
Oct 08th · 20:42 UTC
love art!
LDJam user 280189
Oct 08th · 21:07 UTC
Thanks everyone for the kind words, really appreciate it!

@maakole Glad you liked the dropping mechanic! That's where I got the inspiration from!

@gastoon I hadn't thought of it that way haha
DeepD2eam
Oct 08th · 21:44 UTC
Really need to look the comment first, got stuck too. But beyond that, the art is excellent, and I really enjoy the game too. :)
IakovBoy
Oct 09th · 07:13 UTC
It's a nice game, and there's a lot to work on. Good luck!
N90W
Oct 09th · 10:01 UTC
What a pleasant style. The sounds are also excellent. And the ending was surprising
ellaris
Oct 09th · 12:46 UTC
I liked the cutscenes, the story, the twist and the art were nice, the gaemplay was a little simple, not even being able to squish the slimes :cry:
LDJam user 280189
Oct 09th · 14:59 UTC
@ellaris That's a great idea about being able to squish the slimes! I hadn't thought of that, thanks!
Semenchk
Oct 09th · 17:43 UTC
Oh my god Very nice art. I love pixels. You gave my eyes the opportunity to enjoy the visual. Many games don't have this, thank you.
ManTou
Oct 09th · 17:49 UTC
The ending was unexpected in a really good way — I loved it!
GonulGaye
Oct 09th · 17:53 UTC
It was a game that I liked very much!
6Knowledge
Oct 09th · 18:06 UTC
The only technical thing that stood out was X being the interact key, quite a weird choice. Besides that I actually kinda enjoyed the enemies not killing you instantly and teleporting back to start (what most jam games would do) but instead the ingredients spilled everywhere. Not much else say that hasn't already been said, good style, goofy animations and harmless fun.
khaotom
Oct 09th · 21:05 UTC
So cute! So happy to be able to help complete the special soup! Bon Appetit everyone!
ACartlidge
Oct 10th · 00:18 UTC
I liked the art and the ending! It was nice making my soup and sharing it with all my friends in my cozy cottage! Also I really liked that the ingredient were hp and you couldnt die, that made any potential frustration with the platforming or enemies go away, smart move!
Schu
Oct 10th · 07:32 UTC
Really charming and great visuals. The ending was very satisfying :)
thaDev
Oct 10th · 18:40 UTC
Cool idea! I like the little story twist a lot and the design of the collector works really well to hide it! Cute design, smooth playing and fun music!
LDJam user 281994
Oct 10th · 18:42 UTC
Cool take on Little Red Riding Hood! After collecting the food, I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it 😅
Kapricorn Media
Oct 10th · 19:09 UTC
What a great instant analogue horror classic! 5/5!!
Kapricorn Media
Oct 10th · 19:09 UTC
Also, the song was really nice
LDJam user 235915
Oct 11th · 07:11 UTC
The final scene surprised and scared me)
BlueDandelion
Oct 12th · 12:59 UTC
Short but well executed, I really liked the twist at the end. The art and music also went very well together. Nice job!
Samuli
Oct 12th · 13:28 UTC
What a cute little innocent game.
LDJam user 261037
Oct 12th · 18:58 UTC
This game looks really neat, but unfortunately it's one of those Godot Windows games my computer would not load. All I got was a black screen :frowning2: I've had this issue for a while and have no idea why. It only happens with the Windows version. When a dev uploads the exact same game in browser form, it runs fine :shrug:
HappyTrollAngus
Oct 12th · 19:34 UTC
Great jam game! I'm not usually a fan of platformer games, so I tend to be bad at them. I appreciated that it was challenging but still solvable. I also appreciated that you can't really "lose" since the worst that happens is you drop your items. As a lower skill gamer, I get frustrated at constantly dying in games, so this was nice. Everything looks and feels well polished. Loved the story, loved the graphics. Gameplay was solid.

If I had any feedback for improvement, the only thing I'd say is that you could have been more ambitious. I get the impression that this high level of polish was possible partly because of your limited scope. I'd be excited to see you push the limits and try to add more content.
LDJam user 280189
Oct 12th · 19:40 UTC
@kobato-games ah that's a bummer, not sure why that would be happening, unfortunately I can't export a .NET Godot project to web :( and I only found out about that a few hours before the jam was over otherwise I would have chosen GDScript instead of C# so I could export for web.

I've uploaded a version on itch.io (named compatibility) which uses a different rendering api to draw the game, not sure if that would fix your issue but it might be worth a shot.
LDJam user 280189
Oct 12th · 19:49 UTC
@happytrollangus Thank you for the kind words!

Yeah we could have definitely done more! We were unsure at first how much we could accomplish because my friend @zoldanka didn't have much experience with Godot and it's also her first game jam and I hadn't used Godot for about 2 years so we tried to figure out a small scope that we were sure we could accomplish.

It turned out fine in the end and we even had the luxury to take long breaks since the game was ready in about 1.5 days and we spent the rest of the time just making sure everything was polished and felt nice.

Next time we'll definitely increase the scope! We're feeling confident now :D
Cydouzo
Oct 12th · 20:07 UTC
That plot twist :O
I wish you opted in the humor category, I would have given you 5 stars ;)
epb9000
Oct 13th · 05:55 UTC
I had a feeling she was The Collector the old granny was talking about.

I like that you borrowed the mechanic used in Sonic when she got hit where she dropped her collectables.
l6ria
Oct 13th · 09:36 UTC
Really cute and cozy game)
drikdrok
Oct 14th · 02:56 UTC
Awesome little game. You had a vision and completed it in a polished manner. Great visuals too!
jacobingalls
Oct 14th · 03:04 UTC
Soup time! I love wholesome games about soup!

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I think the "soup music" should have only played when it was "soup time". I was a little confused. Also could have played a reference to the "soup time music" when talking to the grandma to emphasize the "soup truth".
Jajo
Oct 14th · 10:52 UTC
what a lovely cute game, nothing weird about this one not at all. such a wholesome ending actually, didn't expect it at all. It terms of gameplay, the platforming is very solid, though I will say movement could do with some better friction. I did like that the slimes, basic as they were, did prove mechanically interesting given you could approach them going under or over, having to time that right; very effective enemy for a jam game.
LDJam user 280189
Oct 14th · 13:05 UTC
@jacobingalls that's a cool idea actually! Thanks for the better soup recipe! :)
Threeli
Oct 15th · 04:23 UTC
Let me open by saying, the little clouds are insanely adorable (and I liked how the slimes were animated!) My only gripe is really that the ending was kinda telegraphed with the ... uh stuff in the house (trying my best here, haha.) I liked the overall vibe and for people who have little or outmoded Godot experience this is solid overall. Just a solid project!
Threeli
Oct 15th · 04:26 UTC
(When I say telegraphed, I mean in the beginning in the upstairs)
LDJam user 261037
Oct 15th · 17:00 UTC
@kazuren I just downloaded the Windows compatibility version and it worked. Thanks.