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Golden Starfruit by Kamizenki

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made by Kamizenki for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

GOLDEN STARFRUIT ld.png

                     Made under 72 hours for ludum Dare 58 game jam by one person

Slip into a quiet Vietnamese bamboo lane and chase shining golden starfruit. It’s easy, but then it becomes complicated. Your bag can't hold too much. Go over that limit, and greed will cost you everything. Weave through bamboo and drifting logs, make it home with as much gold as you can carry

Move: A/D or ←/→

Goal: Collect starfruit, avoid obstacles, and don’t exceed 20 gold when your bag is full.

Features:

🎍Calming look and concept inspired by "The Golden Starfruit Tree”, a Vietnamese traditional folklore about greed and fairness.

🪙Easy, pick-up

😇A tiny moral: know when to stop

Application:

Unity: Using Visual Scripting (Bolt). Blender: For character, decorations.

Play on website 🌐 https://fuoken.itch.io/golden-starfruit
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/golden-starfruit

Ratings

Overall 759th 2.611⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 753th 2.444⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 780th 1.963⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 595th 3.296⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 661th 2.815⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 662th 2.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 750th 2.593⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

evil23
Oct 06th · 23:46 UTC
I like the bamboo walls. A bit disappointing that there's no endless mode.
LRDJJ
Oct 07th · 03:06 UTC
Nice simple game, fits the theme well!
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 07th · 03:39 UTC
@evil23 Thank you! Regarding the endless mode, I originally planned for the whole game to be endless, with the speed gradually increasing over time. However, since this was my first time using Unity, I didn’t have enough time to make that work. Thanks again for your feedback! :)

@lrdjj Thank you! :) hope you enjoyed it.
MorePixels
Oct 07th · 04:23 UTC
Pretty good for just one person in 72 hours! Well done!
Jcourt
Oct 07th · 04:51 UTC
I like the concept! It took me a couple tries to make it to the end. Since there are so many coins available, I had the best luck ending with exactly 20 coins when I intentionally got too many early on, got cursed, and then spent the second half of the run building them back up again.
pres2300
Oct 07th · 04:51 UTC
Nice job putting this together! I found a bug where I could run off screen and the game kept going, but other than that I enjoyed playing it. Good work!
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 07th · 05:24 UTC
@morepixels Thank you! There’s still a lot to improve, but right now I’m proud of it.

@jcourt Thank you for playing my game, I really appreciate your time and effort :)

@pres2300 Noted! Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed it.
azahara
Oct 07th · 09:03 UTC
Nice little endless runner! Simple but functional, I liked the coin collecting and the overall vibe. With a bit more polish, it could get pretty addictive! Nice job!
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 07th · 13:14 UTC
@azahara Thanks for your feedback! I’ll keep it in mind and try to improve in my next project :)
B0rdrlin
Oct 07th · 13:43 UTC
Very nice game
Antarktis
Oct 07th · 13:44 UTC
very fun！
beguilint
Oct 07th · 15:16 UTC
Nice game! Kept me on the edge :D Great explanation of what to do!
Mireyu
Oct 07th · 15:18 UTC
Nice game for one person in that time. It's fun to play. I think my character was rotating into the wrong direction (like left) while running forward :sweat_smile:
justking144
Oct 07th · 15:21 UTC
Nice game. Took me a few tries, but eventually I fot to the end
Millie
Oct 07th · 15:30 UTC
Great game, very on theme!
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 07th · 16:16 UTC
@b0rdrlin @antarktis @beguilint @mireyu @justking144 @millie Thank you for playing my game. It was my first time handling everything so it took me a while to piece it all together. I’ve noted all the bugs and appreciate your time for this and will improve it in the post-jam.
Pimeko
Oct 07th · 20:18 UTC
Cute graphics, kind of reminded me of retro mobile games like Temple Run. Managed to reach the end :)
LukeWaffel
Oct 08th · 21:14 UTC
Loving the PS2 style graphics, not sure if I beat the game or not, but I did get to the end with 20 coins so that's something!
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 09th · 03:21 UTC
@pimeko I want to bring back some old memories about temple run, it inspired me a lot when making this game :) Thank you for playing.

@lukewaffel Thank you for trying, the game is beaten when you don't lose anything, just bring back as many as you can :)
vidarn
Oct 09th · 11:16 UTC
Great job making the game. It looks good and feels good to play. Above all, I really like the concept, it's a really cool mechanic having to pick exactly the right amount of coins.
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 10th · 02:16 UTC
@vidarn Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad that you enjoy the game :)
daniel
Oct 19th · 00:06 UTC
Straight forward, but fun and seems to me like feature complete! Gives off the impression that you had a full concept for the game and managed to complete all of it in the time limit. A little bit of audio could add some weight to the gameplay, but otherwise really impressive work for your first time working with Unity.
ruruie
Oct 20th · 08:28 UTC
Obstacles are pretty brutal and I kept thinking I'd missed things. Definitely one of those that could've benefited from even a single sound on collection.
Kalbshack
Oct 23rd · 08:35 UTC
Nice game, took me a little bit to get the fruit/gold mechanic. Good work.
🎤 Kamizenki
Oct 26th · 15:26 UTC
@daniel @ruruie @kalbshack Thank you for your feedback. I've noted and will improve it in my next jam. Thanks again for playing my game :)