Wingless by KriSsS Gonko

made by KriSsS Gonko for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

You play a butterfly that is caught and preserved by a collector and loses its wings while escaping. As you continue to flee, collect the wings that fell off during your escape to claim them as your own and unlock new abilities.

Controls

Move left and right with A and D.
Space to jump, double jump and fly (after you got the abilities).
Shift to dash.

Team * Natascha - Animation, Art * Stephanie - 2D Hand-drawn Art * Tine - Programing, Level Design * Martin - Programing, Level Design * Berni - Programming, Git Guru * Chris - Programing. , Level Design * Lukas - Programing, Bonus Level * Flocke - Personal team motivator

Credits

https://teknoaxe.com/LinkCode3.php?q=466
https://teknoaxe.com/LinkCode3.php?q=1057

You can also find it on itch. :smile:

Link	https://github.com/benitsch/Ludum-Dare-58
Play on itch	https://kyunru.itch.io/wingless
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/wingless

Ratings

Overall	170^th	3.833⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Fun	350^th	3.417⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	676^th	2.667⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Theme	378^th	3.694⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	193^th	4.111⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Humor	628^th	2.278⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Mood	250^th	3.778⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Given		25🗳️	5🗨️

Feedback

Ali Enver Sevgi

Oct 07th · 09:56 UTC

Cool art style. Nice character progression. Fun level design.

Iriska

Oct 07th · 14:33 UTC

Cool visual style and idea 💜 ⭐ 💜

Jinda

Oct 07th · 14:37 UTC

The intro is nice and I keep motivated to play! Nice art style!

Bumble

Oct 07th · 14:46 UTC

This is by far the game with the most interesting mood and underlying story elements I have yet played in this jam! I really like how you have to upgrade your body to achieve get more and more options for movement. In that way it feels like an old Rayman game, just dark and somehow cute? :grin:

Mihu

Oct 07th · 14:53 UTC

The art style is super cute and I loved how each "power-up" came with its own challenge (I especially liked the flying). The level design is also good.
Pushing the boxes felt a bit too slow, so I would've really liked it if I could've nudged them further by dashing into them.
Other than that, good job!

rozz

Oct 07th · 14:54 UTC

Great intro to the game, really charming art and good intuitive level design, the fireboy and watergirl inspiration was nostalgic, but it did feel a bit too much like it.

Void4

Oct 07th · 14:57 UTC

Damn, this is really good

OrdiNeu

Oct 07th · 14:58 UTC

Great execution! The last jump in the bonus level was pretty tough. I liked the visual style!

kristinamay

Oct 07th · 15:04 UTC

this is a really, really well-polished game for a jam, wow. I love the art style and the puzzle platforming is impressively well-done. I like the atmospheric soundtrack, too. Great work, y'all!

Blue Pin Studio

Oct 08th · 07:05 UTC

I never thought i would see, let alone play as, a butterfly that has no wings. So darn sexy before he started getting wings. Amazing entry! The platforming parts weren't super exciting but i can see this game appealing to a more casual playerbase :D

Lefinno

Oct 08th · 07:18 UTC

the weird vibes are amazing~ and love the light puzzles !!! ^^

quasilyte

Oct 08th · 07:18 UTC

Watched this game on BluePinStudio stream. I like the visual story telling!
The progression is also there as we start without wings :D

Tkap1

Oct 08th · 08:44 UTC

The pressure plate things looked like just another background item, took me a while to see that they actually matter

rhewid

Oct 08th · 10:04 UTC

![20.png](///raw/0b3/21/z/6ee06.png)
Interesting gameplay. I couldn't figure out how to get the box out of there. I activated the lights so that it shines through but no way to get the box out of there :(
Also coyote time would've been nice. When you fall down you dont get to double jump. You need to jump first and then you get the second jump.

Eugenik

Oct 09th · 13:24 UTC

Very fun experience!.

Prepe

Oct 10th · 15:41 UTC

@rhewid yea there was sadly no time to implement the coyote time. As for the box i gues you jumped onto the platform above the box when the light activated and this made the box bug out. We found that bug like 10 min before deadline and couldn't get it fixed, for some reason the invisible lifting platform is not resetting correctly when you stand ontop of the box when if activates the first time and then it just wont work for some reason.
Also perfect screenshot with the sad face of the char at the bugged box.

Thoastbot

Oct 12th · 10:41 UTC

Great Art, Audio and overall clean gameplay!
I also really like the generall idea of a wingless butterfly that needs to collect wing pieces to upgrade - really nice concept!

Sadly i got stuck before i could get my fourth wing :<
I went up the elevator and on top instantly went all the way to the left dropping back to the start of the level - apparently the elevator doesn't come back? x.x

![Screenshot 2025-10-12 123816.png](///raw/0a9/a3/z/6f4df.png)

LooksLikeSomething

Oct 12th · 15:10 UTC

Last level had me scratch my head, but it was worth it. I had to give up on the bonus level though... I have to admit that I ragequited lol

The game is beautiful, and puzzle are clever. I love the dark mood, makes me want to help that poor butterfly.

Prepe

Oct 12th · 21:07 UTC

@thoastbot That one is on us, sry for that we expected the player to see the exit on the left of the start and didnt think about resetting the elevator.