T.I.M.E by bqq

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made by bqq for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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The world is plunging into darkness and you must deliver a legendary spell to the depths of a dangerous dungeon, all while TIME is against you.

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Master your spellcasting as a wind mage battling through a dungeon filled with fierce enemies and puzzles. Experience a gob-smacking story against an all-powerful villain.

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Controls:

  • WASD to move (can be changed in the options)
  • Mouse to aim, left and right click to shoot spells
  • Click/spacebar to advance dialogue
  • Esc for options (only works in non-fullscreen on WebGL due to browser limitations)

Changelog:

  • 1.0 Initial version
  • 1.1 WebGL support, graphics settings to make it playable

Ratings

Overall 31th 4.311⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 36th 4.244⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 559th 3.378⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1164th 2.8⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 82th 4.5⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 28th 4.398⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Humor 38th 4.3⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Mood 45th 4.333⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 91🗨️

Feedback

JCMonkey
03. May 2023 · 00:49 UTC
so this game was fun to play. it felt good to shoot the slimes and things. the one thing about the character that looked alittle wierd was the turn animation when you shoot and running away from the enemy. the game felt pretty moody in a good way, till you meet that unicycle guy. so i didnt think the unicycle guys personality fit the game, you kind of went with a moody game, then stuck humor in it with that guy. if you change the guys personality to something sad and moody to match the game this could be a good post jam game to work on. add more enemys, more spells, more levels, more boss characters, boss characters with boss fights.
Rjdrag
03. May 2023 · 20:59 UTC
Great game! My only real gripe is it was pretty weak on the theme, but so much was well done. Great art, sound, room/enemy design. I finished in 8 min, but there was a LOT there. It's already a lot for a jam, but if you did add more, I'd love to see more stuff like what you did with the fire and wind combination to blow torches.
oscarglo
03. May 2023 · 21:00 UTC
THE MUSIC FOR TIME IS SO COOL

Otherwise, you guys should rate some games, this is an awesome project! The runtime was indeed a bit padded, but you have implemented interesting base mechanics. I like the modeling work and the detail of the chartacter moving their head towards the mouse. All in all, a very charming project!
ClarkDjent
03. May 2023 · 21:03 UTC
I really enjoyed T.Y.L.E.R, I thought that was a very clever character. Overall the game felt very polished. :)
fidrik
03. May 2023 · 21:06 UTC
really liked this one, the way the enemies telegraph their attacks is clear and fair, I like the music and using your spells for puzzles like zelda.
Refry
03. May 2023 · 21:14 UTC
Great humor and soundtrack. It's also enough funny to play. The graphics is cute and I really enjoyed the mood. Nice work!
LDJam user 342640
04. May 2023 · 01:58 UTC
Really cute game and really great soundtrack, loved the atmosphere! It was a bit weird to get reduced back down to the wind spell at the end - powering down instead of up - but that's a small thing. Great job ya'll :)
pazzi
04. May 2023 · 08:51 UTC
This game has a lot of charm, and the combat was really fun! The wind and fireball game mechanics are intuitive and very creative! Awesome entry! ^~^
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SkuLLyY
04. May 2023 · 11:41 UTC
This entry is so good. There are lots of interesting mechanism and no doubt the visuals are great. Making this in 72 hours is really challenging. Great job!!
bart_diepvries
04. May 2023 · 11:42 UTC
Wow! This feels so polished!. The graphics, the way you and the enemies move. Everything feels so good. Great music as well, nicely done with the transitions. It gives TIME a lot of character. In the end the game felt a little too easy and I would have loved to have an actual bossfight but for a gamejam this was awesome!
LDJam user 301295
04. May 2023 · 11:47 UTC
Great Humor/Audio and good graphics. As others mentioned, weak on theme and innovation, but it's still an awesome entry and well worth the Time. Also tylers theme is awesome.
a.huua
04. May 2023 · 16:32 UTC
This entry is so polished and the graphics are phenomenal. Removing out the fire spell did add a little bit of a challenge and made the gameplay more interesting. I was able to beat the game in 6 minutes, and it was full of stuff! Great dialogue too and loved the final fight so much since it adds a bunch of character but I agree on the others about theme and innovation.
bokchoyboy
04. May 2023 · 19:23 UTC
This was a really well done game. Love the music and the graphics. I really felt it when I had to lose the fireball. The rooms were designed while and increased in difficulty in a way that made sense. Great job!
LDJam user 234769
04. May 2023 · 23:25 UTC
Omg this game 😍😍😍
I'm going to forget things but:
- T. Y. L. E. R.'s dialogues are so great, I loved the acronyms, the stealing your time thing, and their character design is hilarious, with the motorized monocycle and the little sfx, I can't :rofl:
- The last slime room was so funny :rofl: This kind of jokes makes me feel like the people who made the game have had loads of fun while doing it, so I hope it was the case!
- As said before, the art and music are perfect, I loved the viewpoint, and the light is gorgeous.
- Also great job on the fighting part, the controls are very smooth, the attack delays feel good and well balanced :smiley:
- I will add that I played with my partner (they had the mouse and I moved) so we probably had it easier than it was supposed to be, so I cannot comment on the difficulty :rofl:
- In terms of game design I really found it brilliant that you actually lose a power during the game, I thought it was an interesting reinvention of the "getting stronger" trope!! (and I think it's the first time I see it in a game?)
- The final fight against TYLER... :rofl: "tiny blows of wind"...

Overall thanks a lot for this game, I was clearly the right public for it and I spent amazing 16 minutes and 30 seconds playing :joy: :hearts: :sparkles:
Grizembrrr
05. May 2023 · 00:30 UTC
Hello bqq, I'm the partner!! 😉
We had such a great time playing your game!!! We were on it for the 16minutes 33sec we played 😜
It gave me a bit of Undertale vibes, with the 8bit ost and the Mettaton-like time entity T.Y.L.E.R
I just loved their personality, I also liked the mechanic of losing a power to increase difficulty very interesting, gj 😊🔮
The 3D is neat, the top down view is really a great choice, and the lights effects are just 🪄🪄🪄
Joe Cowman
05. May 2023 · 03:49 UTC
This game is a ton of fun to play! The music, dialogue, art, everything is so polished. Awesome job!
Reed Molbak
05. May 2023 · 14:38 UTC
Great entry! The graphics and overall feel were really well done -- the music, sfx, etc. I could see it being built out a lot w/ more abilities and things like that.
asfdfdfd
06. May 2023 · 19:01 UTC
Suprisingly big and complete game for this tight schedule! Great Entry!
coatline
07. May 2023 · 21:11 UTC
6 minutes and 47 seconds. WAY too much T.I.M.E. This game was flowing with personality and the writing really is great. I really like how the music changes to add that clown feeling to the antagonist and how he zooms away on his unicycle. This is just very well done.
Eli Heinrichs
11. May 2023 · 02:03 UTC
Amazing game! My favorite that I have played. The art and soundtrack were amazing and the dungeon roguelike gameplay were awesome! I also loved the added humor and the simplicity of the gameplay. Awesome game loved playing it!
LDJam user 362721
11. May 2023 · 03:06 UTC
A very delightful experience. Finished in 6 mins 23 seconds
quinnbalkwev
11. May 2023 · 03:10 UTC
Very fun game!!! Tyler or joe was my favourite
philipprapp95
11. May 2023 · 11:08 UTC
Wow, awesome game! Best one I played so far. The graphics are really great, also cool how good the performance in the web player is. I really liked the small riddles in between, especially the one where you lost your fireball ability and had to light the fire places. Reminded me of some Zelda dungeon :D Your enemies totally reminded me of the Primer Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PrimerBlobs. Also the main villain had so funny messages, you'll get my 5/5 fun points :D Good job, looking forward to your next LD entry :D
aile
11. May 2023 · 12:40 UTC
This was fun, thanks for submitting your game! The final puzzle was nice, the "boss fight" was hilarous as well as his dialogue. The enemies and the combat felt very smooth: even if they were simple it worked well. The music added greatly to the overall mood haha. The game re-started immediately after completing, maybe would have been better to be able to choose between quit or restart. Awesome entry!
JamieOK
11. May 2023 · 12:48 UTC
Well that was very charming. I love the room-to-room visual style and it looked great in 3D. The dialogue was funny and didn't get in the way, multiple enemy types and cooldowns on the spells felt balanced enough. The puzzle element with the braziers was more intuitive than I expected, after the first time I used the wind spell into the fire. Same with the rooms you have to solve once the fireball spell is removed, nice work. Great entry, glad to have spent my T.I.M.E with it!
Arthur Mairs
11. May 2023 · 12:53 UTC
This was my favorite entry so far! The characters were funny, The style is really good! The humorous parts actually made me laugh. An excellent entry! By far my favorite part was the textures of everything. Whoever did that is fantastic!
TildeCat
11. May 2023 · 16:20 UTC
Game visual is so cute! Animations are really great and also gameplay! Puzzles with fire were cool and also dialogs are so funny!
kanity
11. May 2023 · 17:02 UTC
The game was hilarious and it's insane how you did all this in 3 days, graphics and mechanics are great, everything looks pretty and it's not too short, just perfect <3
Usenrame
11. May 2023 · 23:14 UTC
cozy, cool, polished
Danyclockworker
13. May 2023 · 22:17 UTC
Wow, impressive work, reminded me of the levels in Warcraft 3 :)
Hengen
15. May 2023 · 16:56 UTC
I think this is the most beautiful ludumdare game i have played so far! amazing work dude!
aeveis
18. May 2023 · 02:58 UTC
great entry! Pretty robust room system and mechanics, and nice dialogue. I especially liked the slimes exploding, with the head expanding and then the explosion FX. The slimes remind me of Peeps... haha.