Fellwand by Albatross
stormpetrel.itch.io/fellwand
A combat platformer. Find magical items and battle your way to the top of the tower while fighting maniac evil wizards whose spells defy understanding.
Forgot to mention! You can dash with left shift, though it uses stamina. You can recover stamina by picking up the green potions. The rest of the controls are on the menu page.
NOTE: I highly recommend using the itch.io download, since I'm having trouble updating the LDJam download. Windowed mode is now the default, since the screen was often partially obscured in fullscreen mode on certain monitors. This and other scaling bugs have been fixed (detailed at the bottom of the post).
Instructions for download: 1. Follow link and download the .zip file 2. Extract the contents of the file 3. Run Fellwand.exe 4. Windows might complain; I'm currently not sure how to get around this. You can click "more info" and "run anyway" however.
Made with Love2D, features hand-made pixel art and an array of custom-made soundtracks. Sorry that it's not playable in browser (that I can tell), I didn't see an option to embed .exe files in the browser. The download is only 9MB though, if that's any compensation.
I'm currently looking into a way to get a macOS download!
Bugs and fixes: - Recently fixed an issue where summoners could collide with their own summons. - Fixed an issue preventing the game from running due to engine problems on some computers. - Fixed a scaling issue causing text to be different size on different monitors. - Fixed another scaling issue causing part of the screen to be obscured on some monitors, by adding an option for windowed mode (thank you to those of you who reported this :) - Fixed an issue preventing music from looping while the window is minimized. - Fixed an issue where certain hints would appear in-game but not on the menu screen. - There is a known bug with anvil hitboxes: they are not in-line with the sprite. I would fix it, but I don't know how :/
| Link | https://stormpetrel.itch.io/fellwand |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/fellwand |
Ratings
| Overall | 1146th | 2.852⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1069th | 2.87⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 956th | 2.944⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1118th | 2.778⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1026th | 2.704⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 686th | 2.926⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 879th | 2.5⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1081th | 2.904⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 39🗨️ |
Otherwise, seems promising, and the platforming is clever. Wouldn't mind giving it another shot in windowed mode.
Re. 'Windows complaining' - note that Windows uses 'number of downloads' as one of its heuristics to determine whether a downloaded file is likely to be malware. For a game jam like this, almost all software is going to be recently uploaded and will only have a handful of downloads each. As such, many games are likely to run afoul of this - just click 'More Info > Run Anyway'.
Has anyone beaten the game? (I personally haven't lol). Though I think the way about it is using the portal wand to get in and out of the final boss's lair, and trying to get a one-shot with the anvil
I'm not sure if the LDjam download has updated yet, in that case you can use the itch.io download, which is fully updated.
I love the concept of a vertical platforming/rouge-like, I think it could be an amazing game.
Similar to a lot of the other reviews, the UI scaling was problematic, the controls were cut-off for me on a 1920x1080 fullscreen.
I also think the movement was way too fast and loose for a game with such tight areas. Either slower more precise movement, or a larger play area, would have felt much better I think.
Overall great work though! Keep it up!