Veil of the Forgotten by Akuma016

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made by Akuma016 for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Introduction: "There once was an ancient civilization that filled the lands with its beautiful architecture and lived in peace with Nymphs—little spirits that protected the nature of this world. But all things must come to pass… Centuries later, our Main Character awakens from a deep slumber, only to find herself in an unknown place, unable to remember her own name. So now, she must step into this world, lift the veil of the forgotten, and discover unknown mysteries."

Description: “Veil of the Forgotten” is a 2D platformer game focused on overcoming obstacles using special skills (some still not present) granted to us by the little nymphs. The goal of the game is to find two runes that will help the character move on to the next level of the game and explore different areas and biomes of this world while uncovering hidden secrets.

Future ideas: -More levels; -Two more biomes; -New fun mechanics; -Story and interaction with the characters; -More polished and detailed graphics​.

W/Space - Jump

A - Left

D- Right

R - Restart

@m1fex - Sound/Story @dimas76 - Sound @ale-x - Art/Story @akuma016 - Code

Ratings

Overall 300th 3.793⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 421th 3.55⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 754th 3.034⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 912th 3.071⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 261th 4.117⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 52th 4.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 453th 3.192⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 243th 3.893⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Tori
07. Oct 2024 · 22:58 UTC
What a beautiful game, i love it, great graphism and sound design, the music is really good, i would love to play more so i hope the "to be continued" is real !
SeiRan
07. Oct 2024 · 23:00 UTC
Amazing game and platforming, definetly room to improve :). The art best <3
Ale_x
07. Oct 2024 · 23:01 UTC
@tori Stay tuned))
M1FEX
07. Oct 2024 · 23:06 UTC
@tori | Thanks for playing Tori , we will try our best to make a masterpiece <3
M1FEX
07. Oct 2024 · 23:07 UTC
@seiran | Thanks Seiran :D
🎤 Akuma016
07. Oct 2024 · 23:08 UTC
@tori we plan on that,
@seiran thx to @ale-x he did the art,
btw it's our first game and ludum dare,
thx for feedback
Kitira
08. Oct 2024 · 15:01 UTC
Nice platformer with beutiful graphics, music, and sound. :)
M1FEX
08. Oct 2024 · 15:07 UTC
@kitira thanks ❤️
Theresa
09. Oct 2024 · 02:51 UTC
I love the concept, the levels were fun and not too easy! I liked the small detail of the moving background as well!
M1FEX
09. Oct 2024 · 05:12 UTC
@theresa thank you 🫡
mymdz
09. Oct 2024 · 08:00 UTC
Very nice art!

But it's not obvious that the player should press twice W or space to jump higher. Also, returning to the menu is impossible without reloading the page, that's a little frustrating.
M1FEX
09. Oct 2024 · 09:55 UTC
@mymdz thanks for feedback , we will fix bugs and improve the game in future 🫡
Ecaterina
09. Oct 2024 · 18:31 UTC
I love the design, and the synergy between it and the music is perfect! It creates a very pleasant atmosphere. Well done!
Ale_x
10. Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC
@ecaterina thank you <3, we are planning on working more on the game
snesgaard
10. Oct 2024 · 20:00 UTC
Neat entry, loved the visual design and the music. I feel like the game occasionally ate my jump input when trying to jump immediately after landing. Buffering the input for a short time could a long way to make the controls feel more responsive IMO.
🎤 Akuma016
11. Oct 2024 · 05:48 UTC
@snesgaard thx it's my first project and I plan to improve all movement mechanics while we will finish the game
hotdog
12. Oct 2024 · 12:59 UTC
Nice art style :)
blobo
12. Oct 2024 · 14:33 UTC
I love the character design! The forest is also beautiful.

I recorded myself playing the game, and I bring it up in the video, but there's a section with a "blind jump" where the player is required to move downwards, but the floor they need to land on is off screen. My biggest piece of feedback is to always make sure the player can see where they are trying to move the character in a platforming game.

And here's the recording! Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GQkmIlJy0
Valmontechno
12. Oct 2024 · 14:40 UTC
This game has potential. I hope there will be a sequel.
I really like the character's style. However, the background is sometimes pixelated and it stops abruptly.
Too bad there is only one functional nymph.
Vittima
12. Oct 2024 · 15:22 UTC
Very beautiful and atmospheric game!
LDJam user 233347
12. Oct 2024 · 20:41 UTC
Love the atmosphere with the ambience / background music. occasionally i had issues where jumping didn't work, but that could very well be me due to W and Space mashing :laughing:
FreshD
13. Oct 2024 · 00:20 UTC
This was fun! Sometimes the backgrounds flickered a bit, but other than that it is a very nice game! Good job! :)
🎤 Akuma016
14. Oct 2024 · 10:23 UTC
@100th-coin thx man it's was our first game and jam experience, we are new to this and i tried to make the second one (the beetle) to be collected and then you can create pillars but we almost ran out of time so it was a quick solution, the wizard is the character what should appear after the 2nd lvl and tell you something about the lore.
And thanks for feedback from someone with 7 ears of ldjam experience we plan on developing the game further

Btw you got a handsome voice
🎤 Akuma016
14. Oct 2024 · 10:24 UTC
@valmontechno thx we do plan to finish it and a sequel is also kinda planed
🎤 Akuma016
14. Oct 2024 · 10:25 UTC
@freshd we don't know what causes that we will fix it in the future :)
M1FEX
14. Oct 2024 · 11:09 UTC
Thanks everyone for feedback , we will make sure the game is more playable in future 🫡
LDJam user 395766
16. Oct 2024 · 16:37 UTC
Beautifull game, the controls stayed as ZQSD x) but i understood directly. Need more difficulties but it's a nice cute journey ;)
M1FEX
16. Oct 2024 · 17:04 UTC
Thanks for feedback @leykal , the game will be more difficult and also it will have a great story 🙈
Ale_x
19. Oct 2024 · 22:54 UTC
@valmontechno thank you. It was our first game ever, and I was the only one working on graphics and I didnt know how to make the background to work well, so we didnt really have time. but still we plan to continue the game and remove all these problems. Also the 2nd nymph scarab was supposed to work as well, but again, we didnt have time((
Biene.maja
21. Oct 2024 · 14:11 UTC
I liked the idea of collecting bugs to gain special abilities and the graphics are unique. Prompts to the team for their progress, we'll wait for the release of new levels))
00-madz
21. Oct 2024 · 15:02 UTC
beautiful graphics!!!!
Vablik
22. Oct 2024 · 19:38 UTC
The game mechanics work well, and the artstyle is nice and comfy))
LDJam user 397099
24. Oct 2024 · 20:12 UTC
Short but complete, nice art style, could use some more level design and sounds.
Ale_x
25. Oct 2024 · 20:16 UTC
@cortez thank you <3 It is our first ever game, and first ever game jam, so we have 0 experience, but we plan on doing more levels and mechanics