Three Tiny Toblins by NightmaresDev

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made by NightmaresDev for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Can you find your way out of this jail?

Control Three Tiny Toblins in this little puzzle game, each with their own unique skills.

Controls

  • Move: A & D
  • Jump: Space
  • Action: F or Left Click
  • Reset at last Checkpoint: R
    All Toblins must reach the checkpoint to activate!
  • Close Game: Escape

Meet the Trio (Toblins)

Kort is the smallest of the bunch. He can fit into small spaces and crawl underneath tight spots. He is green, mean and maybe just a little bit angry.
Lagom is the fistiest of the group. She may think more with her fists than with her head. She is red, a doofus but a chill companion to be around.
Stor is the smartest of the trio. He thinks before he acts and with his tall stature can reach many places that seems out of reach. He is yellow and mellow and a great thrower too.

Kort Idle.gif

Meet the other Trio (Dev Team)

Quartzi: Voice of Kort, Programmer, and Sound Designer.
Syrsa: Voice of Stor, Pixel Artist, and Level Designer.
Fluwii: Voice of Lagom and first-time working on a game project!

Lagom Idle.gif

Application List

  • Game Engine: Unity
  • Art: Aseprite
  • Audio Creation: Bfxr and BandLab
  • Audio Editing: Audacity

Stor Idle.gif

Thank you Syrsa for comming up with this fun idea!

Thank you Fluwii for participating in this event with us! I know this was your first time to do anything like this and how stressful it can be, but you pulled through!

Ratings

Overall 275th 3.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 207th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 451th 3.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 944th 2.958⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 349th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 293th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 96th 3.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 383th 3.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Frogcula
07. Oct 2024 · 13:39 UTC
Just letting you know the links for your game don't work :(
🎤 NightmaresDev
07. Oct 2024 · 13:56 UTC
@frogcula this shouldnt be public yet! We arent finished >.<

Edit: Okay now its playable at least o.o
GonnaFlyMethod
07. Oct 2024 · 15:49 UTC
Interesting idea :)
PlusOneRabbit
07. Oct 2024 · 16:33 UTC
Neat usage of multiple characters to add more depth. I think the puzzle mechanics might not be getting reset correctly because I managed to get in and out of a seemingly-unwinnable state by resetting while standing on a button. Faster movement might help a bit with the game feel, as sometimes you see a solution and it takes an unsatisfyingly long time to execute it.
🎤 NightmaresDev
07. Oct 2024 · 16:48 UTC
@plusonerabbit movement speed has been adjusted :3
Sviborg
07. Oct 2024 · 17:37 UTC
Quite an enjoyable puzzle game. I like the use of each character's unique abilities, which adds interest and strategy to solving the problems. Despite some moments with the mechanics, I was pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere and visual style!
Fernando Tonon de Rossi
07. Oct 2024 · 17:58 UTC
Nice, it reminds me of the "The Lost Vikings" from SNES, where we had to move each character at time. nice concept!
LDJam user 383212
08. Oct 2024 · 09:51 UTC
I love the voice acting in this game, really adds to the vibe :). The gameplay is a nice idea and executed well. I think the game could have benefitted from static cameras instead of following the chosen toblin - but thats a minor nitpick. I liked how the Toblins each also have a personality and it shows with their animations :D
ArcadeEleven
08. Oct 2024 · 21:25 UTC
Very nice little game, always loved the Lost Vikings vibe ! Well done !
ChewieCB
08. Oct 2024 · 22:53 UTC
Love how each character is full of personality which the art and the voice acting really help to sell. Some music would have helped build more of an atmosphere. Encountered a few bugs around switches remaining pressed after a reset, hitting buttons from below, and one bug where pushing a box onto Kort clips him into the platform geometry. A solid puzzle platformer overall, good job!
NeoAwesomeon
08. Oct 2024 · 23:12 UTC
Very charming game. I love puzzle platformers, and this game satisfied that part of me that used to play flash games all the time. I also encountered a bug that forced me to reset (box landed on Kort) but I had a good time. I also love that all of the characters made their own sound effects, it was very charming! Stor is my fav of the Trio! Great work!
martonel
09. Oct 2024 · 14:16 UTC
Nice little game, I like the character design and the idea of the game!
goodwincek
09. Oct 2024 · 18:05 UTC
https://youtu.be/uD1fy2fXIPo

Love the characters! I like how each had a unique voice along with gameplay power. It was a cool start of the game but I got stuck really early on! I tried resetting and the same thing happened again so I'm just not sure how to get past the first checkpoint. I enjoyed what I played though :) nice work
Drinlan
13. Oct 2024 · 01:41 UTC
I was taken by surprise when I started the game and heard the characters' voices. For a moment, I felt a bit schizophrenic, but then it turned out to be very funny.

Even though the red and green toblins were chubby (since the yellow one kept telling them they were heavy), I managed to progress through the map until something terrible happened: a cube fell on me and glitched the character, forcing me to restart everything.

![img.png](///raw/ebd/06/z/68bcd.png)

Luckily, I pressed R and got saved from the wall. It was nice to have that option. After that, everything started working fine, and although the last puzzle required a lot of coordination, it wasn't too difficult. It would have been great to have some background music, but it's not a big issue. Once again, the detail of including the voices was very entertaining, I loved that!

Good job, I'd like to see a post-jam version. Here's my final pose:

![img2.png](///raw/ebd/06/z/68bce.png)
Renier
13. Oct 2024 · 01:57 UTC
Cool concept and a fun puzzle game! well done! really enjoyed the characters and the voices and sounds! :D
Jhonny111
13. Oct 2024 · 18:21 UTC
Nice little Puzzle game. Loved the voices. Also i managed to clip out of bounds by boxing a box toward the little green one standing at a wall.
Utopia
14. Oct 2024 · 06:39 UTC
"Hello, Hello, Hello, you're so heavy" lmao
I can't stop laughing all the way, the voice is so humor somehow and the concept/mechanics is great.
Andriana Mantidfly
18. Oct 2024 · 08:48 UTC
It's a very cool game, but there are bugs, like knocking a green goblin into walls through a punch
WeirdBitGames
21. Oct 2024 · 15:19 UTC
This is SOOO good! So inventive! I know how hard puzzles games are to make, coming up with problems and solutions and all of that. I gotta say the sprites are gorgeous and my favourite part by far is the voice acting, it really brings the whole game to life!

![stuck.png](///raw/5e7/f4/z/69039.png)

I managed to dumb myself into a softlock 'cos I'm a special kind of goblin myself haha!
ChuChuGeralt
21. Oct 2024 · 21:24 UTC
Nice game! Really reminded me of the The Lost Vikings, even though your characters are cuter!
Before I moved the characters, i thought i would awfully miss some background music, but the voiceovers were great!
Really did like that every charater felt unique.
yancharkin
21. Oct 2024 · 21:30 UTC
Cool graphics and sound, solid game mechanics! I think you should definitely make a full game out of this: add more levels and music. And, of course, fix glitches and bugs; during my short play session, the poor toblins got stuck inside walls more than once.
PaulN
21. Oct 2024 · 21:33 UTC
This game was great! I enjoyed the learning curve of switching between the characters to get through the puzzles, which was then rewarded with the last one requiring quick timing and coordination. Super cute art/clear sprites. I think the atmosphere would benefit a lot from some sort of background sound or music, while toning down the voice lines a bit (less frequency or possible overlap), but they were very endearing and funny :)
Jcourt
22. Oct 2024 · 07:30 UTC
This was really good! I thought the 3 different abilities were good, and used pretty well with all the puzzles. It did take me a little while to figure out that 3 can throw the others, not some object that just hadn't shown up yet, but that's a minor thing. "walk", "crawl", "land", etc was funny, and the art looks nice and feels cohesive.
blay09
22. Oct 2024 · 13:03 UTC
Fun puzzle platformer. The different kinds of voiceovers for the characters were pretty cute and funny ("ugh you're heavy!!").
Hawkin
24. Oct 2024 · 19:11 UTC
I really loved the character and ingenuity of this three-way control puzzle! The voice acting was very endearing and comical, and the pixel animations were really well done. Very expressive!

I must admit that, even after reading that Stor could throw, I didn't remember in game. Both Kort and Lagom and visual indicators of their ability (crouching and punching), but Stor didn't appear to do anything when I pressed F. So I was very confused until I went back and read the game page again. I think Stor should attempt to grab any time the player presses "F", even if there is nothing there :)

Otherwise, this was a very fun puzzle! Well done!

I should also report that I managed to squash Kort into the ground by Lagom punching the block onto him. This locked him in the floor XD

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