Kingdom of Solaris has always been protected by light of holy lighthouse. One day however, the lights disappeared, plunging the kingdom into darkness..
However, all hope is not lost. One day a young wizard Lucia arrived, and used all her strength to create a ball of light powerful enough to lit the lighthouse again!
While the orb is very powerful, it's also very unstable. A slightest bump can cause the orb to explode! Lucia needs to use the orb to light her way, while trying to keep the orb intact. Will she be able to end the age of darkness?
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Controls: Use Arrow Keys or WASD to control Lucia. Press down or S to enter doors. R restarts the current room.
Use mouse to control orb of light. Beware that it explodes if it hits walls, platforms or goes off screen.
Esc returns you to main menu and skips the intro. M mutes and unmutes music
Great use of the theme. I'm very impressed at the level of detail and polish that was put into this game. Smooth controls, no bugs (at least that I found), crisp sound effects, nice soundtrack, and of course great pixel art. Job well done.
wow, what a great entry! this is really polished and well executed. well done! i wished that the orb followed the mouse in real time rather than clicking but overall this was amazing
You always make the most polished games here... Sweet artwork with a nice and innovative game mechanic. Great job. :) I almost got frustrated with some of the later levels, but I managed to pull through. :)
Well, the gameplay is well made, the art looks nice, it's smooth and polish but damn it's ridiculously hard and frustrating. I got problems with understanding what would kill the light ( everything). It's got a lot of potential, great job :D
This was the most polished game I have played so far in this Ludum Dare. Awesome job! This would work really well in handheld consoles with touch capabilities like Vita or 3DS.
Very well done. Quite a complete game for 48 man-hours of work. The music is really catchy. :) My only criticism: The orb gameplay isn't really all that fun. Still a cool experience, after all.
It's almost unbelievable how you could of made such an awesome game with great mechanic, art, story idea, all in 48hrs! Nice choice of SFX and music too!
The level that took me the most time to figure out was the first platforms-on-wheels that moves under spikes. I thought I missed a control or something (like ducking) but sure enough, the light revealed there was a way underneath! Well done :)
Very innovating the idea of control two character!, maybe I lacked some checkpoints, is too frustrating when you are in the end of the level and you fall off or you die.
Great game!! I love your pixel art. I saw your comment in my game "The Last Rock" about it not having and ending. It has one! Please read my answer there and re-review it. Thanks!
A nice idea and an absolutely outstanding execution! I can't believe you made such a polished, balanced, and fun to play game is two days. Did you actually sleep or eat during the compo? :)
The level design is awesome, with very good idea (I loved the chariot and spikes level - and the autoscrolling ones are nice too but very very hard). I bet this game will end up in the top game of the compo (and it 100% deserves it)!
The sprites blend amazingly and the ball gameplay fits the theme perfectly, while being very original. However, the music is a bit annoying, and sorta makes you want to rush, which is the opposite of what you actually have to do!
At first it's a bit hard to get used to the ball not being affected by gravity (I was afraid to stop clicking haha), but then it's nice :D
On the fun side I'd say it's a bit slow-paced for my taste, but still good :)
Amazing concept this time, this is probably the most creative concept you've come up with so far, and with the same or higher quality in the other areas too.
That was pretty amazing as a game, I really struggled on the final level, but only because the additional skill of moving and controlling the orb at the same time overwhelmed me. Maybe a slower moving wall level earlier on to introduce that mechanic might have helper prepare me, but overall a really fun and well polished game.
Solid entry made in only 48 hours. The learning curve is very well handled for a fantastic final level. Kept me entertained until the end. Only one little thing: I didn't expect the orb to break on wood but it is nitpicking. Good job overall.
But it's pretty rude to show ads to people who are rating your game, see as we're doing you a favour by voting. It'd be better to have a non-ad version for Ludum Dare and then versions with ads elsewhere.
The camera would move the orb unpredictably some times which lead to a lot of frustrating deaths. Really nice art, and good production value. Great job!
Awesome entry! Love the idea you got to in the end. Graphics are lovely as usual and this controls really nicely too. Really shows what you can achieve with Stencyl :D
Really original entry! Hard to find the time to play LD games through to the end, but I had to with this one (although that last level drove me nuts!) Amazing work,seriously.
Freakin' stellar! I love how you do so much with such a simple mechanic. Only complaint is that the frantic music - as good as it is - doesn't really suit the deliberative gameplay. Otherwise, one of the best entries I've played.
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Adam Tea19 Dec 2013, 08:02
Aw this is awesome. I had a lot of fun. Charming graphics and the main mechanic is clever! I originally had a one light source game idea myself! Only it changed to be a projectile that is also a light source. My submission is a little rough and buggy but check it out, it's a first person puzzler ala Portal.
This was really novel! Though I associated it with those analog games of passing a ring through a wire maze, it was really interesting how you made that into a game! =D
Been following your games since Tiny Island and this one again didn't disappoint :) Fantastic art, good music, loved the way you put the story into it, and a very unique and cool gameplay concept! Challenge level was pretty spot on also, last level took me about 5-6 tries maybe, and almost got to the point of platformer rage as it was hard to concentrate on controlling the orb and the avatar at once but it wasn't too frustrating either. If I had to make any suggestions I'd say make the light colliding with stuff a bit more forgiving, maybe have it take a couple of hits to die or make the hitbox a bit smaller, but it was pretty good as it was anyway.
Still torn about what I think about this style of gameplay, it might be too much for me to consider it fun, it's quite challenging, I'll give you that.
I like the idea, and you had some clever level design that got progressively harder, while keeping them pretty short, which was great.
Very nice graphics, and the chiptune style music was a nice fit.
Awesome game. Everyting was very polished and the gameplay was really fun.
The only thing I missed was a small intro to each level (for example, just a text floating saying "Level 1"). Otherwise that last level gets a little bit frustrating (It lacks that small break at the start)
Nice graphics, neat concept, good execution! All in all, a really great game! On the second level I managed to stand on the block below the pillar way to the right. Not sure if that's intentional. Also, I didn't much enjoy the last level, but that's probably cause I sucked at it. :P
This is one of my favorite games so far. I really doubted it was made in 48 hours, it's really polished. The only thing I found a bit difficult, was to play with the touchpad but it's not your fault of couse.Very well done.
The main mechanic reminds me of a prototype of a game I made, it felt warm inside <3
Great job! Very polished as usual from your entries. It was really fun :) My only complaint is that the difficulty was maybe a bit too low on the first levels. It escalated well towards the end though!
P.D.: Why the hell does a Lighthouse have traps and spikes in it?!
Great game overall, really nice graphics and audio. The gameplay was very good too, I enjoyed this a lot.
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Cake&Code2 Jan 2014, 09:40
Amazing game!!! I know you always make great ones, but I think this is especially really interesting in game mechanic. I loved juggling the light orb and the character and how these are controlled. Of course the graphics are great, and the music/mood work really well together. :) Great work!
This was really good! Great pixel art, dat reaction when the orb goes out xD The levels were really cool, since the paths for the orb and Lucia are sometimes different. And it even has a back story! Love that.
Awesome entry, great work ! Kindda frustrating at times to synchronize both the player and orb (orb is kindda big or fragile imo) but it's really a detail. Congrats, I think you'll be very well placed :)
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Amazing!
I almost got frustrated with some of the later levels, but I managed to pull through. :)
This would work really well in handheld consoles with touch capabilities like Vita or 3DS.
My only criticism: The orb gameplay isn't really all that fun. Still a cool experience, after all.
Loved controlling the two characters and so much fun, nice job :)
It's almost unbelievable how you could of made such an awesome game with great mechanic, art, story idea, all in 48hrs! Nice choice of SFX and music too!
The level that took me the most time to figure out was the first platforms-on-wheels that moves under spikes. I thought I missed a control or something (like ducking) but sure enough, the light revealed there was a way underneath!
Well done :)
However, very funny game, I loved it.
I saw your comment in my game "The Last Rock" about it not having and ending. It has one! Please read my answer there and re-review it. Thanks!
I like the idea and it's really pretty polished!
The orb is a clever use of the theme.
The autoscrolling levels are a bit nightmarish.
The level design is awesome, with very good idea (I loved the chariot and spikes level - and the autoscrolling ones are nice too but very very hard). I bet this game will end up in the top game of the compo (and it 100% deserves it)!
The sprites blend amazingly and the ball gameplay fits the theme perfectly, while being very original. However, the music is a bit annoying, and sorta makes you want to rush, which is the opposite of what you actually have to do!
At first it's a bit hard to get used to the ball not being affected by gravity (I was afraid to stop clicking haha), but then it's nice :D
On the fun side I'd say it's a bit slow-paced for my taste, but still good :)
Congrats!
Great, great, great!
Really nice idea, lot of fun, pretty graphics and music!
But it's pretty rude to show ads to people who are rating your game, see as we're doing you a favour by voting. It'd be better to have a non-ad version for Ludum Dare and then versions with ads elsewhere.
Great work!!
I love how you do so much with such a simple mechanic.
Only complaint is that the frantic music - as good as it is - doesn't really suit the deliberative gameplay. Otherwise, one of the best entries I've played.
I originally had a one light source game idea myself! Only it changed to be a projectile that is also a light source. My submission is a little rough and buggy but check it out, it's a first person puzzler ala Portal.
This was really novel! Though I associated it with those analog games of passing a ring through a wire maze, it was really interesting how you made that into a game! =D
I like the idea, and you had some clever level design that got progressively harder, while keeping them pretty short, which was great.
Very nice graphics, and the chiptune style music was a nice fit.
The only thing I missed was a small intro to each level (for example, just a text floating saying "Level 1"). Otherwise that last level gets a little bit frustrating (It lacks that small break at the start)
Very challenging stages.
The main mechanic reminds me of a prototype of a game I made, it felt warm inside <3
Great job! Very polished as usual from your entries. It was really fun :) My only complaint is that the difficulty was maybe a bit too low on the first levels. It escalated well towards the end though!
P.D.: Why the hell does a Lighthouse have traps and spikes in it?!
Holy cow, great job!
The levels were really cool, since the paths for the orb and Lucia are sometimes different. And it even has a back story! Love that.
And I liked how hard the last level was.
good job!