Ludum Dare #28compo

Spirit Cave

by patrickgh3

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.95

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%

The story of a human and a fairy making their way though life. Enjoy!

Press M to mute sounds. And if you get stuck, press R.

Tools / technologies:
Haxe 3, HaxePunk, FlashDevelop, Ogmo Editor, Paint.NET, sfxr, Audacity, Sony Vegas,
lighting engine by Noel Berry: http://forum.haxepunk.com/index.php?topic=355.0
freesound.org (instrument sample: first few seconds of http://www.freesound.org/people/chipfork/sounds/50087/)

Genres: platformer

Comments22

y2bd16 Dec 2013, 03:46

Atmospheric as hell! The graphics and lighting were gorgeous as well. I don't want to spoil anything, but overall extremely depressing.

Great work!

GaTechGrad16 Dec 2013, 04:37

Nice use of lighting effects.

ENDESGA16 Dec 2013, 05:22

Pretty awesome!
I was on the edge of my seat waiting for you to finish your game :D
Very cool indeed!

ashen16 Dec 2013, 05:34

You create feelings as much as you make games. Like your previous game it makes me think of things I hardly ever do while playing a game. Great theme usage. We all only really get one other who will cast light on the dark holes so we can see them and safely jump over them to go on. The two friends reminded me of the old Head Over Heels game from the C64, Spectrum.

ENDESGA16 Dec 2013, 05:41

I played it again, oh man, it's so good :)
The idea is brilliant! Amazing!

mcapraro16 Dec 2013, 06:10

really nice atmosphere in this one, great job! looks great and is neat to play

GravityScore16 Dec 2013, 07:36

Lovely lighting! Loved the music and the whole mood of the game.

ayame9joe16 Dec 2013, 10:35

Touching! I've sent it to my girl friend.

Will Hwang17 Dec 2013, 00:55

Certainly a great piece of work!

CatOnMars17 Dec 2013, 06:20

Nice mood and lighting. Could a monk fall in love with fairy? Interesting! Well done!

Arkrothe17 Dec 2013, 13:31

Great game, and a great message in the story too.

Cawrtz17 Dec 2013, 16:42

Awesome atmosphere & pixel art. The light effects are very cool, the colors too. The only problem is the very linear gameplay. Overall, good job !

Raiyumi18 Dec 2013, 05:54

The constant clicking sound got a tad annoying.. Otherwise nice game and Lovely pixelart. :)

tobbez18 Dec 2013, 20:00

Nice idea, but could have used more gameplay elements. As mentioned before, it's very linear.

madflame99121 Dec 2013, 11:35

Interesting use of light and good game mechanics. I know that you probably made the music yourself, but I found it quite annoying, you might consider changing it or removing it altogether. Ovwerall, a good atmospheric game.

MyGrandmother21 Dec 2013, 12:33

Great... simply great nothing else to say

JohnnySix21 Dec 2013, 12:39

Very atmospheric, like the lighting effects. Theme was well executed!

rnlf22 Dec 2013, 00:24

So sad. REALLY great interpretation of the theme. Loved this game, only the sound effects were below the niveau of the rest of the game. Still one of the best entries.

Jishenaz3 Jan 2014, 19:29

For some reason I love games with light mechanics. There aren't enough of them. Lovely game. The messages in the game were touching.

kirbytails75 Jan 2014, 07:22

Simple and clean. I like the concept, though I think the dual control scheme would work better with some puzzles. Nice atmosphere, although it feels a little preachy.