Ludum Dare #30compo

Darkness

by kevinalbs

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.84

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.55

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.94

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.87

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★84%

CONTROLS

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WASD to move/jump

R to restart

Click to shoot

Updates

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12:00am Aug 25th

Thanks for all the feedback. To those who've mentioned it's difficulty, if you cannot get through the ascension part you can skip directly to the boss fight here http://kevinalbs.com/darkness/#boss

It is more relevant to the theme, and you can see everybody's names!

8:14pm Aug 26th

kdunee - Good spot. I noticed this as well and should be rolling out a fix for this

Sounds will be coming out on the next version. I'll post a link when it's ready. I'd like to add music, but it might be too difficult.

11:22am Sept 7th

The server is currently down :( This is a personal server, of which I cannot ssh into (because it is physically off). I will fix by next weekend.

Development Notes

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Unfortunately I didn't have much time to get this as polished as I would have liked. I plan to work on this after the compo and possibly post a link to the revised version.

I tested this on Chrome on Windows. More than likely bugs exist. This was really rushed towards the end. I'll be cleaning things up and posting this on GitHub.

Upcoming features:

- SOUND and (if possible) music

- Source on GitHub

- More intensity towards the end of the climb

Comments30

intelligentbean25 Aug 2014, 02:15

this was pretty fun! kind of hard though but not in a bad way. I feel like I could spend a lot of time playing this.

Nsmurf25 Aug 2014, 03:06

Fun! I like how hard it is :) Can't really see what it has to do with the theme though...

robbiehunt25 Aug 2014, 03:09

This is definitely hard. I can immediately see that this is the kind of game I really liked to play a few years ago, really requires attention and precision and quick movements.

It creates a good tension.

Really would have benefited from sound. But it has a really good aesthetic.

kenrickrilee25 Aug 2014, 03:10

I really dig the styling of the game. I don't think I've ever seen an edgy jumper game :P

HuntTheWumpus25 Aug 2014, 03:15

challenging but fun! I liked the fluent controls.

maad925 Aug 2014, 17:42

Simple and very fun ;) good job!

IcyLava25 Aug 2014, 18:07

It's challenging, I like it! Took some tries but got to the boss. Had an interesting ending. Good work!

pjimmy25 Aug 2014, 18:35

pretty cool, but how does it fits into the theme? the world of light and darkness?

Xgor25 Aug 2014, 18:41

I must say, id wish you built the entire game about the end boss, that ending concept was so cool.

hirsch25 Aug 2014, 20:23

Even though i am not used to control platformers with my left hand, it's a fun little game that i definetly enjoyed playing.

Mali25 Aug 2014, 20:41

Good game. Well made and well polished. Not sure how it relates to the theme though.

John Drury25 Aug 2014, 20:55

Unforgiving game. Really hard! Love the minimalist style!

Eduardo26 Aug 2014, 00:41

The end was cool!

rd127p7726 Aug 2014, 01:00

Bookmark

ShadowStryker26 Aug 2014, 02:19

Very hard after the checkpoint, but excellent and very fun game none-the-less. Loved the ending!

Canyon26 Aug 2014, 02:34

This is great. I died after a minute or two, but I can tell I'd really like this if I played more. A run animation and sounds would add so much!

Animated26 Aug 2014, 02:55

Very tough but still fun

brodavi26 Aug 2014, 02:57

I didn't get 'connected worlds' (maybe I didn't get far enough?), but it was pretty fun. Good use of pressure. Felt fair. I will have to come back and finish this. It kicked my butt :)

zillix26 Aug 2014, 04:51

Very challenging! I love the simple art direction!

Cake&Code26 Aug 2014, 08:00

I love that if you destroy the platform the enemies are standing on you can make them all plummet to their doom... or so you think, until an elevator brings one of them back up and he snipes you dead!

Haha, lots of fun :)

mrexcessive26 Aug 2014, 10:05

Hi there... nice looking game. Shame no sound. I couldn't get very far due to my awful platform game skills. Good job

Vallar26 Aug 2014, 13:00

Haha, now I loved that ending and I liked the look of the game. The game definitely fit the theme well in that regard.

While the graphics were simple I liked them a lot and I liked how you play the game in general. It was a hard game but I liked the idea.

Could use some sounds and music though but probably that is a byproduct of the time limitation.

Well done :D

oakus26 Aug 2014, 13:12

Fun and hard. Some checkpoints would be nice. Also, I don't see the connection with the theme here.

kdunee26 Aug 2014, 15:27

It felt for me like the platform animation was framerate dependent or just inconsistent, since the moving platform would stop at different places each time, sometimes out of my reach. Otherwise a nice, difficult platformer.

Retr0spectrum26 Aug 2014, 17:12

Nice graphics, and an original take on the theme. I think this would be improved if the boss fight was more tactical - Maybe the boss's weapons could deal more damage, but be further appart (IMHO they are too close together to avoid at the moment). Maybe it would have been too much for only 48 hours, but it would be cool if the other players had more realistic AI, or were actual recordings of other players movements.

dix26 Aug 2014, 19:19

Nice game :D

Artamus26 Aug 2014, 21:55

Nice game, congrats!