Beacon

by sayhiben

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.23

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.26

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%

BEACON

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In Beacon, you play a firefly looking for its mate. Using
its own light as a weapon, the firefly must overcome three
mazes without going dark. Find the grubs, defeat the spiders,
and dodge the frogs! Lights on!

CONTROLS

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MOVE: WASD or Arrow keys
SHOOT: CTRL, SPACE, or MOUSE1

ABOUT

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Beacon is the first "real" game for every person on our team.
Thank you for a fantastic first game jam; this experience
brought together a group of friends in a way that hasn't
happened in a long time.

We hope our game makes you smile.

Cheers,

• Bill Bussick - Game & Level Design
• Ruthie R. - Original artwork
• Cort Page - Original soundtrack
• Ben Menesini - Programming & design
• John Darrington - Design & testing
• Avalon - Playtesting

Comments33

Pinktreeleaf21 Apr 2015, 03:25

Such beautiful animation. fun game.

nightlord21 Apr 2015, 03:26

my most favorite game so far as far as mood is concerned. The graphics are great and the music is super moody. very cool game congrats

Lancelot Gao22 Apr 2015, 02:32

love the art style!good jobs!

wg_phancock22 Apr 2015, 02:36

Beautiful graphics, mood, and audio. Why can you not rate on graphics and auido?

silentbaws22 Apr 2015, 02:38

I liked the game, but I gut stuck in a web with no ammo and I had to close and re open the game which was kind of annoying other than that this was great though

Tortoise22 Apr 2015, 02:38

I really like the artstyle, and the music!

Reis Mahnic22 Apr 2015, 02:43

Wow!
Fun to play, and the character art is BEAUTIFUL.
I know it'd take a long time, but you should DEFINITELY make a game that is built entirely in that style. Really wonderful work. Great audio too.

TheMeorch22 Apr 2015, 02:44

Wow, the use of 2D art in a 3D world here is truly beautiful. The music is also lovely. The camera angle is a little high for how zoomed in it is. Anyway, awesome job!

tikilittle22 Apr 2015, 02:47

Loved the art style and the mood. After a couple of playthroughs, I gave up because I didn't think there was a goal until I just read your description and saw there is three mazes. When you get down to low light levels, there is really not a whole lot you can do, but just die and try again.

CowShark22 Apr 2015, 02:49

Third maze is kind of brutal for the uninitiated.

bossmojoman22 Apr 2015, 02:55

Awesome job! Art and sound were great!

JulioC22 Apr 2015, 02:59

Great job on the concept and better yet implementing it.

Hambone22 Apr 2015, 04:24

Very pretty!

wearehomebound22 Apr 2015, 05:18

Dang. Really loved the graphics and feel of this one. Sounds were top notch. Really well executed.

RobotHoboDanceParty22 Apr 2015, 06:32

This game is very nice. I love the music and graphic. If I had to find something wrong with this game, there were a couple of overlapped textures that glitched a little and at one point i got stuck in a web and couldn't shoot or run out of light. Those two "bad" (not really) thing about this game mean nothing and did not stop me from really enjoying this game! Great work, I love this!

SayHiBenauthor22 Apr 2015, 15:39

Hopefully the "can't run out of energy/can't move" issue is fixed now. I'd call it a bug, except, well, I'm through with bug puns after this past weekend ;)

Tatsu Studio23 Apr 2015, 03:47

I liked, the character art is so cute.

tummyache23 Apr 2015, 05:59

This is really charming. I got lost quite a bit though, it's very difficult to keep track of where you're going with such a steep camera and high movement speed.

Artwork and music were fantastic though. Really good game.

kabutakogames23 Apr 2015, 07:45

I liked the little art but the sides of the levels cut out my vision a lot

Conflei24 Apr 2015, 04:00

Excelente art and 5/5 Innovation!

emmelineprufrock24 Apr 2015, 04:17

Really pretty, I love the art work. A whole lot. With the tight curves it was a tiny bit nauseating, but I really love the mood that you've managed to create here.

OnlySlightly24 Apr 2015, 04:18

Beautiful game. It felt really cozy exploring the hedge maze guided by the light from our body. I liked being a little firefly. You are great at capturing a mood and feeling. The art and animation was amazing. Thank you for making this game!

ConflictiveLabs24 Apr 2015, 22:47

Overall a good game. Maybe the use of the theme was too simple.

lucentbeam24 Apr 2015, 22:53

Nice! Really pleasing art and music. I do wish the controls were a little less slippery, though.

KhaoTom24 Apr 2015, 22:59

Cute mood and character. Wow, that frog is a jerk though.

aaronjbaptiste25 Apr 2015, 18:24

Quite beautiful really. Only criticism would be the controls were a bit too slippery for me.

Jajo25 Apr 2015, 18:31

Beautiful graphics and sound. Creative idea. Honestly brilliant ;3

stvr25 Apr 2015, 19:08

Pretty fun! I think shooting stuff is a bit conventional though.

sekaru25 Apr 2015, 19:36

Really cool and refreshing art and animation on this one.

Pilly25 Apr 2015, 20:39

Beautiful art, the creatures look like they came straight out of an animated film.

I tried the third maze numerous times, but gave up eventually - it just seemed too big and was hard to tell whether I was making any progress. Also, I found that it was too dark much of the time, so maybe instead of light fading in a linear way, it could be exponential...or something like that.

Loved the mood, I felt like I was exploring something magical and mysterious. Great work!

skylerWithAnE27 Apr 2015, 06:51

Cool game! You did a good job of producing an appropriate amount of content--that is to say, I was able to complete your game! I think the birds are glitched, they drop a grub every time a shot connects with them.

Andrew Quartermain27 Apr 2015, 21:43

Definitely made me smile. That's amazing for your first game.
It plays really well and looks great. When the light starts to dim it gets pretty scary too.

reiknight10 May 2015, 09:34

I <3 the 2D/3D combination and those animations :). Using the bug back as a health bar was a smart idea!