I swore I wouldn't let the programming get out of hand and that I would spend more time on art and level design this time.
Welp, that was a failure! I guess that's what I get for trying out a new engine for the compo without much experience in it. This was created using the luxe engine (http://luxeengine.com/), which is really starting to grow on me even though it is still in alpha.
How To Play =========== W, Up: Flap your feather A, Left: Move left D, Right: Move right Mouse: click and drag to divebomb M: mute the music
For Those Who Can't See The Text ================================ I have no idea why you can't see the text. The engine is still in alpha. If you can't see the text, can you do me a favour and leave a comment with your browser (and version) and OS? Thanks!
The cinematic text at the beginning is as follows:
* In a land far far away, under a long-forgotten mountain there lives an ancient race of Dwarves who are forever at war with the surrounding goblin tribes. * Each year, the dwarves hold a competition to showcase their finest battlefield inventions. * The inventors of the mightiest and terriblest of weapons which could be used against the goblins are richly rewarded with gold, gems, and titles. * Yorri Cragglestone had never been a master weaponsmith - no trophies lined his quarters. * But this would be his year! * *clang* *clang* *clang* * FEATHER * *clang* *clang* *clang* * ROCK * *clang* *clang* *clang* * FEATHERROCK => And so, the legendary FEATHERROCK was born!
Interesting idea and I like the visual style and music. I found it very difficult, since the magic reduces so quickly. I might just not understand what I'm supposed to do.
Genius. One thing though is that I found the divebombing mechanic to be a bit wonky. Once I figured it out it was simple, but before that it was pretty confusing. Otherwise, amazing game!
Great visual style (especially the intro) and interesting core mechanic, but I think the magic meter is a bit harsh. Even though you can restart instantly I think it would be more fun if you could play around in every level without a time limit.
@zeejpfs Click during the cinematic to advance it.
@Move127, @koredozo thanks, I think I agree. I didn't get much playtesting in so never really validated the magic timer. If I carry the game forward I will probably scrap it.
@Fanttum you can only divebomb downwards, so you always have to be *above* your target. Also, things only break if you're moving fast enough, so you have to be a bit of a distance above the item you're trying to break before you divebomb.
An interesting concept. Sadly I found the text at the start didn't work so I didn't full understand what was going on. The controls a little tricky, especially the dive bombing. Certainly unique and interesting though!
Great game! Intro was amazing, concept is very creative, artwork is solid. The dive-bomb was confusing at first, as others have said, but once i understood you have to pull back like a sling-shot, it worked well. Really like this game.
Awesome. Reminds me of an old snitch game that I played. Some harry potter game on the gameboy. Really nice. At first i was confused because i though I had to pickup the gems in the walls. But great game :)
This was amazing! The controls felt like a feather rock. Very tight and satisfying. The time slow on launching the rock was really well done. The levels where very easy and I wasn't able to spend gold on anything, but I can see this becoming a very interesting mechanic ina very flushed out game. Keep at it!
A bit difficult to get the dive bomb mechanics, but a well implemented game besides that. I envy those who can make a game that plays well AND has an intro story :).
Concept doesn't really make sense but that doesn't stop it from being a good. I had some trouble understanding how the divebomb worked at first, but in the end i really enjoyed it. I'd like to see an upward equivalent of it though. Feather uppercut?
Man this thing handles *exactly* like you would expect a rock with tiny feather wings to handle. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to smash those people but I did anyway haha!
Sadly doesn't load in Firefox with a "NotSupportedError: Operation is not Supported" in howler.js on Line 22. It ran fine in Chrome, though Space didn't seem to work as adviced, but you can complete the game without presseing space. Very nice art style and very interesting controls!
A really great game - athough I assumed the coloured dots were pickups? If so they aren't working. Magic Meter is too harsh and punishes players for experimenting.
Really enjoyed the divebomb slow-mo though - and visually the game was excellent!
Finished it! Controls a bit awkward for me, had to spam w a lot to stay afloat. Has quite some force behind the aiming too! Original idea and visuals decent enough!
The opening and background story is fantastic. I made it through the fin. With some more time for level design and balancing things, you could make this a lot of times nicer! This also reminded me to try Luxe. Gj
So cool. Divebombing with the feather rock feels soooo good xD Cool idea for the given theme. I don't know why you were worried about the graphics, they are very good. SFX are great too. Very solid entry all around :D
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@Move127, @koredozo thanks, I think I agree. I didn't get much playtesting in so never really validated the magic timer. If I carry the game forward I will probably scrap it.
@EncryptedCow wow, genius? Thanks! :)
@Fanttum you can only divebomb downwards, so you always have to be *above* your target. Also, things only break if you're moving fast enough, so you have to be a bit of a distance above the item you're trying to break before you divebomb.
Thanks for the comments guys!
Other than that, great visuals and animations, as well as sound effects!
The intro also had me laughing out loud. Brilliant.
Really enjoyed the divebomb slow-mo though - and visually the game was excellent!
This also reminded me to try Luxe. Gj
Good luck!
I also downloaded your source to help me learn Luxe, so thanks for that!