Story-driven game about ordinary guy trying to survive during war time.
Unfortunately I managed to finish only the first chapter, so I am not sure how apparent the connection with the theme will be.
Anyway the first chapter also has its ending that is an important part of the experience.
If I receive good feedback, I'd like to continue on this game to finish the whole story as intended :)
Controls: [Left/Right] - player movement [Shift] - running [Up/Down] - climbing [Up] - jump [F] - use
IF YOU GET STUCK ON THE ROOF It's quite easy to jump over the gap - you just have to jump while sprinting with [SHIFT] and in the mid air hit the [UP] key again to catch the edge of the roof.
It's really well done in terms of graphics and movement. The art style is nice. It's a bit grim and unguided for me to spend much time in, though, and I'm not sure I see an unconventional weapon here!
Nice atmosphere. The buildings going opaque and transparent was a nice touch. I made it to the top of the first building and then got stuck, though. There's a gap I need to jump but I can't make it?
Very nice visuals, simple but coherent and well polished. The game has a powerful story, I love narrative driven games. This is a great entry and I hope that you do continue development on the game.
The artwork is really cool. It was unclear of what to do at some points, but I managed. I got frustrated and kept hitting jump at one point, then I noticed I could climb up ledges. That was a rewarding discovery of mechanics. Would have like to hear some music or sounds of war in the distance to set the mood a bit more. I did really like the narrative at the points of the game. After the "She ran away part", I found myself trying to jump over a landmine and kept dying. On my first death, I kept hitting the up key and my character wiggled around. That was pretty funny.
Nice story driven game, the story lacked a bit flavor, but the graphics are nice, and everything works well together. I'd love to see the rest of it <3
Lovely graphics with an intresting story. Maybe could have done with fitting the theme into the first chapter somewhere, just so it was in there, but apart from that I enjoyed playing it.
Great tone and atmosphere. Would have loved some audio. That roof jump is far too tricky when you hit it and I nearly gave up BUT I am glad I didn't as I really enjoyed the rest of the game. Good job.
Neat artstyle, game reminds me a bit of This War of Mine. I really liked the climbing and all the mechanics felt solid, but some of the jumps were just a bit too hard for my taste.
You know, the title screen misses that running is an option. I spend three minutes flailing around on the roof until I saw in the description that the shift key is for running :D But anyway, very good job, awesome little game you got here. Not sure how it fits the theme, but that's maybe because I didn't finish it yet :)
It feels very close to This War Of Mine (which I only played for about 30 mins), but it is still very well executed, and the graphics is excellent! Very moody, and with an interesting storyline! However, level design-wise I wouldn't place those difficult jumps so early in the game. I nearly quit because I didn't manage to do the second big jump (where you have to press "up" an extra time to grab the ledge). Overall a 4/5! Impressive!
Very nice entry, the only problem is that it was too short - no real gameplay there. Overall a very polished game for the short time, hope you continue it!
Pretty interesting what you have so far. Would have really liked a little audio, but otherwise it was quite intriguing and the platforming was well done for what was there. Very nice.
This game definitely needs some ambient sounds. The rooftop stumped me for a bit until I read the directions.. but even then I thought you meant just run off the edge and press the up key mid-air, not push it once I touched the other ledge. :P
Nice game, the graphics are pretty good and the story starts pretty interesting too. Like sugarbyte commented, I'm not sure what the unconventional weapon is in this game.
Cool style and interface. I know how time consuming it is to create this type story in such a short time. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the game.
Very nice visuals! It seems the game could make a very interesting low-res cinematic platformer. I think sound could improve the atmosphere a lot. The basic premise seems similar to that of This War Of Mine.
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If you do manage to finish it please let me know, I would love to play more.
Well done!
I'd love to see the rest of it <3
There is a lot of effort on the map for such a short jam.
Some sound would have benn nice.
However, level design-wise I wouldn't place those difficult jumps so early in the game. I nearly quit because I didn't manage to do the second big jump (where you have to press "up" an extra time to grab the ledge). Overall a 4/5! Impressive!
This game definitely needs some ambient sounds. The rooftop stumped me for a bit until I read the directions.. but even then I thought you meant just run off the edge and press the up key mid-air, not push it once I touched the other ledge. :P
Anyways, I'd love to see the story continue!
I think sound could improve the atmosphere a lot.
The basic premise seems similar to that of This War Of Mine.