Soulseeker

by xandy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.02

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.13

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★88%

Requires a recent browser with canvas or webgl(way faster!).

Your only weapon is an orb that swaps you with your target. Collect coins, solve puzzles and reach the end of the castle.
A level breaking bug was only discovered during the level design phase in the last half day and cost most of the time that was planned for designing quests and nicer levels. I am working on a post jam version with less bugs, more levels and a howto on designing own levels with tiled.

coding by @xAndy
nice artwork by @herrsch0r

Technology:
engine: phaser.io
level editor: tiled http://www.mapeditor.org/

Comments32

Matt Tuttle21 Apr 2015, 01:00

Some of your json files won't load. They show a 503 forbidden error in the console.

Lyxilion21 Apr 2015, 09:32

Not working the console say "date is undefine"

xandyauthor21 Apr 2015, 14:08

sorry i linked & embedded the wrong version. should be all fine now

dyfer22 Apr 2015, 20:30

not working

xandyauthor22 Apr 2015, 20:32

@dyfer it's hard to fix if you don't tell me more :(

Lovelace Lair22 Apr 2015, 20:40

Nice idea, fits the theme really well. Needed more work on the graphics though, and for some reason it lagged a lot.

zakchaos22 Apr 2015, 20:43

I couldnt get out of the first room, space said shoot projectiles but when i clicked it i jumped

xandyauthor22 Apr 2015, 20:46

oh will fix the description soon, shoot with left mouse button .

paulfysh22 Apr 2015, 20:47

I enjoyed it, fun platform puzzler.

Leandrus22 Apr 2015, 20:48

Very good game. I like it a lot. Shame i couldn't hear any sounds or music. it would be better to have them.
I played something similar but this one has something special :)
Thanks for sharing.

DesignerNap22 Apr 2015, 20:49

Love the teleport mechanic and the graphics had a moody style :) good work.

Gipzo22 Apr 2015, 20:51

I liked this game. Beat it even if I had to restart 10 times on the penultimate level. The mecanics is simples, but solid and level disign is good, not that hard but at the same time not trivial. Good job!

xandyauthor22 Apr 2015, 20:52

@Leandrus there should be sound via webaudio or the audio tag. which browser/version are you using? you could check http://phaser.io/examples/v2/audio/audio-sprite as well if it doesn'T worke there it might be a phaser bug

DeadFragment22 Apr 2015, 21:05

Great idea for an unconventional weapon. The sound effects sounded a bit harsh but the level design was well thought out.

-Neith

esayitch22 Apr 2015, 21:48

Pretty cool concept and well-designed levels. Music would have been nice here. Only nits I have is regarding death and transition... they take too long xD

Graphics are okay, and I liked the position swapping mechanic...

Good luck!

LadyEnigma22 Apr 2015, 21:51

It was pretty laggy to play but I really like the concept. Graphics were ok.

OberynMartell22 Apr 2015, 22:00

Nice weapon! :)

someone23 Apr 2015, 01:17

Nice entry. I like the concept.
It was very laggy in places though.

Lancelot Gao23 Apr 2015, 01:32

Not running smoothly！but I like the art sytle！so cool

BroCade23 Apr 2015, 15:05

This is a really great idea! Some polishing and you will have a real gem here.

Jakob3723 Apr 2015, 15:31

Nice little game, well done :) As you said in the description, it was a quite heavy game for my computer. Didn't look like it needed to be very computationally intense, might be worthwhile to run a profiler, to localize what part of the code that is running heavily. Nevertheless, well done, and good luck with its further development :)

spin-down23 Apr 2015, 19:39

As mentioned, it lagged for me but only during the screen scrolling. It's a shame because from what I played I enjoyed. Liked the concept and glad to hear your working on a post jam version!

sorlok24 Apr 2015, 00:53

Really cool take on the theme! Fun and decent puzzles, but some of the hit boxes were a little aggressive.

met4424 Apr 2015, 15:18

Oh man, it's a classic ! I use to play that kind of game forever ago, Great work man !

Andrew Quartermain27 Apr 2015, 23:04

That was really fun. It lagged a bit at some points and some of the collisions were a bit unfair, but the concept, puzzles and level design were great. Love the blood splatters on the wall.
I'd really like to play the post compo version.

cdgugler3 May 2015, 02:59

I like it, I'm always up for a fun platform puzzle game.

freeholdgames10 May 2015, 16:33

Great entry. I thought the enemy swap mechanic was cleanly integrated into the puzzles and quite innovative. Nice job!

Menesetsu11 May 2015, 14:00

This game has very good mechanic. I got very excited when I first time swapped with the soldier and he ran to the spikes!

Frozen Stick11 May 2015, 14:31

Not bad but a little glitchy.

bossmojoman12 May 2015, 00:48

Love the concept, very fun platformer!

Borkleby12 May 2015, 00:55

Whoa, I can't believe I finished the whole game.... kind of had a medieval portal feel to it, especially with the checks and exes everywhere. Really really like this game.

MrShoestore12 May 2015, 00:55

Love the teleport and them look of the game. It is pretty laggy though. I played this game a lot longer than a lot of the others. Great job.