Ludum Dare #32compo

The Qi Disciple

by jerrre

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%

The Qi Disciple
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Play a monk discovering his inner Qi (also known as chi) powers on his quest to become the Qi master.

Controls:
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Movement: arrow keys.
Using Qi: spacebar.
Controlling the Qi: arrow keys.
Mute: M
Back: escape

EDIT:
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Since I get a lot of feedback about the difficulty of level 3, I added a visual guide to the screenshots, which should help a bit. The squares mean a safe spot to stand still if you keep close to the walls.

Explanation:
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There are four levels (should take max 10 minutes to beat). The game should explain itself, so you if you haven’t played it stop reading here and try it out now.

If you’re still here: the twist is that you can control a ranged weapon (your Qi), but the second twist is that you cannot move anymore if you do so. I have done my best to create interesting levels to showcase the possibilities of this mechanic, and had a lot of fun doing so. Enjoy!

Comments20

babilounet19 Apr 2015, 16:00

Acees to http://www.jerreav.nl/LD32/ is forbidden

Jerreauthor19 Apr 2015, 16:14

Haha, you're to fast, was still setting up

jshaffer9424720 Apr 2015, 04:14

Love Zen puzzles. I can't get the last part of this puzzle level, but I'll probably come back to play more. Fun and interesting. Thanks for the game!

Nuclear Mosquito20 Apr 2015, 08:54

I like the mechanic, but your difficulty curve is all over the place. There is a huge spike at level 3

Figglewatts20 Apr 2015, 14:28

An interesting concept, but I think it got too difficult at around the third level.

Jerreauthor20 Apr 2015, 17:07

Thanks for the feedback all. I added a guide for the third stage that should help a bit.

rantt20 Apr 2015, 18:52

Cool, concept. I could only make it to the third level, very challenging. The art was really nice too. Fun game, I enjoyed it :)

dyfer21 Apr 2015, 17:29

I like the concept but level 3 is to difficult! I like the front image

FistBumpGames21 Apr 2015, 19:55

Nice mechanic but level 3 is gonna break your balls, after the first two levels.
Nice mood and sound, and really liked the theme!

Anti21 Apr 2015, 19:56

Good game. Loved the puzzles. I also liked the art style. It really grew on me for some reason. Probably because of the unified look. It was a really fun game to play.

Taldius21 Apr 2015, 20:03

The concept is good, it remind me of an attack of Yamcha in Dragon Ball Z. But the game gets hard really fast.
Good job overall!

TheMeorch21 Apr 2015, 20:12

Making the player stand still while controlling the projectile creates interesting situations where you have to find ways to shoot without putting your character at risk. I do wish the projectile controller were a little less sensitive, so I could feel more in control of it. The third level does indeed have a huge difficulty spike, but you've definitely got a cool game here -- nice work!

Jerreauthor22 Apr 2015, 07:19

Thanks for the good words all. That level 3 tho....

Embalaje23 Apr 2015, 19:35

Its really hard to control the Qi, very, very good gameplay. I´ve enjoyed it very much.

hypp23 Apr 2015, 19:36

Great idea, but perhaps a little too hard?

adsilcott23 Apr 2015, 19:40

Great concept and mechanic! Those last few were really hard (but fair)!

SmilingCat23 Apr 2015, 19:46

Great mood, and good use of the theme. One suggestion I would make would be to have separate keys for controlling the Qi to prevent unintended movement of the character once the Qi hits something.

snesgaard23 Apr 2015, 19:54

Wow, think this is the most fun I have had with an entry into LD32 so far. I think level 3 and 4 should be swapped as the former is pretty brutal. Also hitboxes seemed to, at times, be larger than the visual model, which was a bit frustrating.
Music and art was very good at building the atmosphere of being a monk that fires autonomous mind bullets :D

jglrxavpok24 Apr 2015, 17:27

The Qi is hard to control but it's a great idea!
The level 3 is too difficult though