Probably the most solid take on a two button movement system I've seen yet. You can move around so fluidly even with this limitation! Rest of the game is nice but ultimately lacks a bit of interesting stuff to find beyond descriptions. Hope you'll expand upon it in the future!
Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone! I know there ain't much by the way of gameplay, but I hope you all will get at least a few minutes of excitement and wonder out of it.
@Clavus: Didn't realize I could build the windows executable on Linux. Been putting it off while thinking that I'll make one the next time I boot into windows. Thanks for making me review the link ;).
I love the movement system. It's unlike anything I've seen before, and it really makes me feel like a ninja being able to pull off such cool maneuvers with just two buttons.
I really games like this where the player just wanders about and discovers things about their surroundings. I had a fun time walking about. I didn't get all the treasure items, but I got maybe 10ish. Anyway, the movement was amazing. It felt extremely fluid, and it was an interesting challenge to move about. Also, I liked the humor in this game. I didn't get to see every joke, but I did like the ones that I saw.
My critiques for this game would be focused on the graphics. I really liked the player animations, however, I felt that the game as a whole wasn't as colorful as I would have liked. The player was red/black. The background was gray, and the snow appeared to be white with a reddish tint. The only color which really stood out in this game was the blue of the treasure. I really wish that there were some more colors along the way to make the environment look more interesting. Good job overall!
I really liked letting the player choose their own left/right keys, that was a nice touch. The use of momentum through climbing was pretty cool, too. A nice, mellow explorer platformer, well done!
Wow! I love the control-setting mechanic at the start. Throughout the game I slowly got better at making various jumps with the climbing thing. Probably half of the hour or so I spent playing this was just me trying to find the last box, which ended up being the one in the VERY top left corner that I hadn't spotted at first.
Clever entry! The mechanics seem really simple at first, but after playing a few minutes you realize you have more freedom of movement than you thought, thanks to momentum. The settings at the beginning are genius, and I also liked the character's animations. That being said, I didn't feel motivated enough to spend hours looking for all the treasures.
I have a hunch that I should have written down where I found each artifact, because I have no idea which ones I’m missing now and it’s very tedious to revisit all of them, since they remain visually unchanged after visiting :-(
Apart from that, the mechanics are very well thought and tuned, wall collisions and inertia are a bit frustrating at times, but in general it’s very fun to play. I suggest having a mini-map, or a radar, or just a simple arrow at the edge of the screen indicating the general direction of the nearest artifact.
The writing style is also pleasant, and using Löve makes the game Linux-friendly, so thanks for that, too.
On Windows 10 with Love version 0.10.0 I get the following warning: "This game indicates it was made for version '0.9.2' of LOVE. It may not be compatible with the running version(0.10.0)"
Then the window open with the following error: boot.lua:397: Invalid fullscreen type: normal
Really nice entry! Didn't found all the capsules, but you manage to make a nice navigation with no jumping button. Nice pixel art :)
As for the LOVE version, your game requires the 0.9.2, I had to dig on the love site to find it, here is a link to the page for the others: https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/downloads
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And I'm incredibly impressed with how clever you were at getting the player to choose his settings in-game. Good one. Gonna keep exploring. :)
Btw, you can distribute your game as an executable when using LÖVE: https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution. Makes it a lot easier for folks!
@Clavus: Didn't realize I could build the windows executable on Linux. Been putting it off while thinking that I'll make one the next time I boot into windows. Thanks for making me review the link ;).
My critiques for this game would be focused on the graphics. I really liked the player animations, however, I felt that the game as a whole wasn't as colorful as I would have liked. The player was red/black. The background was gray, and the snow appeared to be white with a reddish tint. The only color which really stood out in this game was the blue of the treasure. I really wish that there were some more colors along the way to make the environment look more interesting.
Good job overall!
Excellent game :)
Apart from that, the mechanics are very well thought and tuned, wall collisions and inertia are a bit frustrating at times, but in general it’s very fun to play. I suggest having a mini-map, or a radar, or just a simple arrow at the edge of the screen indicating the general direction of the nearest artifact.
The writing style is also pleasant, and using Löve makes the game Linux-friendly, so thanks for that, too.
"This game indicates it was made for version '0.9.2' of LOVE. It may not be compatible with the running version(0.10.0)"
Then the window open with the following error:
boot.lua:397: Invalid fullscreen type: normal
As for the LOVE version, your game requires the 0.9.2, I had to dig on the love site to find it, here is a link to the page for the others: https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/downloads
Pro:
+ Great graphics and audio, giving a great mood
+ Cool concept
+ Awesome mechanics
Obs:
o I couldn't finish because I got lost, maybe because the map is too big or no navigation system? But exploration was still nice
Awesome job!