The Bodyless Magician

by tripl3m
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80
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Here is my game preview (more a concept than a playable game) for my first LD. I wasn't really prepared for this, but decided to create something notheless

It is a runner game, and the player needs to be quick and shift between his elemental forms to survive.

I am sorry about the ground, I did the mistake to build the last minute, and it broke the mesh renderer :'(. And it's too late for me to fix it.

Nonetheless you can try this demo. I hope you'll like the shape concept of this game.

Have fun :)

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Genres: platformer

Comments6

HolyBlackCat
HolyBlackCat22 Apr 2016, 20:54
Decent little game, why not. Btw, rules allow you to fix bugs, you can fix them after deadline.
StrayCat
StrayCat23 Apr 2016, 02:56
It's a nice game, it was a bit hard to get used to switching powers on time. Kepp going!
Tripl3mauthor26 Apr 2016, 16:38
Thank you for your feedback, it means a lot. I didn't know about that HolyBlackCat, I'll think about it next time.

Yeah, I know what you mean StrayCat, I threw the level at the last minute just to show some basic gameplay ideas. I would have created a much easier first level to get use to the control.
rburema
rburema29 Apr 2016, 18:36
I understand that you left out 'audio', but 'mood' and 'graphics' as well? I've seen worse visuals... heck, I've made worse! :-)

Anyway, I think maybe the reason switching is hard is because you have to use the mouse, instead of, say, the spacebar. If 'activate' was another key then coordination becomes a little easier. Or how about this: pushing the same key twice doesn't do anything right now does it? Maybe you could make it so that the second press is the activation.
Tripl3mauthor30 Apr 2016, 18:03
I guess I was not too proud to ship this game with the mistake I did on the ground. But thank you rburema for your kind words regarding the visual of my game. It was actually the first time ever I drew for a game ^^.

Concerning the control you are absolutely right. I didn't think about pressing the key twice, that a really nice suggestion. But then, I do like when both hand work together, maybe place two actions at the opposite side ?

Thank you for your feedback.
TerraCottaFrog
TerraCottaFrog9 May 2016, 21:34
Unfortunately, I find the controls very stiff. Having to shift to jump really ruins it for me. Having four buttons to shapeshift also seems a little bit unwieldy.

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