Verdunfell

by unit684
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
*PLAY IN FULL SCREEN* - Lives and mana bar get cropped out in embed mode

A young novice druid is sent off into the forest of Verdunfell to stop the hordes of encroaching Goblins chopping down the forest. Using his druid leaf magic and wolf form kill all the goblins and their monstorous machinery.

*CONTROLS*

Keyboard & Mouse:
- Movement: WASD
- Shapeshift: 1/2
- Attack: Left Click

Xbox 360 Controller:
- Movement: Left Analog Stick
- Shapeshift: Left/Up on D-Pad
- Attack: A

*LEVELS*
Level 1 - Simple goblin enemies
Level 2 - Goblins then mech boss
Boss Fight - Three mech bosses at once

Feel free to play through all the levels or use Level Select to skip to whichever you choose. Make sure you try the mech boss before rating :)

Art by Charlie Conway @Charlie_conway and Programming by Tom Marsland @KingSizeMarsBar. This is our first ever game jam, it's been fun and look forward to the next one.

Comments20

fairwolf games
fairwolf games18 Apr 2016, 23:54
kinda nice wish i could move faster tho
unit684
unit684author19 Apr 2016, 00:04
Thanks! Did you shapeshift into the wolf? It moves twice as fast
Crimson71319 Apr 2016, 00:35
Beautiful art and the music fits it nicely. It feel a bit slow though, maybe increase movement speed? (at least for wolf)
Daukan19 Apr 2016, 12:06
I like the animation of the characters. They look really smooth and nice, It could be a great game for mobile. I think the enemies was a bit too easy to kill however.
Pantelis Petsopoulos19 Apr 2016, 13:13
Great game, I wish there was more contrast in the graphics, colorblind people have a hard time seeing close colors :)
Dreschler
Dreschler19 Apr 2016, 21:45
Haha very funny! The pixel art is beautiful (I wish I could make it, but I'm trapped with the cartoon style haha), the music and animation are really cool. Good luck and keep going!
blob
blob19 Apr 2016, 22:10
Ahhhh why is movement so sluggish ( even as wolf)! That goblin walk cycle is the cutest.
Idorrac
Idorrac19 Apr 2016, 22:39
Beautiful pixel art and music! :) I think the gameplay is a bit bland tough, the game is very easy and there is no real motivation to switch between human and wolf form: with the human it is possible to destroy anything.
jcmonkey
jcmonkey19 Apr 2016, 22:42
the game is pretty good, though i didnt understand the fireworks when you killed the big shredder guys.
Jordan
Jordan19 Apr 2016, 22:43
Specifically enjoyed the art! Fun game.
xandy20 Apr 2016, 21:44
the core mechanics with the graphics and sound make for a nice game but the details made me have less fun. the movement is very slow and vertical movement is way too fast. also the ranged aim/4 direction shot is hard and the enemy hit boxes felt very small. the boss fight is quite hard(but fun) but i got knocked back into the trees and got stuck several times.
Freank21 Apr 2016, 14:14
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Garris21 Apr 2016, 23:05
I really love the graphics of your game! I was wishing the man moved as fast as the wolf, because I was more into his laser beam rather than the wolf's barky power. Good controls, though, and over all, I really liked it! Cool game!
lanestp23 Apr 2016, 13:51
Fun concept. The bosses seemed tough then I got the timing of hitting them with my magic shape shifting and running away to recharge. It was actually a lot of fun!
SpringCabal
SpringCabal4 May 2016, 17:37
I really liked this.

Goods:
The music was a very nice and happy, seemed to fit with the cute animation you gave to the goblins
the druid/vs wolf form was fun. Switch between the 2 had real relevance.
the moment when I saw the goblin mech, my imediate reaction was, oh, my, this just got serious. super neat.

The bad
mana depletion slowed the game down, maybe powerups in future?
the goblin hit boxes were a bit small
not enough levels!

I really enjoyed it! keep up the good work, that was a lot of fun!
Satyre
Satyre5 May 2016, 11:57
Will become a great game when you finish it. Try to include more transformations that you can unlock when you level up and some puzzle elements. I think it would fit into the gameplay. Good job!
Yumeito
Yumeito6 May 2016, 21:38
Nice little Game:)
Louspirit
Louspirit9 May 2016, 12:03
Nice mood and different abilities of the forms. Could be more dynamic though. Nice mech ;)

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