Icara's takeoff

by karreg
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.46
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
Enjoy wall-shifting platforming action in Icara's Takeoff !
Play as Icara, Icarus' sister, and escape Daedalus's labyrinth to spread your wings. The maze is made of only one room, however their walls shift like sand. Can you collect all feathers and manage your first takeoff?

Comments22

kidando
kidando12 Dec 2016, 04:21
Unique. I didn't think I would find anything like this for this theme. Very well executed. Took my a little while to get better at it, but it is really an iteresting idea. Puzzle games like this could do well on mobile
antishow12 Dec 2016, 12:13
Really great! Loved the room-shifting mechanic!
harusame
harusame13 Dec 2016, 18:41
Fun game and fun concept !
Graphics and music are nice too.

What's append when we press 'D' ? x)

Good job ;)
stadoblech14 Dec 2016, 06:43
wow this is cool! Well done
misaghDroid
misaghDroid14 Dec 2016, 06:49
Really nice idea , but need to improve for future !
Peringo
Peringo14 Dec 2016, 10:49
Really good, polished game; the controls are tight and I didn't encounter any bugs.
The music is kind of irritating and doesn't really feel right, but maybe that's just me. The visual quality and the gameplay definetely make up for it though; the idea behind it ( Icara and the maze ) is also super cute!
Great entry!
TitoMakaniJr
TitoMakaniJr14 Dec 2016, 20:08
I really like the core mechanic of this game. I think its a rather clever use of the room space. Good job on this one!
jbdel1015 Dec 2016, 19:41
Impressive. Good job !
ursagames
ursagames15 Dec 2016, 23:46
I love games with screen wrap mechanics, and you brought it to a whole new level with the room shifting! That was a lot of fun, but very hard until I inverted the room shifting controls. Moving the middle piece felt a lot more natural and intuitive. The spikeballs that show up were a great addition to keep it interesting up until the very end!
james-gillespie
james-gillespie16 Dec 2016, 16:31
Cool game, the shifting was fun and the effect when time was frozen was gorgeous.
littleball
littleball16 Dec 2016, 16:32
I love this it's a great little game!
rplnt
rplnt17 Dec 2016, 11:42
Very nice idea. Two issues I've encountered - once I got stuck on borders between two rooms somehow (when I took the first feather), and another is that the ball can spawn above me and kill me instantly. Maybe I've missed some indication on where will they spawn? Either way, good game!
theCrancher17 Dec 2016, 11:42
hey there, i though this was very unique, i have never seen anything like this before, it was very fun once you fully understand it, maybe you should make some more levels, good job!
M2tias17 Dec 2016, 13:36
Great idea for a puzzle! I used to love sliding puzzles as a child so this was a treat :) It was a bit too easy though. I could just keep the 'C' pressed seemingly infinitely. Platforming was solid, content looks and sounds great. SFX is a bit too loud, I'd like to hear the music too. Awesome game, good job!
Karreg
Karregauthor19 Dec 2016, 15:53
@rplnt : That's weird, spike balles should not spawn over you. It's probably a bug.
@M2tias : Actually we were unhappy with the sliding controls (that's why you can change them by pressing S) so we made the time depletion much slower while you're pressing C, so players wouldn't lose because of the controls.

Thanks to everyone here for there wonderful comments ! We're thinking of turning this small game into a bigger one !
runvs
runvs20 Dec 2016, 20:28
The game concept is quite nice. I like the shifiting of the rooms. reminds me of the crazy labyrinth boardgame.
Graphics are well made. The sound effects were quite distorted on my speakers, so i had to turn them off. The theme fits perfectly and it is very innovative!
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley14 Jan 2017, 13:45
Really lo9vely graphics and great concept! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/-i4m-nVpQ4M

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