Obelisk

by almax27

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.28

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Stone doesn't make for particularly good company
Especially over thousands of years

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Controls

Move - WSAD
Attack - Left Click
Hookshot - Right Click

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Tips

- You and the Obelisk are connected, as you take damage the runes fade.
- Try and pull enemies out from groups to tackle them one at a time
- Don't pull enemies while they are spinning though, ouch!

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Post Jam

- Added particle effects on obelisk when player looses health
- Added a few sound effects to help player identify damage
- Added player movement during attack and short enemy stun on hit
- Fixed some dialogue spelling errors

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments122

Kazik_21013 Dec 2016, 13:59

Nice game and really enjoyed it: D gorgeous graphic styles, and I would love to see more of your game :)

Mattmatt13 Dec 2016, 14:00

Great game; i especially enjoyed the art. Also the narration seems interesting :)

bigbuggames13 Dec 2016, 14:02

Hey! That was a nice gameplay! I had fun. The idea was nice, I've been playing for several minutes. Very smooth!

negativice13 Dec 2016, 14:04

Very nice overall and well polished, graphics were very pleasing and music set a good mood too. I'm not sure how much the room changes, since i only got till the 2 lava streams, but i like how the time changes it and it gets more crumbled.

Megalink13 Dec 2016, 14:05

Art is amazing! Good game!

KadaDev13 Dec 2016, 14:05

Great idea here, needed to keep playing to find out what would happen great graphics

Sun-Wukong13 Dec 2016, 14:08

It really lacks visible hp indication. Pretty though.

iamkraya13 Dec 2016, 14:09

The art is gorgeous, the gameplay is tight and the music rocks! good job :D

Karreg13 Dec 2016, 14:11

A bit frustrating because mobs are too long to beat and the game is legerely repetitive.
But a good game overall, graphics are very cool and I liked the staging !

Almax27author13 Dec 2016, 14:13

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
@Sun-Wukong: the Obelisk in the middle shows your health

nataha13 Dec 2016, 14:14

Good game, I like it. But I think it will be better if we could see our lives

hugofock13 Dec 2016, 14:33

Very nice game, I like the idea of hooking and slashing them, repeat, much fun!!! Could use a nicer slash sound effect!

Digitaldude55513 Dec 2016, 14:39

Graphics are great, music suits the mood perfectly, story seemed interesting but I died too many times(got too frustrating to continue playing) to really progress enough into it. I also really love that chain grab move you can do, but it seems most of the time you bring them closer so they can hit and kill you lol. The biggest problem with this game is no indication of your health, would have been good to have that.

Almax27author13 Dec 2016, 15:08

It seems the Obelisk does not do a good enough job representing health. We did break the convention of using the color red for indicating health to be fair, but it was an artistic choice.

We are definitely open for suggestions on ways to make this more obvious. I am apprehensive to draw attention to it in dialogue however.

Again thanks for all the great feedback, glad everyone's enjoying it :)

TerraCottaFrog13 Dec 2016, 21:13

Really love the music and the graphics, and the mechanic is fun.

My only complaint is the lack of feedback. Sound effects, especially when hurt, would make it feel a lot better and let you know how you are doing before you realize you just lost :)

Good work.

rambauldi13 Dec 2016, 21:28

Rather enjoyed it. Played smoothly with nice graphics. Only criticism would be no visual health indicator :)

grandtheftmarmot13 Dec 2016, 21:29

That was AMAZING. You should keep developing this. Best thing I've seen so far in LD37

Wolar13 Dec 2016, 21:29

I love the art and the music but as someone already said here before I have really missed some feedback (both visual and mainly some sound effects) the game would be 1000% better with some cool slash efect. Like this I didn't feel really good (I don't enjoy that much) about slashing the enemies

Leon Möhring13 Dec 2016, 21:30

I really like the graphics and audio! the gameplay is fun too! one thing, the chain always renders in front of the obelisk...

Casevse13 Dec 2016, 21:31

Beautiful, just add some more sound effects and the atmosphere will be brilliant. The graphics are awesome. Good work, keep improving it!

PolygonTeam13 Dec 2016, 21:33

Fun game! Good for mobile, i think!

WeaverDeveloper13 Dec 2016, 21:33

Powerful atmosphere, very nice and consistent graphics, basic but difficult gameplay.

I did not finish it after being sent back to the start after dying a few levels in, but the levels I played were very well done.

etherealWhisper13 Dec 2016, 21:38

Nice entry, it was quite fun to play with the hook. I really enjoyed it, and the art looks amazing! ^-^

dobnarr13 Dec 2016, 21:56

Weird and totally cool. I had to try about five times to beat it. I liked the mysterious conversations - I wished there were some branches in the dialogue rather than just dead ends. The gameplay was fun - those little dudes are pesky, and positioning was very important. The music and sound was good, although the kind of soft jazz bit with the obelisk seemed a little out of place. Very fun, tremendous style, mysterious, and used the theme very well.

Uliana Galich13 Dec 2016, 21:58

crab on the chain,action movie.like

martincohen13 Dec 2016, 23:11

This was fun! Little bit bummer to require mouse, X/C would do.

Patacorow14 Dec 2016, 11:49

Very nice game, I really liked the feel the "Obelisk" gives when he talks to you!
you need the smooth the transition from the soft and calm feel the Obelisk gives to the combat, change the combat music and that's enough for me.

The combat doesn't feed great from the lack of movement
you gave the player, I WANT! to run and slash these enemies

Overall the talking obelisk and the interaction with him felt very good!

fullmontis14 Dec 2016, 15:33

The game plays well, maybe a little variety in the enemies and more challenges from them would have made the game more engaging. The story is intriguing. I think it should be made more evident that the letters on the obelisk represent your lives.

wischutz14 Dec 2016, 18:18

Well polished entry! I love the mood. Nice job!

leondryaso14 Dec 2016, 19:06

Very nice, the music fits greatly and the art style is eye-catching. It took me a while to get used to the combat and movement.

vrojman14 Dec 2016, 20:27

Nice gameplay and animations. Good job!

Obvious_San14 Dec 2016, 22:59

Really beautiful art, an interesting story, and a lot of fun to play. The combat is a little off though, not enough forward motion in the attack and the enemies seem to always be just out of reach - and too unpredictable and dangerous to hook! Great game though!

- randomhuman

tartlegames14 Dec 2016, 23:28

Great work. Good sprite art and animations and the combat is good

Pokatashan15 Dec 2016, 13:52

Great execution :)
The game is fluid and leaves a smooth feeling.
The pixel art feels polished and nice.

pcmxms15 Dec 2016, 16:24

Awesome entry. I liked the how hook shot brings a interesting dynamic to the battle.

BeardyBard15 Dec 2016, 16:36

Nice work.
Will you keep developing this?

jsmars15 Dec 2016, 16:37

Wow the graphics, music and overall polish is amazing! Really nice work! Would be nice with full controller support.

BubsyPoochies15 Dec 2016, 16:56

Really solid entry: gameplay is fast, fun and addicting, graphics are superb and music is very fitting. I particularly loved the game feel and back story keeps me wanting to play again, even if I found it a bit too difficult at first. Took me a couple of games to realize the Obelisk indicates health (didn't read the tips first!), but I think its pretty neat. Over all a really enjoyable, polished and complete entry which kept me playing for a good while. Couldn't help myself screaming "Get over here!" a la Scorpion when using the hook :D Great job!!!

Aaranos15 Dec 2016, 17:33

Exceptionally beautiful pixel art and style. The combat could use a bit of work but I'd love to see it expanded on.

Nikteddy9215 Dec 2016, 17:49

Nice idea.
I like the idea and the art style is great! well done!

Sir Magic15 Dec 2016, 17:54

Wooooahh the graphics were really cool and I like how you incorpriated the health bar into the centre tower-thing, nice!

Saiodin15 Dec 2016, 18:11

Nice art and sounds, I like the mysterious about it. The gameplay is good at first, but since it's the only mechanic it ends up in waiting for enemies to stop spinning, pulling and hitting them and going over to the next enemy. This is frustrating if the enemy decides to spin when hes being pulling tho he did his spin attack just before the pull and costing you a rune.

harusame15 Dec 2016, 18:32

I love the graphics, very nice pixel art !

Just the sword sound is a bit disturbing but except that, it's a great entry !

Good job :)

Yami no tenshi15 Dec 2016, 19:32

Good entry, the pixel art is really nice and the narration is also well done ! Also like how the health points are symbolized in the game ! :D

zenmumbler15 Dec 2016, 20:37

Nice style and visuals that remind me of titan souls. If the enemies had a stun animation or other feedback when they get hit it would feel more connected I think, right now they just hop away as I slash them. Nice go.

murilo15 Dec 2016, 22:32

Good game, nice audio with great pixel art! Too bad there was no checkpoint, I passed a few levels and it was pretty enjoyable!

MrMordem16 Dec 2016, 00:10

Really nice game, i like the mood and the little story bit with the obelisk.

I like how the lifebar is part of the game's background

i'd say well made overall :)

Kalkatos16 Dec 2016, 00:44

Really cool. Liked it very much.

Ganon16 Dec 2016, 02:15

What an awesome game! Graphics and sound are amazing and complement each other. The mood and dialog is really good. Awesome submission and very unique. I would definitely play a more in depth/extended version of this game. Very well done. Tip of the beanie to ya and enjoy a sodipop!

JoeProgram16 Dec 2016, 05:00

Really lovely graphics and audio - set the tone of the game very well. Would have loved a little more attack cue from the enemies - I ended up playing very carefully and would like to have felt a little more pressure.

Greek8516 Dec 2016, 10:14

oh! Nice! the puixel art is amazing! You're very skilled! Can I find it on indiexpo? I'm making videos about the games of this Jam, but only about the games hosted also on indiexpo! Tell me if you will add it, so I can include it in my next video ;)

RadMcCool16 Dec 2016, 14:02

Sweet entry. The idea of the character being chained to the room is cool cus its like the devs being chained to the theme lol.
Really enjoyed that. Just add some more enemy types and maybe a light combo system and its perfect.

Didi16 Dec 2016, 18:30

Very cool pixelart and game ideia, the room changing by the time is great.

freyby16 Dec 2016, 20:38

Nice game! Graphics looks very cool, but the slash sound effect could be better I think.

madlee17 Dec 2016, 03:11

Really nice work, love the hook-shot mechanic and the look/mood is really nice. Well done!

psychomonster17 Dec 2016, 11:47

Best game soooo far... i love the story, the music and the gameplay so well polished. Nice Idea. A great piece of work in such a few time! Faved it!

Split8217 Dec 2016, 12:18

Very cool. It reminds of one of the entries we did few years ago :) Good job.

DiscoFish17 Dec 2016, 16:02

Like art style! Cool gameplay!

David Cookie17 Dec 2016, 16:13

Really great entry! As it stands for this jam, there are a lot of action games that just use waves in one room, but the little transitions with dialogs & piano between each waves really add a ton of value! It makes a great atmosphere, plus the graph and audio are top notch too (except the sound of the sword that could be more satisfying imo).
Well done :D

Geckoo133717 Dec 2016, 17:30

Great game with a beautiful aesthetic. I would like to see more feature, but in 72 hours - it is just amazing. Well done ++

Sébastien Bernery17 Dec 2016, 18:31

Good game, very well polished, I like the art style. But be carefull with post-jam additions : it's supposed to be reserved only for bugs correction or adding new builds ;-).

BoneDaddy17 Dec 2016, 18:44

Really good looking game, excellent presentation. The gameplay needs some work, hitting enemies isn't fun and the sound effects on it aren't great. The story is excellent, overall one of the best

Per17 Dec 2016, 18:56

Very nice jam entry!
Good mechanics, graphics and audio

Justin Mullin17 Dec 2016, 20:26

Really nice looking game. The pixel art and particle effects are great, and the combat is simple but satisfying. I enjoyed it a lot!

You appear to be hosting the post-jam version in the main web area, though, which is bad form. Better to add a link to the improved post-jam version so we can vote appropriately on what you were able to accomplish during the 72 hours.

ManuSaiz17 Dec 2016, 21:03

Mysterious, good looking, awesome music.

I beat the last floor, but I'm not sure I won, felt like I chose the bad option and I was sent back to the start. I guess there's no win screen.

The mood was very nice and it is always nice to have a hookchain attack, although I would have prefered to have the space work as right click as ctrl did for sword, dunno if I missed some key.

Also I wish I would finally get to know what happened in the room as beating the game explained nothing T-T

Very Good job.

Cerno_b17 Dec 2016, 21:16

Really neat game! The controls are tight and the pixel art is very pretty.

My only concern was the grappling hook (love the idea!). It often did not drag in the enemies which resulted in me losing patience and not taking care of timing enough.

Also faster player movement may have been nice. If you restricted it to a small radius around the obelisk you might have reached a similar effect in game mechanics but with smoother movement for the player

radmars17 Dec 2016, 21:23

Awesome! The presentation is really solid, great graphics, great use of music, and the writing is really evocative. (Though you should have opted out of the audio category for using 3rd-party music.) The gameplay does get a little stale with only one type of enemy, and some of the movement (slow acceleration, movement on attack) felt a little weird to me, but it was still pretty fun to play. The hookshot was a cool mechanic but I would've liked to see more opportunities to use it meaningfully aside from that one level.

Riftpoint17 Dec 2016, 21:31

Simple but fun game! The story is nice and got me curious to keep on playing. The art is very nice too. Good job

Ithildin18 Dec 2016, 03:40

Amazing art style. Gameplay was solid and the controls felt quite responsive. A bit more variation on enemies would have been nice, and like others I had some problems figuring out that the obelisk was actually representing your health (I only figured out just before dying).

These two things aside, the game is fun and polished. Congrats!! :)

thu_denny18 Dec 2016, 05:33

Amazing graphics and music!

If there was one issue I had, it was the controls... Maybe you wanted to focus on the use of the hook, but Obelisk moved too slow. What if put some rocks in the map and Obelisk moves only by hook?

DeathBySnail18 Dec 2016, 10:45

Like it.

seano18 Dec 2016, 12:30

Nice setting and mechanics. The enemies were too simple to keep the gameplay going. The obelisk and it's effects were nice.

tinyworlds18 Dec 2016, 16:09

Wow great game, I really enjoyed it!
The fighting system was done really well. Simple, but challenging and with some variety to it. Music was really fitting and the atmosphere set by the obelisk's text was great, very mysterious!
On the counterside, I found it a bit harsh to start all over once you die. Kept me from playing again when I died the 2nd time.
Very good game with a great atmosphere and feel!

Junber19 Dec 2016, 13:36

The graphics were fantastic and the music was great too (I don't know why you didn't include it for the rating) The gameplay was quite fun too but it would have felt a lot better if you attacked in the direction you clicked instead of the direction you are facing. It also got a bit annoying that you couldn't skip the dialog on your second try. Except from that a really nice game. Good job.

Ygogo20 Dec 2016, 14:04

Nice game! Interested story. Good graphics and sound.

erikiene20 Dec 2016, 15:05

Beautiful art, story is what captivated me! Great work!

Alexandr Lisnic20 Dec 2016, 19:37

Awesome graphics! i like it!

Ian Morrison20 Dec 2016, 22:47

Looks and sounds gorgeous, and the piano transitions and narrative scenes are moody! The gameplay is pretty simplistic, though; aside from not hooking an enemy that's spinning, you can spam the sword at them and always outrange them. Would have strongly benefited from additional enemy types that required the enemy to actively dodge and consider the space around them.

Coomzy20 Dec 2016, 23:26

Nice graphics and the gameplay felt pretty good too. What's the point of the dialogue option if it always forces you to go back and do the other to continue?

Gamechoy21 Dec 2016, 01:18

Very neat idea to travel through time in one room. I loved the idea of the plot. Very nice gameplay, controls, graphics, sound effects, music. My only complaint is that I would love to see more enemy variation. Other then that one of the best entries so far!

ato21 Dec 2016, 09:16

Good graphics, I liked the music choice. Fluent gameplay. Fun game.

MrErdalUral21 Dec 2016, 09:42

Really liked the combat mechanics and the graphics.

lonesurvivor21 Dec 2016, 11:40

Great work. I like the graphics (the borderless sprites give the game an nice mood). Music is also good.
Enjoyed it!2

ema1ih21 Dec 2016, 13:58

This game is so fuun, i love the sounds and graphics. The idea is amazing, nice work :)

nikitapash21 Dec 2016, 17:55

One of the best game of this Ludum Dare. Everything is good - music, sounds, art, gameplay!

Gipzo21 Dec 2016, 20:15

Cool art-style, nice combat. It is a bit simple. I think player's sword has more range than enemy's :)
But entry is good and polished :)

skorpyo21 Dec 2016, 22:49

That's a super cool game. I love the hookshot mechanic. Super fun, super entertaining. I enjoyed playing this game. Great job guys.

Minato4th21 Dec 2016, 23:07

Very nice game, for me gameplay very addictive! I think you can develop it in something bigger

Khaoz_Fang22 Dec 2016, 08:51

Fantastic graphics. I don' like the atmosphere, however. It doesn't feel well matched with the battle style.

Oddly Shaped Pixels22 Dec 2016, 17:50

That's some strange mood!
I really like the gameplay (I was hearing Scorpion's "Come here!!" every time I used the hook), but I think the game is lacking feedback, I didn't get when I got hurt or what my health was.
A neat entry nonetheless, congrats!

SimonHutchinson23 Dec 2016, 02:29

Very cool. It's like a mini Hyper Light Drifter! Great art and music.

oab23 Dec 2016, 03:09

Nice graphics and sounds.

Alexander Kondyrev23 Dec 2016, 08:15

Great game! Like graphics, music, special effects and story. Great job! Unfortunatelly in level with 2 lava lines can't get last enemy because he stucked in wall.

SecondDimension23 Dec 2016, 11:45

Fun game and I really liked the grappling hook. Nice graphics.

Palarus23 Dec 2016, 22:50

Really amazing game!! You just not stopped on creating an engaging game with the mechanics, you also create a charming story and very according graphics. I encourage to keep working on it! It could be really interesting!

smbe1924 Dec 2016, 01:29

Very cool game. Would have been more fun if you didn't have to start all over every time you die. The combat also got a little repetitive, but the graphics were absolutely gorgeous and the atmosphere was extremely well executed. The hp display on the obelisk was smart.

Frenchie24 Dec 2016, 07:12

Really nice entry! The art in here was awesome and the game played nicely as well! My biggest complaint was that I lost on the last level, had to restart from the beginning, and my only payoff was starting over from the beginning as the next level after beating the last one - really anticlimactic :(

I don't understand how so many people missed that the health was displayed on the obelisk. Oh - I just saw that you added that particle effect post-jam. It was definitely the reason I noticed the health going down.

SUNFURY24 Dec 2016, 14:57

very strong entry!
mood is high
fighting mechanics were really fun as well!
graphics and sounds are great!
I found piece :')

Xanjos25 Dec 2016, 02:10

I like the art style and the grapple hook mechanics were pretty cool plus I loved how the lights on the rune represent your health.

QuestionableQuality25 Dec 2016, 20:56

I love the hook shot, would be cool to see this expanded upon, however in the time it felt polished and was really fun to play. Oh also loved the visuals

mike.cullingham26 Dec 2016, 21:30

Cool little game. Nice idea to have tons of time pass.

mirta00026 Dec 2016, 21:53

nice graphics and sound. Wish there were more types of enemies and I actually had movement speed. The grappling hoot helped a lot though.

ShuddaHaddaLottaFun27 Dec 2016, 00:07

nice looking game, fun to play. music seems to be a bit of a mismatch.

BlueTheLemon27 Dec 2016, 01:33

That Hook mechanic is so good :3

nick.bota27 Dec 2016, 09:19

Great game! The art is really impressive, everything looks very polished - the character, the enemies, the obelisk the rooms and the particle effects all look great. The gameplay is very fun, slashing enemies is satisfying and the hookshot ability is very well done! The soundtrack is awesome! One thing that I felt wasn't finished was the story, I really wanted to know more about the character, the obelisk and what's going on there.

banana4life30 Dec 2016, 20:21

I really enjoyed it. Nice game!

pmarincak31 Dec 2016, 15:32

This was a nice little game. I really enjoyed it. I liked the animations and the music, and it controlled quite well. Great job :D

sP0CkEr22 Jan 2017, 07:06

wow very impressive - slick artwork, great gameplay. awesome entry.

Exspirz2 Jan 2017, 10:55

I really enjoyed playing, great art and music

HotByteDog2 Jan 2017, 11:41

I enjoyed graphics and audio a lot. Of all entries it gave me the most inspiration of what I could have done better with my entry.
Especially the hook and the interactive element with the obelisk are great. The need to use the hook could be introduced even earlier in the game.

Multiplexor2 Jan 2017, 12:08

Lovely Graphics and great mood! The gameplay was great too!! I only wish that there were more types of enemies, the hook felt very good, but It wasn't that useful until the lava levels!

Great game overall! Keep up the good work!

automatonvx2 Jan 2017, 13:14

Great entry, really nice graphics, and liked the cut scenes with the obelisk to give a bit of story. The hook attack mechanic is really fun, I always loved it in the old zelda games and i like it here too. A bit of variation in the types of enemy, in a way that played well with the hook mechanic would be nice to see too. Really good, enjoyed it alot.

Yamzho2 Jan 2017, 15:40

That was really good ! Well done !

Levi D. Smith2 Jan 2017, 16:26

Not much to it, and I usually enjoy hack and slash games. Pixel art seems to be really dated.

Spab2 Jan 2017, 16:58

Nice! My only nitpick is the music. I think it didn´t fit too well

PixlWalkr2 Jan 2017, 18:21

Combat is fun. Art and mood are great. Neat game overall :)

Mieeh2 Jan 2017, 19:43

Uhm, amzing pixel art and soothing soundtrack. The gameplay that was there felt good but a little barebones maybe a little more variety in the enemies would spice the gameplay up! Amazing overall game.

M2tias2 Jan 2017, 20:44

Gameplay was great! At first I didn't expect much but I was blown away when I used to hookshot first time. Music was awesome, was it not yours since it's not a category? I didn't notice very well when I was hit, so that made it hard to gauge the difficulty until I died.

StoneMonkeyStudios2 Jan 2017, 23:56

Great entry! The gameplay was simple but fun, and felt slick. The graphics were beautiful, and the mood exceptional :)

CosmicAdventureSquad3 Jan 2017, 01:15

I liked the hookshot mechanic! The art is nice. Wish there was more variety in enemy types.

Jupiter_Hadley21 Jan 2017, 20:19

Lovely graphics, mysterious game. 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/9xy3qMJx7GQ