Amadeus

by janiq

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.75

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.25

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.75

Help little Amadeus to avoid the ghost and find his parents.

Controls

Game is controlled by mouse left-click.

Technology

Programming was done with amazing Love2D 10.0 framework.
Programmer "graphics-art" :-) was done using Inkscape.
And both sound effects using bfxr.

Links

LOVE file: http://prunum.org/amadeus_janikve_ld38.love

WINDOWS executable: http://prunum.org/amadeus_janikve_ld38.zip

Postmortem

Start of this LD was a bit rough because I didn't like the theme at all. I was aiming for the jam so I said to myself that I will start drawing/coding something and maybe the idea will come up. Eventually I ended up with the house and point&click style walking game. Idea about the actual gameplay came up very-early on the submission day :-) From then on I was drawing and coding straight up to the submission hour.
I thought it will end up badly because I had only one level and the game wasn't winnable until the last moments before submission :-) I took my last strenght and made the winning possible. But I still ended up only with one level.
The lesson for me is that it is possible to create a game even if the theme is really bad for me. However it may not be easy. And of course I still have to learn how to draw and create any sound :-)

Hope everybody enjoyed this LD and survived the server problems during the submission.

Tags: #ghosts, #mouse only

Genres: adventure, puzzle

Tools: Bfxr, Inkscape, LÖVE

Comments7

nick.bota1 May 2017, 11:17

I'd say that you don't have to get stuck on the theme if you don't like it, make something you will enjoy. As for Amadeus I really like the idea behind it, I think a child trying to find his parents is a theme everyone can relate to. The visuals look good which helps the game, but I wish the mechanics and gameplay would feel a bit more dynamic and challenging, because I was able to beat the game in just 1-2 minute and didn't really feel rewarded for doing it. Overall I like the game considering the struggle you've gone through with the theme, keep creating looking forward to new game from you!

nilead1 May 2017, 15:06

The artstyle is pretty improvable, but the idea could become something if you evolve it into something more polished.

Mutfak Studios1 May 2017, 15:24

Game was too short.But i liked your efforts :) I got really scared by that ghost.

Mr_Field1 May 2017, 18:15

I think that the room transition is quite nice, but the ghosts movement allows you to beat the game very quickly. I also thought I had lost the game the first time I got to my mum, since the game didn't do much to convey that I had succeeded.

Overall, I think you did a great job, considering the time you had.

With some polish and extra work, this could become something really challenging and fun.

Matoux426 May 2017, 21:32

Cute game 😀

sgstair16 May 2017, 09:11

Nice start, definitely needs more gameplay. The ideas remind me of some older console games whose names I forget :) The level is definitely graphically complex, and you may have spent too much time on graphics, it's an easy trap to fall into. Side note is I instinctively clicked on the wall to try to move to that point, and that doesn't seem to work.