Guardian Stone

co-authored: @elanya, @goodzilla, @shito
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.50
This game is our entry for Ludum Dare 39. Theme: Running out of power.

This time, we wanted to create a story based game. The result is a visual novel with some puzzles.

You play Princess Sophia, who is put in charge of the Guardian Stone that protects the kingdom from the monsters. But the stone's power is fading...

Controls: mouse.

Team:

Johannes P. Alef: Writitng, additional programming and graphics

Nikola Aulig: Programming

Rebecca Schieren: Graphics

Hong Linh Thai: Music, programming

Technology: Unity, Krita, Gimp, Cubase Elements

All Assets were created during the game jam.
Genres: adventure
Tools: GIMP, Krita, Unity

Comments21

Harrelix1 Aug 2017, 11:10
Great game, good job.
nidup
nidup1 Aug 2017, 11:16
Wow, what an ambiance during the introduction! Awesome graphics and music which creates a strong atmosphere. The story telling is great. Could be improved by changing the buttons and font style to make it even more immersive. Once in the game, the graphics are imho less impressive, i'd prefer something more consistent with the intro, more abstract and fuzzy. Anyway, good entry, keep up the good work :rocket:
stitchesmagoo1 Aug 2017, 11:50
Cool art and design. I like the Japanese game design principles you applied. Look forward to seeing your games progress.
BSO
BSO1 Aug 2017, 12:18
Hello there... I hope your participation at LD was satisfactory...

Here is my rating:
Overall: 5
Fun: 2
Innovation: 3
Theme: 3
Graphics: 5
Audio: 5
humor: 2
Mood: 4

OMG it's a fully complete game :v the part with the book arrangement was hard, I thought about leaving but :D It's a good idea to mantain the books at correct order... even to the end of that puzzle I don't get the orden... nice work... specially the graphics and the sound... congrat... but I guess I need battles or something like that... some action xD
With some monster fights It could be much more interesting (for me) Jajajaja... rol rpg battle system... of course, maybe It's not your game target creation :D congrat to all...

PD: Princess Sophia is too beautiful :D I love her...

Here is my entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/runoutofenergy-the-game rating me please! :D
There my game link for Windows… enjoy https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpapwuoscuiu9eq/RunOutOfPower.zip?dl=0

I also use Unity to make it, It's a platform game...
NamInUz
NamInUz1 Aug 2017, 17:31
Good mood & a nice adventure :thumbsup:
TheFlyingKeyboard
TheFlyingKeyboard1 Aug 2017, 17:51
Vere nice game with good looking graphics and nice story.
Sir Daniev
Sir Daniev1 Aug 2017, 20:37
Nice story and setting. A good adventure :)
Lynnaira2 Aug 2017, 02:42
very good ambiance with the intro, the music was especially nice. the story was solid, and it fit the theme well. that one tree graphic was also excellent. good job! :^)
tkuusis2 Aug 2017, 06:37
Surprisingly captivating! I love the intro, reminds me of Legend of Zelda-series, especially the Wind Waker. The dialogue is great and there's some good humour. Unfortunately I got stuck at the bookshelf "puzzle", I'm not sure what the goal was because there are no hints and I don't remember if the character said something useful before the puzzle started. I tried to put the books in alphabetical order but that didn't work :(
Elanya2 Aug 2017, 09:54
Here a tip for the bookshelf puzzle: You have to build a word with them. The word is the name of the main item of the story.
polona
polona2 Aug 2017, 13:14
Great tree graphics, Elanya. And the grass looks really cool. Nice story.
Alvar Gamez Zerban2 Aug 2017, 22:37
All of your games are always amazing. They are always so full of content and polish from just a couple of days. And with this game and that tree you have just out done yourselves. But seriously, an amazing game with an amazing story and beautiful music
Everbrave4 Aug 2017, 03:21
Fun game; longer than I expected.
grena
grena4 Aug 2017, 11:33
I loved the introduction, I sets up a really good mood, I hoped the full game will have this kind of abstract illustration. I enjoyed the narration, there is some easy plot (no spoil) but it's well written :)

Graphics are not my type and some zoom are quite ugly ^^ But it doesn't break the immersion, so no problem. And LOVED the story, it definitely could be a real game.

It's cool to have this kind of entry in the Ludum Dare, it brings fresh air and ideas for future games.
KiiroHanabi
KiiroHanabi5 Aug 2017, 04:00
A great game with a complete story. I like to see narrative game in game jams, even if it may seems easy the story take time to be written and consistent. The graphics and music are good too! The story may be a little bit cliché but it works for me, I enjoyed playing it!
Linky439
Linky4395 Aug 2017, 06:53
Really nice game! The (great) intro has a strong Zelda vibe to it, the music is good, the story is good, the characters are fun... Really terrific work!

OK, the graphics could have been a bit better, but it doesn't matter to much since this is a LD ^^ Congrats!
SaraMartins10 Aug 2017, 13:44
This was a cute game. It has a good story, cute graphics and lovely music. Great work!
Knarfux
Knarfux10 Aug 2017, 16:23
Nice game, the story and the characters are well written. Putting puzzle for diversification was a great idea.
krammetje
krammetje11 Aug 2017, 21:24
Nice game, cool idea to make a story-type game. Only problem I had was the game not scaling well on my screen. But overall I enjoyed it.
C0nst4ntin11 Aug 2017, 21:38
Very cool game! I enjoyed playing it.
piscythe20 Aug 2017, 03:24
Not quite the direction I was expecting that story to go. I did like having decision points, though I wish there had been more long-term effects than "my face is green for the rest of the story." The soundtrack was fairly solid - especially the regal-sounding castle tune. The book puzzle took me a moment (I tried putting them in alphabetical order first) before the solution hit me, clear as day. I do think that the buttons would have benefited from a distinctive style. Still, I ultimately did find myself invested in the outcome of the story. Well done!

Other games by @mr-madcat

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord