For Better or For Worse

by valandre

co-authored: @kiuun, @mrbulldops, @emak, @looping

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.72

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.55

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.66

Controls (Gamepad)
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__Move:__ Left stick.

__Reload lamp torch:__ hold "A" button.

Controls (Mouse)
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__Move:__ hold left click.

__Reload lamp torch:__ hold right click.

__Fullscreen:__ Ctrl+F.

Story
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You play as a father, on his way to attend his daughter’s wedding.
His car got stranded, forcing him to take an odd path full of memories.

The more he remembers, the more the night rises, but his lamp torch is here blowing shadows away.
Can you make it until dawn and be there for her

Development (Haxe):
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- Bernard " Valandre" Stouls

- Mathieu "Looping" Capdegelle

Art:
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- Philémon "Kiuun" Belhomme

- Etienne "E-MAK" Makowski

Sound & Music:
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- Yoann “Valmont” Laulan

Tags: #atmospheric, #dark, #narrative

Genres: adventure

Tools: Haxe

Comments44

RaoulKevinTurbo20005 Dec 2017, 00:54

Great ambience and visuals. And the music is over the top. I love it.

Fugu5 Dec 2017, 13:15

Awsome graphics, nice ambiance

lauriex5 Dec 2017, 13:22

Beautiful and scary!!

YuuK5 Dec 2017, 13:37

This game is one of the best looking I've seen in this LD edition yet ! Ambiance is absolutely nice, poems are beautiful, story is kinda sad (which is good, means it is well written), graphics a absolutely awesome and camera movements are really good !
That was very nice to play your game, thank you :)

deepnight5 Dec 2017, 16:49

Excellent game overall :D
Almost cried by the end. Great execution, especially because you don't lose too much progress when you get caught.

ncannasse5 Dec 2017, 20:47

Nice short story, excellent game, great mood. I found there was too many "zombies" at first, but I understand it was necessary given the game length ;)

Mowztouch6 Dec 2017, 01:21

Ambiance is well done, nice graphics, music fits very well. Very nice entry ;)

Sarrixx6 Dec 2017, 09:20

An incredibly beautiful game, and very polished. Playing this game was a great experience for me, the story was very well thought out. Kudos!

AmigoPadilha6 Dec 2017, 12:57

Awesome game! Great graphics and sound, nice touch with the story!
It was kinda awkward to aim at the shadows, but I think it added to the "run for your life" aspect.
Great job

themarioga6 Dec 2017, 13:29

Nice ambiance and awesome graphics. The sound is great too and get you into it. I enjoyed it so much. Congrats!

EveningWayward6 Dec 2017, 14:38

Incredible, you've done a great job in narrative design! I love every bit about it: posteffects and their distortion that you used; how the walk cycle changed and gradually faded into a running cycle in a massive area; slow but steady story progression and a sudden increase in enemies' amount right behind the character's back. Your project is also similar to Kentucky Route Zero, if to speak about graphics.

Pedro Miranda6 Dec 2017, 16:52

Awesome entry, graphics are beautifull and the story is great. Congratulations!

Gemoshi6 Dec 2017, 17:43

Really cool game, you all created! Love the graphics and overall mood in the game! nice entry

ramza6 Dec 2017, 17:52

Loved the atmosphere and the writing.

Azathothep6 Dec 2017, 17:53

Great story , great graphics , great sound !

But i found some part hard imo

wujood6 Dec 2017, 18:02

One of the best games i have seem so far!

Pablo Abraham6 Dec 2017, 19:55

Muito bom o jogo, achei legal e assustador.

Sherwood6 Dec 2017, 21:36

The more I would say, the worse it would be.
Things have already been said. I enjoyed this poetic atmosphere. That was touching. Plus it fits perfectly to the theme. Easy mechanic, easy to understand, challenging ; serious stuff.

louis_lechauve6 Dec 2017, 22:26

the atmosphere is very scary! congrats!

furet7 Dec 2017, 00:06

Beautiful music and old-footage style visuals, cool animations and ghost effects. Loved the atmosphere, the poetic story. I was glad for the save points, I wasn't too good at avoiding the shadows. It's really polished and feels complete, definitely one of my favorite LD40s!

James Dunlap7 Dec 2017, 00:52

Beautiful game all around. I didn't have to use my flashlight much, though, but that helps the story move along which is the important part to this game. It was quite polished.

JeffChen7 Dec 2017, 12:38

I'm so happy i didn't miss this one.I think this is the best game i played in this LDJAM(not one of).Graphics and musics are perfect,and the mood,the story,they all impressed me so much.You guys are awesome!

Lamossus7 Dec 2017, 13:21

nice mood and artstyle. Controls with mouse felt a bit awkward and flashlight was completly useless. Was expecting something more sinister from the story

ruba7 Dec 2017, 13:39

Wow, just WOW.

ArnoChux7 Dec 2017, 13:43

Great atmosphere. Simple mechanics but I loved it !

slash7 Dec 2017, 13:44

So sad story! I hope this never come true in real life!
Exelent mood, music, art!
I finish game without using torch, think you need tweak this.

Miguel Montero7 Dec 2017, 13:45

Nice mood, graphics and overall feel. Super solid entry.

Siepiau7 Dec 2017, 14:22

Everything from the art style to the music is fantastically polished!
Not sure what those shadow people are supposed to represent, but they are effective as challenging gameplay obstacles. Awesome overall!

benhurvillar7 Dec 2017, 15:17

Great job, very solid game. Story and gameplay are well done!

Nivbeth7 Dec 2017, 15:24

I'm so impressed. You see me absolutely stunned, guys. Brilliant work!

totsboy7 Dec 2017, 15:33

Beautiful graphics and great mood!

Ekilibr8 Dec 2017, 13:02

It's the game I enjoyed the most yet. The mood is just exceptionnal, and being about to become a father, the message stroke me directly in the heart.
The realisation is absolutely clean and well made, and the theme is applied both in narration and gameplay (except for the last step, that was a bit too easy compared to the rest of the progression).

It's totally mastered, definitely one of the gems of this LD to me!
Great job, guys.

TobiasNL8 Dec 2017, 13:14

One of my favourite LD entries so far. Great vibes. I did get an error though, when I walked from the bridge to the shadow guy on the left (at the hill) he killed me, from which I kept 'spawn dieing' at the bridge and I was unable to continue my path. However the game itself was superb!

Hugimugi78 Dec 2017, 13:18

Incredible atmosphere, Beautiful and emotional story. I just loved it, easily one of the best scores for mood.

Thiago Ferraro8 Dec 2017, 13:19

A masterpiece, nothing more to say.

pcmaster8 Dec 2017, 15:21

Guys, this was a blast. I loved everything about it. A colleague showed me your game, not the site, I'm going to continue doing that for it's awesome. Congratulations to putting this together.

FerNandXor8 Dec 2017, 17:12

I can't believe this is a LD game. Awesome work!

MrBulldops9 Dec 2017, 15:05

Hey guys, thanks a lot for playing our game, for the good reception and the feedbacks !
We will try to improve it when we can to improve the experience, and gives us motivation to go further this way.

Thanks again from all the team. We don't have a name for it, maybe in the future :p

legulysse9 Dec 2017, 18:17

A beautiful entry, very polished, nice job to all of you !

The only negative thing I can find, is the misleading "attend his daughter’s wedding" that kinda feels like a lie, a little more blurry description could be better I guess.

totsboy10 Dec 2017, 06:49

Extremely well done, very polished and beautiful! Congrats!

supr12 Dec 2017, 10:21

good job!

boorik15 Dec 2017, 09:42

This is definitively great.

High quality game. Love it.

Mr.MadCat15 Dec 2017, 16:38

Good job.
Really nice mood and emotional story telling.
One minor nitpick is that to me it felt like ignoring the flashlight and just running through was way easier to do than the other way around.

Otherwise, well done.

alperozgunyesil31 Mar 2018, 20:52

bravo

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