Friendship is Magic

by adsefhr

co-authored: @malupeyt, @riyeou, @wrlck, @cxspfr, @siduslevis

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Ever wanted to know what true to life teamwork is like? Well now you will with "_Friendship is Magic_".
Experience hardships, twists and turns, and cringe worthy moments with you and 2 of your friends in this Couch Co-op game.

The Twist? find out at the end with your friends.

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To play the game you will need

- 3 Players
- 1 Keyboard
- True Friendship

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3 Characters to choose from

- Brawler: *The brute of the group. Slow, tall, and Powerful.*
- Dasher: *The speedy one. Light and agile with a bit of Dash ability.*
- Mechanic: *The small one just don't say that to it's face. Can wall grab...*

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Controls

Tags: #co-op, #local multiplayer

Genres: action

Comments22

pRoFiT24 Apr 2018, 02:08

Okay so multiplayer bad idea for game jams. But....i managed to play by myself. And surprisingly it was fun to play. I think 3 player would be great if i had more people to play with. took me a second to find the lock to the last gate. And the end level was strange. but maybe part of theme? overall not bad. good game.

Q-ro24 Apr 2018, 02:19

solid 4 game, cute art, cool concept, but a bit glitchy, I sadly don't have 2 other friends to play it with me so I played it by myself as well but didn't managed to get too far, i basically managed to soft-lock myself and without a way to restart the lvl easily it was the end of my journey as i didn't felt like replaying the previous "puzzle" again only to get back to where I was :(.

patvanmackelberg24 Apr 2018, 02:32

Loved the music and art!

Therdre24 Apr 2018, 03:08

Controllers felt a bit glitchy. Graphics and sound were really nice!

Albuquerque24 Apr 2018, 03:52

Something did not work for the JUMP and for some reason my player 2 did not appear in the game. Despite that, the graphics look very good and the BGM is quite nice as well. I like the multiplayer feature, but I think it will work against you for people playtesting your game :(. Not many people will have 3 people gathered together to playtest games. That aside, I think it is a really cool game.

EDIT: For the theme, I did not get the 2 incompatible genres. Is it at the end? I could not reach it because of the 3 player thing :(.

Jhass24 Apr 2018, 03:59

Awesome graphics, I enjoyed the music too ;) It's quite possible to play alone, but it's really hard haha. I'm looking forward to being able to play this with actual friends. Solid entry, well done !

Riyeou24 Apr 2018, 04:02

@Albuquerque Yeah, you get to see the other genre after finishing the first level

Albuquerque24 Apr 2018, 04:09

@Riyeou May I suggest you to make a gameplay video for your game and post it here (also, including the ending - even if you have to put a "SPOILER" tag)? It would help people to see and appreciate the work you have put in the game more easily. Also, I am curious :3

yoshi_otsuka24 Apr 2018, 06:11

The Game looks solid! it reminds me of my favorite games I used to play when I was a kid! the game has very catchy background music and theme of it makes me want to play more! really good game and keep up the good work!

Riyeou24 Apr 2018, 07:25

@Albuquerque We'll try to get one posted here later! :smile:

mat1er24 Apr 2018, 09:01

While it's well made, the theme aren't really combined...
But it's well made.
Also I found a statue, what is it used for?

sohakes25 Apr 2018, 03:36

I would test by myself, but it didn't work. "ESCAPE" appears on the screen and then it looks like I'm stuck in this screen. I tried to press WASD IJKL and the arrow keys but nothing happens :(. It looks quite cool and I wanted to see the weird ending.

siduslevis25 Apr 2018, 03:40

Hi @sohakes Press 1 on keyboard / A on Controller to add a character.
If you're with friends feel free to press 1 again.
I hope you enjoy it.

sohakes25 Apr 2018, 04:07

Oh, I got till the end now. I didn't know the little guy could wall grab. I was doing everything by making on character jump in the head of the other, not sure if that was the intended way. Then I tried to jump many times in a row and he kind of flied (or wall grabbed? not sure).

I found the end a little funny, but the big guy would have an advantage, although I played by myself. Overall quite cool and polished little game, could be really fun with friends!

christianjaner25 Apr 2018, 15:19

Good design and music!!!

GhastlyMicrowave26 Apr 2018, 00:57

Took me a while to figure out how to get the small one to higher places, there was a little bit of glitch exploitation to see it though, but a cute game nonetheless. The music got kinda repetitive after a while tho...

niterich28 Apr 2018, 17:42

Like others have said, making a multiplayer game for a game jam isn't the best idea since most of us are playing solo. That said, I liked the graphics, and the music would fit extremely well if it were longer and had more sections. But speaking as someone who played solo, I just got frustrated at it. The puzzle to get the statue was where I drew the line. I got softlocked and just gave up. I found out the beaked one could wall jump, but pulling it off felt like a glitch over an intended feature. And I've heard that the genre mixing takes place in the second stage, but I simply couldn't reach there.

Goat Toaster Games29 Apr 2018, 13:26

This game has such fantastic visuals, but I do wish there was a single player version! Great work though in such little time :smile:

Diego Manarim2 May 2018, 18:12

I really would like to play this game, but I do not have anyone to do that. One of my tips would be to put a simple command to change characters by queuing them. Like in The Lost Vikings.

If you can see our participation, this is the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/type-hero-adventures

Linkwin3 May 2018, 04:17

Really fun game! When connecting a controller as second player the controller only works to jump and attack not to move. I really liked how the game felt. Keep up the good work!

Zombie Virals11 May 2018, 00:14

That was fun by myself let alone if I could play this with controllers, the ending was completely unexpected! Great job guys!! Took me awhile to get the hang of the double jump, but once I did, it made things a lot easier!

RAFFE11 May 2018, 19:00

Nice game :=)

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