Our game talks about the effort that takes go through living, you'll incarnate " ✨THE HERO✨ " and, as usual, your fate is to defeat the evil that menaces this world... over, and over, and over, and over again. But careful, remember that even " ✨THE HERO✨ " is human and the time will weight over her as it weighs over you.
Proelium combines a 2D action sidescroller and a Life-simulator clicker.
so a few things threw me I'm not sure what is going on...not sure how to fight the big eye dude as it basically resets. I didn't realize to load i had to click with the mouse. Now the good stuff the music and sound effects are spot on and feel like the old sega games. not to bad.
@blazedragon The animations of the boss were buggy on the launch day, sorry. I've updated them and now you get much more feedback about what's going on. You can give our game another try if you want :)
The art work looks amazing in this game but it has a game killing bug in the boss. I tried the win i don't know about the browser one. regardless it looks great.
Pretty cool entry, the low movement speed starts getting a little annoying, the jokes of the Immortal Evil are a bit bad lol, but overall really cool, also I can quite understand why there's little artwork from the main content, these sprites are detailed as hell!
I like the audio and the art style very much. The text is a little bit hard to read in my opinion. You had a nice idea for the story, but I didn't really like the gameplay, it was too repetitive (I know, it fits the story, but it just wasn't my game). But you guys did a really good job overall.
I was just playing along like a blind mouse all along! Nice loking game, but one thing bugged me when I attacked and the screen shaked, you would see a white outline at one off the borders(Web version), like your background doesn't extend any further then what you see on the camera! It just seems like an obvious mistake, og maybe I'm mistaken!
WOW! Like Prince of Persia meets Zelda meets Berserk meets Shadow of the Colossus- fabulous little game- a complete story with catharsis and so much love put into the art and animations. I know it took all you had to get this out- but if you continue to work on it- in addition to the character I'd love to see how the passage of time changes the environment. Simple short and effective! Thanks so much for the game!
@joemid Thanks for your feedback! We actually think about that and about making some addition to the character abilities relating the enviroment as a sign of becoming wiser as you get older, we even had another section progrramed with a mob and everything, but we discarded it midway.
We do plan on making something more about this specific game in the future, when we have some time to spare i guess!:)
that was great, the story is interesting, the graphics are awesome, especially the animations are outstanding, also the evolution of the music fit in so well
This is a fantastic game, but I don't think a single weekend is really enough to give the concept the attention it deserves. A lot of it can be summed up as "great idea and mostly great execution, but there's something off about it and it's really bringing the rest of it down". The graphics were great and the player's animation is beautiful, but I found the boss's sprite to be jarringly too static and his attacks were too jerky. The story was interesting but I felt some of the wording was iffy and had too much of a "tell, don't show" vibe about it. The music choice was poignant but the footstep sounds were just awful. Again, an overall great game, one of the most memorable out of the 100+ games I've seen at this jam, but its flaws are very noticeable and very detrimental to the whole experience.
Thanks for your time spent playing and giving us feedback!
It really mean a lot to us, we will take notes in order to polish a future version of the game!
(We are thinking on doing something bigger actually, we like the concept we came up with but, as you said, we've felt kind of limited by developing it in that short amount of time )
@niterich thank you very much for your critique, truly inspiring to read. As Markram said, we´ll do our homework and learn from it, so thanks for your time!
Wow, what an intense journey! Everything fitted together so nicely! Well done! The only thing I would change was an option to click through dialogue. It was sometimes a little slow. Apart from that, an amazingly polished entry with really strong design!
I really love the pixel art and animations. The music also sets the mood really well. The idea of this game is great. The different endings, the aging character, the speed of the loading screen, and the dialog are all genius. Fantastic Job!
Great concept, this is truly a memorable LD game. Like others have pointed out, there are a few questionable execution choices that I'm sure could be improved and/or reworked if you so desired -- pressing up to enter the tower wasn't intuitive for me, and the "fight" didn't carry nearly as much significance as it did after I learned that you can never "lose" -- also that there is a "safe spot" on the right side of the screen (?). The loading screen seems to trip people up; I think the "traveling..." text that you replaced it with later might be more appropriate, though I also sort of see what you were trying to go for there. Not sure what the best solution is, to be honest.
I truly appreciate the effort into storytelling though! You did a great job of making the player =feel= the character development in the gameplay rather than simply illustrating it through graphics and text and that is something that always strikes me as a unique strength of the medium of games that we as developers ought to pay more attention to. So anyways, despite the flaws, I really did enjoy the experience. I think the ending was =almost= great; I think it would have been a bit more effective if you had alluded a bit more earlier to the true nature of the library, and of the evil. I think it is pretty clear from the onset what the story is progressing to -- that the hero will inevitably age, and fail. And I think what you tried to set up with the very end and the camera pan makes sense, but it comes off as a bit too deus ex machina / out of nowhere, I think because there was not quite enough narrative setup / allusion to it earlier. So...almost!
Overall reminds me a lot of Shadow of the Colossus both in its strengths (unique concepts, storytelling) and weaknesses (awkward play patterns, somewhat clumsy execution).
Thank you also for delineating your derived source usage in your credits! I really appreciate you guys being good LD citizens in that way, it did not go unnoticed :)
@DDRKirbyISQ Thanks a bunch for the time you spent playing our game, it truly means a lot!
The safespot on the right it's made on purpose, so the player can unlock the "Good End" safe. (And also to give him that "Hah!" moment when you discover the weak spot of your enemy... But maybe that last point didnt work as well as intended due to the lack of attacks in the move-set of the boss, since we couldnt implement them on time)
We will take good note of the feedback you leave for us behind, thanks again
@Markram Ahh I totally didn't realize you need to attack to get the Good End. Whoops!
Also, for pressing up to enter the door, actually I think the issue is that W works but the up arrow does not! I was using the arrow keys to move so I was very confused!
This is a pretty good game! The sound effects were crisp and satisfying, especially the sword swing! And the music and storytelling are great. I didn't discover the door past the boss during my first playthrough, had to reload to "beat" the game after. Good work!
I think i explained myself badly haha, you dont need to attack in order to get the good end, you just need to walk about a second or so against the right wall, but the knockback of the boss made it difficult some times, that's why there is a safespot on the right, so you can walk safely :P
And i didn't realize about the arrow thing! i will fix that asap!
Very artistic game. The graphics are beautiful and the character is full of character, with nice animations. The music fits the game as well. The music tracks are great but have a long beginning. In my first playthrough I didn't get to listen to the whole tracks since getting to the tower and the battle itself don't take much time. In my second playthrough I took my time and was pleasantly surprised that the music was not just a short loop. The story of the game was nicely told through gameplay, and both the hero and "villain" are interesting. Overall great work!
@crimson Thank you so much for your feedback and your nice words ^^ At first, we intended to make a longer game loop, with more obstacles in the way to the boss. That's why we chose a longer theme.
Wow, this is very good! Very polished, love the art and the animations. Maybe the jump could feel a little better (sometimes too floaty) but in general is a very good experience. The story is very nice and interesting. Did I mention that the attack animation was awesome! Congrats!
Enjoyable Artistic Experience! There isn't much for gameplay, and there are some obvious flaws, for instance the clicker gameplay isn't exactly obvious, and most people sit there confused why the little guy on the loading screen isn't moving.
As far as graphics go, I thought they were quite amazing overall, although the tiling could use some work for the ground tileset, as I found it a bit annoying (maybe too busy?) to look at for a ground tile.
I also found the music quite great! Overall, great job!
I really enjoyed it, even for the simplicity of it all, the story was rich, it had a lot of depth. The feel was really good, you guys did a really good job of that. Graphics and sound were awesome, and the dialog was very entertaining. I'm glad I decided to try to go play a few games and rate them during the last few hours, or I may have never found this gem!!
@acoto87@Gamekrazzy@zombie-virals Oh, thank you very much! Your feedback is really meaningful to us, so thanks for taking your time to play the game and leave a comment ;)
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