Lava Palava

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.44
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Welcome to Lava Palava! You play as the Knight Warden whos quest, defeat the lava-imps and stop the volcano from erupting!

Watch out for the falling platforms!

Can you make it through the 3 levels?

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Play Now: http://www.bluescrn.net/LD42/

Instructions
Jump = Z / left mouse
Fire Bomb = X / right mouse
Arrows = Movement
Escape = Quit

Our LD42 jam team was:
Code: Dave Reed (@bluescrn) and Ben Scroggins (@ben-scroggins)

Art: Holli Packwood (@holz) Alex Price (@lagman9000) and Adam Lewis (@adamlewis)

Design: Tom Rogers (@Trogers)

Audio: The J. Arthur Keenes Band - Expelling Bee

Comments13

Slojanko14 Aug 2018, 13:04
Great graphics, audio is a bit plain and empty. The game is also hard with the fixed perspective which makes depth judging hard, but good overall.
Antonin19 Aug 2018, 16:24
Really great game. I loved the art and the audio. There are some bugs like it seems that you can still get killed by an enemy during his "killed animation" which gives a frustrating feeling. And why put the jump on the z key? This is so unintuitive !
Great work overall.
Wargon
Wargon19 Aug 2018, 16:48
Very good graphics and realization of theme! But I think if gg's turn was 90 degrees, it would be better. Good game, good job!
Norris Eldridge19 Aug 2018, 18:02
Very nice graphics :) I don't know if the audio quite matched though. The music felt a little out of play and the sound effects in general didn't quite match what I thought it should sound like based on what I saw. Other than that though very solid entry :) good job!
Pyrodaes
Pyrodaes27 Aug 2018, 11:08
Wow, that graphics! I loved the monsters! The font clashed a bit with the rest of the style, but that's the only thing I didn't like, visually. The overall look and mood was amazing. Nice level design, too.

The controls don't feel right, though. I don't know if it's because the web version is a bit slower, but the movement and jump feel very indirect. In my opinion you could have made the jump definetly faster and with some acceleration at the end. On the contrary, the fact that the balls you shot were bouncy and slow made them more fun.

Also, consider sticking to common control schemes, like left mouse button to shot - space to jump - wasd to move. I think it would be more intuitive for your players, considering that in a jam you're referring to an audience of gamers.

Still, I enjoyed going through the levels! Good job! And I hope this feedback was useful :)
Void Productions28 Aug 2018, 19:38
@lagman9000 Amazing work on the graphics man, audio didn't match the feel of the game much. Viewing angle should be changed too. Nice attempt though. Do checkout our game too and leave ur feedback also.
Kutase28 Aug 2018, 19:59
Very good graphics!
Bartosz
Bartosz28 Aug 2018, 20:17
Game would be so much better if you would just add:
- shadow beneath player so you know where you will land!
- instant turning by 90 degrees instead of turning fluently (hard to hit enemies)
- Right mouse button to JUMP and left to fire!!!! Why would you mess this one up?! :D That so unconvinient to play :)

Overall great models, textures and lighting, kinda fun to play but very irritating at the same time :)
You didn't make music but it fits chill platforming game perfectly :)

Good job like for 72h!
Team-on
Team-on28 Aug 2018, 20:42
+1 to good graphic and screenshots!
Team-on
Team-on28 Aug 2018, 20:42
+1 to good graphic and screenshots!
ThibaultAr
ThibaultAr29 Aug 2018, 14:15
Graphics are impressive! the idea is really great!

The only minus I could give is the camera, it makes a bit difficult to see where the player is landing and makes controls a bit difficult some times. Also, the player hitbox to die is too large IMO.

Fix those point, your game turns into a finished one and became awesome :p

Overall, great job :)
Rob Cigna30 Aug 2018, 17:40
Going to echo @bartosz, a blob shadow would do wonders for landing high jumps!
Andrei94 Sep 2018, 18:28
Coool! Nice game :thumbsup: +++++

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