Baldaquin 9 - I chose life

I found your game pretty confusing once I got to the "afterlife"(?) stage. I really loved the intro, as the player was just about as confused as the player character, and the poetry/rhyming added a comedic, interesting, and novel element to what would've been an otherwise fairly bland setup. I would love to see some explanation of what to do once you got to the afterlife(?) so I could continue the game, since I was pretty hooked by the intro and mysterious factor. If you can add some cohesion, I think it would add alot to the overrall appeal of the game.

Hmmmm... unfortunately, I had no idea what I was doing after the intro scene. The dude I was walking around as looked pretty dang cool and eventually I got an icon to use the left mouse button. But, I walked and walked and never found anything to use the mouse button on :(

I got 5 more seconds because I'm too bad. :v:

It took me a bit to figure it out, but I did get through the whole thing. I could sense the emotion (I guess) that was present throughout, and made me push through the whole game. I wouldn't say the "fun" factor was very high though... I think the one I had the most fun with was the 3rd part. The second part was just frustrating, and the first part was super confusing but I eventually got there. But yeah, nice work, lots of different stuff here and all implemented pretty well, and the homage was moving for sure. Nice job!

@jackson-makes-games & @fussenkuh

As the god tells you : "One of two star you must bleed, West or East, is as you feel".
There are only two things in this "world" and the mouse icon doesn't show up randomly.

@jisam

Lucky you, you could listen to the amazing music for a little longer.

@doomshmuck

Thanks for this amazing comment, hope you did enjoy backflipping like hell as a little gold fish before achieving your fate.

I have to admit it was 3 pretty nice games, and definitely challenging too, well, except for the first one :p
Well done!

umm... the "What?" game. It is always so hard to judge one.

@sun-wukong

Hehe, try playing it and make you own opinion maybe.

@marcellus, that is opinion after playing it. Your game got the highest amount of "WTF per second" so far.

@sun-wukong

Thanks a lot, this is the most amazing comment I've ever received in 9 LD !

The first part was frustrating (I figured out by reading comments and guessing). The second part was a little difficult. Other parts were really great. I was always expecting what will appear on the screen! It just went black after 10 seconds. It really ended?

@lastleaf

If you mean the last last black screen with a light switch sound at the very end, yes that is the end. Congratulations for reaching it by the way.

That was pretty interesting.

I liked the art of the character in the first act. Beyond that I was just unsure what to expect at any given time.

Great job! All 3 games were creative, the second one was really hard I got 5 more seconds a lot. The writing was especially good.

Very nice game, I loved the first act the most. The characters and music were top-notch!

I couldn't get past the first act. :shrug:

I wasn't sure what to do in the level with the fuzzy guy on the checker board.

Game was cool, nice art style, very interesting

That was one trippy experience! :laughing: I was not able to get by the second area because I just don't have the reflexes anymore.

I finally made it past the first act, but couldn't get past the second. I was never good at those types of games.

@mattdacat @bugninja @kunonooni @great-bobleny ho, great, I hope you did not rate my game according to the 20% you've played then.

Spoiler alert for this kind of comment not to happen again :

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU PLAN TO PLAY THE GAME IT WILL RUIN IT FOR YOU

1st act : turn left or right 90° then walk until moon / sun is in the middle of the screen, then hold left click for about 8 to 10 seconds.

2nd act : dash jump / dash jump / dash jump / normal jump / normal jump / normal jump / dash jump / dash jump / crouch + dash / normal jump / dash jump. With this method, you should beat the level with approximately 0.5 seconds left on the timer. If you can't, just die 20 times and get 5 extra seconds. FOREVER.

3rd act : wait / jump in the water / pick the 10 rings / accelerate towards up and jump out of the water with full speed / enjoy the life of a fish by doing some crazy backflips and try to hit the god while you're at it.

4th act : walk forwards and don't touch any other button, even when you ear that no one is following you. (orphea / eurydice style)

5th act : press right once.

BTW : my 66 years old father finished the game by himself in about 15 minutes without help. He failed more than 20 times on the rollerskating level but with the 5 extra seconds he managed to do it. The last video game he played was duck hunt on the NES.

@marcellus
I tried many times to get past the skate level. I made it to last jump a few times (I assume it was the last jump). The one where you have to jump through the opening in the vertical flames. For some reason I can't get the timing down, and I keep bumping into that last blue shelf.

This game is quite confusing, and the graphics look a bit weird in my opinion. However, I love the story and the different acts and gameplays. Really interesting! I enjoyed it. Congrats (:

One of the best games in this ludum dare. It is deep and very good. The roller skates were quite hard. Good that I got 5 seconds more :)

For my birthday i received : linen sheets, an Advent calendar with only homemade weed-chocolates inside, and this game. I very much like all of those.
You managed to remake my stuff with your unique style. Deep, fun and true. My favorite of the "baldaquin serie" !

This is your masterpiece. I Loved it Marcellus Manu, it's beautiful. Sully?