Curse of the eastern god

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85
jq8_banner.pngYou are the SACRIFICE for a ritual that aims to please the EASTERN GOD.
They've put a CURSE upon you which forces you to MEET YOUR END.
You can NEVER GO BACK.
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Full OST: https://adriendittrick.bandcamp.com/album/jq8-curse-of-the-eastern-god

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Comments36

CalLavicka3 Dec 2018, 03:12
Cool game, was an enjoyable experience playing through it. Thanks!
acoto87
acoto873 Dec 2018, 06:57
Interesting idea, you make your choices and can't go back. Good job!
Marc Grabow
Marc Grabow3 Dec 2018, 10:29
Haha, wow, I didn't expect this to game to be so long, that feels like a travelled a lifetime :) Well done, nice story and mood!
TheGameDev3 Dec 2018, 10:33
What an adventure! A small game that changes scope, charming graphics and excellent music.
ninja00283
ninja002833 Dec 2018, 10:36
Interesting game with a good story although some choices don't feel like choices.
Fat cat
Fat cat3 Dec 2018, 10:37
I can't play the WebGL version, it requires me to donate at least 1 USD to play
Apace3 Dec 2018, 10:37
This is a really nice game. I enjoyed the story a bit too much, made me play the end sequence more than I originally wanted to. The graphics and music and sounds are all so nice and come together for a great experience. I can only recommend playing this.
ShenDev
ShenDev3 Dec 2018, 10:47
Yo, this game was solid, very impressive, no complains really, art, sound, and design very well done. Triggering events by going backwards was a little bit weird sometimes but thats about it!

I was thinking the written was really well done and then I found the 9999999$ key. What a masterpiece hahah. Good job!

Edit: I almost forgot about the old man from the beggining! Made me laugh, it set the tone of the game really fast!
Blodyavenger
Blodyavenger3 Dec 2018, 15:26
Woah, really nice idea of not going back and a nice metaphor for life (was it meant to be like that?) :)
Music fits well with the consistent art style. Overall, I enjoyed the game!
artbohr3 Dec 2018, 15:45
Very fun game, enjoyed it to the end, good job.
ccglp
ccglp3 Dec 2018, 16:42
It's a great game, the beginning set the tone very well and towards the... ¿end? the game feels very fresh and polished. I liked it a lot, good work :)
TheseusInABottle
TheseusInABottle3 Dec 2018, 18:29
Really fun game. Only thing I didnt like was the ocassional walk to the other side of the screen to activate the next scene. It felt like it slowed down the pace a little. Other than that really good.
FireBug
FireBug4 Dec 2018, 00:52
Very entertaining! I love how this examines the gameplay of 2D platformers and the sprites are adorable, especially when jumping and wearing a tophat. The audio is great too and I love the humor!
SimonTheCase4 Dec 2018, 01:15
This is really great! I loved all the dialogue and the story. Good job
Muzzz29
Muzzz294 Dec 2018, 09:36
Loved the plot, music and the art a lot. Really well done on this one!
erebus4 Dec 2018, 09:45
Awesome game! Really liked the art and story!
Hare Software
Hare Software4 Dec 2018, 13:42
Very good story with interesting game play, well done!
Morg
Morg5 Dec 2018, 09:28
I liked the social kind of commentary throughout the entire game and I think it was really solid. Really simple mechanics but executed extremely well and had me laugh and cry in frustration many times. really solid game! One of the best I've played so far.
Maree5 Dec 2018, 14:19
Really really nice game, the best I ever seen in this jam ! You're a real artist, and this experience is amazing. Thank you for that ! :)
CraftLord
CraftLord6 Dec 2018, 15:04
Great one, well done!
NicMagnier
NicMagnier6 Dec 2018, 22:46
Really cool submission. I really didn't expect the story element. The player really goes through a journey which is really pleasing and keep you engaged.
The game mechanic are simple but enough to keep you going.

Somehow playing it reminded it of the game Passage.

Really well done.
Krassenstein
Krassenstein7 Dec 2018, 12:37
I really loved the platforming where you couldn't fix your mistakes. It really felt like the choices you made mattered. Excellent game and super fun!
knarf
knarf8 Dec 2018, 10:44
That's a well executed narrative game ! As it's been said the effort on storytelling and writting is worthy and sets a great mood. Even if gameplay is not so challenging this really pushed me to persevere the *hard* part to reach the end. I loved the humor as well in texts and in-game. Good job on chiptune music, quite diversified and sounding real good.
Visuals are simple but efficients, I especially liked the different NPC and player's sprites. I've read in comments that... there is a 9999999$ key ? :) I didn't have the patience to end it twice finding secrets but I tried some while playing it and I was wondering, so that's a great thing :) Good job !
Cheers !
Lyrcaxis
Lyrcaxis10 Dec 2018, 06:34
- This music.. holy.. so well done.
- Not much to see mechanic-wise but it feels well-made.
- The graphics are minimalistic but good.

I couldn't finish it but I had fun for as much as I played :)
frescogusto
frescogusto11 Dec 2018, 11:16
this was so good. 10/10. i love the clippy music, the sprites, the mood of it all. WINNER WINNER
miziziziz15 Dec 2018, 07:24
definitely the funnest game I've played this jam; great story, great music, great use of mechanics. My only gripe is the platforming is a little clunky, typically in platformers if you walk off an edge right as you hit jump, there's a little lee-way time where you can still jump even if you're in the air, otherwise it feels like you pressed jump and your character didn't jump, just fell off the edge. I feel like this would make the end platforming sequence a lot smoother, I died in quite a few spots because of that.
Otherwise, great game!
exilegl
exilegl22 Dec 2018, 06:45
There I am just jumping around like a dummy trying to get over the barrier, then boom, an old man asks me what the hell I'm doing :p He added a lot of humor to the game. Art is cute, the game reminded me of Knytt a little bit world/mood wise.

An indicator for exp/levelling up would've been cool (didn't see one on web. I got a level up once from collecting cash, but wasn't able to again, idk if I just didn't get enough exp or one level up from cash collecting was the max).

Loved the village area with the mounds of money and people who apparently live in a society. Did that dude selling the hat for $211 subtract 1 from my balance to define a price? Smart man. I'm lookin' spiffy now, what a bargain.
commanderstitch
commanderstitch30 Dec 2018, 03:17
I liked figuring out what to do by just bouncing around. xD It was kinda cool. xD dropping off ledges was really hard and annoying. Other than that pretty nice entry.

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