Life and Death

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Life and death is a platformer where you control two character.

The goal is to make the two character join.

Arrow keys for control.

There are 4 levels, plus a bonus 5th as an end screen.

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Made with unity (game engine), inkscape (image editor), bosca ceoil (music generator), a microphone and audacity (sounds capture and edition).

screenshot

Comments32

Not_Fall_Ark
Not_Fall_Ark28 Apr 2019, 21:56
love the music and art, but one problem, the characters fall too fast due to high fps rate i guess, cant even pass the first level
Not_Fall_Ark
Not_Fall_Ark28 Apr 2019, 21:58
yep just verified, works fine if i put it on my 60hz screen
thetatautauauthor28 Apr 2019, 22:28
Thank you. I will fix this bug tomorrow, I think I just need to use fixedupdate instead of update.
thetatautauauthor29 Apr 2019, 07:04
It should be fixed now. However couldn't test it as my screens can't go higher than 60hz.
PurpledArtFrog
PurpledArtFrog29 Apr 2019, 11:22
Haven't tried it yet... love the aestetichs... or how it's spelled ;)
pwroff29 Apr 2019, 11:23
really great music and very impressive graphics.
PurpledArtFrog
PurpledArtFrog29 Apr 2019, 11:24
A bit difficult - but love the entry - nice job :thumbsup_tone1:
Jiri Hysek
Jiri Hysek29 Apr 2019, 11:30
Hey, that's really neat concept for a puzzle platformer! It would need a little bit better control, namely jumping is a little clumsy. Other than that it's great, I like also the visual style, the music is fitting. Great entry man!
FM Studio
FM Studio29 Apr 2019, 11:56
Wonderful and impressive game. I loved the art and the music. I just found the controls are a bit hard
thetatautauauthor29 Apr 2019, 12:01
Thanks for your comments.

Yep, the controls are not the best. I am not use to platformer so I had to improvise the physics.

The difficulty was hard to judge as I was the only one to test it, I hope most people can pass throught levels 1 and 2. Level 3 and 4 difficulty depends of how well you know the level, they are probably too difficult.

@crosenlund79 : English is not my native language, can you tell me what were the spelling mistakes you saw?
Erik Brunnstrom
Erik Brunnstrom30 Apr 2019, 11:35
Super cute game! The art style is great and the puzzels are realy interesting but the jumping is not great as others has pointed out. You fall way to fast in my opinion. Otherwise a great entry!
Gao Ming
Gao Ming30 Apr 2019, 14:48
Great effects!Good job!It's very fun to play.
teo989
teo9891 May 2019, 12:23
Hey, I really enjoy the artstyle but the character jumps only one out of five times I press the jump button. The audio was also really pleasing. And the idea of switching the mortality of a character is awesome!!!:v: Good job :)
Dimoon_LY
Dimoon_LY1 May 2019, 20:20
I love the theme and thanks for the nice game, which is really impressive.
FlashViper
FlashViper1 May 2019, 23:27
The concept for this game was impressive! Some of the timing between platforms was a little tough, but other than that, I loved this game!
Tommyflower
Tommyflower2 May 2019, 11:55
What a cool concept! How hard it should be to design it properly! The eerie music is perfect and I loved the moving plants. The design is essential but effective. Beautiful game!
Nikipedia2 May 2019, 14:04
Great and simple concept and twisting my mind that it hurts ;) the music might be a bit repetitive but it fits the mood very well
DIvan2 May 2019, 15:09
Very nice art! Great work!
Yorsh
Yorsh2 May 2019, 15:11
Looks like the jump physic depends on the framerate, so I can't jump high enough (or I can't control the jump as much as I should) to reach the platform on the right with the dead one.
Looks and sounds great tho.
thetatautauauthor2 May 2019, 16:25
@yorsh The jump physic used to depends on framerate but it should not be the case anymore. But it's true that this jump is too difficult, if you jump too soon the caracter bump her head in the top platfrom and if you jump too late you fall.

I would totaly change this level if it was'nt against the rules of LD.

The other levels should not be as problematics as they don't require precise jumps (except level 4).
thetatautauauthor2 May 2019, 16:31
Also I just realized that you jump higher when moving whereas I didn't intentionally coded it.
Black Flag
Black Flag2 May 2019, 20:50
I really liked the art style as well as the gameplay! Overall, a really good jam entry!
Quasar47
Quasar472 May 2019, 20:57
Nice job. I love the music and the art style you chose for this game. A bit too challenging for my taste (I'm not really a puzzle platformer guy ^^), but it's a pretty solid experience ;)
grllle
grllle2 May 2019, 21:06
Really good job on the art side, especially with the collisions with the environment. The idea is really interesting! I think it would be worth investing some time into refining the jump mechanics! Keep going!
LesConneriesDeRed3 May 2019, 09:47
I really liked the art direction, mastered brilliantly and a very well designed level design :)
The story of the game is interesting, for a compo it is very polish. Congratulations
miu
miu6 May 2019, 00:50
wow puzzle are hard but I definitely play it entirely if I had time
Not_Fall_Ark
Not_Fall_Ark6 May 2019, 02:10
@thetatautau finished it before my first feedback btw, level 1 is the only level that may cause some trouble to certain machines.

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