Ludum Dare #46compo

Abandoned

by graal

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Web: https://graal.itch.io/abandoned

Win/Mac Post-LD: https://graal.itch.io/abandoned-3d

Abandoned in the dungeon, you've met mysterious creature. It is wounded and loses his life while moving. But it goes on your whistle (X) and may blast your enemies with light (Z).

And you need it to pass the exit light well.

So try to keep it alive.

Controls

* Arrows - move
* X - whistle (call creature)
* Z - attack (using creature's power)
* R - restart level

Tools

* Godot engine
* Piskel
* Audiotool
* Audacity (for recording and processing sounds)

My teammates' games (Volcanic Giraffe)

@a333: Unit 21

@icxon: Until we freeze

Post LD version

I've created post-ld version which is 3d with better graphics. But unfortunately it works as downloadable only (for windows and osx), I was unable to create webgl build for that...

Here is the link: https://graal.itch.io/abandoned-3d

Tags: #dungeon crawler, #fantasy, #turn-based

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Audacity, Audiotool, Godot, Piskel

Comments25

Gediminas Gurskis20 Apr 2020, 19:48

Interesting game, although it took some time to understand its mechanics.

Hedgy20 Apr 2020, 20:02

Really cool puzzle game! Movement is a little bit slow for me though.

doodlebrisk20 Apr 2020, 20:10

Neat puzzle game that reminds me of some of those old games on windows machines. I like the sneaky aspect of it and wish the path of the creature was a bit more obvious before whistling.

RNGames20 Apr 2020, 20:14

👍Genre sort of between puzzle and strategy - very unique and interesting
👍Great use of theme
👎Movement is a bit slow

Slowpoke20 Apr 2020, 20:21

I really really enjoyed this game! I wasn't expecting to because of the graphics, but the gameplay is so solid and really fun. I didn't feel like the game cheated me at any point and the levels were challenging, but not frustratingly difficult. Sound is great, really falls into the background in a lovely way which sets the ton. Nice one!

icxon21 Apr 2020, 05:17

Love the multiple endings! :thumbsup:

Here is my playthrough:

a33321 Apr 2020, 14:52

What can I say, the mood is superb. And Even though you think your sprites are simple, they have unique style and aesthetic, which holds the mood even tighter. Levels were clever, some required quite unusual thinking, but nothing too hard that my tired brain couldn't handle - which is perfect.

Except for the ending =) I wasn't able to find the multiple endings by myself because I'm stupid =)

Ben Newington22 Apr 2020, 09:33

I'm really impressed that you managed to make an entertaining and challenging puzzle game in 72 hours! The music and mood is awesome. If you ironed out the bugs and polished it up a little I'd pay good money for it. Well done :)

GRaALauthor22 Apr 2020, 09:38

@ben-newington thanks for kind words. BTW, it is compo, so I had only 48 hours :). And actually I had less because I didn't want my kid to feel abandoned.

Solah22 Apr 2020, 11:17

Is there any happy end where the two of us leave this place? I decided to sacrifice myself!

Really good game, it might be a bit to slow and the killing power of the creature might break some levels but the mechanics are great and the mood is also good! I love stealth games *-*

Well done!

GRaALauthor22 Apr 2020, 11:26

@solah and I appreciate your choice.

No, there is no such happy ending in game. But there is a minor chance that if you left the creature in safe place and move hero out alone then behind the scenes the hero will be able to return back and find way to free creature out.

kamilko22 Apr 2020, 11:51

Nice puzz-geon (puzzle+dungeon get it? mwahahahahaha) :)
But Godot for life!

PatrickRMC22 Apr 2020, 20:47

I like the strategy of luring the enemies to the creatures line of sight so it can blast it! Very fun and unique from all the other Ludum Dare entries I've played so far! Congrats on finishing the game.

notapixelstudio23 Apr 2020, 08:27

A godoter!

amkingTRP23 Apr 2020, 09:56

Enjoyed this one; plays like a stealth-roguelike. Agree with the other comments that the movement felt a bit slow (frustratingly so sometimes), but the overall concept and execution were great.

GRaALauthor23 Apr 2020, 10:06

Yeah, movement speed was a mistake. I think it will be better to make all enemies move at once, not one after another. Fixing that now would be against rules, so I have to keep it as is. Will spend more time on playtests next time.
Thanks for feedback!

mincho24 Apr 2020, 10:31

Interesting mechanics for a puzzle game, it did feel a bit confusing but not too confusing. Lovely aesthetics

SplitPainter24 Apr 2020, 10:47

Good to see another Godot game! Kudos for multiple endings and for packing it up with the gameplay. Could be a bit faster, but the main elements are all here.

kaeveris24 Apr 2020, 17:25

Interesting mechanics, cool art! At the beginning the mechanics are not clear enough, at first I thought that the black balls are the creatures I can control

Odeyalko25 Apr 2020, 09:46

Geood idea!

loveapplegames25 Apr 2020, 17:06

Very original entry! I had to figure out who is who, otherwise the game concept is clear. I like the sound. It's a pity the game moves so slowly.

Ulcius27 Apr 2020, 13:41

Very interesting mechanics! It's extremely hard to create a sensible logic game on any game jam, but this one is very cool.It was hard to predict enemy movement before you got into its visibility area (at least for me) and I think that's for the plus. It makes playthroughs slightly different and more challenging, with still plenty of possibility to plan how to lure enemies.
I liked this entry very much!

There is this bug though, that if i (as a yellow monster) get on the gate, before it's open i get stuck on it and can't move at all. I need to lose level at this point and try again.

GRaALauthor27 Apr 2020, 21:59

@ulcius thank you!

Year, this is "known issue" with doors. Actually it must restart level automatically, but I didn't want to fix that in last moment - I was afraid I can break something else. So I introduced "restart level" button (R) instead :)

Benjamin San Souci6 May 2020, 03:59

Exciting to see another puzzle game with an interesting mechanic of keeping the monster alive.
It was hard to figure out what you could do and how to win. The pathfinding of the monster wasn't what I expected.

GRaALauthor8 May 2020, 12:19

BTW, I made post-LD version with better graphics, if you interested :) Here it is

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