Play time: ~~10 minutes~~ apparently it is more like 15 minutes of playtime
Hope is a strong, but fragile thing, we should and must keep it alive! Overcome this dark, hopeless world. Do not let it break you and you will feel the warmth of the sun once more, as is the promise of hope!
A narrative based platformer with one nifty mechanic that I will let to you, the player, to explorer. Everything was made within 48 hours, except for a few FX sounds.
`Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.` ~ Christopher Reeve
Controls
* Arrow keys to move and jump. * You are able to double jump to clear larger pits and higher ledges. * Wall jumping is also a thing (and can make some obstacles a lot easier).
Cool game! The light system is great. I love the little inspirational quotes above the fires checkpoints. The sounds effects are a wee-bit loud compared to the bg music, but it's alright. I had some trouble getting past one of the jumps by the second (or third?) checkpoint - maybe U'm just being a bit stupid - maybe a hint system would work (dispite taking ages to make).
@arcus had some of the same feedback for that jump, so it is not you 😉 clearly have to check it out if I want to create a full game from this concept 😀 Thanks for leaving feedback!
super pretty. the light is awesome, I kinda suck at platformers so sorry that I didnt make it all the way through xD I do think it's really fluent and the moment is incredible! Man hat's off to you, it's a wonderfull experience, super cute as well. I just want this boyo to be happy :3
Wow. Amazing Game, I could barely Stop playing. I just wanted to find more and more quotes. I really, really like the Idea and the pacing is onpoint. Soundeffects and the simplistic Graphic work well in this setting. In the first run i couldn´t get past Elie Wiesel, but i will definetely try in a few days again. Thanks for the experience. Cause of the Title, i can even give points in the humor category :D
@westmave thanks for the kind words! You are nearly there, from Elie Wiesel you only have a quarter of the game more to go 😉 hope you will like the resolution of the game!
Wonderfully hostile aesthetic. Love how you have to balance platforming and lighting mechanics later on, and an impressive feeling wall-jump for under 48 hours!
Very good game. I loved the quotes and the feeling this game gave me. I tried to make this feeling in my game too, but I failed, you did an awesome job!
@wet-band-aid wow awesome you consider a replay! Is this something you would like to see a full game of?
@qazikol hope is something found in the darkest of places, so I wanted my game to be one of these darkest places :smile:
@siegmayer thank you so much! I will have a look at your game after work (and I'm on a Mac right now) and see if I can give some tips on mood and atmosphere :wink:
Great game! Thanks for making a game about hope! I must say you have excellent level design skills. The placement of checkpoints was just right. Also, cool idea having enemies detect your light (and thus your movement)!
Very nice. If I didn't dislike piranha's (that's what they are right?) already, I sure do now. I love how it gets harder and harder and just when you think you won't make the next one anymore, you actually do and you get to a beautiful ending.
@sibebleuze for me they represent close minded people who try to get your hopes down. But they are whatever works for you :wink: thanks for playing until the end!
Amazing light game, sounds and smooth gameplay. I really loved the details like leaving blood pixels on the spikes. And great quotes and ideas behind the game. Final scene is beautiful. It's the best game I've played so far in this jam.
I was wondering if there is any Easter egg after you exit the cave and go up and to the left. I did a long distance but gave up when the ground started to become too steep to be able to come back.
@mykola sorry, I did not have time to include secrets (although I would have loved to add some), mainly focussend on the core game experience and it's atmosphere because that is what most players will experience in a jam like this :smile: thanks for sticking around till the end, put a lot of work into that sequence 🤗
@steambrain thanks for the kind words! woops that should indeed not happen, will look into that when working further on it, thanks for reporting this bug :smiley:
Nice game! I thought there would be some easter egg as Mykola did but kept on going. I fell off the map. Well, I did a second run to get the endgame :)
The sound for enemies is a bit loud so playing full volume I got my ear bleeding :D Just kidding, no harm done
@narom42 yeah, sorry for that, maybe should have blocked that path off, but I just wanted to show off that there is a bright sky after these dark times :wink: Mastering audio is still something I could improve on, had difficulty with that because silence is also an important part of the game. Thanks for the feeback! :smile:
solid short platformer with amazing lighting and atmosphere. I am personally not a fan of sappy inspiration quotes but it didnt really impact my enjoyment of the game
@brzyrt yeah, me neighter to be honest, but I felth like I needed some kind of story or dialog throughout the game. I will probably change out the quotes for little character development snippits. Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it!
Download this, then provide it as a download for your players instead of the .zip you already have. Basically I just fixed the issue the way the players would have had to, then put it into a Mac disk image file (a .dmg) so that it doesn't get corrupted when zipped/unzipped.
My review of the game, I love the platforming mechanics, the wall and double-jumps are programmed very nicely, though it is very hard to pull off on a keyboard (especially arrow keys instead of WASD). The creepy dude that sees my light and chases me freaked me out, I didn't see that coming at all. That's as far as I got so far, I'll probably play further later on.
@shaolin-dave you are a hero! I updated the link, next time I will have to learn to do this myself 😅 thank you so much for doing this and checking the game out! The controls are clearly something I could improve on, someone also suggested that, if I use the arrow keys, space should be jump. Just multiple control schemes would have been a good idea I guess.
And yeah those guys are meant to do that :wink: but there are multiple ways of getting rid of them!
One of the best games I played so far. Amazing sound design and great graphics. Platforming is sharp and not frustrating, very well polished just truly amazing great job.
An interesting and very well made little game. I found some of the quotes a bit weird for the game, but it is not a big issue. Overall is this a good jam game. Well done.
I'm very impressed! Cool art, very creepy mood, good pacing, threatening enemies, challenging gameplay! When I made it to daylight, there was such an impressive change of atmosphere. It was like really going outside after being stuck in the dark! A couple suggestions would be to allow jump to be the space bar or something other than a directional key. And if you had a different outdoor sprite for the character (although not worth the extra work for a 48 hour game!)
@robcozzens2 I'm so glad the atmosphere change came over as intended! I thought it was insane that I spend 5-6 hours on art, animations, sounds and systems for a section in the game that would only take 10 to 20 seconds to experience 😅 Without these the game and story would not have had a proper conclusion! But I agree that giving the character color during hugging the person (I flip-flopped back and forth between letting it be a guy or a girl) at the end would have been a very strong, character defining moment! Will definitely add that once I pick this project back up. Having different control schemes is also a valid point! But I don't have anecdotes about that :stuck_out_tongue: Thank you for checking it out and taking the time to write your feedback down! :smile:
Wall Jump + Double Jump = OP, You can go (almost) anywhere
Great little platformer: Especially like the cave reverb effect, with that alone you nailed the mood of the game!!!
Also, i found something rather peculiar messing around... [Sometimes the LD site dosen't send images and gifs propelly, so if the image isn't loaded, let me know :3]
@marxy-37 I knew this was a problem when finishing the game, the 'outdoor area' begins right of the cave, that is why you get this Cave athmosphere wen going on top of it. I just wanted there to be as much blue sky as possible, to show that everything is kind of alright now 😊 but people like to experiment more than I anticipated on 😛 thanks for playing and pointing it out!
I kinda feel like the wall jump doesn't push away enough from the wall, most of the time, i would go for wall jump instead of double jump (feels like going faster, even if it's not real). Overall, i like the atmosphere, and the fact that you don't see everything until you light it. It would require multiple run to perfect these jump and the path, without being unfair. Nice map design too. Great entry !
The mood is incredible. Great little game, I loved the infiltration mechanics with the fly monster, it's really clever. Maybe the walk sound was a bit too loud compare to the ambiant sound. The fly sound was just perfect, made for a great jump scare.
I really enjoyed this game. Especially the pixel art and the animations, And yeah the cave effect was cool. Loved it! Good Luck for your future projects!
Really nicely done here. I Wasn't sure when I saw the candle on the opening screen, but as the game progressed with the quotes and the terrifying robot bee I was sold. Really great stuff. Tonnes of mood!
Nice game! I thought I couldn't get out of the cave, but I did it! Nice game! Are those citates influenced by the things you need to do? Like the one with running? :)
@molpe thanks for sticking around at the end, I thought you might give up, you were so close! I'm happy you got through it :smile: This is the first time I see someone play my game and I am glad to see all the right reactions. The monsters are scary, the ending gave you a lot of relief and some of the parts are hard. Thanks for playing, providing feedback and creating a video about it! I really appreciate it!
Some of the quotes are indeed about the next or previous area. The first one was meant to provide context and meaning within the world of the game (Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness). Others are just quotes about hope to keep the player going and feeling that there will be an end to all the darkness :slight_smile:
Very nice mood in the game and a competent platformer! I like the aesthetics in general and simple graphics worked well here. I didn't encounter any bugs or issues - it seemed well-polished. The light mechanics are great!
I had lots of trouble figuring out where to go after M.L. King's bonfire. But it was fun exploring and dying to try to figure that out ;)
I really enjoyed it! The art is really beautiful, I also liked the soundtrack. I liked the idea and I love the use of phrases, they are a great addition. It's really inspiring and important, especially given the moment we're facing. Great job!
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I tried to make this feeling in my game too, but I failed, you did an awesome job!
@qazikol hope is something found in the darkest of places, so I wanted my game to be one of these darkest places :smile:
@siegmayer thank you so much! I will have a look at your game after work (and I'm on a Mac right now) and see if I can give some tips on mood and atmosphere :wink:
I love how it gets harder and harder and just when you think you won't make the next one anymore,
you actually do and you get to a beautiful ending.
I was wondering if there is any Easter egg after you exit the cave and go up and to the left. I did a long distance but gave up when the ground started to become too steep to be able to come back.
Really great job for 48 hours of work!
The sound for enemies is a bit loud so playing full volume I got my ear bleeding :D Just kidding, no harm done
Basically I just fixed the issue the way the players would have had to, then put it into a Mac disk image file (a .dmg) so that it doesn't get corrupted when zipped/unzipped.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kbxcrx5la17z27u/KeepItAlight.dmg?dl=0
(let me know when you've done this so I can delete this from my own dropbox)
And yeah those guys are meant to do that :wink: but there are multiple ways of getting rid of them!
Exceptional atmosphere!
Sounds, the dark cave, the sprites and the platforming mechanics combine to make an amazing (but short) game. Congratulations! :D
When I made it to daylight, there was such an impressive change of atmosphere. It was like really going outside after being stuck in the dark!
A couple suggestions would be to allow jump to be the space bar or something other than a directional key. And if you had a different outdoor sprite for the character (although not worth the extra work for a 48 hour game!)
Great little platformer: Especially like the cave reverb effect, with that alone you nailed the mood of the game!!!
Also, i found something rather peculiar messing around...
[Sometimes the LD site dosen't send images and gifs propelly, so if the image isn't loaded, let me know :3]
Great little game, I loved the infiltration mechanics with the fly monster, it's really clever.
Maybe the walk sound was a bit too loud compare to the ambiant sound. The fly sound was just perfect, made for a great jump scare.
It's nice to see a game made with Godot :grin:
Some of the quotes are indeed about the next or previous area. The first one was meant to provide context and meaning within the world of the game (Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness). Others are just quotes about hope to keep the player going and feeling that there will be an end to all the darkness :slight_smile:
I had lots of trouble figuring out where to go after M.L. King's bonfire. But it was fun exploring and dying to try to figure that out ;)