BUSHIDŌ

by wujood

co-authored: @dani-el-urban, @sebo, @maxelf, @psb

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.74

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60

:book: Story-Introduction :book:

You play a young samurai, whose failure leads to his masters's and his own death.

Stuck between hell and paradise, you have to rediscover the virtues of the way of the warrior.

Only if you are fast you can exit the loop and find redemption for your soul.

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:joystick: Controls :joystick:

A / LEFT = LEFT

D / RIGHT = RIGHT

SPACE = JUMP

S = HIT

F = HARAKIRI (not in intro)

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:camera: Screenshots :camera:

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:information_source: About :information_source:

When the theme was announced, there was a big OOF going around the table.

It was one of those that most of our group of five had considering too narrow, resulting in lots of similar games.

We really wanted to do another 2D pixel art scroller, so we had to come up with a game mechanic to fit the theme.

Just play the game to discover it!

Special Thanks to noclu for the amazing soundtrack https://soundcloud.com/noclu

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:tools: Tools :tools:

Unity

Pyxel Edit

GarageBand

Trello

Audacity

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:gear: Theme/Mechanic :gear:

To get through the levels you need to walk without stopping. On the top left corner you see your current highscore and a needed highscore. Under that you see a multiplier that increases while you walk and by that increases the points you get.

If you reach the end of the level without having enough points the level loops.

Tools: Audacity, Pyxel Edit

Comments52

Dani_el_urban2 Oct 2020, 20:19

LETS GOOOOOO

Fupi5 Oct 2020, 23:03

This is great! The sounds are hilarious, there is storytelling, the game itself is really simple but I like how you interpreted the theme.

Nema5 Oct 2020, 23:33

Really funny game! The sound effects are great and i personally really appreciate the level of detail in the pixel art and the thoughtful samurai lessons!

Charlotte Raymond6 Oct 2020, 02:05

Really wonderful submission, great job. Felt very polished and liked the art.

James Clark6 Oct 2020, 02:40

I love the story and music is great. Nice pixel art and fun gameplay. Good work!

maximevincent6 Oct 2020, 02:51

YOOOOOOoooooOOO. I love the style of this game! simple controls and great immersion. I find the theme implementation rather generic but the rest of the package is quite wonderful from gameplay to sound design.

amymja6 Oct 2020, 02:59

Cool game, I especially like the environment art.

TheJohnyFeeD6 Oct 2020, 14:46

The art is veeeryy cool, the game idea is great too!

Celuloide6 Oct 2020, 14:49

Cool game! I really enjoyed the main idea behind its gameplay and its theme, also the pixel art was great! Good job :)

FreddyTurbina6 Oct 2020, 15:09

Cool game! i love it and it remains me of retro game

Chaosinism6 Oct 2020, 15:34

The pixel art is really beautiful! I think it might be good-looking if the text in the upper-left corner can also be set to a pixel font? The music rearrangement based on oriental classical pieces is also impressive.

DS Nahogara6 Oct 2020, 15:45

This game is very cool, it felt weird to attack with S key, it lacks from feedback! It would be cool effects from attacking and some other stuf, however it was fun! Great job on this and the graphics, also props for having Harakiri evey time myself HAHA :laughing:

Geryon Games6 Oct 2020, 15:51

This is a great submission. It has a lot of content for such a short period of time! I think that some more gameplay variety and some feedback would be cool, but great work!

PaulHudson6 Oct 2020, 16:01

Is realz cool. Love the idea of hara-kiri to restart)
But why cant I jump from this position?

Bunkai6 Oct 2020, 16:01

Fun and interesting game. Reaching the virtues is a little shocking, you arrive at the point without even knowing it and then it jumps to the name of the next virtue screen.

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 16:05

@paulhudson yeah thats a bit unfair.. technical issue with the raycast that determines wether you can jump or not.. i never realised this because after hours of playing i was speedrunning through these levels without seeing this happening. Im going to fix this next weekend for an Update but that will not be up for the voting period. Thanks for the feedback though

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 16:10

@bunkai Thats so true! We finished 10 minutes before the deadline so unfortunatly some things were a bit rushed..

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 16:11

@chaosinism yes you are right, that would look better. I just changed it, but i am not going to change the entry until the rating period has ended.

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 16:12

@freddyturbina Great ideas! Especially the outlines for the stuff that kills you!

JOrbits6 Oct 2020, 18:07

The graphics are pretty good, the music is fitting too. The jump and run physics were a bit frustrating though.

AvatarGreggles6 Oct 2020, 18:08

This is so brilliant! The sounds effects are extremely appealing and the art is perfect. I would play a full campaign of this! I wish the counter in the top left had more meaning behind it or significance to what it was, I assume you needed to fill that before continuing to the next virtue?

nonozuchu6 Oct 2020, 18:08

really cool game!
the only thing I would suggest is to make the water friendly, but thats a minor detail

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 18:11

@avatargreggles you are right :grin: if you dont have enough points the level loops

AvatarGreggles6 Oct 2020, 18:12

Dope!! I really like that interpertation of stuck in a loop! Do you guys have other games too? I really enjoy your asethetic!

Walkingtall856 Oct 2020, 18:28

Very nice, love the sound design and the concept. Don't like that S is attack but aside from that singular issue its fun :)

Suchista6 Oct 2020, 22:55

I like it! The story and art feel great :) I wasn't able to finish (on the clouds, my "streak" was zeroed randomly every few seconds, maybe it's a bug, or maybe I don't really fully get the mechanics (and speaking of the clouds, the blue ones disappeared after the first cycle)), but I enjoyed the little story. The game has a great mood, nice job!

wujoodauthor6 Oct 2020, 23:01

@suchista Thanks for pointing that out! We had little time for testing so this could very well be a bug.. It does not seem to happen always though (hopefully)

funemaker7 Oct 2020, 03:46

I loved the storyline and the art was really well done! The only minor thing I would suggest is the shrine gate kind of looked like it was floating until I got a better look at the base, maybe consider lightening the color a bit to make it more visible? Anyways, great game!

ForgeronStudio7 Oct 2020, 16:43

This is a really impressive and polished game! I liked the variety of the art, and the main mechanic was fun. One minor thing is that right now you can cheat the game by pressing 's' constantly, so maybe a cooldown on the attack would be good. Also, on the last level, my points didn't reset when I died.

What I liked most was how nicely every aspect fit together to make a really convincing experience. Amazing job!

Elcinkilic7 Oct 2020, 16:44

Good job.

Mykola7 Oct 2020, 17:35

Really nice game! Great sound and art, gameplay is rather straight forward. But how do I get out of here?

wujoodauthor7 Oct 2020, 17:47

@mykola When you get stuck like this you need to perform Harakiri (press F). Maybe that was not really clear..

Mykola7 Oct 2020, 17:57

@wujood ahhh, thank you for the hint! Don't know how I missed it, great idea actually! =D

Mykola7 Oct 2020, 18:23

Rich level design! Impressive amount of content for a jam game. Not sure if it's expected but in one level all platforms disappeared and I had to go though it three times before it let me finish.

Overall, great job!

wujoodauthor7 Oct 2020, 18:49

@mykola do you know which level that was?

Mykola7 Oct 2020, 18:59

@wujood, the one with cloud platforms, dragons and stormy clouds. I remember it showed 1000 in the top left corner.

wujoodauthor7 Oct 2020, 19:04

Okay i can confirm that, thank you very much for the report! :grin:

LanaLux7 Oct 2020, 22:14

Very fun! Very polished. Great work.

Nyubi8 Oct 2020, 10:03

I really like this, great game! Had fun playing it and loved the music, sound design (the wind, chimes, etc... btw: is there a meaning to that "yuoooouuuuuh"-voice that comes with the virtue-titles?) and overall atmosphere, also with the level design (lanterns, torii, etc) and the game art. If you consider developing it further, maybe the virtues can be represented in the level challenges/tasks/mechanics even further? Great choice with the screen size! Wanna be a bushi now... or watch a Kurosawa movie :grin:

Jakob Reborn8 Oct 2020, 10:34

Really loved your game! Like it hooked me right from the beginning and I really wanted to finish it but - am I the only one that got stuck at the "respect your environment" level? I got enough points and it still loops for me. Also I liked the little whistle sound when he jumps :) Also why does the scroll look like a dead mans hand?

:v:

//nevermind I tried it another time and managed to win! super fun experience would definietely pay for a full version of this game

wujoodauthor8 Oct 2020, 10:44

@nyubi Thanks for the feedback! Regarding your question:

According to my research this sound is called Kakegoe which is a shout that is performed in traditional japanese theater. It is often lead by a small drum (not sure how that is called). You can here a MUCH better version of that excact thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj7DjWc6ZVE

wujoodauthor8 Oct 2020, 10:48

@jakob-reborn Maybe you missed the the scroll the first time? We realized too late that we are not clearly stating that you need to collect the scroll

Jakob Reborn8 Oct 2020, 10:53

@wujood yeah I missed the scroll, after reading through your game page I noticed that I needed scrolls and the points to win, but still I managed to finish the game . make a full version please ! :)

Tino8 Oct 2020, 13:32

Cool game!
I have read the comments above and I relate to what people liked too and also agree with their improvement suggestions.

So I will try to bring something new:
If you chose the exotic screen ratio because we need to see what is coming in advance while keeping moving that's a nice solution. And I also liked it because it felt like being a movie character. You could also try to have the character not centered but somewhere on the left that would allow you to zoom a bit more on your great pixel arts while keeping the same distance of view toward the right.

katamary8 Oct 2020, 18:17

A very bold and interesting concept. The most interesting thing is not even the very fact of being in a loop, if you have not gained the required number of points, but the fact that you can kill yourself in order to start over. It's too deep narrative game.

Eugenik9 Oct 2020, 00:57

Nice games I had a fun time grandma did too x)

droo shayne9 Oct 2020, 22:50

Nice concept. Some simple sfx/UI design improvements could improve the user experience for figuring out what to do/enhancing player feel. I like the aesthetic! Fun game.

TheBookSnail10 Oct 2020, 18:28

I love the amount of content for this game considering it's a jam, feels just right. I did struggled with dying from things I thought were background art and sometimes took a few tries to realize what I was dying from.

wujoodauthor10 Oct 2020, 18:34

@thebooksnail we just uploaded a new version. If you refresh the page you should be able to see the link to the updated version :) Thanks for the feedback!

Gurigraphics10 Oct 2020, 19:58

Nice pixelart and colors. Good Job

elysiagriffin11 Oct 2020, 21:24

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767505473?t=7h37m29s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

kromeboy17 Oct 2020, 19:19

Great Pixelart

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