Ludum Dare #48compo

Make A Wish

by j0ye

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Story

I was once told that the deeper a coin falls in a well, the sooner the wish comes true. Make A Wish is about steering your coin down the shaft of a well to make your wish come true.

Game

- Avoid the obstacles and the sides of the well
- The deeper you go the better
- Make a wish and maybe it will come true

Controls

- Space - Dodge

Web Patch 1.1

Play this version for a better experience. Play the older version to rate my compo entry.
- Better controls
- Higher brightness
- Online leaderboard
- Released 26.04.21 after end of compo

Comments37

Hestrateja25 Apr 2021, 23:00

@j0ye Deep meaning and deep gameplay, 10/10 in theme

BhanosTheGameDev26 Apr 2021, 08:34

Great game, but kinda dark. That's the only problem I see.

VainCil26 Apr 2021, 08:42

Cool, it’s a bit hard to see the obstacles, but I guess that’s on purpose! The "arc" that indicates the proximity of one is a great idea, even though it took me some time to understand it, especially for the walls. Great graphics!

Andreia27 Apr 2021, 03:30

I really liked the concept and the mood. Great take on the theme. I played it the first time without reading the instructions and missed the part about being able to dodge with space. Would be cool to add this as an instruction in the build itself so that it's self-explanatory. Nice work!

Zohar27 Apr 2021, 11:54

Great game! My wish is that more people would play my game and I got to 417.

Jupiter_Hadley27 Apr 2021, 14:37

Challenging game. I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!

Sheinxy27 Apr 2021, 15:39

Original concept that fits the theme quite well, pretty simple but pretty fun, a bit dark which makes it hard to see the obstacles but overall it's a pretty good small little game!

Frogman27 Apr 2021, 19:02

Very nice game! I really liked the audio - it was very relaxing. I also liked your pretty original take on the theme: playing a coin is a pretty unique idea. The post-jam improved pretty much everything wrong with the original - my only critisicm is that it starts a bit slow, without any obstacles for the first ~150 meters, but other than that, great entry! My high score in the compo version is 437.

J0yeauthor29 Apr 2021, 10:50

@sheinxy Have you tried the updated version? I have fixed the issue with the bad lighting, i believe.

@frogman Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed it. I think the first 150 m are great as a warm up, a running start. Playing past them does not really take long anyway. But thanks for that suggestion anyway.

Secret Magic 40430 Apr 2021, 01:01

Such a dramatic/cinematic vibe! Reminds me of those coin flips in movies that take forever before we get to see the result - if we ever see it. Needless to say a video game version is very welcome!

I really liked the simple one button control scheme. The UI was very helpful too and allows you to have more control than you usually do in these one button games.

Excellent submission! :smile:

J0yeauthor30 Apr 2021, 10:11

@secret-magic-404 Wow, thanks so much for playing. Never compared it to a coin flip in a movie. That gives me complete new game ideas^^.

healthire30 Apr 2021, 10:47

Beautiful game with a great atmosphere. Very cool take on the theme and fits well. Good music and audio. Controls could feel a little tighter. Sometimes hitting space does nothing and sometimes it does something, hitting space feels like flipping a coin.

LDJam user 23334730 Apr 2021, 10:48

I like the simplicity of the game. It's a new SPIN (get it.. spin :wink:) on the otherwise fairly similar games (ours included).

Really digging the audio (and therefore mood) though.

Sorry for the bad puns.

J0yeauthor30 Apr 2021, 11:02

@healthire There is a 1 sec cool down on the jump and also on the double jump. Sadly i had no time to put in an indicator.

@xparker Dont apologize man, i live for the puns.

LDJam user 22899030 Apr 2021, 13:53

Really nice game. It's kinda addictive.

StrangerYann30 Apr 2021, 17:05

This is really susprising
I didn't undertand you could dodge at 1st
this may be the best one-button games I've played and you're the 40th game I try :-D
mad susprise
also the old 1 euro coins with the rough MSPaint cut made me laugh ^^# haha
great surprise
loved it

well wone :geinning:

OldDog3 May 2021, 08:34

so good, all system works well ,I like the feeling of fall down :smile:

Lucky-Trident3 May 2021, 15:41

Super interesting game ! The concept is original and unexpected !
I didn't understand how the HP worked at first but it all became clear soon enough thanks to the flawess sound-design with the "twong" and the "ting.

I enjoyed it, thanks ;)

retrome4 May 2021, 15:25

Interesting concept! Atmospheric graphics and music. Hard to play. With experience, game became more catchy!

Some remark: sometimes you loose multiple coins with single hit when coin falls pretty fast and straight, in v1.1 too.

Cool entry!

Yword7 May 2021, 17:09

Cool, really unique idea and interesting gameplay, and quite challenging too!

Kooky7 May 2021, 19:45

Nice entry! Beautiful music, really sets atmosphere that feels deep and introspective. I also really like the bump-mapping you've got on the walls, and the little glints of light from the coin on the walls.

Interesting minimal controls too, adds an extra element of luck and randomness to the game.

Good work!

VixenMink8 May 2021, 00:29

What a way to have flipping fun! Very nice music and concept behind this. Great job

FishMasterino10 May 2021, 22:05

I loved the music, gameplay was kinda fun but I wish I could see better.

J0yeauthor12 May 2021, 13:57

Hey @fishmasterino, have you tried the Jam version? Is it still too dark?

kostya12 May 2021, 14:21

Wow! Cool realisation of one-button control.

kuro12 May 2021, 14:37

I like the usage of the theme. The mood is great, and graphics work well - save for the HP bar (I too love to create dark vistas and leave most for the viewer's imagination when drawing more complex stuff, but I do it because I suck at drawing)

Good job

Meta-link12 May 2021, 14:47

Cool game ! It's really original and well made.

Good job :slight_smile:

IanTheBee12 May 2021, 15:09

Cool idea! I like the coin arc, great graphics, realistic sound effects... great but simple game.

Keep up your end of the deal...

LDJam user 23791312 May 2021, 15:10

My wish came true when I got to play this game! So accurate ;) Thanks for submitting this. Love the style and "feel" of it.

TentacleMax12 May 2021, 15:16

It's hard to see a coin sometimes because it's pretty dark down there. But the idea is nice.
I imagine this game as a sort of hypercasual mobile game.

Probably cartoony visual style would be better for such simple gameplay. Anyway it's playable and fun, great job!

J0yeauthor12 May 2021, 15:28

@tentaclemax Yo, the cartoony visuals are exactly what I'm working on right now. But I can not, for my life, figure out how they would look.

chrissimas12 May 2021, 15:29

Pretty fun! It was a bit too dark for me to see the obstables, I thought it was a problem from my monitor but some people said the same thing in the comments so it can be something to think about. But overall I really liked it!

zaibakk12 May 2021, 16:07

That was cool! Love that it was a 1 button game, quite innovative mechanic for that type of game! Nice job! :)

exilegl12 May 2021, 16:40

I like the unique mechanic. I think the world should be a little brighter (which ig you fixed in the 1.1 version), but otherwise it's a very fun game - good job. The music is good too.

Here's my best score over a few tries :)

Viperux12 May 2021, 18:42

Nice game, sometimes it's hard to understand when to flip the coin and where it will go... but after few attempts you can control it quite easly. I don't know why but a couple of times i died ad the first touch... I liked the leaderboard too :-) I managet to get the 4th place! The music is a little bit repetitive but overall this game is a nice entry, well done!

fire_soldier88814 May 2021, 09:31

cool game!!
I realy like the music and the gameplay
ovelall cool game and i managed to get 674!

QYOUK15 May 2021, 11:52

Great mood, and the visuals are pretty cool too! It took me a while to understand what the white line was but when I did, it made the game much easier to play, wich is cool! Cool game, good job!

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