Hard Light

by guardaro

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Battle for supremacy atop the global leaderboard in Hard Light! In this twin-stick runner, swoop and glide through a procedurally-generated map and collect coins to increase your score while avoiding the flaming wall of death that is always at your heels.

Play on itch.io here: https://orionbh.itch.io/hard-light

CONTROLS

*Gamepad is strongly recommended.*

* The ship constantly moves forward in the direction it is facing
* Use the right stick or arrow keys to change direction
* Use the left stick or WASD to move directly. Push in the direction you are facing to speed up, push backward to slow down, and push to the sides to strafe.

CREDITS

Theme music: Nonstop by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4143-nonstop License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects generated via JSFXR: https://sfxr.me

Leaderboard by Carmine T. Guida: http://dreamlo.com/

Genres: action

Tools: sfxr

Comments26

Aarimous4 Apr 2022, 04:22

Wow, the lighting and theme of this one was awesome. Can't believe you made this in 1 weekend. I'll come back to try this once I have my controller.

HolyBlackCat4 Apr 2022, 15:01

Nice neon aesthetic! The music fits well too.

The controls felt a little weird though: for max speed you need to hold a direction on WASD, *and* make sure you're facing the right direction.

Got to 47 points...

BingThePing4 Apr 2022, 15:46

Like the music and the aesthetic, quite hard for me though xD

MrScythe4 Apr 2022, 15:57

Fun and great looking game :D

foxwater4 Apr 2022, 17:57

Nice work! Keyboard controls were a little challenging but still had a fun trying to find the optimal path for picking up the coins. The neon visuals look great and everything worked well together!

PetTurtle4 Apr 2022, 20:35

I love the procedural world generation. The keyboard controls are harder, I ended up pressing the same respective arrow key buttons as the wasd.

ScalphaMission4 Apr 2022, 20:50

Terrific visuals and thrilling gameplay check out my review at https://www.twitch.tv/scalphamission

BluishGreenPro4 Apr 2022, 23:55

Pretty well put together, thanks for sharing this on my stream

jitspoe5 Apr 2022, 00:24

Solid entry! Had fun playing it. Small suggestion: Make the game size smaller on itch so there aren't scrollbars on 1080p (can hit the fullscreen button for a larger window). Controls seem intuitive, but it took a second for me to grasp them. Just need more play time.

CrazyKittens 892 YT5 Apr 2022, 00:53

This game is amazing! I spent forever trying it out and I think it's really good. One thing, I suggest telling the player what the particle system is, because it killed me. I didn't know what it was or why I died the first time. Overall, great job!

xmagpie425 Apr 2022, 02:13

Excellent

LDJam user 2579465 Apr 2022, 02:33

I love the graphics and the general concept, but I found the controls unintuitive.

Overall, though, Nice job!

Forgin Bits5 Apr 2022, 10:32

Cool game ! But I had trouble to have it running properly, first because I had a smaller screen than 1920x1080 and the game doesn't scale properly, and second because with a European layout keyboard, you can't really use WASD keys easily (it's QSDZ for us)... Nice entry with great potential still ! Good job

Cover Club Media5 Apr 2022, 15:24

Creative idea, perfect scope for this jam. Sounds music thumbs up!

Josh Bothun5 Apr 2022, 18:23

Really fun and addicting, the fxare simple but effective, especially like how the wall lights up. Nice game!

theheheo5 Apr 2022, 21:19

Awesome! Had really fund playing this, loved the graphics and the level generator. The controls were a bit hard to grasp at first but maybe that was intentional? It was really hard on keyboard but easier with gamepad. Overall great work, hope you had a fun JAM :D

milq5 Apr 2022, 23:09

Impressive! Very addictive, very good music and proceduralcontent! Why are there no executables? I look forward to playing it with a good performance! Seriously, congratulations, great game!

etrealjunior6 Apr 2022, 14:04

Congratulations for the very intuitive game, I love this style and as it worked well with the element of destruction, I felt that it would be more fun if played on a mobile device, because of the touch that would make it more difficult, a really great entry, if you can give your feedback in my game will also be very happy a big hug.

Andreadbx6 Apr 2022, 14:05

Had a blast playing it on stream! Simple game but very fun, controls are a bit weird at the beginning but once you get some pratice are fairly easy! good job!

Mateu6 Apr 2022, 22:18

Second place, not bad! This was a really fun game to play. Simple, easy to understand, decent enough graphics/sound. It all adds up for a really good game.

My two gripes are: A: the controls felt really weird at first (but I got used to them) and B: The longer I survived, the laggier it got. For somebody with a good computer this wouldn't be a problem, but on my laptop it didn't feel great. This probably stopped me from being number 1 :(

Anyways, awesome game!

mrbrainfed7 Apr 2022, 02:33

tried my best to get 135, couldn't. got 3 134 runs and a 127 that couldve been a 135 run but then i glitched out of the map. really fun, found myself playing for far too long lol

Arihan107 Apr 2022, 02:46

One of the few games I'm gonna keep after the jam! I really enjoyed the very simply gameplay loop in this one, and the graphics and sound design was perfect in setting up the mood. Good job!

CharQ7 Apr 2022, 07:27

The colors and music are spot on! I think the controls are super smooth but still a bit advanced for me (I really am not great at games that require precise movements). I like the turns that trick you into a dead end but give you enough time and space to safely navigate away from the flame (great colors, again).

Thank you for sharing your game on my Twitch stream (MsMiaChar). Here's the link in case you're interested in checking it out again (game starts around 00:36:00): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1446760516

Phillip Scott8 Apr 2022, 13:10

Love the look and concept of this one. Don't have a controller currently (damn children!) keyboard controls were as you say HARD! but I enjoyed what I could play of it

Wendel Scardua9 Apr 2022, 16:27

Loved the aesthetics, I just found the controls a bit weird and it took me a while to get used to them. Played until I've managed to enter the high score list (at the bottom, but still...)

ColeSlaughter17 Apr 2022, 07:21

Thanks for submitting your game to stream!

The audio and visuals here are top-notch, and I found the gameplay to be super engaging, despite how simple the premise is. Always a big fan of simple ideas polished to a T :thumbsup:

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