Red Owl LD 52

by rocktavious

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Florette, our hero, is an adventurer with a deep connection to the natural world. She is a skilled warrior, trained in the ways of her ancestors and able to wield a variety of weapons with grace and precision. She is a beacon of hope and a guardian of the land.

The wilderness has become infected and she has set out on a quest to harvest materials and craft useful items to aid in her quest.

Objective

* Explore the forest and collect materials.
* Use the campfire to craft things
* Get a Dagger or Sword to take down the Elder Tree's
* See if you can unlock everything

Controls

WASD - To Move

Q & E - To Turn 90

R - To Turn 180

Mouse Left Button - Interact / Attack

Mouse Right Button - Block

Genres: adventure

Comments27

schnodelfactory9 Jan 2023, 21:42

Sorry, but the itch.io verion of the game didnt start on Opera, Win10. No loading screen or anything, nothing showed up when i pressed play.

elFlashor10 Jan 2023, 16:10

I couldn't make the game start unfortunately, even though I tried multiple browsers. I'm on Win10 as well.

sillyman98710 Jan 2023, 16:48

Strange.. the game doesn't seem to work on itch

Ninnec13 Jan 2023, 04:35

I am also having issues with the itchio version og the game. I just see a black screen

Rocktaviousauthor15 Jan 2023, 13:39

Thanks @schnodelfactory , @elflashor , @sillyman987 , @ninnec

Ya this was a known issue at submission time but because of my dayjob i never had the time to fix it.

But this weekend I finally got it to work in WebGL - If you want to know more see - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/red-owl-ld-52/$322433

Let me know if you have any other problems. Now I can finally start to play others games too! :tada:

sergio_nikol15 Jan 2023, 15:46

Visual is good. But is there an end in the game? :)

Moosey15 Jan 2023, 15:54

An interesting game! The grid movement and fixed perspective is an interesting approach. I couldn't quite figure out how to actually use the materials I was gathering, but the overall presentation was good! Nice work!

J0ye15 Jan 2023, 15:54

First I was surprised when I read the controls. But once I was in game it all made sense. There was a lot to explore, but the bgm made it a bit tiering. I liked it. Good job on the graphics.

Rocktaviousauthor15 Jan 2023, 18:38

@sergio-nikol - We were not able to get an end built during the jam - thanks for playing!
@moosey - You interact with the campfire to bring up the crafting menu - we never get far enough to build tutorials :(
@j0ye - Thanks!

3ggplant16 Jan 2023, 02:43

Very impressive graphics and audio, the old-school dungeon crawler style gameplay was really interesting to see with this theme.

FullHeartGames16 Jan 2023, 02:46

I just wasn't given a lot of feedback on getting hit, I wanted to use block but was unsure when to use it. Nice art and music though!

Rocktaviousauthor16 Jan 2023, 02:51

Thanks for the kind words @3ggplant - i choose the old-school dungeon crawler style to get some reps in to prepare for https://itch.io/jam/dcjam2023

@fullheartgames - ya animation is not my strong suit and I didn't have time to rig up the models so i just went with something simple. To use block you must buy the shield. If you get the dagger or sword you can parry. Definitely need to invest in tutorial tooling to make setting up that kind of stuff easier.

Thanks for playing all!

ssh.randy16 Jan 2023, 03:31

I think it was nice to see some basic mechanics, and you have the beginning of a fun game! The gameplay loop didn't seem too satisfying though. the start felt a little slow and unrewarding (just hitting pumpkins in the face). I did like the animations on their faces as i hit them though.

great work!

atmospherium16 Jan 2023, 06:02

I felt bad seeing how sad my betrayal made all the trees and pumpkins, which shows how effective the art is in this game. The controls felt very weird at first, but within a matter of minutes they began to feel natural. I don't know if I saw everything (I got the sword and shield and a few of the potions), but it felt like a decent progression after attacking trees before I was ready the first time around. Good work!

PROJECTaroid16 Jan 2023, 16:30

Fun game. The game looks great, sounds good, and plays well. Using Q and E to turn takes a little time to get use to but it works well. Nice work.

Buni16 Jan 2023, 19:15

I was having troubles getting the game to run on ludum dare website, but itch.io worked. The idea is fun but the gameplay is a little restrictive for my taste.

Floke16 Jan 2023, 19:36

Looks and sounds good, but the movement seems to be a bit off for me - it always looked like I was one tile behind of where I actually was since the camera is quite far back.
Well done!

LDJam user 1109316 Jan 2023, 23:24

Nice game, the characters are so cute 😉
Am I missing something? if you engage an opponent, you can't flee. So engaging a too powerful opponent and you loose?

Rocktaviousauthor17 Jan 2023, 00:43

Thanks for playing and the feedback @ssh-randy , @atmospherium , @projectaroid , @buni @floke

@patbgames - Ya its undocumented but you can hit the ESC key to back out of battle. I threw this in for testing but wasn't sure if it should be part of the actual control scheme. Thanks for playing!

Bloodfin17 Jan 2023, 01:49

Love all the characters and designs in this one, audio was nice too! Love the tile movement though the combat was a little challenging to figure out what was going on and it felt a bit like the camera is a bit off center from where you are. Other than that had a good amount of fun with this one and great job getting this in the jam!

Stone Pacifier17 Jan 2023, 03:00

Enjoyed this atmosphere. Partially because I like the nostalgic synths in the music. The art style is excellent. Great job on aesthetic. The movement took some getting used to but was fine after I figured it out.

Vigneshwar17 Jan 2023, 10:44

Pretty good game. I like the graphics.....
But i need to press(w) every single time to move its little bit difficult for me.....Good Work

kir Pow17 Jan 2023, 16:39

Love the graphics and really enjoyed your game. One request would be to have the movement option as WASD or arrows. I'm left handed and use the mouse in my left hand and keyboard with my right. Otherwise loved it!

eldogg18 Jan 2023, 22:01

Really like the tree characters - enjoyed the faces they pulled!

kikiriki36719 Jan 2023, 02:37

I never understood the people who enjoyed playing The Legend of Grimrock. But then i turned this on, bought every upgrade, and cleared the whole forest of all enemies before pressing the fire for the last time. I think this showed me the charm of those games and i might give them a try now! Thank you for a good game that opened the door to me to a whole new gaming genre! :D

PS mini bug, wehn you lose restart kind of breaks the game and does nothign...

Rocktaviousauthor21 Jan 2023, 19:00

Thanks for all the reviews and plays everyone you have uplifted my spirits - @bloodfin, @stone-pacifier , @kir-pow , @eldogg.

@kikiriki367 - That is one of the most wholesome things someone has ever said to me! Thank you so much and i'm happy i could open you up to a new game genre. Since i know you like to jam on games you might be interested in the fact that there is a whole game jam dedicated to this kind of game genre and i'll be putting in an entry for that. https://itch.io/jam/dcjam2023

kikiriki36724 Jan 2023, 11:24

Hmmm it sounds like an experience that would pull me out to make something i never did till now... I might join it myself and see :)) If i remember to do so in 2 months that is...

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