Beacons Of Light:Lighthouse

co-authored: @ophelialee, @bp321, @ziyi-xu
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.56
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Game Introduction :

The Beacon of Light is a 2D side-scrolling adventure game in the parkour genre, set on a remote island far from the rest of the world, depicting the life of a Kiwi bird that guards the lighthouse.

At the end of the world, on an island, on a rainy night, there are flying birds and Kiwi who guards the Lighthouse.

Kiwi, the lighthouse keeper, carries his lamp to transmit light to the lighthouse, delivering hope to countless birds flying in the dark night.

In the game, you will play as a Kiwi bird, carrying a lamp to search for the tower in the dark night. The wick of the lamp gradually shortens, and the road is long and dark. Wish you a safe journey.

About us:

Kiwi birds are nocturnal and relatively small, usually about the size of an egg. Although they are birds, they cannot fly like other birds because their wings are relatively small and not strong enough to support them in the air. Additionally, the kiwi bird's bones are heavier than those of other flying birds, which also limits their ability to fly.

Despite not being able to fly, kiwi birds are very strong walkers and runners on the ground. They have strong and well-developed leg muscles that allow them to quickly move through various environments such as forests and mountains, making this an important way for them to survive and find food.

We take Kiwi as our protagonist, and connect it with game elements such as the night and lighthouse, just as the lighthouse illuminates the way for the lonely boat in the sea, and Kiwi delivers hope to countless flying birds. We also want to convey love and emotion to players through the game.

I hope you will enjoy our game.

Credits:

LI GE

XU ZIYI

TAN XINRUI

ZHANG YING

游戏介绍:

光之信标是一款2D横版跑酷冒险游戏,游戏以一个远离世界的偏远岛屿为背景,描绘了一只守塔的Kiwi鸟的生活。
世界的尽头,海岛,雨夜,飞鸟和守塔的Kiwi。
灯塔守护者Kiwi提着他的灯,向灯塔传送光源,为无数暗夜里飞行的鸟儿传递希望。
你将扮演Kiwi鸟,在暗夜里提灯找塔,灯芯逐渐变短,天黑路远,祝你平安。

关于我们:

Kiwi鸟是一种夜行性的鸟类,身体较小,通常只有鸡蛋大小。尽管Kiwi鸟是一种鸟类,但它们实际上不能像其他鸟类那样飞行。这是因为它们的翅膀相对较小,不足以支持它们在空中飞行。此外,Kiwi鸟的骨骼比其他飞行鸟类更重,这也限制了它们的飞行能力。
尽管Kiwi鸟不能飞行,但它们在地面上行走和奔跑的能力非常强。它们拥有强壮而肌肉发达的腿部,可以在丛林和山地等各种环境中迅速奔跑,这也是它们在野外生存和觅食的重要方式。

我们以Kiwi作为我们的主人公,与黑夜,灯塔等游戏元素相联系,就如同Kiwi给无数飞鸟传递希望,灯塔照亮孤海扁舟的前路,我们也想通过游戏给玩家传递爱和感动。
希望您能喜欢我们的游戏。

Comments24

didi Liu2 May 2023, 03:01
Great art style! It's exactly the kind of style I like visually, and the gameplay has some interesting and fun design elements buried within it~~
SugarSugarSugar
SugarSugarSugar2 May 2023, 07:54
I like the art style and the ambience of the waves. I understand it's the point of the game but I found the fact you only have a tiny light source around the player kind of annoying. Having achievements in a game jam is sick!
Nastasya
Nastasya2 May 2023, 07:56
Yeah, so cool style of this game. So atmospheric. Art is amazing to my mind. Good job!
KingCookie952 May 2023, 08:00
Quite enjoyed this one. Very lovely art style, the Kiwi with his lamp was super cute as well. The savespots in between helped in making it not too punishing to do risky jumps. Quite tight time limit, but after you had a few tries in the levels, that was fine, you just had to know what you are doing. Thank you for making it. :)
Blueanoli
Blueanoli2 May 2023, 08:18
Your art style is awesome! I can't really describe how beautiful this game looks!
AO-12202 May 2023, 08:21
Overall it's a good indie mini-game,with its own unipue art style,and some very interesting achievements,I unlocked two of them during the gameplay,for example,when you first entered the gmae and didn't konw much about your surroundings,I jumper off the cliff behind me at the beginning and unlocked "dead at the beginning"to reward me for thiis funny move.
Using a cactus to block the way is an interesting idea, but just by touching teh cactus and dying can be a bit disappointing because I don't know what's going on, maybe our little wiki bird is a little vulnerable, isn't it? Regarding the time limit, I know it's to motivate players to move forward, but the time given is a bit short, which kind of limits my desire to explore the world.
LightPotato
LightPotato2 May 2023, 13:58
Atmosphere and artstyle were really cool, I liked the contrast between light and dark. Also achievement system was interesting, wish I had a way to see what achievements are there (unless I'm missing something). The path that I had to follow was sometimes unclear tho, maybe you could put arrow signs to indicate where to go. Nice job overall :)
oter
oter2 May 2023, 17:07
Movement felt good, and I like the art and the use of darkness as a mechanic to encourage exploration. At some point the counter stopped counting down (stayed at 0), but then it came back seemingly at random a minute or two later. Overall I like the game feel.
mlists2 May 2023, 17:14
Great visuals and ambience. Adding a sound affect to jumping would make it feel a lot more impactful.
Artemy Zen
Artemy Zen2 May 2023, 17:20
Cool art style in the game and the overall atmosphere! Good job!
PonyGirlLuna
PonyGirlLuna3 May 2023, 03:20
What an adorable little bird! The game does seem a bit on the short side, but on the other hand, you've absolutely nailed the controls and atmosphere. The platforms did kiiiinda take me out of it, as everything else had this really great nature vibe and those just felt like they didn't really fit in. But honestly? That's a pretty minor complaint and the rest of the game is fun and the achievements caught me off guard (in a good way).
Spicyshiba
Spicyshiba3 May 2023, 03:30
Art is fantastic and I fell in love with the little kiwi.
agudar
agudar3 May 2023, 03:41
The absence of any sound other than the sound of the waves had an interesting relaxing effect on me, I liked the visuals. I loved the shaking of the kerosene lamp that the bird kept in its net. The levels were a bit confusing, I think the goal is to go to the next save point before the counter is reset. I think the collider of the stones around is a bit too big, and finally I think the gameplay would feel a little smoother if the moving platform was a one-way platform.
bp3213 May 2023, 06:29
@spicyshiba Thank you for playing our game! Kiwi is the best! LOL
bp3213 May 2023, 06:38
Thank you @agudar and @artemy-zen! Glad you like the atmosphere of the game! About the levels, collider and other problems we'll try our best to improve them, thank you for your advise!
Pacha
Pacha3 May 2023, 16:02
The art is really great ! Nice atmosphere c: Loved the achievement system ! Nice job
HakuInu3 May 2023, 17:26
Sehr schönes spiel
Paulsams
Paulsams3 May 2023, 17:42
It turned out to be a very atmospheric game, but I don't really see the point of trying to make allegories on game james. Even though it was nice to run, but I didn't know anything new for myself, to be honest. But thanks for such a gaming experience).
Luxiffre
Luxiffre4 May 2023, 09:03
I love the atmosphere and the narrative concept of this game, great job! It does need some polishing in terms of quality of life platformer features (see below), but if those are added, I could totally see this as a relaxing game for rainy days. The art style is unique and the message is beautiful - maybe add some calm piano music to the mix and I'm sure it'll make everyone who plays it feel warm and fuzzy inside!

Some constructive criticism:
- It's possible that some people can't play your game because they cannot unpack .rar files. I didn't run into that problem, thankfully, but .zip files are more common as far as I know.
- There are two important quality of life features that every platformer should have: jump buffering (which this game does have - very good! ✅) and coyote time. Maybe you do have coyote time and it's just very, very brief, but if you don't, you should give it a high priority! Otherwise, players will feel like the game sometimes ignores their input. Another such feature is corner correction (which makes it so the player is pushed around a corner when they touch it only by a pixel or two), but that might take a little more effort, so maybe it's out of scope for a game jam.
- Thin platforms should be semi-solid if possible. (I heard they're a bit of a pain to implement in Unity though, so I won't hold it against you.)
- I believe the horizontally moving platforms in the last level had different cycle intervals which caused them to go out of sync. It wasn't too big of an issue this time, but it's something to keep in mind because it can easily feel frustrating, especially in games with a time limit.
ZHANG YINGauthor4 May 2023, 10:38
@luxiffre Thank you for your valuable suggestions, we will listen carefully to your suggestions and optimize the game in the future ~❤️
Amedea4 May 2023, 11:29
I really liked the graphic art! Maybe the game could be implemented with other sounds (the walking sound or the "explosion"...) and (but this is just an idea, beacuse I appreciated the game) you could add other side ways to collect objects or something else (or maybe life if you add items to avoid).
ZHANG YINGauthor4 May 2023, 19:18
@amedea Thank you~~💗Your suggestion is very helpful, and we will take your suggestion into account in subsequent improvements to create better works!
DurkaGames
DurkaGames8 May 2023, 20:47
Cute little platformer with a cute little bird1 Thank you for you entry.
Oscar Berry
Oscar Berry9 May 2023, 20:08
Really cool graphics, as well as controls!
It lacks audio feedbacks and it was a bit too short.
Great work to everyone ! :)

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