Riven

by junagames

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Riven is a arcade top down scroller, you are confined to the safety of your Buoy area! If you traverse to far the sea guardian Ruinik will eat your boat. Try and stay alive in the waters as cannons and bandits fire your way!

Controlls:
Move the mouse to sail
LMB - Boost
RMB - Cannon Fire
Middle Mouse Click to pause

Collectables:
Barrels - Give you cannon ammo!
Planks - Repair your ship
Ducks - Give you a duck shield! (exhausts after 1 attack)

I exported a web version and put it on itch during jam hours, the zip on this page is windows only:
https://nenufar-games-studio.itch.io/riven <- web version (not as good sadly)

Riven - created by NenufarGameStudio
Design, Programming & Sound - Juniper.
Lead Artist & Designer - Nali.

Genres: action

Tools: GameMaker

Comments5

LDJam user 03 Oct 2023, 03:45

This was so fun to play! I love the visuals of the space guy just whirling around the planet and then crashing into the planet and suddenly it becoming a lot bigger. Made me giggle very hard. One thing I did notice was that the resume button does not work when you pause the game. I loved the concept and how it related to limited space!

LDJam user 3129003 Oct 2023, 09:09

Game is really fun and overall there isn't much to critic. Really good game.

LDJam user 3004613 Oct 2023, 19:40

Chill game, I likes the music, but the cannon balls are kind of too fast to dodge.

LDJam user 94184 Oct 2023, 17:34

projectiles are almost impossible to dodge, they just appears immediately so it's really hard, some notification about them before would be great

LDJam user 2217504 Oct 2023, 18:46

What I liked:

- Overall style

- Solid take on the jam theme

What I didn't like:

- Game is a bit too hard, it would be nice if it was easier in the beginning.

- When you are about to get eaten circle grows out and you don't understand when you will be eaten. It would be much more clearer if circle would shrink on you...

- Canon balls a hard to dodge...

Suggestions:

- It would be nice if you have shown controls in the game and also show some text explaining what pick ups do. I found out I could fire only after a while :)

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