Dark World

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.73
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Bring light into a dark world and un-summon the evil plates with your torches.

I did not get into colorizing the visuals, so this is a "grayscale" game. Make sure your monitor is bright enough.

On Windows there might be a virus warning, but the executable is safe.

Comments49

Youth Group Video Games16 Apr 2024, 05:40
I really enjoyed discovering the objective within the game as part of the game itself. It works well as a grayscale game, especially for the tone that I was picking up on. Great work!
realwangziyang16 Apr 2024, 05:52
Innovative gameplay and nice ambient.It's just a little bit short. Maybe you could make an infinite mode.
LDJam user 382819
LDJam user 38281916 Apr 2024, 05:57
Simple yet extraordinary, it's a fantastic game I really enjoy. Hopefully, one day, I can make one myself.
DrgCandle
DrgCandle16 Apr 2024, 05:57
Simple yet extraordinary, it's a fantastic game I really enjoy. Hopefully, one day, I can make one myself.
TomKnocker44
TomKnocker4416 Apr 2024, 05:59
A nice concept that could be easily expanded into a full game! The greyscale graphics also enhance the light vs dark feel, so I think it worked out well.
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538216 Apr 2024, 06:32
@realwangziyang There is an infinte mode. Just play again after landing on the main menu screen.
WestEastStudio
WestEastStudio16 Apr 2024, 07:08
Quite unique mechanic, but I wanted more content. Good job!
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538216 Apr 2024, 12:18
Hieu16 Apr 2024, 13:09
Edge won't let me download it because it kept scanning virus
ObaniGarage16 Apr 2024, 13:41
Cool idea but a bit too repetitive and easy. The game lacks juice but it works flawlessly so that's a really good point :)

Making it impossible to pickup torchlights you placed would maybe make the game more interesting since it would really add a depth of strategy to it.
LDJam user 301905
LDJam user 30190516 Apr 2024, 16:10
Short and sweet, the artistic direction works really well
WhumpusWu
WhumpusWu16 Apr 2024, 16:10
Short and sweet, the artistic direction works really well
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 10:58
@hieu Yeah, I had the problem with some of my testers too. Not sure how to fix it, apart from using a different browser and add/or add a malware exception. Sorry.
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor17 Apr 2024, 10:58
@hieu Yeah, I had the problem with some of my testers too. Not sure how to fix it, apart from using a different browser and add/or add a malware exception. Sorry.
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 11:01
@obanigarage Thanks :)

I was actually thinking about that, initially at least. I feared trapping the player too easily (but I think with spending some time thinking about this would actually be the more engaging approach).
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor17 Apr 2024, 11:01
@obanigarage Thanks :)
I was actually thinking about that, initially at least. I feared trapping the player too easily (but I think with spending some time thinking about this would actually be the more engaging approach).
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 11:02
@whumpuswu Wow, thanks. I am not an artist at all, so I am always getting excited when people mention art direction!
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor17 Apr 2024, 11:02
@whumpuswu Wow, thanks. I am not an artist at all, so I am always getting excited when people mention art direction!
JamieOK
JamieOK17 Apr 2024, 12:06
Short and sweet! I love the loop of dodging attacks while repositioning the lights, and it felt super intuitive. Only thing that took me a second to realise was how the light damaged/shrunk the enemies, maybe a bit more feedback on that would make it clearer. Also the simple monochrome visuals totally work, especially with the theme of light versus dark. Great job!
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 13:22
@jamieok Thanks for the detailed feedback. It is especially helpful because I consider this to b e a prototype for a future game.
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor17 Apr 2024, 13:22
@jamieok Thanks for the detailed feedback. It is especially helpful because I consider this to b e a prototype for a future game.
zablas17 Apr 2024, 15:07
Very short and relaxing. It's impressive that you've managed to fit everything into a single small binary :)
Gorr
Gorr17 Apr 2024, 15:11
Great chilling game. Absolutely love it :3
HsG_Gringo17 Apr 2024, 15:31
wow! very nice concept. and great thanks for the endless mode - i realy enjoyed playing it
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 15:46
@zablas It is not that difficult, as I am using my own engine, that tends to produce much smaller binaries than the big engines (which is also the reason people get malware warning all over the place I guess).
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor17 Apr 2024, 15:46
@zablas It is not that difficult, as I am using my own engine, that tends to produce much smaller binaries than the big engines (which is also the reason people get malware warning all over the place I guess).
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538217 Apr 2024, 15:47
@hsg-gringo @zablas Glad that you enjoyed it, and thanks for the feedback!
unchain
unchain18 Apr 2024, 15:21
Really a clean small game, like it!
Flying Butter Studio
Flying Butter Studio20 Apr 2024, 14:40
Great entry, interresting concept: i want more! ๐Ÿ˜‰
I liked the atmosphere and the graphic style.

Nicely done, congrats ๐Ÿ˜„
Paul Maaswinkel
Paul Maaswinkel20 Apr 2024, 20:04
Cool concept! The black & white feel actually really suits the mood I think. Really enjoyable!
BoroBoro21 Apr 2024, 11:59
Really liked the lighting, it looked cool and provided a unique mechanic. Had a lot of fun!
S1l3Jamal21 Apr 2024, 13:17
Nice game, wish it lasted longer, with more content. I'd play the full game.
chispaLBC
chispaLBC21 Apr 2024, 23:56
it's a small game but i did have more fun with it than most others. The way it works is satisfying. Felt kinda sad for the little "plates" (i thought they where holes haha)
Blues
Blues22 Apr 2024, 17:05
got a trojan error.. then game crashed on launch so i was unable to play.

looks fun tho hehe
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538223 Apr 2024, 13:57
@blues Sorry, we are working on getting our binaries out of the malware heuristics (likely compiler/language related), but not fully there yet.
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor23 Apr 2024, 13:57
@blues Sorry, we are working on getting our binaries out of the malware heuristics (likely compiler/language related), but not fully there yet.
Frank Gevaerts
Frank Gevaerts24 Apr 2024, 18:15
I tried playing on linux, but "libsteam_api.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". I tried copying that from a random steam game but no luck (different errors, so it probably needs more than that) :(
๐ŸŽค LDJam user 37538227 Apr 2024, 07:18
@frank-gevaerts This message should not affect your game. The engine merely checks if steam is available, and, if not, will continue to run. Did the game not start in your case?
Diadem Games
Diadem Gamesauthor27 Apr 2024, 07:18
@frank-gevaerts This message should not affect your game. The engine merely checks if steam is available, and, if not, will continue to run. Did the game not start in your case?
Frank Gevaerts
Frank Gevaerts27 Apr 2024, 11:49
@diadem-games sorry about being incomplete, I should have quoted the full output and not been the typical user who just reports the first message... It segfaults, according to gdb somewhere in the radeon vulkan driver.

libsteam_api.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
WARN Loading font : Codepoint ' ' (9) has no glyph
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Set log level to lvlWarn
Starting without Steam
Segmentation fault
Frank Gevaerts
Frank Gevaerts27 Apr 2024, 11:52
(sending the message again. Formatting being messed up doesn't help, and editing my message doesn't seem to work...)

```
libsteam_api.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
WARN Loading font : Codepoint ' ' (9) has no glyph
WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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' (13) has no glyph Codepoint '
WARN Loading font : Codepoint ' ' (9) has no glyph
WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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WARN Loading font : Codepoint '
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Set log level to lvlWarn
Starting without Steam
Segmentation fault
```
Frank Gevaerts
Frank Gevaerts27 Apr 2024, 11:55
(also based on that I suspect it's not going to be something you can fix easily)
Magnat
Magnat27 Apr 2024, 23:44
I really like the concept, however it's a bit short, you should definitely add an infinite game mode where the map expend during the the game or something like this !

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