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HEAL by Stepwise

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made by Stepwise for LD30 (COMPO)
HEAL is puzzle-platformer where you must choose whether to brave obstacles as a GHOST or as a KNIGHT - and find ways to move between the two forms.

What form will you take on to progress? Are your typical dungeon hazards there to hinder your exploits, or will you use them to overcome greater challenges that lie beyond?

Development: GameMaker Studio 1.3 Professional
Graphics: GameMaker Sprite Editor
Sound: sfxr, Otomata, Windows Sound Recorder, Audacity

Hope you enjoy playing this as much as I did making it. :)

- Julian

Part of the Beijing Ludum Dare Jam August 2014.

***Chrome Download Problem Solved - file re-zipped.
Download for Windows (.rar) https://www.dropbox.com/s/nees3qopogu7ywf/LD48_HEAL_JulianGosiengfiao.rar?dl=0
Windows Alternate Link http://pan.baidu.com/s/1hqtGCZU
GameMaker 1.3 Source Code https://www.dropbox.com/s/4h4i9qy2a867tg1/HEAL_Submission_2014-08-25.gmz?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=41055

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall 3.00 751
Audio 3.10 333
Fun 3.20 422
Graphics 3.29 424
Humor 2.84 268
Innovation 3.02 669
Mood 2.69 817
Theme 3.07 687

Feedback

JannesN
24. Aug 2014 路 23:28 UTC
Chrome complains about the windows.zip file.
馃帳 Stepwise
25. Aug 2014 路 05:10 UTC
Thanks for the heads up JannesN. Tested with Firefox and Chrome, they both worked. Will look for workarounds in the meantime.
馃帳 Stepwise
25. Aug 2014 路 05:11 UTC
*Tested with Firefox and IE. Chrome indeed complains.
馃帳 Stepwise
25. Aug 2014 路 13:31 UTC
Issue solved on Chrome. Download away. :)
liquidminduk
25. Aug 2014 路 13:49 UTC
Best sound effects ever!!!!! Heal sound effect should be used for everything!

Always a fan of pixel art, great flow to the animations and really accessible art style. Great work!
muriel
25. Aug 2014 路 14:44 UTC
Nice :)
shatterhand
25. Aug 2014 路 14:52 UTC
Nice art, nice sound. Shame the game is so short ,you should had made at least a couple more of levels so we could see where the concept would take us.

Also, the delay while shooting as a ghost was really annoying :)
BillToWin
25. Aug 2014 路 14:54 UTC
Crazy good pixel art, the animation is great on that sword swing as well as the priest. Maybe even too good because the environment art was lacking in comparison, but it is an LD after all. Gameplay was unexpected and interesting, I would have played more if I could have.
Druid
25. Aug 2014 路 14:54 UTC
Looks little incompleted. But still cool game!
liquidminduk
26. Aug 2014 路 02:17 UTC
Want to see the final game Julian!
Budda
26. Aug 2014 路 02:22 UTC
Nicely done, interesting concept, worth expanding on.
AdventureIslands
26. Aug 2014 路 15:10 UTC
Not bad, game goes pretty buggy when I turn into ghost though. You could keep working and improving this to a full game.
Endurion
26. Aug 2014 路 15:13 UTC
Neat idea, a shame there isn't more to play.
Gametery
26. Aug 2014 路 15:14 UTC
You gotta finish this! It's very nicely done and im sure you planned to do more but the time wasn't enough, clearly can see that. Keep up! :)
LemmingSurvivor
27. Aug 2014 路 02:41 UTC
Particles are not being very friendly to the engine - harsh framerate drops whenever things explode.

Only one stage, but it made good use of the "skillset switch" mechanic. That's always fun.

Good job!
Cosrnos
27. Aug 2014 路 03:33 UTC
Fun, challenging little game. Has potential with the form switch dynamic. Congrats!
Robot Souls Games
27. Aug 2014 路 04:04 UTC
This is a bad influence on children . . . it teaches them that falling on spikes will turn you into a mermaid. If you're not careful, you could be sued.
KevRevDev
27. Aug 2014 路 04:11 UTC
Fantastic art for the characters, really interesting game mechanic. I'd love to see an expanded version of this.
zapaman
27. Aug 2014 路 07:40 UTC
Loved the idea and the character art.
Rehacked
27. Aug 2014 路 07:51 UTC
why your file has a password ???
chrismcmath
27. Aug 2014 路 12:36 UTC
Great stuff Julian! While short, the experience is fun and the mechanic is solid. What I'd really like to see though is a world filled with your characters; you've managed to pack a lot of personality into a few small sprite sheets. I haven't been so enamoured with pixel art since Cave Story.
ZeppelinCaptain
27. Aug 2014 路 21:25 UTC
Neat little game. A shame you didn't have time to add more levels, it seems like it could be cool :)
Manou
28. Aug 2014 路 14:19 UTC
Nice, needs some background and polish.
lkr
28. Aug 2014 路 21:48 UTC
Loved the pixel graphics, and the platforming/controls felt good.

The way you implemented the "second world" was cool and surprising, and how the mechanic had to be used to ultimately get to the end of the level.

Make more levels :)
Chaoseiro
28. Aug 2014 路 22:47 UTC
Good game! Nice particles :D
I would also like to see more levels :P
OFF
29. Aug 2014 路 06:59 UTC
The sprite are amazing, and the main idea is really interesting, that"s a conditionnal switch but as you made it make this a little bit more fun.
Actually that a great level as a proff of concept, but with more couple it could be cool.
Control are a little bit slow to reacte but that's not a drama.
Actually it's just sad for the level who could be nice looking with a simple tile sprite even a small 8x8.
But that's a cool idea, and you make us hungry.
More levels pleeaaaasse! ;)
hissssssssss
29. Aug 2014 路 12:29 UTC
I loved finding the ways you could switch between forms! How clever.
ConflictiveLabs
29. Aug 2014 路 14:29 UTC
Nice concept. I like the idea of the connection of two worlds meaning you can go from life to death and vice versa. Too bad it was so short.
TautNerve
03. Sep 2014 路 16:54 UTC
Very cool idea, too bad you had no time to make more
levels. You should work on a post - compo version, the
idea is very good and I really like it!
Rehacked
15. Sep 2014 路 10:14 UTC
Good game it could be much better with proper level design. one question Why ghost characters attack has a delay ? and why ghost is so slow?? its movement speed is like zombies!!