Soul Ninja by nicotoni

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made by nicotoni for LD29 (JAM)
* Description
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You are a ninja, exploring an old temple beneath the surface.
You will use your agility and your sword to complete your tests.

* Controls
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QD / AD : Move
ZS / WS : Look up / Look down
Space : Jump
Left click : Sword (press and release to maximise your strength)
Right click : Slide
E : Switch world
R : Restart the level

Tools
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Construct 2, Fruity Loops

I tried to enter the 48h contest but couldn't do it, so here's my Jam entry.
It features original graphics, code and 3 original musics made during this weekend.
I recommend you to test the story mode first.

Thank you for trying my game :)

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1314
Overall(Jam) 3.09 446
Audio(Jam) 3.14 338
Fun(Jam) 3.20 255
Graphics(Jam) 3.40 365
Humor(Jam) 2.14 540
Innovation(Jam) 2.54 589
Mood(Jam) 2.68 578
Theme(Jam) 2.56 627

Feedback

MarsBar
29. Apr 2014 路 04:59 UTC
Woah, super loud at the start! luckily I have my volume low otherwise I would have probably gone def :( Other than that the gameplay is challenging and fun, graphics are good, and the music afterwards sounds decent.
Thorig
29. Apr 2014 路 05:55 UTC
It is a fun game with nice music. I did not feel the hit was charged when released. Still fun to beat the souls with a big sword.
StrykerKKD
29. Apr 2014 路 11:36 UTC
I think it's my first time to see a game with two game mods. Nice
SecondDimension
29. Apr 2014 路 16:09 UTC
Great game and really satisfying to jump around. Nice touch having an adventure and story mode.
馃帳 nicotoni
29. Apr 2014 路 16:16 UTC
MarsBar > I didn't realise the volume was so loud, in fact I don't see any problem with it atm but I can understand the first sound can surprise. Thanks for the comment !

Thorig > Yeah, I like big swords too. I added the damage text to make the charged hit feel more powerful, but I agree with you, I should have added an other sound or something like that.

StrykerKKD > Thank you, I felt that the two levels of the story mode were too short, and I liked the jump and sword feeling so I added this survival mode to have fun with it.

SecondDimension > Thank you ! I'm happy you found the jump satisfying, I really tried to achieve that.
Raiyumi
29. Apr 2014 路 16:17 UTC
The controls are a bit weird. It's an interesting game, and I could see this having tons of "trippy" stuff.
pht59x
29. Apr 2014 路 16:45 UTC
Sound is too loud and intro is not quite that expected for a platform game (but why not). Well done!
pLaw
29. Apr 2014 路 16:49 UTC
Quite a good game. Good atmosphere and music. Only thing I'd complain about is the jump mechanic which felt a bit restricting because you cannot contol your jump height.
Jo茫o Kucera
29. Apr 2014 路 22:29 UTC
Nice graphics.
zkenshin
30. Apr 2014 路 15:07 UTC
Enjoyable platformer controls, though I didn't feel the slide worked as well as it could perhaps. Good entry though. :)
xandy
30. Apr 2014 路 18:28 UTC
very cool ninja platfomer :)
rnlf
30. Apr 2014 路 22:54 UTC
Really liked the feel of the game before the first enemy appeared. Couldn't for the heck of it kill him. Just too hard an enemy for the beginning.

But the feel of the physics is really great. Not sure about the theme though, but would probabaly be more obvious later on, I guess.
VictoryGarden
01. May 2014 路 04:36 UTC
This platformer has a really excellent sense of physics to it--a real heaviness that most slip-slidey platformers don't have, let alone those made in 72 hours. It was fun and felt good just to run around as the character. That said, that's where I found most of my enjoyment. The world was drab and fairly featureless, and since the zoom didn't cover the entire stage, I often found myself disoriented and struggling to figure out where to go next.

I've seen the world switching mechanic a lot of places--Guacamelee, Eversion, Giana Sisters, countless others--but this is the first time I've seen it with a time limit, which effectively controls the amount of time the player has to complete a particular platforming segment. This was a clever touch, and one which I think, if it were carefully designed to, could produce a very interesting and crafted experience.
pancakecity
01. May 2014 路 15:30 UTC
Loved the graphics and the player movement, especially that auto wall-jump. Wish there were arrow-key controls!
Moosefly
03. May 2014 路 16:56 UTC
Good job on this, although I was quite horrible since I don't play all that many platformers. Played the story mode almost exclusively zoomed out :P. Lovely climbing mechanic, although a bit slow. Didn't really like the combat but still tried the survival mode too, since you managed to include it!

Anssi@MooseflyGames
BadgerPriest
07. May 2014 路 02:45 UTC
Pretty cool. Wish there were alternative controls for the mouse clicks since it makes it extra challenging to play on a laptop without one.
randoman
09. May 2014 路 06:58 UTC
Very cool platformer! I like the controls and how you worked with the camera
Daniel X. Moore
17. May 2014 路 20:18 UTC
Hard to control on a non-qwerty layout.