The Hero's Journey (or get the treasure and run) by Ludipe

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made by Ludipe for LD27 (COMPO)
"The Hero's Journey (or get the treasure and run)" is a platform game which tries to be fun and somehow educational at the same time. It's a very basic representation of Joseph Campbell's "Monomyth"; if you don't know what this is you'll find out playing the game.

In the game you must get to the treasure chest and then keep running until you get to the beginning again. You'll repeat this task a few times but the stage changes.

The game features three game modes (easy, normal and endless). It's designed to be easy so, from my point of view, most players shouldn't have any problems when playing on endless (which is the hardest).

Instructions: (they are included in the game) Arrow keys to move and "X" to jump.

NOTE: Desktop version is recommended

Includes nerdy references!

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.06 548
Audio 2.10 774
Fun 3.16 362
Graphics 2.97 498
Humor 2.52 411
Innovation 3.13 439
Mood 3.10 286
Theme 2.81 861

Feedback

Zetsaika
25. Aug 2013 路 22:15 UTC
Realy liked how everygame cicles on a new one. This reminds me of the last game jam i entered, the theme was Ouroboros.

Also like the "around the world" movement. Gives a good heads up on Campbell's Monomyth.
Kaldrick
26. Aug 2013 路 07:33 UTC
I liked the feel of running in a circle, and the movement of it. I absolutely hated the music ;P
Andrewves
26. Aug 2013 路 07:33 UTC
Quite hard but definitely the best game I've seen so far that uses the spherical world mechanic.
netgrind
26. Aug 2013 路 07:34 UTC
That was cool. Each level was definitely longer that one rotation right? Not sure if going crazy. I really enjoyed the circular style.
馃帳 Ludipe
26. Aug 2013 路 07:54 UTC
@netgrind haha, you must be going kind of crazy, each stage was exactly one rotation
kirbytails7
26. Aug 2013 路 08:15 UTC
I think the pseudo-educational part of it is a great concept. I could see quick games like this being really useful.
Rave Radbury
26. Aug 2013 路 08:35 UTC
I'm always a fan of games that teach in small ways through theme and design. Good job! The biggest weakness for me was the lack of sound effects; I expected to hear them at certain points (jumping, monster spawn, death, treasure opening) and was shook out of the experience a bit when they didn't happen.
Pestodesign
26. Aug 2013 路 08:40 UTC
I like the idea to make the runner game on a circle, and how these circles are repeating! The graphics were too gray and boring for me though. Good game, good luck!
馃帳 Ludipe
26. Aug 2013 路 09:13 UTC
@kirbytails7 I've always wanted to design a few educational games but being original; I wouldn't call this a totally educational game, but it motivates people to understand the hero's journey.

@Rave Radbury I always have issues with sounds/music. Music is really bad and there were some sounds before. I removed them because I was going a bit crazy hearing them all the tiem, maybe it wasn't the best choice, I don't know, I was a bit tired.
pikkufighter
26. Aug 2013 路 09:45 UTC
good game maybe a little short but still good.
orangepascal
26. Aug 2013 路 09:57 UTC
nice amount of challenge and content squeezed in there!
Yaru
26. Aug 2013 路 11:22 UTC
A bit hard but very fun
aquilicoco
26. Aug 2013 路 13:58 UTC
Good idea!! endless fun :)
Acrimiens
26. Aug 2013 路 14:08 UTC
I like graphics, and fun!
lalanl
26. Aug 2013 路 19:11 UTC
Difficult, but a great idea!
Obscuremoon
26. Aug 2013 路 20:15 UTC
I loved this game! I wish I was better at it and it had sound effects though :P
Dry Tree
29. Aug 2013 路 07:33 UTC
Nice idea and quite challenging. I would have liked a restart button - while getting used to the controls I died a few times on lap one and although the game appears to restart all the obstacles were already active from the previous go.
folmerkelly
30. Aug 2013 路 08:52 UTC
Quite enjoying the graphics and the mechanic. Also, props for attaching the semi-educational game aspect to it.
HD408
30. Aug 2013 路 12:23 UTC
Humorous one. Maybe lacks some sounds, but well done. Nice style, too.
canvapps
31. Aug 2013 路 18:23 UTC
endless mode is a crazy thing. The circle effect is the coolest thing of this game.
really loved it!