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Forgotten Cubes by kariamoss

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made by kariamoss for LD 40 (JAM)

You incarnate a holy parallelepiped in his quest to save his dumb but friendly subordinates : the cubes. You will see many worlds thanks to the magic of teleporters, and attempt to save as many cubes as you can, but beware : the more they are, the most difficult it gets! :smile:

## SCREENSHOTS

Screenshot<em>22.png Screenshot</em>24.png Screenshot_25.png

## CONTROLS

  • WASD/arrow keys to move
  • SPACE to jump
  • ESCAPE to restart current level.

## CREDITS

This project was made for the jam, using Unity

Models from Unity Asset Store : https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/low-poly-free-pack-63714

Sounds from https://freesound.org/

Big thanks to airtone for his beautiful music : http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/55021

All feedback and improvement ideas are welcome :thumbsup:

Windows https://antoined73.itch.io/forgotten-cubes
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/forgotten-cubes

Ratings

Overall 435th 3.574⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 445th 3.451⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 337th 3.451⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Theme 407th 3.623⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Mood 341th 3.567⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

small_little_Alduin
05. Dec 2017 · 13:36 UTC
Haha this game is so fun. Quite difficult in later levels, but thats the goal! Good job ! :)
Synthphonia
05. Dec 2017 · 20:51 UTC
Wow This game is really difficult :) but satisfying as hell! :)
antoined73
05. Dec 2017 · 20:54 UTC
@small-little-alduin
Thank you for your comment !

@synthphonia
Haha nice to hear ! What was the most challenging ? :smile:
BetaNab99
05. Dec 2017 · 20:58 UTC
There's a bug in the first level.. the cubes can go throug the first stone
harusame
05. Dec 2017 · 20:59 UTC
Nice game :) Lot of polish.
Music/Sounds and arts fit well.


Not the first time I see this concept but it works.
It's very hard from the level 2. Maybe an easier level between lvl 1 and 2 could be good.


Good job team, I enjoy playing your game.
Antoine Vion
05. Dec 2017 · 20:59 UTC
not bad ! but a lot of bugs ahah ! very fun gg
DragonZlay
05. Dec 2017 · 21:05 UTC
I would say that this game does not fit theme all that well, considering the last level has less cubes than the 2nd and is WAYY Harder. The game was a bit buggy but the mood was nice at least.
antoined73
05. Dec 2017 · 21:08 UTC
@betanab99
Thanks for the bug report ! We noticed this bug before, but didn't manage to stop it :/ Problems with colliders i guess.

@harusame
Thank you for your feedback, very motivating ! :D
We plan do add few more levels with more balanced difficulty. Didn't you managed to go to level 3 ? :smile:

@antoine-vion
Thanks ! Where and what was the bugs you experienced ?
antoined73
05. Dec 2017 · 21:14 UTC
@dragonzlay
Yes we were thinking about lessen the number of cubes in the second level and add some more in the third !
Thanks for the comment ! :thumbsup:
zanzavar
05. Dec 2017 · 22:13 UTC
Very nice game! I can easily see this as a relaxing puzzle game with a gazillion levels where you spend most of your time looking at the beautiful scenery and trying to figure out what to do next. Great job!
antoined73
05. Dec 2017 · 22:15 UTC
@zanzavar
Thank you for the comment :)
Yeah, we really wanted to make it with a great atmosphere.
Kaisean Games
06. Dec 2017 · 08:56 UTC
Very nice atmospheric game. The 3rd level was just too hard for me. :)
I didn't get it the first 20 seconds, but then it dawn on me.

Very nice entry!
Keep up the good work.
antoined73
06. Dec 2017 · 09:00 UTC
@kaisean-games
Thank you for the comment :smile:
I think we will decrease the difficulty in the third level !
Cliff Lee CL
06. Dec 2017 · 09:51 UTC
Simple but fun puzzle game!
Graphics and music provide a good mood to play.
Nice work!
Thijs Tak
06. Dec 2017 · 11:31 UTC
Very nice but also quite hard. I liked the overal feel of the game. This would make a good casual game with a bit of work.
aaforcebox
06. Dec 2017 · 11:31 UTC
Hello, nice game! The mechanic to press yourself against a wall to align and distance properly the cubes is amazing. Also, great music and level design. On the third level, a box fell below the lower platform.. I thought it was on purpose, but then I thought I was actually a bug u.u great job overall!
Szekeres Szabolcs
06. Dec 2017 · 17:59 UTC
Fun but too short. And i think it was too easy. the A key was not working for me. (arrow keys are workign)
Arek
06. Dec 2017 · 19:09 UTC
Wow it really fit the theme, it's fun and clever and has really awesome graphics - I like it a lot!
antoined73
06. Dec 2017 · 19:54 UTC
@cliff-lee-cl @thijs-tak @aaforcebox @szekeres-szabolcs @arek
Thank you very much for the feedback :smile:
As we can see for someones it have been too hard and for others too simple...
We think that the levels where very straightfoward except maybe for the third where it require a bit of "skill" too put all the minions in goals at the same time.
Maybe there's a lack of "readability" of the level's architecture that made the game too hard for somes of you.
Thanks for the spotted bugs. Concerning the bug spotted by @aaforcebox ,did the box falled throught the floor ?
CG_Fred
06. Dec 2017 · 20:25 UTC
Really great game, fun puzzles, great graphics and music. Only problem was that the A button didn't work (you can't go back with it) so until I figured out I needed to use the arrow keys it was very frustrating.
antoined73
06. Dec 2017 · 20:35 UTC
@cg-fred
Yeah apparently it wasn't working :/
We'll definitely fix this in another version.
Sand-Gardeners
06. Dec 2017 · 20:39 UTC
Nicely done! It was kinda hard at some points but great idea :)
jfraser314
06. Dec 2017 · 21:21 UTC
Fun puzzles, but Q and D for left and right drove me absolutely crazy. Great game. I liked the last puzzle.
aaforcebox
06. Dec 2017 · 22:16 UTC
@antoined73 I honestly didn't see how it went there... I was trying to undestand what I should do, randomly jumping to test the scenario, and then I saw the cube below the platform. Maybe it's a gap and the edge of the platform? Or a gap between them? Or even the cube falling too fast and skipping the whole platform hitbox? Sorry I couldn't help more.
Lucas Ferrantelli
09. Dec 2017 · 12:51 UTC
WOW nice game dude !! I like this kind of puzzle !!
benjamin
09. Dec 2017 · 13:41 UTC
funny game, but I got stuck on level 3.
ciaccodavide
09. Dec 2017 · 14:13 UTC
Liked it!

I also approve the art style :)
Fluffi
09. Dec 2017 · 14:21 UTC
Getting quite hard in the end. To choose the map you want to play it would be nice to have the buttons 1.2.3 mapped to it.
lexi
09. Dec 2017 · 14:37 UTC
Fun game with a really cool concept.

I would have made the first level slightly easier to ease the player into the whole concept (Namely I would have started with one green cube)
jaimuepe
09. Dec 2017 · 17:35 UTC
This game reminded me of "Abe's Exoddus" & "Abe's oddysee" :P.
The first two levels can be cheated easily if you walk into a wall and align all the small cubes. Other than that it's a good idea for a game, altough doesn't fit the theme that well (the last level had less cubes than the 2nd one but was harder).
Anyway the 3rd level was the most interesting one, and the kind of mechanic i think should be more developed. The first 2 levels were most about skill and timing.
Good job guys.
professor
09. Dec 2017 · 21:35 UTC
Wonderful puzzle game idea. I especially liked the graphics and the manner in which the player-cube would appear at the beginning of each level. Great entry.
DangerRad
09. Dec 2017 · 21:38 UTC
overall fun game with nice music.

Well Done!
nikchernyakov
09. Dec 2017 · 21:38 UTC
Interesting concept, but so many bugs here...

If you need bug report:
- Some problems with colliders (some objects is invisible for green elements)
- Problem with jump (don't react on jump when player run near corner and some green objects don't want to jump some times :D)
- If player move in object he don't move (because he bump with obstacle) but green friends move by player direction)

It can be cool if you create something like progress on level (like a 3-stars in mobile games). For example give for 5/5 green object moved to exit all progress. (For less object less progress)

Maybe some kind of menu in game pause will be good.

Pretty asset and music you have found. Look nice. Good work :)
SerpentWorks Games
09. Dec 2017 · 22:38 UTC
It's got great potential! I found a few issues:
- The A key does not actually move you backward!
- On the third level, one of my green cubes sank into the environment and would no longer jump, making it impossible to finish.

I do echo that levels 1 and 2 can be 'cheated' by simply getting all your cubes in a line and timing your jumps properly. That said, it's got a great concept and idea behind it and I'd love to see it expanded upon!

Great job on creating a really nice atmosphere and mood too, with the assets and lighting!
The Triumvirate
10. Dec 2017 · 00:08 UTC
The graphics are just soooooo awesome, the game is fun and the atmosphere is perfect.
Great work!
csanyk
10. Dec 2017 · 23:56 UTC
For some reason I could only move left/right. Couldn't get very far. Getting the little cubes to follow me was really difficult.
Poffle
11. Dec 2017 · 12:53 UTC
Simple but fairly addictive and challenging. Reminds me a bit of Badland. Nice work.
Hayzar
11. Dec 2017 · 18:30 UTC
The game is really charming, I loved the idea.
I was getting addicted.
Congrats!
Kerdelos
12. Dec 2017 · 20:04 UTC
The game is really beautiful, I love it's ambiance. I finished the game quite easily also I was sometimes frustrated by how the cubes would behave because sometimes cubes at the exact same position would not jump at the same time wich led to a bit a frustration. If the cubes movements were more systemic I think it would make a great ambient relaxing puzzle game, good job.
jk5000
12. Dec 2017 · 20:16 UTC
I played you game a couple of days ago, I had nothing much to say about your game, and I still not have much to say abut your game. But I have played a game, that you could use for inspiration for your game. The game is called Sofra and you find it here https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/sofra . And no it is not my game.
savinvadim
13. Dec 2017 · 13:04 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing your game. Nice entry. I love the graphics.
furet
14. Dec 2017 · 05:00 UTC
This is a fun and relaxing puzzle game, with a beautiful vivid and dreamlike art style. The first level is an effective tutorial, and the 3rd added an interesting new maneuvering challenge. I only had some trouble with the 2nd level- it wasn't clear to me why some cubes would fall and others wouldn't. I was glad I could still pass if I lost one. The game has a cute feeling, like baby cubes following its parent. Nice, fitting music too. The only weird thing is that moving left was Q instead of A, so I used the arrows instead.