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Shifting Shadows by Max Amaden

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made by Max Amaden for LD35 (COMPO)
SYNOPSIS:
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Shifting Shadows is a side-scrolling adventure game. You are a thief tasked with stealing from a wealthy keep, using your rare 'Shifter' powers to hide from patrolling guards.

CONTROLS:
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A and D - Move the player.
Space - Shapeshift into an object to hide from guards.
W - Steal loot, when the indicator is shown.

PROGRAMS USED:
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+ Unity
+ Visual Studio
+ Photoshop
+ Beepbox

NOTE: The web build for Unity is broken, all of the sprites become white boxes. Please comment below if you know how to fix this. Thank you in advance!
DOWNLOAD (Windows Build) https://maxamaden.itch.io/shifting-shadows
DOWNLOAD (Source Code) https://maxamaden.itch.io/shifting-shadows
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=62658

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.76 99
Audio 3.25 224
Fun 3.54 190
Graphics 4.28 30
Humor 3.13 144
Innovation 3.18 414
Mood 3.61 109
Theme 3.97 91

Feedback

Cerno_b
18. Apr 2016 · 02:29 UTC
Very beautiful and polished pixel art game. I love the presentation and all the details. Could do with a little more AI (of course hard to accomplish in 48hrs) and the music is really repetitive. But overall, I liked it a lot.
Wevel
18. Apr 2016 · 16:34 UTC
NOICE
AustinSpafford
18. Apr 2016 · 16:51 UTC
Woot! The difficulty ramped up right when it needed to. Well done! (escaped with 1671 gold)
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
18. Apr 2016 · 17:08 UTC
Nice and simple, good job!
Cowa
18. Apr 2016 · 17:09 UTC
Very good! I finished with 1666 gold :D
dvdking
18. Apr 2016 · 17:11 UTC
Nice,
not a lot of variety, buy the game feels complete and had just perfect length of gameplay.
Smooth particles look kind of weird with together with pixel art though
KodingNights
18. Apr 2016 · 17:13 UTC
Good stuff. A little odd that I could shapeshift right under the nose of the guard and it was none the wiser. Nice pixel art, and I liked that you actually wrote what I "found"/stole everywhere.
brainstorm
18. Apr 2016 · 17:42 UTC
Great game! Only complaints are lack of checkpoints and repetitive music!
Dooskington
18. Apr 2016 · 17:42 UTC
Nice game. I liked it. Music was a tad stale though.
hijomo
18. Apr 2016 · 17:45 UTC
this was a joy to play. great idea, cool art, nice sound effects.
Crimson713
18. Apr 2016 · 17:45 UTC
Nice game. I love the pixel art and its style.
Gemberkoekje
18. Apr 2016 · 17:48 UTC
The game looks very nice, though I found the gameplay only attractive for the first 2 loot items/guards, then it became tedious (I still played until I died, so it wasn't that bad, it just became repetitive)

I think I would've preferred a more puzzly element, for example that you needed to shapeshift to a specific item to fool different kinds of guards.

That said, overall it's still pretty nice.
stefvanschie
18. Apr 2016 · 17:48 UTC
The sounds and graphics were amazing. As said earlier the game gets harder when it needs to.
SelfTitled
18. Apr 2016 · 17:51 UTC
I think the guard squatted on me when I was a chair :P
Nice little game (score 1671)
Goutye
18. Apr 2016 · 17:54 UTC
Very polished! I particularly loved the shifting effect into different items! Keep going! As Cerno_b said, a bit more of AI works and that would be a bit different after a while! Overall: I really liked it!
silkworm_sweatshop
18. Apr 2016 · 17:56 UTC
Simple game but oh so fun. Screw those aristocrats!
pixzleone
18. Apr 2016 · 18:07 UTC
Nice graphics and sound, could use more variety in terms of gameplay, but not too big of an issue. Good job!
Rakowu
18. Apr 2016 · 18:10 UTC
Good idea for a story. And the presentation is nice too. I love shift into the empty armor xD
Elite_Flibble
18. Apr 2016 · 19:11 UTC
Wow. It's going to be a great game.
varuns
18. Apr 2016 · 19:37 UTC
It's fun! It'll be even better if the guards chase you and you have to get them off-screen and shift to get them off your tail :D
Reallysketchy
18. Apr 2016 · 20:16 UTC
This is definitely the best game I've played so far. The shapeshifting mechanic was great and I love the art. It was great how stupid the guard are, but maybe you can add some kind of feature to make them smarter and you have to disguise yourself a certain way in order to trick them. Either way, really great job!
Souperstrawer
19. Apr 2016 · 10:38 UTC
That was quite fun. Pixel art looks really nice and the music is good as well. Only problem I noticed was that the guards melded in with the background sometimes so that they were a bit hard to see. Other than that, this is a nice game.
CoderDozer
19. Apr 2016 · 17:31 UTC
Nice game with fun graphics, however i felt it could do with a bit more variety as if felt a bit repetitive as it went on, other than that I still enjoyed playing, well done.
Max Elmore
25. Apr 2016 · 20:53 UTC
Very nice game and art style. Simple, fun to play and the shape shifting mechanic is cool. Overall pretty good game
Rock Eaters
01. May 2016 · 05:28 UTC
great graphics and i love the idea