Fly Lightly by Sitarra

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made by Sitarra for LD 43 (JAM)

Synopsys

To escape a terrible war on the ground, Timmy and his friends decided to fly to a safe place situated 5000 meters further away.

It won't be an easy task.

Timmy will have to take care of the crew to reach the ultimate goal ! Sadly, another totally innocent specie, the others, will try to get on your ship.

Sacrifices must be made.

It's you, or them...

Controls

  • Move : Left & Right arrows

  • Jump : Space bar

  • Action : E

Team

  • Developers : Jean-Christophe Joubier, Vincent Blot

  • 2D Artist : Antoine Aumont

Notes

We didn't have a MacOS or Linux environment to test if the respective build works.

Screenshots

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Ratings

Overall 369th 3.593⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 351th 3.477⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 355th 3.36⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Theme 340th 3.733⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 454th 3.616⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Humor 247th 3.407⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Mood 445th 3.405⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 53🗨️

Feedback

Raivk
04. Dec 2018 · 15:00 UTC
Indeed, sacrifices were made. RIP the others (and RIP all my crew !!). My best score is 3300 meters. (And... well... a pretty low karma !)
GettingRekt
04. Dec 2018 · 19:22 UTC
Really polished game with a fitting soundtrack. I quite enjoyed the menu and icons for statuses and intractables. Good job!
Codesity
04. Dec 2018 · 19:35 UTC
I like the Idee. Good Work on the Game!
Vincent Blot
04. Dec 2018 · 19:40 UTC
@gettingrekt Thanks a lot for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it :)

@codesity Thanks for the feedback :)
Juhani Koskinen
04. Dec 2018 · 19:40 UTC
I liked the atmosphere, where it's quite a happy feeling game but really everyone is just on the verge of death and your floating boat is being overrun by mysterious creatures. You guys have a great imagination!
Brevitius
04. Dec 2018 · 19:42 UTC
Nice work. The sound effects were the best part!
🎤 Sitarra
04. Dec 2018 · 19:46 UTC
Thanks you all for your feedback ! =D
Codesity
04. Dec 2018 · 19:49 UTC
@vincent-blot @sitarra no problem :)
Vincent Blot
04. Dec 2018 · 19:53 UTC
@brevitius Thanks, I hoped you tried the suicide sound ;) it's the best one ahah
Sam Minh
04. Dec 2018 · 20:10 UTC
Very nice game. The opening story really sucked me into the game. The balancing meters was nicely done and very clear. The layout of the ship is very basic and could be more interesting. The sounds were good as well. After playing it for a while, you get a sort of optimized route you take and having other events or encounters could shake that up. After losing a member, you should be able to get him back or it is game over. Really nice game overall!
eFrag
04. Dec 2018 · 20:15 UTC
@sam-minh Thanks for playing and for the feedback, also I'm glad you enjoyed the deep lore :)
Cornel
04. Dec 2018 · 20:47 UTC
Did it at third try... Great game - ideal for gamejam.
Had to play three times and all of them were fun.
Not the best use of theme but it's there :D

Good job!
Vincent Blot
04. Dec 2018 · 20:51 UTC
@cornel Thanks for the feedback ! 3 times nice ! Thank you for playing until the win.
christina-antoinette-neofotistou
04. Dec 2018 · 23:46 UTC
Very energetic, I liked the story too! Great!
kruemelkeksfan
05. Dec 2018 · 00:26 UTC
Nice pixel graphics, but way too hard in my opinion. If you fail 1 jump beyond 3000m, you wont make it. Is there any reason behind the moments during which you cant move?
owl and jackalope
05. Dec 2018 · 03:23 UTC
I love the chef's response. Made me giggle each time. The game looks good and the movement controls feel really nice. The game is a little challenging, the breeze that stops you dead is very frustrating. I was only a few steps away from the captain and ended up losing her and time because of it.
Great concept and really meshes with the theme
Vincent Blot
05. Dec 2018 · 08:39 UTC
@christina-antoinette-neofotistou Thank you for the input, glad you enjoyed it :)

@kruemelkeksfan Actually yes there is a reason, it's turbulence because you are flying in the air ! It adds a little unexpected behavior to make the game a little more random. And concerning the fall, its totally wanted too, we find it more difficult to fail a jump that to go to the lowest level, and the death sound for the suicide is excellent, we didn't want to skip it ahah

@owl-and-jackalope Thank you ! We love it too :) yeah this wind is frustrating, but its on purpose and if a friend died because of it, it was exactly the point of that ahah adding a bit of randomness and frustation. I hoped you noticed that Timmy cries when the commander dies :p
Morg
05. Dec 2018 · 09:58 UTC
I liked the game, it was really tricky to juggle all the resources and also drop all the others from the ship because yolo :P Pretty neat.
Vincent Blot
05. Dec 2018 · 10:05 UTC
@morg Thanks for the input ! I'm sad that we missed it on your stream, will try to get the replay if possible :)
kruemelkeksfan
05. Dec 2018 · 11:45 UTC
well, by failing a jump I actually meant missing the platform, falling down and having to try again, I never fell of the ship. I wanted to say, that at higher distances (beyond 3000m) every tiny error is lethal, because you you dont have the time to kick everbody of the ship (takes around 1 sec per Other, regardless of how hard you are spamming E or how accurate you are standing) and when supply all crewmates, especially your girlfriend, who seems to be swallowing coffee like a whale the water...
Vincent Blot
05. Dec 2018 · 13:53 UTC
@kruemelkeksfan Oh ok, my bad, I understand your frustation, it can seems like you find it not very well balanced then. Thank you for the reply. And yeah, don"t let her die.
ETdoFresh
05. Dec 2018 · 19:10 UTC
Fun game. Didn't realize why I was losing the controls, then all of a sudden, I realized, duh, the ship is going through turbulence.... Okkaaayyy! :p
Stevie Bushman
05. Dec 2018 · 20:26 UTC
Nice simple game! I would love a multiplayer version of this with my son :)
Vincent Blot
05. Dec 2018 · 20:31 UTC
@stevie-bushman Thanks for the feedback ! ahha we never know !
Mekuri
05. Dec 2018 · 20:38 UTC
A very nice and polished game. I tried several times but only made it just short of 4200. I really enjoyed it, but I must admit it got frustratingly difficult towards the end, and the 'woosh' and stop effect ones in a while, although I get it, it became a bit annoying.
Apart from that I really enjoyed the experience, nice graphics, music was a good fit, and the sound was good.
Good job.

Thanks for sharing your game.
Wojciech Bruski
05. Dec 2018 · 22:10 UTC
Oh, so nice game guys. Simple graphics and orders this is what i like in ld games :D
Ruben Edery
05. Dec 2018 · 22:10 UTC
Really cool, i love it.
Vincent Blot
05. Dec 2018 · 22:16 UTC
@mekuri Thanks for the feedback ! Ah, i'm sad to know that you didn't make it lol ! Yeah its frustrating on purpose. Glad you enjoyed it

@wojciech-bruski Thanks man, we are thinking the same !

@ruben-edery Nice, thank you for playing !
krx271
05. Dec 2018 · 23:01 UTC
Amazing game! Very good job! :D
Syrapt0r
06. Dec 2018 · 01:39 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this one! It was super hectic doing everything at once but it was still manageable. Art design and the soundtrack were fitting as well. Good job!
Vincent Blot
06. Dec 2018 · 10:37 UTC
@krx271 Glad you liked it !

@syrapt0r Thanks dude, it was interesting to see you play on live. And you won at the second try, respect ! ahah
AwiX
06. Dec 2018 · 15:50 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)
Anthony Dunlap
06. Dec 2018 · 20:22 UTC
Interesting concept. Enjoyed playing. The shaking of the ship gets very annoying, and I do not understand how the engineer running out of fuel causes him to die, but its still a pretty cool game.
J-Star
06. Dec 2018 · 20:41 UTC
Solid entry! I really like the sound design and the overall vibe. Art was also nice, but the text was a bit hard to read sometimes. Overall, good job!
Vincent Blot
06. Dec 2018 · 20:51 UTC
@anthony-dunlap Lol that's right in that way, we will assume that he can't do his job anymore. The shaking is wanted on that purpose lol.

@j-star Thanks for your feedback ! Yeah you right it's not easy to read :(
agwblack
06. Dec 2018 · 20:59 UTC
Sadly the Linux build did not work for me. Same because I really want to try it! Thanks for providing the build though :-)
Matank
06. Dec 2018 · 21:24 UTC
Had a lot of fun playing! Took me two attempts to manage to beat it. I really like the art style and it really made me feel panicked while I was playing it, so good job on the atmosphere! :)

As others said, I found the fact you can't move while the ship shakes to be a bit annoying. Maybe would be nice if the shaking could somehow make it harder for you to move but still allow you to move somewhat. Not sure how exactly to do that, but the fact your character just stops reacting to key presses while the shake is happening makes it feel like you are losing agency and it's not a good feeling.

Anyway, great game, thank you for making it!
Vincent Blot
06. Dec 2018 · 21:30 UTC
@matank Thank you for playing it ! 2 tries ? Amazing :) Yeah we understand that the shaking is annoying :/ but glad you still had fun on the game !
Lucidus
06. Dec 2018 · 21:57 UTC
Passed the game in second time. I didn't know the first time where *others* were hiding. But when I spotted them... well, you know... sacrifices had to be made ^^
![passed.png](///raw/886/e1/z/1f4fe.png)
Vincent Blot
06. Dec 2018 · 22:20 UTC
@lucidus Ahah indeed ! Thanks for playing :)
Corbak
08. Dec 2018 · 10:43 UTC
Cool idea and cute pixel art, it is really hard to keep everyone alive! Is it possible to finish the game with a good Karma?
Vincent Blot
08. Dec 2018 · 19:40 UTC
@corbak Thanks for playing our game ! You can be close to 0 but it's really hard to have a good Karma, you loose karma when you throw an other, you gain some when you give ressources to your crew
elysiagriffin
18. Dec 2018 · 21:37 UTC
Hey zupem4n! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you'd like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346058131?t=11h11m59s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Vincent Blot
20. Dec 2018 · 11:29 UTC
@elysiagriffin thanks for your feedback ! See you next time