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For Better or For Worse by valandre

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made by valandre for LD 40 (JAM)

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Controls (Gamepad)

Move: Left stick.

Reload lamp torch: hold "A" button.

Controls (Mouse)

Move: hold left click.

Reload lamp torch: hold right click.

Fullscreen: Ctrl+F.

Story

You play as a father, on his way to attend his daughter’s wedding. His car got stranded, forcing him to take an odd path full of memories.

The more he remembers, the more the night rises, but his lamp torch is here blowing shadows away. Can you make it until dawn and be there for her

Development (Haxe):

  • Bernard " Valandre" Stouls

  • Mathieu "Looping" Capdegelle

Art:

  • Philémon "Kiuun" Belhomme

  • Etienne "E-MAK" Makowski

Sound & Music:

  • Yoann “Valmont” Laulan
Windows http://retrofusion.fr/LD40/ForBetterorForWorse.zip
Source code https://valmontderagondas.bandcamp.com/album/for-better-or-for-worse
Other (web) http://retrofusion.fr/LD40/src.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/for-better-or-for-worse

Ratings

Overall 8th 4.333⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 328th 3.581⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 125th 3.795⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Theme 448th 3.568⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 7th 4.722⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 2th 4.548⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 2th 4.659⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

RaoulKevinTurbo2000
05. Dec 2017 · 00:54 UTC
Great ambience and visuals. And the music is over the top. I love it.
Fugu
05. Dec 2017 · 13:15 UTC
Awsome graphics, nice ambiance
lauriex
05. Dec 2017 · 13:22 UTC
Beautiful and scary!!
YuuK
05. Dec 2017 · 13:37 UTC
This game is one of the best looking I've seen in this LD edition yet ! Ambiance is absolutely nice, poems are beautiful, story is kinda sad (which is good, means it is well written), graphics a absolutely awesome and camera movements are really good !
That was very nice to play your game, thank you :)
deepnight
05. Dec 2017 · 16:49 UTC
Excellent game overall :D
Almost cried by the end. Great execution, especially because you don't lose too much progress when you get caught.
ncannasse
05. Dec 2017 · 20:47 UTC
Nice short story, excellent game, great mood. I found there was too many "zombies" at first, but I understand it was necessary given the game length ;)
Mowztouch
06. Dec 2017 · 01:21 UTC
Ambiance is well done, nice graphics, music fits very well. Very nice entry ;)
Sarrixx
06. Dec 2017 · 09:20 UTC
An incredibly beautiful game, and very polished. Playing this game was a great experience for me, the story was very well thought out. Kudos!
AmigoPadilha
06. Dec 2017 · 12:57 UTC
Awesome game! Great graphics and sound, nice touch with the story!
It was kinda awkward to aim at the shadows, but I think it added to the "run for your life" aspect.
Great job
themarioga
06. Dec 2017 · 13:29 UTC
Nice ambiance and awesome graphics. The sound is great too and get you into it. I enjoyed it so much. Congrats!
EveningWayward
06. Dec 2017 · 14:38 UTC
Incredible, you've done a great job in narrative design! I love every bit about it: posteffects and their distortion that you used; how the walk cycle changed and gradually faded into a running cycle in a massive area; slow but steady story progression and a sudden increase in enemies' amount right behind the character's back. Your project is also similar to Kentucky Route Zero, if to speak about graphics.
Pedro Miranda
06. Dec 2017 · 16:52 UTC
Awesome entry, graphics are beautifull and the story is great. Congratulations!
Gemoshi
06. Dec 2017 · 17:43 UTC
Really cool game, you all created! Love the graphics and overall mood in the game! nice entry
ramza
06. Dec 2017 · 17:52 UTC
Loved the atmosphere and the writing.
Azathothep
06. Dec 2017 · 17:53 UTC
Great story , great graphics , great sound !

But i found some part hard imo
wujood
06. Dec 2017 · 18:02 UTC
One of the best games i have seem so far!
Pablo Abraham
06. Dec 2017 · 19:55 UTC
Muito bom o jogo, achei legal e assustador.
Sherwood
06. Dec 2017 · 21:36 UTC
The more I would say, the worse it would be.
Things have already been said. I enjoyed this poetic atmosphere. That was touching. Plus it fits perfectly to the theme. Easy mechanic, easy to understand, challenging ; serious stuff.
louis_lechauve
06. Dec 2017 · 22:26 UTC
the atmosphere is very scary! congrats!
furet
07. Dec 2017 · 00:06 UTC
Beautiful music and old-footage style visuals, cool animations and ghost effects. Loved the atmosphere, the poetic story. I was glad for the save points, I wasn't too good at avoiding the shadows. It's really polished and feels complete, definitely one of my favorite LD40s!
James Dunlap
07. Dec 2017 · 00:52 UTC
Beautiful game all around. I didn't have to use my flashlight much, though, but that helps the story move along which is the important part to this game. It was quite polished.
JeffChen
07. Dec 2017 · 12:38 UTC
I'm so happy i didn't miss this one.I think this is the best game i played in this LDJAM(not one of).Graphics and musics are perfect,and the mood,the story,they all impressed me so much.You guys are awesome!
Lamossus
07. Dec 2017 · 13:21 UTC
nice mood and artstyle. Controls with mouse felt a bit awkward and flashlight was completly useless. Was expecting something more sinister from the story
ruba
07. Dec 2017 · 13:39 UTC
Wow, just WOW.
ArnoChux
07. Dec 2017 · 13:43 UTC
Great atmosphere. Simple mechanics but I loved it !
slash
07. Dec 2017 · 13:44 UTC
So sad story! I hope this never come true in real life!
Exelent mood, music, art!
I finish game without using torch, think you need tweak this.
Miguel Montero
07. Dec 2017 · 13:45 UTC
Nice mood, graphics and overall feel. Super solid entry.
Siepiau
07. Dec 2017 · 14:22 UTC
Everything from the art style to the music is fantastically polished!
Not sure what those shadow people are supposed to represent, but they are effective as challenging gameplay obstacles. Awesome overall!
benhurvillar
07. Dec 2017 · 15:17 UTC
Great job, very solid game. Story and gameplay are well done!
Nivbeth
07. Dec 2017 · 15:24 UTC
I'm so impressed. You see me absolutely stunned, guys. Brilliant work!
totsboy
07. Dec 2017 · 15:33 UTC
Beautiful graphics and great mood!
Ekilibr
08. Dec 2017 · 13:02 UTC
It's the game I enjoyed the most yet. The mood is just exceptionnal, and being about to become a father, the message stroke me directly in the heart.
The realisation is absolutely clean and well made, and the theme is applied both in narration and gameplay (except for the last step, that was a bit too easy compared to the rest of the progression).

It's totally mastered, definitely one of the gems of this LD to me!
Great job, guys.
TobiasNL
08. Dec 2017 · 13:14 UTC
One of my favourite LD entries so far. Great vibes. I did get an error though, when I walked from the bridge to the shadow guy on the left (at the hill) he killed me, from which I kept 'spawn dieing' at the bridge and I was unable to continue my path. However the game itself was superb!
Hugimugi7
08. Dec 2017 · 13:18 UTC
Incredible atmosphere, Beautiful and emotional story. I just loved it, easily one of the best scores for mood.
Thiago Ferraro
08. Dec 2017 · 13:19 UTC
A masterpiece, nothing more to say.
pcmaster
08. Dec 2017 · 15:21 UTC
Guys, this was a blast. I loved everything about it. A colleague showed me your game, not the site, I'm going to continue doing that for it's awesome. Congratulations to putting this together.
FerNandXor
08. Dec 2017 · 17:12 UTC
I can't believe this is a LD game. Awesome work!
MrBulldops
09. Dec 2017 · 15:05 UTC
Hey guys, thanks a lot for playing our game, for the good reception and the feedbacks !
We will try to improve it when we can to improve the experience, and gives us motivation to go further this way.

Thanks again from all the team. We don't have a name for it, maybe in the future :p
legulysse
09. Dec 2017 · 18:17 UTC
A beautiful entry, very polished, nice job to all of you !

The only negative thing I can find, is the misleading "attend his daughter’s wedding" that kinda feels like a lie, a little more blurry description could be better I guess.
totsboy
10. Dec 2017 · 06:49 UTC
Extremely well done, very polished and beautiful! Congrats!
supr
12. Dec 2017 · 10:21 UTC
good job!
boorik
15. Dec 2017 · 09:42 UTC
This is definitively great.

High quality game. Love it.
Mr.MadCat
15. Dec 2017 · 16:38 UTC
Good job.
Really nice mood and emotional story telling.
One minor nitpick is that to me it felt like ignoring the flashlight and just running through was way easier to do than the other way around.

Otherwise, well done.
alperozgunyesil
31. Mar 2018 · 20:52 UTC
bravo <3