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Daxua by mainghia95

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made by mainghia95 for LD 41 (JAM)

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Overall

Daxua is the alias of our protagonist. He is a talented violinist, who know how to fight with his violin bow and play music with his flute. His past is unknown. And all we know is he has debt to collect. Join him on his journey to unfold his past.

Featuring:

  • A game where you can be an super cool violinist: losing a battle is an option but not a choice!
  • The fate of Daxua changes with your every decision.
  • Cinematic scenes with awesome music and effects.

Controls:

  • Left/ Right Arrow to move the character.
  • Up Arrow to jump.
  • Space to do the awesome combo.

Members:

  • @mitus Programmer
  • @tqv5964 Music Composer
  • @mainghia95 2D Artist Capture.JPG
Windows https://avavt.itch.io/daxua-the-game
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/daxua

Ratings

Overall 548th 3.484⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Fun 650th 3.25⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1120th 2.516⭐ 65🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1131th 2.54⭐ 65🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 116th 4.32⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Audio 228th 3.661⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Humor 514th 3⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Mood 210th 3.758⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 47🗨️

Feedback

OscarTrevejo
24. Apr 2018 · 00:10 UTC
Nice work lads! We also did a very original too, ye mid check it out?

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
Connell
24. Apr 2018 · 00:24 UTC
Cool game
GoldRanger
24. Apr 2018 · 00:24 UTC
Great job!
maybe I should not spoiler!
@mainghia95 I am just trying to respond to your meme 😂
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 00:29 UTC
@GoldRanger but why nooo man :<
Zak Zeddam Zakaria
24. Apr 2018 · 00:38 UTC
Great game cant wait to play it
Matthew Hrehirchuk
24. Apr 2018 · 00:48 UTC
I really enjoyed the hack-n-slash 2D idea, very fun!
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 12:41 UTC
@Zak Zeddam Zakaria yeah I think you will like it. And do you have any game that I can rate?
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 12:42 UTC
@Matthew Hrehirchuk Im super happy that you like it. And do you have any game that I can rate?
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 12:42 UTC
You guys can leave the link to your game here after rating so I can rate yours back.
pixelstuff
24. Apr 2018 · 13:44 UTC
Looks good ! could you add other platform for non-windows users :) ?
Zak Zeddam Zakaria
24. Apr 2018 · 13:51 UTC
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/incompatible-rally
this is our game feel free to check it out and we would love your rating
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 14:28 UTC
@pixelstuff sadly we dont have the requirements equipment to build a Mac or Linux version of this :(
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 14:29 UTC
@Zak Zeddam Zakaria im checking it
Freebo
24. Apr 2018 · 14:38 UTC
I liked the background graphics with the nice trees and leafs falling. The guitar solo was nice :) I found it abit annoying to be stuck to the ground for such long time when swinging the sword. Theme song was kind of repetitive, but I guess that is what you get in 72h ;) Good job.
TheVash
24. Apr 2018 · 14:43 UTC
nice game, has a cool graphics and mood!
gegy1000
24. Apr 2018 · 15:14 UTC
This is amazing. I love the atmosphere created through the music and art. It's a bit hard to read the text while in battle. I found the battles quite hard, but maybe I'm just bad at it. :P Great job!
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 15:48 UTC
@Freebo yeah Im happy that you like it. We try our very best to create a game that player can feel like they are watching a movie. And sorry for the ground thingy bug. We find it annoying too but in 72h it's the best we can give out. Cheer
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 15:48 UTC
@TheVash yeah Im glad that you like the mood we created.
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 15:50 UTC
@gegy1000 Yeah, we want to create the epic slow motion fight scene but I guess its epicness take away your attention to the story. But you can play again for full understanding of story line. I think we put in it enough joke for you guys. Cheer
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 15:51 UTC
@GoldRanger Oh I get it. You were replying the ending scene. ROFL. Happy that you like it.
Nerzal
24. Apr 2018 · 15:54 UTC
Amazing art, music and athmosphere <3
BloooBird
24. Apr 2018 · 15:55 UTC
The atmosphere and art style is fantastic and the character feels nice
CaptainDreamcast
24. Apr 2018 · 15:55 UTC
It really covered all ranges of emotion. I did not expect the ending, I encourage everyone to play the game till the end, you will not be disappointed. Great job.
radow
24. Apr 2018 · 15:56 UTC
The Graphics are amazing and the gameplay felt very intuitive. Therefore it's kinda sad that there wasn't very much of it. I played through the stage twice but couldn't find any other option then to kill the regular foes and then proceed to the boss, did I miss something? ( just asking because you list 'The fate of Daxua changes with your every decision.' as a feature, but I didn't really feel like I made a decision.)

The slow mo and the star wars references felt kinda random.
Eldemarkki
24. Apr 2018 · 16:00 UTC
That art style was very nice, and it also very professional music
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:00 UTC
@BloooBird thank you. Im happy that you like it. We tried our best to create that atmosphere. And me myself as the artist, Im feel so good when receive the compliment on the art.
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:01 UTC
@CaptainDreamcast hey Im happy that you like our game. The ending is what keep us moving forward to complete the game. We have the vision of the ending from the very first day.
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:04 UTC
@radow Yeah thank you for the compliment on graphic and gameplay. We are very sorry that we can't not delivered more content cause the dev in our team get sick after the first 2 day. He tried his best to complete the game so we can put it out here. We want to create the epic slow motion fight scene but I guess its epicness take away your attention to the story. Anyway thank you for your support.
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:08 UTC
@Eldemarkki Yeah thank you for your support and compliment. We are actually not professional artist and composer as well. Me and the composer started out as a developer and change our way recently. Glad you like it.
radow
24. Apr 2018 · 16:09 UTC
No worries. It was still fun, I was just wondering of I had missed anything =)
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:09 UTC
@Nerzal Yeah so happy that you like the game in all of it fields. We tried our best to deliver it to you guys.
🎤 mainghia95
24. Apr 2018 · 16:41 UTC
@radow Yeah, I guess you will not miss anything playing it like 2 or 3 times already.
Team Luminous
24. Apr 2018 · 17:34 UTC
Fun little game, a little bit laggy, liked the use of a violin. The controls felt a bit heavy. I liked the sound quite a bit. :smile: Maybe it should be more violin-y?
TheLucky
25. Apr 2018 · 00:25 UTC
Good hob, although you may want to work on having transitions from walking to attack feel more smooth, maybe make the attacks move more to also create a greater impact, and make it feel more like a ninja. Anyways great graphics and good music.
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 01:36 UTC
@Team Luminous thank you for your support. I agree with you on the feeling of the attack and the movement. We will try to create a better feeling next time.
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 01:37 UTC
@TheLucky thank you for your support. You are right with the heavy-feel attack. We will try to create a better feeling next time.
Shelvid
25. Apr 2018 · 08:21 UTC
Really pleasing visuals and sound.. feels really good to land each hit however it feels a little bit uncomfortable when my character completely stops for an attack.. no idea why. really good entry nevertheless!
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 09:14 UTC
@Shelvid Yeah thank you for the compliments on the graphics and sound. Glad that you like the feeling of attacking. IMO stopping for an attack really help us not to create more bugs lol. But it hit way too hard on the flow of the game. Sorry about that. Anyway thank you for your supporting.
Shelvid
25. Apr 2018 · 09:51 UTC
@mainghia95 I can feel you on spiritual level with the whole "i wanted to but it caused bug" thing..
GiGiChef
25. Apr 2018 · 12:38 UTC
Great job, very pleasant music and graphics (maybe decrease the sword sound)
Rebecca Kremer
25. Apr 2018 · 13:10 UTC
Haha :P very fun little game! I only wish you could attack from in there air but I understand about time constraints and all. Also in the end I found the best method for killing the boss was just running up and slashing him to death while not dodging. Nice cheesy ending though! ;P
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 17:14 UTC
@Shelvid yeah that's the thing we all have to overcome. There are so many things in my end game vision but we can't make it in time
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 17:16 UTC
@GiGiChef hey thank you for your supporting. Im happy that you like the art and music. We are all beginner in these fields. Glad that we make someone smile.
🎤 mainghia95
25. Apr 2018 · 17:18 UTC
@Rebecca Kremer wow thank you for your compliments. I wish I could attack on air too but our programmer said it would cause some problems (bugs) so we had to cut it out. Shame on us. And the time constraints really made the boss kinda boring IMO. We could have make him a little bit more difficult to defeat. We also think about a phase when the boss play solo guitar + bullet hell spamming but there was no time left so.....
HPMNK
25. Apr 2018 · 17:47 UTC
Nice job ! The game truly have his own identity, and the slash moveset is incredible. The art and the music blend quite good together, even if i would imagine a sadder track; but loved the general mood


The game seems to freeze a little when you slash several ennemies, when you'll got that fixed, it'll be a pretty nice game to show :)
Zessirb
25. Apr 2018 · 17:58 UTC
The art and gameplay are nice ! I wish there were some ennemy pattern that forces you to dodge. For the boss, I brought him on the bridge where the projectiles easily went over my head. I had a fun little time.
Skosnowich
25. Apr 2018 · 18:06 UTC
Good job guys, the humor was little bit cheesy, but I laughed. :P It's clear that you focused on the graphics, the music and the mood in general and you did a very good job with that.
minirop
25. Apr 2018 · 18:06 UTC
the art is beautiful. And as everybody else, I can't wait to try more contents. <3
The boss is too easy, I just was "inside" him and smashed my space bar (but it's a jam, so you are forgiven ^^).
isaaclopinho
25. Apr 2018 · 18:14 UTC
The graphis is so cool, i just loved it !! Good job guys!!

I made a fishing/racing game to 2 player to this game jam, the idea is to win a race against your friend, but for this you have to fish.

If you guys want to check it:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/super-bass-racing
stark
25. Apr 2018 · 18:20 UTC
I liked it! Killed the boss second time (by not evading the flute). Some critics: Text should be bigger for sure. Art is atmospheric, sound of hitting and killing are great, but the main game music is too (I dont know what) "fun" for me, starting and ending were allright =) Anyway it was nice to play, thanks
Lilneko
25. Apr 2018 · 18:35 UTC
Really like the art! but the gameplay was a bit confusing O.o anyway i really enjoy it :D Good joob!
TwinGhosts
25. Apr 2018 · 18:46 UTC
Beautiful, nice entry guys! The game set a great mood. The gameplay was okay it felt fun to play and was quite responsive. As said above, the text was a bit small and the main theme felt too cheerful, but still great nontheless.

I loved it!
Malmevik
25. Apr 2018 · 19:02 UTC
Really cool, and fun to play! :o
frostByte4k
25. Apr 2018 · 19:43 UTC
Cool game, though there are some inconsistencies with movement when attacking. The text box should have a smaller box above it with the name of the current character talking. Also when you get up close to the boss and just spam the attack button you can still win. One way you might want to go about fixing this is to give the boss a close range attack, but be sure to warn the player before using it by have him blink white or something. Anyway overall good job the art is gorgeous and that joke at the end got me good.
Nessa
25. Apr 2018 · 20:13 UTC
Very nice game! Good job!
Under The Weather
26. Apr 2018 · 01:43 UTC
Great job! I loved the art and style of the game. It was very atmospheric and added to the overall effect (plus, I'm a sucker for that art style). Aside from that, I felt that the combat was a little bit off. It felt very repetitive. The first few kills were very satisfying, but after that it became autonomous. A possible fix would be to add more combos or even different controls to initiate them. Overall, well made game with a huge amount of potential.

Great Job!

Side note: The humor during the boss battle was great. It took me off guard and I laughed way too hard!
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 04:57 UTC
@HPMNK oh thank you for your compliments. I wish we could have more time to create a better, more juicy movement but time constraints is push us to finish the game with a little freezing glitches(bugs) you have mentioned. Anyway thank you for your supporting
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 04:59 UTC
@Zessirb Im glad that you had fun with it. And I know the mechanic, pattern of the boss is kinda boring becuz we dont have much time to develop it due to the time constraints. Anyway thank you for your compliments
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:00 UTC
@Skosnowich yeah Im glad that you like the overall things in game. And definitely the joke is cheesy so the major of the community will get it. Thank you again.
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:01 UTC
@minirop oh thank you for your compliments and your forgiveness on the boss lol. What do you think about a phase when the boss play solo guitar and spam bullet everywhere that match the beat of the music ?
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:02 UTC
@isaaclopinho yeah thank you for your compliments on art. I will check your game right now.
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:04 UTC
@stark yeah thank you for your compliments. At the beginning our vision is to create a phase where you run around happy as fk and then things get serious so the theme is fun on purpose. But I guess it did not go well with the atmospheric art style lol. Anyway thank you
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:05 UTC
@Lilneko yeah thank you for your support. And can you tell me how confusing the gameplay is so we can improve next time.
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:07 UTC
@TwinGhosts oh thank your for your compliments. At the beginning our vision is to create a phase where you run around happy as fk and then things get serious so the theme is fun on purpose. But I guess it did not go well with the atmospheric art style lol. And the text is definitely too small. We completely forgot about fixing that when last testing it before upload.
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:08 UTC
@Malmevik @Nessa thank you both for your compliments. Hope you enjoyed it.
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:10 UTC
@frostByte4k Im glad that you like the art and the end game joke. It got us burst to laugh when we think about it too. And we are sorry because of the time constraints so we cant make the boss more interesting for you guys to beat him up. Thank you again
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 05:12 UTC
@Evan Juricic oh thank you for noticing the joke during boss fight. We hope that major of the community will get the Japanese meme and the Star War Luke things. If not for the time constraints we could have make more juicy combo and aerial attacks for you guys to mess around with. Anyway thank you
designernap
26. Apr 2018 · 10:47 UTC
Great graphics and mood. Guitar boss was a little frustrating but nicely done.
Shellfish Games
26. Apr 2018 · 16:49 UTC
Presentationwise it's among the best I've seen, very nice! Great visuals, sound and atmosphere, and even a proper boss. The gameplay would certainly profit from a few improvements and a little more variation, and I would've liked you to go a little deeper with the whole music thing. And a minor thing, the texts were visible very shortly, I sometimes had trouble following. Waiting for the user to press a key might be a good idea here. Anyway, great entry overall, these kinds of games are what makes me come back to Ludum Dare. :)
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 16:53 UTC
@designernap thank you for your support. The boss was kinda boring but we ran out of time so... We will try to create a better game next time. Thank you again
🎤 mainghia95
26. Apr 2018 · 16:55 UTC
@Shellfish Games hey thank you for your compliments. I know we make the game kinda tedious but time constraints is really a thing for beginners like us. Oh and the text problem is our mistake when not checking the time when testing. And we are glad that you come back to LD for games like this.
Jamblefoot
27. Apr 2018 · 06:42 UTC
Great graphics and music! Really moody and conceptually neat. The animations were also really well done, and the controls felt nice and tight. Great job!
🎤 mainghia95
27. Apr 2018 · 10:52 UTC
@Jamblefoot thank you for your compliments, Im glad that you like it.
joqlepecheur
28. Apr 2018 · 12:47 UTC
Graphics and the audio are good !

Could you perhaps post a walkthrough so that we can see the end ;) ?
EkkoEkko
28. Apr 2018 · 13:43 UTC
This game is look like limbo its so cool!!!! Good Job! i love the art and designs.
Sam Machell
28. Apr 2018 · 14:04 UTC
any chance on a mac or web build? looks great id love to play
Nannah
28. Apr 2018 · 21:00 UTC
Nice game and easter egg at the end. After the win, I wanted to check if death is possible. My character stand still when an opponent attacked. I like blood effect on corners, however after some time player sees rectangle border of blood. It's an issue in such a beautiful game.
MacDoom
29. Apr 2018 · 02:33 UTC
Cool entry!
didn't get which game genres are combined but the game itself looks awesome!
Music sounds incredible! Loved how the idle animation comes with it's own OST.
Main character animation outstands also.
Congratulations!
SecretPocketCat
29. Apr 2018 · 13:51 UTC
The visuals and animations are great with the only thing kinda breaking it being the slowly 'gliding' cut-off body parts and the music is amazing, though I'm not a fan of the guitar riff thingy. The boss was kinda easy too cheese.
Acuity
30. Apr 2018 · 06:40 UTC
Whoa, the art on this is really good! It took me a while to figure out how to do the combo, but the game played pretty well. The slow motion cutscenes were kind of fun to derp around during.
Jonathan Lorenz
30. Apr 2018 · 12:20 UTC
Super cool mood! The graphics are very good and the music is on point. The gameplay is good but not at the same level as the art. The game is short but I had a great time anyway! Didn't really get what the genres are ... beat em up and? Good work.
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 15:55 UTC
@joqlepecheur thank you for your compliments. The ending is really easy to achieve IMO. You just need to beat the boss :smile:
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 15:57 UTC
@EkkoEkko yes thank you for your compliments. We are indeed inspired by the game called Limbo. And I thought that we could combine pixel art style character with a more "vector-art" style to create these effect.
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 15:59 UTC
@Sam Machell i'm so sorry because we don't have the requirements to build on Mac or Web. Our developer is still in-experienced with these two platform. You can borrow your friend laptop to try it out. It would only take you like 5 minutes to enjoy. Good luck
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 16:01 UTC
@Nannah wow I didn't see that coming when we test it out. I guess what you mean is the blood is cover by the black foreground. We are very sorry to hear that. I wish we could have more time to test things more carefully. Anyway thank you for your compliments. It means a lot to us
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 16:03 UTC
@MacDoom wow thank you for your compliments. We are happy you like it that much. It means a lot to us.
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 16:05 UTC
@SecretPocketCat Oh I recognize you from the bentglasstube Twitch channel. Thank you for your compliments. At first we intend to create a kinda random body parts fly everywhere but the time constraints is tough. And the boss is easy enough so major of players can see the ending. Anyway thank you
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 16:07 UTC
@Acuity yeah Im glad that you like it. The animation is the most time consuming part so I must make sure that it is as smooth as possible. Glad that you like the cinematic slow motion fight scene.
🎤 mainghia95
30. Apr 2018 · 16:10 UTC
@Jonathan Lorenz yeah thank you for your compliments. Im glad that you like the art and the music. And to be honest, we dont tend to combine game genres that much. Because in the theme annoucement topic, the admin said that it can be film genres, art genres or even music genres. So we think that we can combine pixel art character + vector art environment. Classical music + kinda Japanese funny flute music + retro music. And we combine the joke too. I think the theme doesn't matter that much. Anyway thank you again.
cristiano.m.garcia
06. May 2018 · 20:12 UTC
Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
StrangerYann
10. May 2018 · 13:43 UTC
Nice game! the animation and atmosphere, with the falling leaves and colours and all, are really well-done. Most of the game is just like push the button to smash [though it's nice your hits sever your enemies' heads, that entertained me ^^#] but the final boss is a bit more original - the additional memes in the dialogues is a nice touch. It ain't long but it's pretty well-polished - can't wait to see what you'll come up with next time - nice :-D
🎤 mainghia95
14. May 2018 · 15:46 UTC
@StrangerYann hey thank you for the compliments. Im really glad that you like it. Next time will be better I guess