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Suzanne Awakens by Sunzed

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made by Sunzed for LD 43 (JAM)

Explore the different levels, triumph over your enemies and reach the Forest’s heart in this action game.

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After each level, test your skill by sacrificing your equipment. Sword, cloak or even boots : what will you choose?

It was 15 years ago, when the darkness fell upon the Kingdom of Numelion, that Suzanne proved her courage by slaying the creature’s vicious heart. And this is how this loyal protector of Her Majesty became a legend.

Suzanne awaits you!

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IMPORTANT: We're investigating on performance issues for the least powerful PCs.

Controls:

W: up S: down A: left D: right

Left click/K: attack

Right click/Space: dodge

Playable with keyboards arrow

Compatible with a controller :video_game:

Credits:

Programming - Loïc Escales @super-louwaque

Art - Loïc Le Mouël @louis-lechauve

Game design - Hugo Jacquet @sunzed

Translation - Marlène Goumy @Eldiwis

A La La Band & Co. Production

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Windows https://lalaband.itch.io/suzanne-awakens
Linux https://lalaband.itch.io/suzanne-awakens
macOS https://lalaband.itch.io/suzanne-awakens
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/legends-of-numelion

Ratings

Overall 793th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 947th 2.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 813th 2.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 553th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 253th 4⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 731th 3.029⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Maksim Chugunov
08. Dec 2018 · 12:56 UTC
The game looks really cool, but the gameplay lacks strategy I think. Is there anything I can do besides just standing and waving my sword? The concept of sacrificing combat abilities is great though, but there should be a tooltip in the selection screen, it's hard to tell which one does what
Kornel Meszaros
08. Dec 2018 · 14:11 UTC
Nice graphics if you made all of them! My build was missing sounds though which is a bit annoying for me, but with light on the character you somewhat captured the diablo feeling so it's a nice entry overall. :)
napoleon789
08. Dec 2018 · 15:14 UTC
Un jeu plutôt bien fait surtout fait en quelques jours ! L'histoire est sympa, le design et l'ambiance sont bien mis en place ! Le gameplay est bien pensé, sacrifier ses compétences pour avancer dans le jeu demande beaucoup de réflexions. Après j'ai bien vu quelques bugs comme les directions ou l'animation des dashs ou le fait que je perds pas de vie (à certain moment)?! Mais bon c'est quelques petits détails, rien de bien méchant :)
Il ne faut pas oublier que le thème est tout de même bien respecté.
Je vous souhaite bon courage pour le concours.
PurpoAppo
08. Dec 2018 · 15:41 UTC
Good graphics but fighting is too simple.
R3tro
08. Dec 2018 · 16:02 UTC
Well done !
The graphics are very good, I like low-poly 3D ;)
The game is quite difficult, I like this project !
Taddl
08. Dec 2018 · 17:00 UTC
The game looks good and I also like the concept.

But I dont really get the combat gameplay. Maybe it would play more fluid if you could move while attacking and attack towards the mouse/the second controller stick. Also it is hard to tell when enemies are actually attacking or getting damage, sometimes I get damage, sometimes I dont.

Maybe you need some hit feedback on player/enemy attacks. And the enemy animations should line up with when you get damage.
worai
08. Dec 2018 · 17:22 UTC
Really cool idea for a game mechanic! :D
philippkick
08. Dec 2018 · 17:30 UTC
Really liked the art style of the game and also the light spot looks gorgeous. The fighting could have been a little bit more challenging. Perhaps some push back forces, an animation or some sounds when the enemies or the player gets hit would have been an improvement. But its a jam and the time is limited, therefore well done!
ReiMari
08. Dec 2018 · 17:44 UTC
I like the graphics and the idea of becoming less powerful, but I think having the character lose power and increasing the difficulty in every level can only work if there is more skill and depth to the combat mechanics; so the player can make up for the loss in character power with their own skill. And as it is in this game, the combat just isn't deep enough for that to be the case.

Edit: I forgot to mention that it's hard to understand some of the icons when picking something to sacrifice. Some sort of tooltip on mouseover would have been nice.
🎤 Sunzed
09. Dec 2018 · 11:24 UTC
Thanks for all your comments! It's really cool to read what you liked and what need to be improved!

We thought about a feedback when Suzanne is hurted but we needed more time to make it. Then, we know that sacrifice menu isn't very clear, it was the idea: a new player would be hesitant whereas an experienced one would know how to make a choice. Maybe we did it wrong.

Sorry for my english and thanks again for your detaild reviews!
Dattabase
09. Dec 2018 · 12:30 UTC
Pretty cool game and interesting mechanics. Could be a little more fluid but it still running decently. The gameplay is a bit linear tho, beside the sacrifice mechanic, you just hit and run. Although for the given amount of time it's a really good project. Loved the idea & the graphics, congrats
Jonathan Lorenz
10. Dec 2018 · 15:59 UTC
I wanted to try this game because the graphics and the pitch hooked me. Unfortunately my computer does not support OpenGL 3.3 :/ Can't play and the game but at least you managed to hook me with your presentation. So good work for that!
BloodJohn
15. Dec 2018 · 14:54 UTC
Good graphics. I couldn't figure out how to effectively fight this control.
Benjamin123
17. Dec 2018 · 21:18 UTC
Great Game! I think a little more balancing the enemies and character would make it even better! You should continue developing it after the game jam!