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Crystal Guardian by Goncalo Marques

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made by Goncalo Marques for LD 42 (JAM)

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Crystal Guardian

In Crystal Guardian you take the place of a goddess, charged with the honor of defending the powerful crystals. The crystals are at risk with the arrival of an evil army: The humans Story tells us that the humans have always been huge pricks. Its like they can't see something shiny, they gotta blow the shit out of it can put a flag on the remains to claim it as theirs.

Teach these douchebags a lesson! Guard the crystals!

How to play

Plant crystals to grow bigger crystals. Pick those up to consume and replenish HP, or let them grow into a tower. Towers use big crystals as ammo. Each tower reduces the available planting area.

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Controls

Keyboard:
  • WASD to move
  • Space to block
  • J to attack or use
  • K to switch between attack mode and plant mode
  • L to consume a crystal for hp
Controler:
  • Left analog to move
  • Right trigger to block
  • X to attack or pickup/use
  • Square to switch between attack mode and plant mode
  • Circle to consume crystal for hp

https://youtu.be/ujqc8pvE1no?t=6s

Credits

Programming:

Me - @GoncaloDev Fred Sousa - @fredtsousa

Art:

Marco Vale - @MarcoValeKaz

Sound:

João Costa - @Dainomyte

Bonus

The model of the main character is available as a unity asset, for people who want to prototype it.

Download Link: https://goo.gl/gfyQCk

HTML5 (web) https://goncasmage.itch.io/crystal-guardian
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/crystal-guardian

Ratings

Overall 149th 3.857⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 153th 3.729⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 579th 3.186⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 814th 3.229⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 75th 4.357⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 71th 3.971⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 627th 2.533⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 306th 3.456⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 38🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

AdroitConceptions
14. Aug 2018 · 00:27 UTC
* amazing what 4 people can do in 72 hours
* found a bug were I can still give towers crystals even if I have 0
* the toggle between plant and combat was troublesome... kept switching to plant mode when I wanted to be attacking.
Zangold
14. Aug 2018 · 01:15 UTC
Really cool game congrats :D
Stephen Coley
14. Aug 2018 · 01:24 UTC
This was really fun and controlled nicely! The lowpoly looked good. Great work!
Yukki
14. Aug 2018 · 01:30 UTC
Kukuku, much fun! Props for music as well. Kudos
DarrenH
14. Aug 2018 · 01:56 UTC
Great game with cool art, animations, and music.
Really well done.
Katie Dover
14. Aug 2018 · 05:45 UTC
First off, I got a chuckle out of the credits page. Very cute portraits!

Overall, I think the game was really good! I'm really impressed with how fleshed out this game feels. I believe your base game is solid enough that if you guys wanted to, you could build out this game into something really cool and detailed. Awesome job!
anacat
14. Aug 2018 · 11:43 UTC
Love the graphics, the music and the mood of the game!
As mentioned I was also able to give towers crystals even when I had 0 crystals left.
MarcoValeKaz
14. Aug 2018 · 11:54 UTC
@adroitcocneptions and @anacat, its a bug we are aware of, we hope to fix it today, along with a few tunning. Thank you for the feedback!
Moxinilian
14. Aug 2018 · 12:21 UTC
It's really too bad that there is no way to change the controls, as some non-english keyboards are not QWERTY so playing it would have been really weird if I wasn't aware of how to change it. But the graphics are pro, and the concept while not extraordinarily original is quite fun to play. Good job!
Nattress
14. Aug 2018 · 12:23 UTC
really fun game, combat feels solid and lots of really nice mechanics. fits the theme nicely and in a unique way. Art style is really nice and even the menus suit the game nicely
MarcoValeKaz
14. Aug 2018 · 13:31 UTC
@moxinilian all I can suggest is trying a game controller if you can.
We sadly did not have the time to implement a different keyboard layout than our own. both Xbox and PS4 controllers should work, or similar.
Bandygrass
15. Aug 2018 · 01:06 UTC
Ah, man, Marco, you guys really killed this! The combat feels so good and I'm blown away by how much visual polish this has.
Beard or Die
15. Aug 2018 · 03:54 UTC
Aw man, I ran out of space. Shucks. Great game. Quite impressed with what you were able to put together in the short time.
relampmarquin
15. Aug 2018 · 21:45 UTC
I love this style of gameplay, incredible quality for so little development time, congratulations!
tom7
18. Aug 2018 · 22:20 UTC
Nice! I'm impressed with making that much 3d content in a weekend. Audio is good too.
I don't really understand why I died (maybe I should have read the instructions :)) but I planted a bunch of crystals and got 53 kills.
Astralore
18. Aug 2018 · 22:26 UTC
Man, this feels like a game that I would have played in my childhood. And probably lost at a lot. Great job with the level of polish on this!!
MarcoValeKaz
18. Aug 2018 · 23:51 UTC
@tom7 If there is one thing I'd like to update on the game, would be have ingame indicators to help the player understand what's happening. Sadly, time was against us :)
paulhocker
22. Aug 2018 · 01:53 UTC
i was not sure what was going on but the game was pretty fun - thanks for making it
Noah J
23. Aug 2018 · 16:20 UTC
Super fun game ! really loved the aesthetic too, respect !
Noah J
23. Aug 2018 · 16:20 UTC
Super fun game ! really loved the aesthetic too, respect !
Joror
25. Aug 2018 · 19:57 UTC
Fun lil game! I like the graphics, got a nice cohesive look. The command for switching mode was a bit confusing at first, a double tap of K for planting would have been easier.