THE LOST SON by pareidolia

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made by pareidolia for LD 40 (JAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htg7CvEOYb8

The Cave shooter you always wanted. Originally planned as a metroidvania that got harder the longer you play it.

Read about it's development here: http://www.studiopareidolia.com/blog/2017/12/04/week-23-the-lost-son/

CONTROLS:

Move-[ARROWS]

Jump- [z]

Attack- [x]

Quit- [esc]

Follow me at: @STUpareidolia

Or visit my site at: http://www.studiopareidolia.com

Ratings

Overall 1052th 2.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 927th 2.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1039th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1119th 2.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 351th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 223th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 829th 2.353⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 559th 3.294⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

ponker
05. Dec 2017 · 08:01 UTC
It feels like im gettings sucked down into the ground when jumping and rubberbanding when walking.
Graphics and audio was good though!
shinyogre
05. Dec 2017 · 15:13 UTC
I was often getting stuck in the ground, becoming unable to move or jump. As though there is an offset issue with the colliders or the actual collision detection math is off. A great effort otherwise!
elitegoliath
06. Dec 2017 · 05:36 UTC
The "physics" in the game could use some work. However, I love the game's arcade playstyle, and the graphics. Overall it was pretty fun.
SavePoint
06. Dec 2017 · 05:50 UTC
mac download didnt work for me :( but it looks cool! Good job regardless!
Britt Henderson
06. Dec 2017 · 05:53 UTC
The mac build does not work :( i try opening it and it just says that it can't be opened.
nax_89
06. Dec 2017 · 06:34 UTC
Great graphics and style! It need a bit of polish on the physics and controls but it's a good job.
🎤 pareidolia
06. Dec 2017 · 06:34 UTC
Hey guys, I've uploaded a new mac build! Please try it if it wasn't working on your machine!
drkr
06. Dec 2017 · 06:56 UTC
Having the graphics settings on "fastest" causes a lot of problems like weird jerky motion but setting it to "Fantastic" makes it normal.
Apart from that it looks really good, and atmospheric but might need adjustments in the controls as they feel too slippery.
appl3
06. Dec 2017 · 07:08 UTC
Movement was a bit janky but I like it, the animated character portrait was super nice
Trackless
06. Dec 2017 · 20:04 UTC
Character with great graphics, difficult and challenging gameplay, I really enjoyed it.
Great job.
tywiggs
07. Dec 2017 · 02:17 UTC
I used the bats to fly idk if you meant that to happen but it was awesome that it did happen
mactinite
07. Dec 2017 · 02:40 UTC
Movement was pretty rough, jumping when I was near the edge of a ledge didn't seem to work (maybe just my perception, ledge forgiveness is in a lot of platformers). Graphics and audio blend well together for the atmosphere. The bats were cool, I was able to combine a few of them into a super bat and rode him to the end of that section, but after that I'm a bit lost. Overall decent entry, if a little buggy.

Edit: I forgot to mention this bug I encountered where if I went up to a locked door and pressed up to enter I got locked there and had to kill the game.
SerpentWorks Games
07. Dec 2017 · 02:51 UTC
There is some decent potential here, but after five minutes I got lost and couldn't figure out what it was I supposed to be doing. My first attempt, I got stuck in a door that wouldn't open and had to restart the game. Once I figured out how to open them, I ended up in a room where there was a jump I couldn't make even at a run. Is there some sort of double jump?

It looks visually very nice and there's good audio to it, but I got frustrated with the game play.
wowa
07. Dec 2017 · 12:00 UTC
I tried to play it couple times but everytime, after the character touched the ground he doesn't respond to the controls :(
kerneltt
07. Dec 2017 · 17:18 UTC
it sometimes gets stuck into the blue walls and i felt lost fast, cute game btw
Alex bezuska
07. Dec 2017 · 22:24 UTC
The Mac build isn't working for me so I am going to base my comments on the video and the demo you gave us at our jam-site.
The 3d down-resing is a cool look, and I like the character design. The typing sound was really good. Lots of juice and shooting/other actions have a nice amount of feedback and feel impactful. Great accomplishment for the amount of time!
ArtCat
09. Dec 2017 · 01:49 UTC
Nice compo! I really like the style. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to do much as my controls froze every time I press "UP" on windows.
BouDeSit
18. Dec 2017 · 12:19 UTC
I want to play but the character freeze when i press on UP arrow I can't judge the game :/