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Keeper of Balance by Cosmic Adventure Squad

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made by Cosmic Adventure Squad for LD 42 (JAM)

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Play at Itch.io: https://cosmicadventuresquad.itch.io/keeper-of-balance

⚖️🌎✨ Summary

The planet is running out of space due to overpopulation! As the Keeper of Balance, you must ensure the population is perfectly balanced, as all things should be. Defeat the 3 heroes holding the 3 Eternity Emeralds to unlock the ultimate power to “keep the balance”.

  • Game Over when the population reaches 100%
  • Destroy cities to reduce the population growth
  • Defeat the heroes and take their Eternity Emeralds to gain new abilities
  • Using the ultimate power heals you to full health and respawns the heroes
  • See how many years you can you keep the population in balance!

:video_game: Controls

Keyboard and Mouse: - WASD - movement - Mouse - aim - Left mouse click - punch - 1️⃣ Emerald of Ages Power (Slow Time) - 2️⃣ Emerald of Void Power (Dash Attack) - 3️⃣ Emerald of Strength Power (Projectile Spread) - Space - Ultimate Power (Halves the population)

:bulb: Credits

  • Vu Ha - Code :computer: (@strega)
  • Rose Peng - Art :paintbrush: (@rosypenguin)
  • Johan Soriao - Music :musical_keyboard: (@tenlki)
HTML5 (web) https://cosmicadventuresquad.itch.io/keeper-of-balance
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/keeper-of-balance

Ratings

Overall 80th 3.985⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 87th 3.864⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 281th 3.515⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 411th 3.719⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 61th 4.409⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 181th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 67th 3.903⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 139th 3.742⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

kromeboy
13. Aug 2018 · 19:19 UTC
I had fun: lasted for about 40 years. Maybe the heroes are a little to tough, and the population does't seem to change in spite of your action.

Good work
joemag
14. Aug 2018 · 01:03 UTC
Neat idea, diggin the Thanos vibes and the One Punch Heroes. The graphics are great. The controls were a bit unwieldy, I kept finding myself stuck running backwards. Also it really needs some sound fx, the chunky graphics would really sing with some good sounds.
Good job!
Zessirb
14. Aug 2018 · 15:34 UTC
I quit after some ~70 years because the cities seemed to grow faster that I destroyed them so I could not eradicate the population, but it was nice ; quite hard for a azerty keyboard though but can't put the blame on you ; it could also compete for the "You're the main villain" theme.
Well done
Daria S
14. Aug 2018 · 17:26 UTC
really like the graphics! :)
wujood
14. Aug 2018 · 17:30 UTC
Super solid game ma dudes! That was awesome!
Weine
14. Aug 2018 · 17:31 UTC
Fun and frantic gameplay with great graphics. Fits the theme and has several very nice game mechanics. The controls felt a little odd, though - but that doesn't take away much from the overall impression.
Nice!

Interestingly it has a lot of superficial similarities with our LD38 entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/planetary-revolt
sobakaduka
14. Aug 2018 · 17:35 UTC
Great game i really liked it! It feels good, it looks good, and first time i saw that my enemies are superheroes i laugh.
Great job, nothing to add
freso
14. Aug 2018 · 17:44 UTC
Well done. Quite relaxing game. :D
14. Aug 2018 · 19:06 UTC
Fun game but it needs a better win condition.
Inferture
14. Aug 2018 · 21:12 UTC
Cool game, I liked there humoristic references and it was fun overall :)
gil4
14. Aug 2018 · 22:56 UTC
Great game, like the "meta" reading of the theme, haha. Going for several abilities is actually something we like to go for in game jams ourselves, so props for that. :3 I like the unusual "3D yet 3/4" or something perspective and graphics overall. The game was a tad difficult, but I bet that's because I accidentally bumped into two emerald heroes and fought them simultaneously. :D

If I were to suggest anything, I'd give some other simple ability to use from the start, like a simple AoE spin or anything really; that way the beginning would be more engaging, besides, RMB is free anyways with LMB being required. But even without it the game is full of content for a jam, and I know how hard it is to cram everything you want into three days of development - been there, done that. You probably had tons of ideas on what else to include yourselves, so I'll say this again - it's a really nice game, well done, guys!
djlink
15. Aug 2018 · 06:33 UTC
Fun isn't something one considers when balancing the universe. But this... does put a smile on my face.

great game, had a lot of fun playing it
edgelord
15. Aug 2018 · 10:55 UTC
When I start the game, after the tutorial page, I only see a black background with a progress bar at the top and a label in the upper left corner that say "Years Balanced X" and X increases over the time, but the screen stays black.
LSD
15. Aug 2018 · 11:24 UTC
Very good idea, nice graphics, the attack could use some work, like being able to chain multiple attacks. Also, I feel like the heroes are too easy to beat and maybe more heroes spawning once you get the stones would be a nice idea. Overall great game, I had fun playing it.
Alien
15. Aug 2018 · 11:24 UTC
Really fun game!!
Lyxil
15. Aug 2018 · 18:22 UTC
This is awesome! It feels really polished. I like how fun it felt to beat up people and buildings. I did feel "balancing" was too easy, so I made it my mission to get population to 0. That seemed way more difficult (is it even possible??), so I played until I gave up at around 134 years. The UI graphics seem a little buggy. In full-screen mode, the labels under the gems are cut-off and the labels showing "Population" seems to move around occasionally and get cut-off sometimes.
Diaxcor
15. Aug 2018 · 19:43 UTC
i had fun, nice graphics, i think it's one of the best games this year (the idea reminds me the LD 38)but still its a unique game and i enjoyed it
here is our game check it out : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/blinkyway
0nironauta
16. Aug 2018 · 11:13 UTC
Wow! This is very good! Nice graphics, nice gameplay, nice sound, you used Saitama... :id:

Best thing is that you reach long gameplay time with little elements. Congratulations :)
caeonosphere
17. Aug 2018 · 10:21 UTC
I won! I guess I lasted long enough that the population meter just [disappeared?](https://i.imgur.com/vz5uFDS.png)
Kokonaught
17. Aug 2018 · 22:42 UTC
Excellent entry, the 3D is soooo good. The animation and FX are superbs too, and the music is catchy!
Punching innocent people to oblivion is also extremely fun. The game is way too easy though, I kept the "balance" (and by that I mean population was under 15% at all time) for 150 years and got bored so I let the heroes kill me.

The heroes are stupid (and I know it's a game jam, balancing enemies is hard) but they are also way too weak. I had to let them all gang up on me without moving and it took them 10 seconds to kill me. The fact that you regain all your life and that the difficulty doesn't scale up is a problem.

I hope you fix this for a postjam version, I really enjoyed playing your game! :)
smogen
19. Aug 2018 · 07:00 UTC
Played to aout 150 years. Really love the game. Especially all of those little inofficial references to infinity wars and other hero movies and shows.
Love the small planet games, one of my favourite formats.
The only thing is, it got repetitive after I figured out that the easyest way to success was to just quickly mow down the bosses, which was not hard, and then use the space bar ability. So rasing the difficulty and/or maybe letting the game have a win situation like getting the population to 5% would make it even better. Maybe introduce a highscore board or something
PowerAuer
25. Aug 2018 · 23:30 UTC
Fun Game! It was a little tough to maneuver sometimes where the character was going the opposite direction or just didn't change directions. Had a laugh to understand the idea behind it which we all know it relates to a certain bad guy. great job guys! :D
DleanJeans
27. Aug 2018 · 05:14 UTC
Cool concept!
Although the Time Emerald could be something more destructive.
All the shakings give me a little headache :P
The animation could have been much better if there's more punching animation: alternating punches, hook, uppercut...