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The path of Fireflies by Omickron

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made by Omickron for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

The creature of the dark world Nothing in first time saw amazing creatures that emit light. Blinded by the desire to see his own image in the light, he sets off on a journey in search of the Light Source. Encountering on the way enemies from the intermediate world that do not allow light and darkness to merge into one, the hero stubbornly moves forward along the luminous trail.

Help the hero get to the world of Light and you will see his image in the rays of bright light.

      Take the firefly (it automatically)

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      Light your way

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      Use firefly (your cursor + LBM) to light your way
      Also the firefly disarm the enemy (put the firefly it next to the enemy)

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:computer: Open the game in full screen (this is necessary for a comfortable game)

:keyboard: Controls: - AD - move character. - E (LBM fixed version) - spawn Firefly at the mouse cursor. - Space - jump.

Youtube https://dodelov.itch.io/the-path-of-fireflies-bug-fix
Youtube https://dodelov.itch.io/thepathoffireflies
Youtube https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9D0-VpUR8Y3xpDwVTJUZVnK1uHurUFg/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-path-of-fireflies

Ratings

Overall 666th 3.356⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Fun 708th 3.09⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 574th 3.149⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Theme 842th 2.91⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 247th 4.022⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Audio 404th 3.289⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Humor 763th 2.254⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Mood 341th 3.612⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Given 178🗳️ 80🗨️

Feedback

TomekS
08. Oct 2019 · 15:20 UTC
Very nice idea, a bit rough around the edges (i.e. camera repositioning when changing direction) but overall very beautiful work. The frog was scary as well.
geist_191
08. Oct 2019 · 15:29 UTC
Very nice game! I love the art you made. The enemies look awesome :) Great job.
Flaterectomy
08. Oct 2019 · 15:37 UTC
First off, the game is very pretty. Nice palette and lighting, good character design. Is the player character scaled down from her actual resolution though? The line work seems a bit thinner.

@tomeks is right about the camera movement, it felt a little jarring. Other than that sound effects would have greatly enhanced the spooky darkness around. I found it difficult to get a view of the enemies. At one point a bat kept zooming out of the darkness and instantly sending me back to the checkpoint. Another small black spot killed me shortly after making it past him, but I couldn't even see what it was.

A very pretty entry!
AlphaDen
08. Oct 2019 · 15:38 UTC
This a very cool concept and great graphics BTW. But the control is a bit too complex to get used to.
kessutinnu
08. Oct 2019 · 15:45 UTC
There seems to be some issue with the rising platforms, I kept falling off. The mechanic of setting distractions seemed like a good idea, but the bats always showed up too unexpectedly for me to do anything about them.

I really love the art in this game. Very beautiful!
Vavro.Srobar
09. Oct 2019 · 08:44 UTC
Nice work. Cool idea. Good job
dxk2294
09. Oct 2019 · 08:45 UTC
I loved the aesthetic! I had a really hard time dealing with the enemies though, the spider and bat were black and sort of appeared out of nowhere, so it was almost impossible to recognize and respond to them quickly enough. Beautiful game!
Ruud Cremers
09. Oct 2019 · 09:36 UTC
E resetting you back to the save point once you run out of fireflies is very annoying. Is this intentional? The artwork is nice, and the BGM was great.
DoDELoV
09. Oct 2019 · 09:53 UTC
@ruud-cremers Yes, it was intentional. According to the idea of ​​the game, you can not stay in the dark. Alas, we did not manage to add or change much. We planned to display the number of fireflies next to the player. This will be added in the next update.
blobo
09. Oct 2019 · 17:19 UTC
Cool idea! I love the music, it's very well made. You've set a very nice tone with this game, I love the environment. Great job.
Nobongo
09. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
Very pretty game. Very rare to see such nice illustrations from a jam game, the enemy design was really great too! The firefly mechanic was interesting, but it was hard to tell if it actually was working in a lot of cases. I would sometimes fall off a ledge and die to some flying enemy and get sent back really far, maybe an increase in the vision radius would make this game feel a little better to play because it would give you a little more time to react to what's about to get you.
I overall enjoyed the game, it builds a nice atmosphere and has much better controls then most jam games. Good job!
Redimension Games
10. Oct 2019 · 09:15 UTC
The visuals and sounds are amazing. The controls feel polished and the concept of the fireflies is interesting. I seemed to get lost in the game though, maybe it was intended to be that way i'm not sure however i found it hard to progress because of it. But overall really good entry!
Oneki
10. Oct 2019 · 09:19 UTC
Lots of art for a game jam, which is encouraging. The music and sounds were ruining the atmosphere for me, would have rather went with the option of no music at all than this. Same for SFX. Hard to orient around.
Daitse
10. Oct 2019 · 09:52 UTC
Loved the art and the music. Gameplay is nice as well and the environnement seems quite large :)
Ericbolseiro
10. Oct 2019 · 09:59 UTC
Nice work here. I've felt lost in the darkness.
Ericbolseiro
10. Oct 2019 · 09:59 UTC
Nice work here. I've felt lost in the darkness.
NachtWitch
10. Oct 2019 · 13:01 UTC
Asthetic and graphics, just wow. Absolutely love this entry, keep up the good work!
Papa Poncho
10. Oct 2019 · 13:19 UTC
For some reason the game was really laggy and I couldn't get very far, but the art direction and general mood were really interesting.
T8kk
10. Oct 2019 · 13:27 UTC
Hey nice concept guys, I liked the overall idea of having several uses for the fireflies from lighting path and using them as distractions in non-lethal way. The atmosphere was nice and definitely felt like there was a story behind the whole experience even without telling it to a player directly what's up with the world. Cool jam game guys!
dmanzano101
10. Oct 2019 · 14:07 UTC
Nice concept, i like how the mechanic fits the level desing. The avatar collider gives some problems to the platforms, but its nothing that can be solved with some minor updates. Great Job!
saintheiser
10. Oct 2019 · 16:58 UTC
Pretty good cute visuals. Concept with combat system is very promising!
I suppose, game has a lack of navigation. I don't know where to go and why. The huge map with many many many different ways is getting me lost...
Also low jump will be useful (controlling jump height via key-pressing duration). Also some walls are bouncy, which make jumping harder.
Catie Jo
10. Oct 2019 · 20:54 UTC
The amount of visual polish on this game is fantastic! The detail of the environment, the glowing effects, the character animations...it all feels really cohesive and I loved the vibe I got while playing it! My only nitpick are that the level felt a bit repetitive at times and without a super clear goal (though the experience enough was worth the play through imho, so that was less important to me). Especially with the incomplete lighting, it was sometimes hard to tell if I'd been somewhere before or not. Adding some distinguishing features to some areas (signs, flora/fauna, or new kinds of enemies) could help this maybe. I liked the checkpoints and boss at the end, though! Overall, a game I would definitely play more of if it gets developed further :)
DoDELoV
10. Oct 2019 · 21:23 UTC
@catie-jo Thanks for the feedback. Graphics and game design were done in three days. One day was spent on fixing many bugs and general polishing of the game. We still have a lot of unused graphics. We continue to improve the project. Here is a part of the unapplied graphics.![demo.png](///raw/66f/12/z/29586.png)
Catie Jo
10. Oct 2019 · 22:08 UTC
@dodelov those are so cool! yeah I totally get that the time constraints limit what you can do -- the best and worst part of jams is how little time there is haha. My feedback totally isn't criticism of what you managed to do in 72 hours; what you have is seriously impressive! More just things I noticed if you wanted to turn it into a full game...which honestly I really hope you do! :smiley: Thanks for sharing the art!
selkkie
11. Oct 2019 · 19:26 UTC
This was a gorgeous game, well done! I loved the art, and the mechanic of using fireflies as a distraction was very interesting.

The music, while really dope (future bass?) and a high quality production, felt super out of place in the context of the game about a witch in a spooky forest. I think some creepier music would have done a great deal for the mood of the game, especially since it's one about running from monsters in the dark.

There were also some canvas misplacement even in the bugfix version when windowed, but not a huge deal since it was fixed on fullscreen.

Nonetheless, really awesome game!
Paulius
11. Oct 2019 · 21:18 UTC
it looks amazing, I hope to see more of your work in the future
TORT60091
11. Oct 2019 · 23:35 UTC
I like the core mechanic and level design pretty well for jam format. Great work!
hyperscope
12. Oct 2019 · 03:09 UTC
I certainly appreciated the uniqueness of the art style. Although I would have liked to see a bit of a smoother camera transition and camera follow.
Siarhei Pilat
12. Oct 2019 · 10:09 UTC
Pretty good art, interesting idea. Games about darkness are difficult to make. I think that game developers should learn from cinematographers: if the scene is dark, it doesn't mean there should be no light in it, it should not be pitch black. My opinion, anyway. You can have it pitch black, but then compensate with level design, I guess. Otherwise, the player is disoriented and it's simply not fun, which is probably most important thing. You did solve another challenge, though, which is: the dark/light contrast does not hurt eyes, which is well done! :) Cheers
Sevidax
12. Oct 2019 · 10:46 UTC
I love the art. THe spider really scared me lol. The music is fantastic too!
Weine
12. Oct 2019 · 10:50 UTC
Beautiful and moody art. Interesting game mechanics that I think you could have expanded on if you had more time. Level design worked, and beating the frog-monster was rewarding. Well done!
Chocolat-Endive
12. Oct 2019 · 16:53 UTC
I'm not so much into platformers but I really love the the graphics. You did an amazing work on assets! I'm not so sure about sound fx and music (the music is nice but I think something more ambient could be more suited with this dark nightly mood). Great job, I'm pretty sure you can turn this into a bigger game!
cdunham
13. Oct 2019 · 06:28 UTC
Interesting idea and it fits with the theme well enough. The platforming itself and maneuvering around enemies is pretty basic, but there seems to be a lot to the levels and where the player can go. Encouraging exploration is good, hopefully the player doesn't get too lost in the darkness though.
yazara
13. Oct 2019 · 17:07 UTC
Pretty artwork and nice mood with the music :)
The controls could need more polishing, especially the jumping. Also the combat wasn't very intuitive and lacks feedback - somehow I defeated the boss while just sitting around in the cave :D
BarkerGames
13. Oct 2019 · 19:25 UTC
I really loved the art and the music. The music made the mood really good.
Awesome job!
Tero Pulkkinen
13. Oct 2019 · 19:36 UTC
the graphcs on your videos look amazing, so I was a little disappointed that the loading of the game failed and ended up in black screen (with music playing on background) and a not-responding dialog... I was so much waiting for the game when I saw your videos...
DoDELoV
13. Oct 2019 · 19:49 UTC
@tero-pulkkinen Try using a different browser. We tested the game on Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge. We only hung in the yandex browser.
DoDELoV
13. Oct 2019 · 20:05 UTC
@tero-pulkkinen Added a Windows version.
MrsTari
14. Oct 2019 · 10:49 UTC
such a cute game Graphic Great ambiente Great Music Great art really cute
Awesome Job :)
thor1
14. Oct 2019 · 18:52 UTC
Awesome work!
Pedro Rosa
18. Oct 2019 · 18:44 UTC
I like the game, I think the concept is cool and it is always good to see different approaches to this type of games. I don't know if it's only me but I was having some frame rate problem. Also, the music its a bit off for me. Congrats for this fun game.