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Darkness is the nothing by Nadya Khromenkova

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made by Nadya Khromenkova for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

We need to find a soul spear and back to the darkness alive. As we are nothing without our souls. You need to get out of the dark cave and pick up the spear of the soul from the golem. Beware of flying kites and hellish eyes. Take away the spear and go into the darkness. Try not to trip over the spikes. Use your hook to get close to objects.

HOW TO PLAY:

Use AWSD to move your character. SPACE to jump.You can also jump off the walls. Right mouse button click to throw your grapling hook or spear. To swing on your grapling hook, use buttons: A (left), D (right). Left mouse button click to get close to the hooked object. Press R to restart.

Gameplay video https://youtu.be/3XcgTJJ_XdY

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Youtube https://maxds98.itch.io/darkness-is-the-nothing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/darkness-is-the-nothing

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TolMera
08. Oct 2019 · 11:35 UTC
maxds98 (@maxds98) , Amolker (@amolker) , Bugord (@bugord) , Gaes1k (@gaes1k) , Juli (@juli) , and Nadya Khromenkova (@nadya-khromenkova) *

Any chance of a YouTube play by one of the team?
I would love to see the game in action, can’t play it on my phone, but will check it out when I’m at a PC
maxds98
08. Oct 2019 · 11:40 UTC
TolMera (@tolmera)
Sure, I will add gameplay video in something about 6 hours.
matharoo
08. Oct 2019 · 11:52 UTC
Pretty cool! The art looks great, but the gameplay is clunky and confusing. I like the grapple mechanics. Hope you work more on it!
maxds98
08. Oct 2019 · 11:56 UTC
matharoo (@matharoo), we will fix a lot of bugs and add some more sounds.
mathemagician
08. Oct 2019 · 11:58 UTC
There's a really cool atmosphere going on here, but the gameplay being kinda clunky coupled with the lack of feedback for a lot of actions makes it a little hard to get into. Looking forward to that gameplay footage though, the screenshots from later on look rad!
maxds98
08. Oct 2019 · 12:07 UTC
mathemagician (@mathemagician)
Yeah, espeshially grapling hook that could be thrown only to objects. We are going to fix it.
Jonathan Lorenz
08. Oct 2019 · 12:31 UTC
Good work on the graphics and mood! The controls were a bit clunky. I got stuck after the big hand with the glowing thing. Good work!
4quet
08. Oct 2019 · 12:35 UTC
The controls lack some polish but the graphics and audio come well together to create a really dark atmosphere, I love it :)
maxds98
08. Oct 2019 · 12:37 UTC
Jonathan Lorenz (@jonathan-lorenz), it was the end of the game LOL. We just had no time to indicate it.
maxds98
08. Oct 2019 · 19:38 UTC
TolMera (@tolmera), I have added a gameplay video
Norris Eldridge
08. Oct 2019 · 19:47 UTC
Felt a little stiff to control but I really liked your artwork and atmosphere. The music was perfect for this tone. I think just a couple sound effects would have really elevated this one up just that little bit more. Good work! :)
SnufkinsHat
08. Oct 2019 · 22:37 UTC
The artwork and music work together well to create a very atmospheric game. Good job!
DWaM
08. Oct 2019 · 23:17 UTC
The game looks gorgeous. This world looks mystery and interesting, and I feel like the game telling you so little about what's happening actually works really well. The controls and movement are a bit wonky, but the actual feeling of grappling gameplay was fun! Reminded me a bit of one of those old Spider-Man flash games.

I liked it!