Coal Of Duty by Empheon

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made by Empheon for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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At night, wandering in a fairy forest, you find a living fire who needs your help.

Walk through the forest and kick the burrows to wake up the coal balls. Make them fuel the fire! Defend yourself and your precious little friends from the terrible human-seafish monsters. Keep the fire alive and, hopefully, you will make it until dawn.

Have fun :)

The Team :

Prog : Thomas Foucault & Viet Toan Le

Graphics : Xuan Le

Sound Design: Viet Toan Le

Ratings

Overall 566th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 884th 3.483⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1755th 3.017⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 488th 4.017⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 202th 4.379⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 576th 3.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 313th 3.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Paul Giovannini
21. Apr 2020 · 14:33 UTC
What a lovely game! The graphics are really nice. I like the design of the trees, the burrows, and how they glow in the night. Those little coal balls are such a good idea. You don’t have to just grab wood to keep alive the fire, but to wake up those cute little things ^^.
The design of the main charater is also well done, his yellow jacket stand out on the blue floor and it reminds of the light of the fire.
The sound design of the kicks is maybe a little to much compared to the music which is soft.
But i really enjoyed this game, gg !
Mikonow
21. Apr 2020 · 15:53 UTC
This game is really beautiful. I love the color used here. The objective is rather simple but effective. Everything is clear ! I love it ! I had a problem with the noise of kicks that detonate from the rest, and the hitbox at first but it's a shot to take!
shaner421
21. Apr 2020 · 18:44 UTC
I love this so much! Great graphics and sound design, very fun to play too!
RIBOUT Horace
21. Apr 2020 · 20:50 UTC
Super cool and moody game ! The visual help a lot but with that music, it feel... relaxing, while in danger... It's odd but really good ! The animation and sfx are so soft it really just feel fine ! And the overall gameplay work so well (I love the fighting stance of the hero, it's so cool, love to beat bad guy)
oscarglo
22. Apr 2020 · 16:33 UTC
Very cute game, simple but challenging. I love the graphics and the mood!
Jonathan Lorenz
22. Apr 2020 · 16:52 UTC
Cool game. A clue for players to know when the "coal houses" are being attacked would be cool.
Good job!
Wolfier
22. Apr 2020 · 16:56 UTC
At first i took me a bit to figure out that space was the kick key, so i think you should add somewhere "space to kick" or something. But, i eventually figured it out and honestly the game was really easy. I didn't explore the map as much as a could of because i had 6 coal huts close to each other that I patrolled around.

On the positive, i really like the art style, the music was fitting and the game was really simple to figure out overall.
Thibaud Ligneul
22. Apr 2020 · 18:14 UTC
Nice game. Really good addition to randomise the coal sources each playthrough!
🎤 Empheon
22. Apr 2020 · 18:44 UTC
@wolfier Actually, the instructions are right there when you start the game :)

Thank you all for your heartwarming comments!

![sc1.png](///raw/8d5/82/z/327e6.png)
Wolfier
22. Apr 2020 · 18:59 UTC
oh... derp
Well in that case i'll give a different suggestion, highlight space with a different color to make it stand out.
celia14
23. Apr 2020 · 02:31 UTC
I love the quirky art, and it was satisfying to beat up the monsters! I didn't find it very challenging, but overall it's a charming game.
MiraDore
23. Apr 2020 · 13:54 UTC
I absolutely loved the graphism. Simple yet colorful, it's an arty game to me. I liked the instruction on the ground diseappearing. Everything is clear, which is most the time the most difficult thing to do. Great job !
ItsHornUnicorn
23. Apr 2020 · 19:30 UTC
Stylish animation and o gosh i love this sound of enemy beating, bdshhhh
epb9000
07. May 2020 · 08:51 UTC
I definitely loved the art style. Didn't realize the shark-looking-people-things turned the little coal hills until it was too late the first time.
Naca
09. May 2020 · 14:55 UTC
Lovely artwork and music. Animations are also pretty good, I especially like the one that plays when you kick out a monster :punch:
blaster391
09. May 2020 · 14:56 UTC
I loved the character animations, and then sounds when you land a kick :)

I really enjoyed this, the only problem I had was knowing whether my kicks would connect with the enemies, so I just ran away most of the time!
jaybaus
09. May 2020 · 15:21 UTC
I love the art style, the visuals and sound/music work nicely together too :) And the gameplay was pretty solid, I like that it only required one input for everything so was easy to pick up. Really good job, well done :)