Zombified by chesschaser

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made by chesschaser for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Unfortunately, Jack has been turned into a zombie! However, not all hope is lost, as he has heard that there is an ancient stone deep in the forest that can bring him back. He must venture deeper and deeper into the woods to complete his mission! Using WASD or the arrow keys to move and SPACE to jump, he won't be able to get there by himself. He needs YOUR help! Quick! Help him find the ancient stone!

Ratings

Overall 1858th 2.604⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1799th 2.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1888th 2.104⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1771th 2.667⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1746th 2.326⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1256th 2.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Mero
26. Apr 2021 · 19:28 UTC
Keep learning im sure you will get better!
phealsout
26. Apr 2021 · 19:28 UTC
Pretty nice 3D platformer, it looks very cool
Maybe a possible feature would be to turn the cam and char using themouse?
🎤 chesschaser
26. Apr 2021 · 19:29 UTC
thanks!
Holly
26. Apr 2021 · 19:37 UTC
Nice game! It would be nice if you can rotate camera around the character but overall, it was fun!
LDJam user 249705
26. Apr 2021 · 19:38 UTC
Nice concept!
🎤 chesschaser
26. Apr 2021 · 19:39 UTC
thanks!
jk5000
26. Apr 2021 · 19:41 UTC
It feels a bit unfinished, but it's playable, and I overall liked to play it. And I really liked the story.
Voxel Forest
26. Apr 2021 · 19:43 UTC
Nice platformer with interesting ideas. Maybe you should add a way to rotate your character and camera using the mouse. Special mention to the intro music who is pretty funky !
🎤 chesschaser
26. Apr 2021 · 19:44 UTC
@voxel-forest I made everything in the game except the font
etom
26. Apr 2021 · 19:51 UTC
I like the mood!
🎤 chesschaser
26. Apr 2021 · 19:53 UTC
@jk5000 it is unfinished! i ran out of time at the end of development! :D
Jeremia
26. Apr 2021 · 20:08 UTC
The level in which you had to walk over the long treetrunks was pretty boring.
PythooonUser
26. Apr 2021 · 20:32 UTC
The custom skybox was funny. A lot of content present :)
Peace Of Cake Games
27. Apr 2021 · 06:22 UTC
Very nice 3D platformer! I'm glad Jack is okay, even after I chucked him down at least a hundred different pits he still gets to be human again.
JuliusCube Arcade
27. Apr 2021 · 09:34 UTC
nice platformer!It looks a little unfinished, and gets boring at certain points but overall pretty solid entry!
🎤 chesschaser
27. Apr 2021 · 09:35 UTC
@juliuscube-arcade thanks for the feedback!
RefraX295
27. Apr 2021 · 09:48 UTC
Valiant effort, the core mechanics are all there.
Two suggestions I would have are to:
1. Add textures to the water or change the color of the background water in order to help the player's depth perception.
2. Be careful of placing trees in places that can block the player's camera.

Otherwise nice work, keep it up!
Aret24
27. Apr 2021 · 09:49 UTC
Pros: music,audio,movement of player,uis and many more

Cons: A little bit stale after a bit (tho I adore the moving platforms), player could be faster, camera movement by mouse, make animations for AWSD (because you used Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), game checks for both arrows and A) because they only work for arrows.
xpoho
27. Apr 2021 · 09:51 UTC
Зеленый зомби в зеленом лесу на зеленой поляне... Хитрая комбинация ^_^
LDJam user 233347
27. Apr 2021 · 09:53 UTC
Decent concept, nice story.

Things I noticed:
- A wee bit sluggish in terms of speed.
- Moving with two keys seems to be a bit faster than only one direction.
- Seems like the platforms can be slowed down by moving into the next one (collision).
- As noted by others, camera rotation would have been a great addition to the experience.
Dobrila
27. Apr 2021 · 09:55 UTC
it could definitely use a bit of camera rotation xD but cant go wrong with a zombie game!
Advay
27. Apr 2021 · 10:04 UTC
Solid entry! Nice 3d platformer. Can see that a lot of effort was put in. Good job!
Nazorus
27. Apr 2021 · 10:11 UTC
Good effort on this entry, the gameplay is working fine although maybe it's a bit slow. My only gripe is that it can be hard to see where we're going sometimes, it would have been nice to be able to turn the camera, but overall it's a solid game and you took the time to make a good amount of levels. Good job!
MAB_Cat
27. Apr 2021 · 14:12 UTC
You've got a lot of the basic building blocks of a solid platformer here! The jumping doesn't always work on a dime but I like the platforming aspect. While this is simple, you've done a great job considering the time limit! I think this is a great proof of concept, but could be enhanced with the ability to turn the camera, and some other polish (the character turning instead of strafing from side to side, for example). Keep it up!
kypello
27. Apr 2021 · 16:23 UTC
To be brutally honest, it doesn't feel very good to play, mostly because of the slow movement speed and the floaty jump. If you just make the player move faster and the gravity stronger it would be like 10x more fun. Otherwise I like the variety of levels and the visuals are not too bad.
gustavo.christino
05. May 2021 · 22:33 UTC
@chesschaser...

As soon as possible I will put my analysis here too.
I hope you enjoy the video.

https://youtu.be/7dy-tdwK9eQ
gustavo.christino
05. May 2021 · 23:45 UTC
Analysis...

1 - Mechanics, Learning and Flow:
The main mechanics identified was the platform in a three-dimensional environment. With exploration and advancement within the stage using jump, displacement and (perhaps in an unplanned way) climbing. The objective of the game is to arrive at some point in the stage (usually with a flag and visual markings to indicate the end).
The game has some increase in difficulty between stages, presenting diversification of challenges and addition of layers and combinations of mobile and static platforms.
The jump can be a little bit bigger, the player's character (PC) could spin (even if the camera doesn't rotate together) and it would be interesting if the character could accelerate his speed a little while on the ground (this could generate balance challenges and reduce monotonous parts of long corridors that currently exist in some stages).
Consider reviewing the collision box in the lakes, just getting close to it will lead to defeat (which can be quite uncomfortable).

2 - Graphics, Audio and Narrative:
The graphics are clear in relation to most elements, especially considering the time to produce the game. I don't know if it was planned, but elements like the character itself and trees can impair vision at times (it may be interesting to allow a first-person camera (or have a "first-person mini-camera at the top of the screen"), just as it could be interesting to make trees that are already outdated become transparent or invisible.
The audio can be a little quieter (in the menu) and can be muted for a more comfortable experience. It would be interesting to have some track inside the game loop. The sound effects can be diversified, for each time you perform a certain repetitive action draw between one of them.
The narrative depends on the reading of a text, fortunately the text is inside the main menu (it would be interesting if it were presented in another format, however it might hinder the pacing of the game); so I couldn't imagine a good way to integrate the narrative further (but I noticed an interest in delivering a narrative).

3 - Culture:
The game reminded me of games like Spyro, Rayman and Crash. Fortunately I remembered more of the last two, because the camera was not so mobile (which makes me sick, unfortunately) because I like the three games mentioned.
With the proper work in character design it is possible to build a deeper narrative using the same mechanics as the basis (I don’t know how much cloth for the manga the narrative could give, but the question and zombies can be worked on as a partially reversible curse and that could go on being resolved in more scenarios, with more and more elements).

4 - Monetization:
I currently don't see how to monetize this game. To reach a commercial level, it will take a lot of artistic polish and expansion of features, but you have a base that seems solid to work on.