Footsteps by Aaron Butterworth

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made by Aaron Butterworth for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Delve deep and wander the wastes in search of answers; retrace the footsteps of yourself in this physiological tale of grief and hope.

We hope you enjoy and let us know how your follow your footsteps!

Controls: Hold left mouse to walk around

Sound is required for this game!

Ratings

Overall 420th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1307th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 330th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 450th 3.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1251th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 61th 4.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 82th 4.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Advay
27. Apr 2021 · 12:40 UTC
Absolute masterpiece! Great voice acting! I loved the journey of self discovery, touching ending. 5 stars.

One thing though, some of the art assets were very pixelated(eg: cacti and rocks). If that was style you were going for, then it should have been consistent. But except that everything else was perfect! Glad I found this game. It was almost I was watching a movie. Great sound design.

Everything else was so perfect, maybe that's why the pixelated cacti stood out to me. Great story as well.
This game has the chance to win the jam in the category "mood".
Shin0nome
27. Apr 2021 · 13:16 UTC
It's a great game ! The story telling is perfect and this voice acting is so good ! Also the theme is treated in a beautiful way, the ending is so emotional. The graphics might be pixelated, the story telling is so good that it doesn't really matter. Great job !
KBanana
27. Apr 2021 · 13:45 UTC
Really cool narrative experience, good voice acting and touching story.
devin3000
27. Apr 2021 · 14:56 UTC
Awesome!
llaumegui
27. Apr 2021 · 18:10 UTC
The ambient is really nice, good job !
DevEmil
27. Apr 2021 · 18:24 UTC
Very touching. Also I think the sound design at some parts is really advanced! The part with all the different voices was very immersing. Maybe you could have made the footsteps actual footsteps instead of circles and include some hint that tells you to move with the mouse. Good job!
Pharaohcity
27. Apr 2021 · 18:35 UTC
This game moved me to pieces.
I loved how organically the sound design interacted with the player as they went on their journey.
Some part of me wishes one could move a little bit quicker, but I think it really adds to the ambiance.
This will be one game I'm keeping on my computer to play again.
Thank you for the lovely experience.
Pink Spaceman
27. Apr 2021 · 18:35 UTC
Your game is perfect in so many ways, the concept is amazing, the art style is simple and beautiful, the soundtrack and audios in the mists made me shudder in addition you have fulfilled the theme in an innovative way, your game is amazing
Hideos
27. Apr 2021 · 18:37 UTC
I loved everything, its just perfect
DoctorTM
27. Apr 2021 · 22:58 UTC
Great sound work. I love the art style, fits well. Great jam!
Incredible Potato Kids
01. May 2021 · 10:03 UTC
Although the voice acting was very good I personally would've preferred text (no offense)
Other than that i liked the take on the theme, its quite engaging as a mystery and I thought overall a nice unique idea!
jk5000
03. May 2021 · 18:08 UTC
I really like the story and the games atmosphere. The voice acting is overall pretty good. The visuals is okay, but could have used a bit more work. I found the controls a bit weird, but okay it works. Overall is this a pretty good jam game. Well done.
LDJam user 239490
10. May 2021 · 02:28 UTC
I really enjoyed progressing through the story and the voice acting. I wasn't sure what kind of effect you were going for by not having a player character model. It was a little confusing at times.