Descend by Toreole

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made by Toreole for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Descend is a very short game about a raccoon on his way to the afterlife. On the way he encounters a variety of other lost souls.

  • Code, Music and Soundeffects made by Toreole using LMMS & ChipTone
  • Graphics and Dialogue made by Spheya All work for this project was done after the start of LD48

Font is BetterPixels by AmericanHamster available from http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/?id=102

Used Packages: Cinemachine, URP (2D Renderer, only available in the windows build)

Ratings

Overall 1119th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1564th 2.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1102th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 281th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 331th 4.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 311th 3.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 835th 2.75⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 545th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Panacea
26. Apr 2021 · 20:49 UTC
Really liked this game!
syrsa123
26. Apr 2021 · 20:49 UTC
Great game with nice visuals and story
exilegl
26. Apr 2021 · 20:51 UTC
Very cute! :) Music is nice and art I really like. Also the little crunch sound effect when the player hits the ground is a nice touch. Sometimes NPCs wouldn't talk to me at first when next to them and pressing E (although in those cases I got it to work after a little while) - other than that everything went smoothly and I completed the game.
trixydevs
26. Apr 2021 · 20:52 UTC
this was definitely a different game, in fact I wouldn't quite call it a game, I would call it more of an interactive experience for good, and bad. Its an interesting experience but there wasn't challenge or resolve, though it does make you think. A few bugs but not a bad game!
bordonne
27. Apr 2021 · 07:55 UTC
I had a good time even though cute animals are dead :'(
Well done !
nyanpierre
27. Apr 2021 · 16:35 UTC
Short game but the ambiance is cool.
Dmytro Zhukovetskyi
27. Apr 2021 · 16:46 UTC
Very nice visuals
Sheinxy
28. Apr 2021 · 15:59 UTC
Expectations: Cute Raccoon
Reality: Coping with death :,(

That aside, very nice game, not the funniest one but one with a great ambiance!
The music is nice, it's like, I don't really know how to describe it but it's very fitting!
And the art is really cute, I'm really sold on that raccoon

Nice game!
Anaxie Studio
30. Apr 2021 · 11:44 UTC
Really cute art and love the talking sounds. Controls are intuitive.

It's a little sad to think the little animals are dead. And they are going down... Like to the fiery flames? 😅

At first glance, the start of the dungeon doesn't really suggest that it's a special place, it looks like it could just be some tunnel or part of a castle. I think make it look more mystical/scary somehow would help set the scene. However, even though the game was short I found myself quickly bonding with the characters. Really like the overall style of the game. Could make for a neat adventure game/RPG!

I wonder what was beyond.
Shin0nome
04. May 2021 · 14:29 UTC
Great graphics, the pixel art is really good ! It was a strange game experience but I liked it, nice take on the theme. I just had a bug because when I had a choice to make, the arrow didn't go away after I made the choice. Otherwise good job !
NvrSkipGameDay
05. May 2021 · 04:06 UTC
Really lovely visuals, chill music, honestly a neat experience. I had a few bugs with dialogue where it reversed or skipped my question, but it almost added to the experience of exploring the afterlife. A cool little game. :)
ArtoniX
05. May 2021 · 07:52 UTC
Cute characters. Nice music. But the part of programming need some revisions. Anyway, I enjoyed this short story, thank you
rosypenguin
06. May 2021 · 07:45 UTC
Cute little game with some introspection about life and death (but with cute animals!). I wish the dialog system worked a little better, some of it skipped or overlapped, and the multiple choice selection using the mouse was a bit clunky. But overall nice and sweet. The pixel art and music are great!