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Help your Friend to escape the inevitable Ghost in a spooky Forest! by sorenGu

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made by sorenGu for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

About

In this game you try to help your magician friend to escape a spooky ghost! By collecting pentagrams you find in the forest and giving them to your friend you can delay the ghost from catching up to him!   How a pentragram looks: Pentagram found.png How it looks when delaying the ghost: Pentagram in use.png

Controls

There is just classic WASD movement. :smile:

Info:

This game was made by sorenGu, Motte and Gotova. It's also been our first jam and it's been tons of fun!

We know there is a lightning bug in the web version, but we don't know how to fix it. We can't reproduce it in Unity anymore. Help is appreciated :)

Link https://github.com/sorenGu/LudumDare50
Link https://sorengu.itch.io/help-your-friend-to-escape-the-inevitable-ghost-in-a-spooky-forest
Link https://github.com/sorenGu/LudumDare50/releases/download/1.2/WindowsBuild.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/help-your-friend-to-escape-the-inevitable-ghost-in-a-spooky-forest

Ratings

Overall 1196th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1152th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1146th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 648th 3.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 847th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 873th 2.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 864th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 608th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

Gotova
08. Mar 2022 · 18:41 UTC
### Changelog:
- 1.1 (09.04.22): Fix ligthning bug
CharlesSchar
04. Apr 2022 · 16:51 UTC
Fun game. I like the graphics and the mood the game creates, especially with the lighting. It can be a bit hard to see where the pentagrams are at times though
spounka346
04. Apr 2022 · 16:52 UTC
I LOVE IT
This game is so much fun, i keep trying and trying, the music was your strongest here, It felt quite fitting and did set the mood really well, WELL DONE for real :smile:
ScalphaMission
04. Apr 2022 · 19:38 UTC
I just finished reviewing your game live at https://www.twitch.tv/scalphamission check out my review and well done with your first Ludum Dare!
Nash
04. Apr 2022 · 19:40 UTC
This game was a lot more fun than I though it would be. The idea is simple but snappy controls and fast phased gameplay makes it quite fun to play! The game is quite brutal though - if you miss one pentagram it is basically game over. Sometimes it was hard to see some of the pentagrams due to foliage in front of them.

Overall, a nice little jam game. I can always appreciate when people go for 3D for jam games and even make their own music!
Linnet5
04. Apr 2022 · 19:45 UTC
I don't know if I did something wrong or if it as a bug, but I can't seem to pick up some pentagrams. The graphics are really cute but the controls feel very stiff unfortunately. Great job finishing your game though!
tengusheath
04. Apr 2022 · 20:03 UTC
The lighting effects were good, I like the concept. I am not very good at it though I found the movement a bit too fast.
Austin Sierra
05. Apr 2022 · 04:13 UTC
Sound design? Amazing how the music changes as the situation gets more tense!
Graphics and theme? Match very well, fun look and animations are smooth!
Fun and Innovation? Very unique concept and gameplay loop was enjoyable!
5 stars great work
Gabriel Dias Oliveira de Almeida
05. Apr 2022 · 18:36 UTC
3D LOW POLY IS LOVE, but this game is hard as heeeeeell!
OadT
06. Apr 2022 · 08:17 UTC
I like the visuals and how the music switches. Maybe its a bit harsh that you are game over when you only miss one pentagram, because sometimes they seem to be impossible to collect or difficult to see. But still a cool entry!
Diccuric_Sigeon
07. Apr 2022 · 10:42 UTC
i see only black screen and point in browser

`RenderingCommandBuffer: invalid pass index 2 in DrawMesh`
nanolotl
07. Apr 2022 · 11:00 UTC
The atmosphere was very nice. Gameplay concept was simple,but pretty fun. I like the ghost laughing sound effect when you die! Ho ho ho
elysiagriffin
09. Apr 2022 · 11:36 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1450143040?t=7h07m44s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Gotova
09. Apr 2022 · 13:55 UTC
@elysiagriffin Thank you for playing our game! And also for leaving the video with timestamp on here, I sadly missed the stream :(
janniz
09. Apr 2022 · 17:11 UTC
Great game, love the atmosphere and the sound design! Also the level design is so pretty! For a higher tension, maybe you could move the friend a bit further forward to be able to see the ghost approaching over a longer distance. Another thing that could be improved is the controls of the player: While moving I wasn't moving with the ground, it felt like walking on a treadmill. So, when I was moving sideways, I was actually moving diagonally which makes it hard to aim for the pentagrams. But still, great job and congrats on completing your first game jam!
wild_fat
09. Apr 2022 · 19:23 UTC
I liked the atmosphere, the ghost looks really creappy and mysterious :)
But character control feels a bit awkward, he moves forward too fast comparingly with moving backward, which seems like intentional complication.
Anyway, good job!
Terabyte
16. Apr 2022 · 17:54 UTC
Good job! So atmosphere background music! Funny game!