The Torcher by infecsean

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made by infecsean for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

A game where your civilization has been wiped out in a terrible accident, you find yourself having to light up all the torches to keep the monsters away...whatever they are.

Controls: WASD to move, left click to interact, right click to zoom

Audio: Voice by me.

Note: also i finished the game very late at night so sorry the ending might be quite abrupt

Ratings

Overall 1225th 3.03⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1347th 2.424⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1207th 2.676⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1351th 2.652⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 957th 3.309⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 678th 3.176⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 997th 2.397⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 835th 3.359⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

Raivk
04. Apr 2022 · 20:18 UTC
Really liked the fact that you added a voice to tell the whole story, it's pretty cool!
banskin
04. Apr 2022 · 20:18 UTC
Nice game! I really like the themeing, Game started lagging when i pulled the lever at ring 5 but apart from that nice job
Martta
04. Apr 2022 · 20:31 UTC
This game might lack fun gameplay and good ending, but it certainly has large 3D detailed map with very nice audio. For some reason, the game starts to lag really heavily in the ending when pulling the lever. I would have probably tried to go for smaller environment with less details and focus more on the ending/gameplay/story. Good entry :V
🎤 infecsean
04. Apr 2022 · 20:35 UTC
the lever part lagged a lot, i don't really know why. I'll look into it later on hopefully
Adrien Tremblay
05. Apr 2022 · 05:54 UTC
I had fun playing this. Reminds me a bit of Dear Esther, where you just walk around a landscape and you are immersed in the world. Could have done with some more story in the game though. Was a bit laggy. The monster sound scared the sh*t out of me! haha
🎤 infecsean
05. Apr 2022 · 06:59 UTC
@adrien-tremblay you may have just found me a new game! just wishlisted Dear Esther. also thanks for the feedbacc!
DanC2236
05. Apr 2022 · 09:21 UTC
Unfortunately I got stuck on one of the banks going into ring 3 or 4, can't remember. It was just after you light the torches in the middle. The movement was a bit buggy and slow. Having said all of that, it looked incredible. Really amazed that you got this together in the short amount of time we had. And the audio was really nice too. Great job!
Giardi
05. Apr 2022 · 14:06 UTC
The voice telling the story is pretty good and the graphics are awesome. I just didn't like the gameplay because it's just walking.
Nice work, specially for the art and sound.
macaroni.dev
06. Apr 2022 · 07:05 UTC
Really amazing mood with the excellent graphics, soundscape, and voice acting. If you could flesh it out, I'd love to play a full version. One of the most immersive LD games I've ever played - I felt scared the whole time :scream:
thecoconutdream
06. Apr 2022 · 11:07 UTC
I also enjoyed the mood! The game crashed a couple of times and I had to restart it but nevertheless I liked your game! good job
ffffchai
06. Apr 2022 · 11:13 UTC
The mood is great and i can see the effort in the map design! Nice job.
Skruffye
07. Apr 2022 · 19:32 UTC
The mood felt a little casual given the backstory, but I'll admit that I sort of got into it and started finding it relaxing to just light the torches and listen after Ring 2.

I wouldn't be against playing a more fleshed-out walking simulator with the same atmosphere. The casual tone felt more like a kind of subdued melancholy towards the end, which I think could make for an interesting longer experience.

Good work!
fizzbark
08. Apr 2022 · 11:31 UTC
Awesome graphics, the shaders on the distant trees is a cool effect and the hand drawn look of the wood texture works well. As a fellow 3am finisher I salute your effort.
LDJam user 282870
08. Apr 2022 · 18:40 UTC
As soon as I started the game I said, "Woe, this looks like one of my Valheim builds!". Thanks for taking the tinme to make the game. It is an excellent start that could mean something really special
Cover Club Media
08. Apr 2022 · 22:08 UTC
Great work!
Itskdog
08. Apr 2022 · 22:59 UTC
Nice work with the story and the atmosphere. I thought the end was funny!
Milan8890
10. Apr 2022 · 06:21 UTC
Great atmosphere!

I had some issues with light flickering and a massive lag spike when pulling the lever at ring 5.
Slecornu
10. Apr 2022 · 16:33 UTC
I had fun with this game until it lagged. Great job!
ksimaster
11. Apr 2022 · 18:26 UTC
An interesting combination of terrain and hand-drawn textures :) Good job! :)
LDJam user 0
12. Apr 2022 · 18:26 UTC
Is it really working on macOS, anyone tested? Somehow I can't launch it.
dlan-bess
18. Apr 2022 · 19:56 UTC
Great job on the mood, kept you on your toe the whole time. Even though the ending is abrupt, I enjoyed the game.