A Shadow In The Night by tripleVisionGames
鈥媃ou are the shadow that cast the night. They are merely appetisers, mere mortal morsels to tempt your tongue. But tonight you must make do with what little scraps you can find...
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Use the mouse to charge jumps and hold down to float in the air - imagine a friendly mix of Desert Golfing, Super Meat Boy and the delightful taste of blood and you're on the right track.
You can have a practice in the title screen if you are unsure how to control it.
I'll make more levels if folks want to play them, I just ran out of time. I would also like to apologise for any bugs that may have slipped in. Once again, game jam conditions do not make for fully tested games.
Have fun you God forsaken bloodsuckers!
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Created in 72 hours (only just)
Code, design and art by Andrew Stewart - @triplevisgames on twitter
Sound and Music by James Campbell - @obiwanbalogna on twitter
Special thanks to @ashtom_gva on Twitter for the Mac build. Go follow that guy.
********* CONTROLS *********
Use the mouse to charge jumps and hold down to float in the air - imagine a friendly mix of Desert Golfing, Super Meat Boy and the delightful taste of blood and you're on the right track.
You can have a practice in the title screen if you are unsure how to control it.
I'll make more levels if folks want to play them, I just ran out of time. I would also like to apologise for any bugs that may have slipped in. Once again, game jam conditions do not make for fully tested games.
Have fun you God forsaken bloodsuckers!
*********
Created in 72 hours (only just)
Code, design and art by Andrew Stewart - @triplevisgames on twitter
Sound and Music by James Campbell - @obiwanbalogna on twitter
Special thanks to @ashtom_gva on Twitter for the Mac build. Go follow that guy.
Ratings
| Coolness | 91% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 4.06 | 42 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.91 | 64 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.99 | 37 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.24 | 128 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 4.06 | 34 |
| Mood(Jam) | 4.01 | 60 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.04 | 99 |
Thanks
The wow:
- sound effects and music (to put it in better perspective: I checked if there's any convenient soundtrack link, and not finding out I just left the game open in background)
- graphics & animation
- all-round-polish
The yay:
- creative and well-executed game mechanics
- well-designed levels
The nay:
- could use some sort of tutorial; but it pales compared to the overall impression
I'd like to see enhanced version, especially with a tutorial and saving + level selection screen (and maybe different zones with different soundtracks, too?)!
The controls aren't very intuitive though, and it took me a while to realize you can float because i wasn't sure if i just had the wrong angle/strength to get through level 2. Some sort of guiding arc might have been useful.
Solid entry though, i like the artstyle and music, very Castlevania. Nice work!
And boy, I didn't expect the sunlight :D.
Controls are a little hard but I guess that's part of the fun
Theme also well interpretatied. Good job!
I would suggest you eliminate the retry screen and just respawn the player. That 2 seconds doesn't seem like much, but after seeing it 50 times, it gets annoying. A quit/main menu button on the screen somewhere would be enough.
In all seriousness, if this was made in the amount of time given, you did a great job. There is definitely a learning curve but I think once a player gets to that curve, it is going to be a hard game to beat. Sound, graphics, gameplay are all really well done for this small of a game. Good job! I am enjoying it.
Solid entry.
Graphics are spot on, very nice pixel art. Great concept, smooth controls.
Music is good too.
Another great entry, the mechanics could be applied to other themes to create all sorts of fun stuff :D
Really fun gameplay mechanics and great theme!
SOmething strange in the difficulty curve (I had a hard level and then two or three easy levels...) but it is the only complaint I have. Great great job!
The game mechanic doesn't need explanation.
So congratulations!
The graphics, mechanics, music and levels are great!