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Soul Eater by Almax27

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made by Almax27 for LD33 (JAM)
A lost soul missing parts yearns for freedom from the tyranny of the Gods.

WSAD/Arrows = Move
jump/doublejump/glide = space
left/right click = attack/dash
,/. = attack/dash
Escape = respawn (if something breaks)

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HTML5 build takes a while to load, unity crashed on me leading up to submission when exporting with high optimization :( will try again soon.
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CREDITS:

Programming - Aaron Baumbach
Art - Greg Lee

"Dub Eastern"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Updates:
25/08/2015 - Fixed dash and falling through floor bug
Unity Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13196243/LD33%28August2015%29/web.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13196243/LD33%28August2015%29/win32.7z
Unity HTML5 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13196243/LD33(August2015)/index.html
Source https://github.com/Almax27/LD33
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=21581

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.49 302
Audio(Jam) 3.15 370
Fun(Jam) 3.45 251
Graphics(Jam) 4.04 209
Humor(Jam) 3.29 274
Innovation(Jam) 2.68 785
Mood(Jam) 3.31 396
Theme(Jam) 3.41 558

Feedback

Zyrconium
25. Aug 2015 路 01:09 UTC
Dash seems to break double-jump until I respawn.
馃帳 Almax27
25. Aug 2015 路 13:07 UTC
Thanks for the feedback :) fixed that this morning alongside a collision issue: I forgot to stop the player's ragdoll from colliding with the character controller, making the controller explode on occasion and the player fall through the ground! :P

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Andrew
25. Aug 2015 路 14:46 UTC
Falling though the ground still happens. There's also a spot near the beginning where you can get stuck in a corner of the caves. When you first jump up/right. Other than that it's a solid entry. A way to heal up would be nice
Fanatrick
25. Aug 2015 路 14:57 UTC
Played until bugged out, then lost interest.

Well made, glitchy jump motion was also very neat in the end. The hits that lower the health need to be much more visible. How did the monster acquire arms before the sword?
馃帳 Almax27
25. Aug 2015 路 15:01 UTC
Ah crap, I'll look into it, seems to happen after a period of time so maybe a accumulation value isn't getting cleared correctly. And it's not very clear to be fair but the sword is held up by a pair of arms.
Goutye
25. Aug 2015 路 15:51 UTC
Really like the games... until I felt under the map :/ Had to relaunch the game to try to get the dash, but felt in the same way near the trees area >.<
馃帳 Almax27
25. Aug 2015 路 17:37 UTC
Hopefully that's it fixed now, please let me know otherwise :D
I fairly sure it's a bad tangent vector from a cross product. Normalizing cleans it up.
adsilcott
25. Aug 2015 路 22:52 UTC
This was one of best looking games that I've played so far. I love the visual style, with the flat-shaded polygons and saturated lighting. I also enjoyed the main character's sarcastic humor. Nice!!
Drunkteam
27. Aug 2015 路 14:07 UTC
Really nice looking. I think thnis mechanics have a lot of potential! A bit buggy, though :/
I loved to leave a skeleton behind whenever i used ESC. Pretty funny detail :-)
StrideWide
29. Aug 2015 路 18:26 UTC
You know you have done something right when just moving around is fun. Would have liked more notice when I got damaged.
Toccio
31. Aug 2015 路 22:28 UTC
Nice one =D
Flix
31. Aug 2015 路 22:49 UTC
Boreeeeeeeeed... jk nice game and concept tho :P.
Hectigo
01. Sep 2015 路 11:47 UTC
The game looks and sounds good, but more time should've been spent on gameplay. The controls are glitchy and feel floaty to me when doing anything else than just running on flat ground. The camera should zoom out further and maybe follow the direction of movement more, now it's hard to see what's coming up ahead. Combat is glitchy and fairly uninteresting too, and there doesn't seem to be any reason for collecting the glowing thigs, as nice as they look. I think the basic mechanics of avoiding enemy shots and getting close to hit them with melee have potential, but it needs work.
bigbuggames
01. Sep 2015 路 12:34 UTC
Such a great entry! Graphics are great, the gameplay is the best I've tried so far: double jumps, glide, dash, attack, dash while gliding... it's very complete, it only requires more levels to become a full game, very good job.
HappyHour
01. Sep 2015 路 13:20 UTC
That is one bored monster.

Felt pretty smooth to play and gradually getting more abilities from the powerups was satisfying. Kudos for 2.5! :)
MFEP
01. Sep 2015 路 13:32 UTC
+unique visual art
+nice animations
+music
+satisfying controls
-no point of gathering the "coins"
I also didn't really like that the combat mechanic. Killing non-respawning enemies while dying again and again is frustrating. I'd suggest the enemies to respawn and some way to dodge their attacks.
Still one of the best entries played so far :)
shawn42
02. Sep 2015 路 15:50 UTC
Worked great for me. Lots of fun. I never got the hang of killing enemies without at least dropping one HP. short, but fun game. Nice work.
aberdeenphoenix
03. Sep 2015 路 04:39 UTC
The graphics are great! Everything contributes to a really nice, but simple aesthetic. I'm confused by why I'm collecting the little glowing things, but I love their motion.
馃帳 Almax27
03. Sep 2015 路 08:29 UTC
Thanks for all the great feedback! The blue collectibles (souls) were intended to be used to unlock each of the powers but we ran out of time to incorporate this. We left them in the game because they were fun to collect :)
Nurbs
03. Sep 2015 路 23:04 UTC
fav feature: mashing esc to build skeletal mountain
Xanjos
04. Sep 2015 路 00:17 UTC
This was a very fun platformer to play. I like how smooth the animations are and I loved the lighting in the darker cave sections.
PowerSpark
04. Sep 2015 路 01:05 UTC
The graphics are very neat! The movement (jumping in particular) is strange though.
Simonaiso
04. Sep 2015 路 09:05 UTC
Nice game! Love the atmosphere and the added story/background. Running and jumping around feels nice and fluent.
JoJoX
04. Sep 2015 路 12:43 UTC
One of the best i played so far. Cool upgrades, funny character, level design is good and graphics looks great. Very nice.
Louspirit
04. Sep 2015 路 12:55 UTC
Whao, I really appreciated playing this game. The graphics are beautiful and the controls pleasant. Very good job!
abcdef65g
04. Sep 2015 路 21:47 UTC
I like how the mood is set and the controls are surprisingly comfortable and refined. I really enjoy playing it, and I like how with simple elements you guys managed to impress quite a good mood.


Also that name is likely to capture many manga and anime fans, eh? Interesting for marketing. The giant enemies also were pretty scary, and the ending ironic and cyclic.
BUNN1E5
04. Sep 2015 路 21:54 UTC
The controls are very feel very heavy but at the same time floaty, also i can stand in front of an enemy and slash at them without getting any damage Good job though. Also make the music a 2D sound it'll fix the Doppler effect
eddynardo
05. Sep 2015 路 15:58 UTC
Man.This is what i call a good game!Really nice work.Brilliant!!5 stars!
Zeriver
05. Sep 2015 路 15:59 UTC
Whoaw nice game i really like double(triple?) jumping and flying mechanics, it just feels good to move in your game. With some more polishing and new content i think it could be real, fully developed game.
rodobodolfo
05. Sep 2015 路 16:18 UTC
wow, this was really well done! fun to play, music is great! top entry!
Darkflint
06. Sep 2015 路 18:12 UTC
GREAT! Best Entry i saw so far!
bombjack
07. Sep 2015 路 10:13 UTC
simple but nice platformer. lot of work. good joob.
LandoSystems
08. Sep 2015 路 00:08 UTC
Very nice work, the art was good, the commentary was great, the advancement was well planned out, great job!
Franklin's Ghost
13. Sep 2015 路 05:59 UTC
Nice looking platformer and the addition of extra moves to collect worked well. Liked the run animation thought it conveyed the fast movement and the orbs chasing you if you ran away from them was a nice touch