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Survival of the Shadowlings by Jhonny111

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made by Jhonny111 for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

You are a great Shadow Overlord, or at least you once were.

Nowadays you are hiding with your few remaining tiny shadowlings in an abandoned warehouse.

Sadly the Warehouse began to crumble lately and more and more sunlight gets in. You need to find a new home.

You are fairly weakened so you can only give your Shadowlings litte powerups to help them survive.

Can you keep your people alive?

ITCH.IO LINK BELOW

Controls

The Controls are Mouse-Only. Might work on touchscreens in the levels you dont need to move the camera.

Left Click: Interact with everything.

Right Click: Hold an drag to move cam.

Mouse Wheel: Zoom in and out.

Tools

Click on the tool you want to use and then on the shadowling you want to give the tool to.

Arrows: Continue in the given direction after a stop.

Stop Sign: Stops a shadowling and he will redirect all the others.

Pickaxe: Remove one Box.

Umbrella: Tasks a shadowling to protect others from the sun.

Umbrelling.png A little Shadowling protecting itself from the light.

LevelExample.png Can you keep all of them alive?

Link https://jhonny111.itch.io/survival-of-the-shadowlings
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/survival-of-the-shadowlings

Ratings

Overall 742th 3.354⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 729th 3.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 700th 3.104⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 647th 3.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 865th 3⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 552th 3.083⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 652th 2.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 787th 3.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Custodi
07. Oct 2024 · 21:14 UTC
Did not understand controls, tried to press to position where arrows & sign should be placed, drag them as well. How should place items on levels?
andyspace144
08. Oct 2024 · 05:49 UTC
Great puzzle game! While some levels were trivial, the last few were really fun to figure out. Still can't figure out how to get 3 stars on the final level.
🎤 Jhonny111
08. Oct 2024 · 07:09 UTC
@custodi Hi. Thanks for telling. I updated the page a little. You click on a tool and then on a little shadowling to give it to him. Feel free to try again if you like.
enderswype
08. Oct 2024 · 07:51 UTC
i had a hard time with the controls for 2 minutes but there i figured it out and it was great
difficulty curve is correct but you need to have good timing for completing the level 3 stars :)
Codeman1010
08. Oct 2024 · 08:47 UTC
5/6 on level 10. Gotta be quick.
DropMania
08. Oct 2024 · 09:15 UTC
Cool Lemmings type game!
mrspeaker
08. Oct 2024 · 13:09 UTC
Ha, tricked by the umbrella at the start - I couldn't figure out level 1 because I thought the umbrella was to stop lemmings falling to their deaths, not stop deadly laser beams! I love the music, but felt it was a little too epic for the game. But still, good atmosphere and great fun. If you work on this post-comp I'd definitely request a >> fast-forward option to speed up the waiting bits after you've set them all up!
ArTist
09. Oct 2024 · 13:26 UTC
Good Game! There are some small problems in the game. And if the game get rid of those problems, it can be a wonderful game.
1 There should be more ingame tutorial. I stuck at how to play the game until I go back and see the website.
2 Player can't pause the game to watch the map or make some precise control. If I can pause the game I think it will be great!
3 The game speed it too slow when I try my idea, I will wait for quite a long time. If add pause function, the speed of the game can be faster.
rosypenguin
09. Oct 2024 · 18:49 UTC
Always love a good puzzle game! The ones where you use the same level but approach them differently based on the tools you have are wonderfully designed. I only wish there was a speed up button and maybe a highlight when you hover over a shadowling to make sure you apply the tool to the right one.![shadowlings.png](///raw/486/z/6854d.png)
DmitryGalias
11. Oct 2024 · 16:16 UTC
Great game! I love it. It reminds me of playing Lemmings as a kid. ![shadowlings.jpg](///raw/833/53/z/689ad.jpg)
LDJam user 189270
11. Oct 2024 · 22:55 UTC
This a nice lemming-remake, enjoyed the puzzles. Will be honest I didn't love the graphical style.
HermesEs
16. Oct 2024 · 09:13 UTC
Fun and well thought puzzle game! Love that some levels introduce a new mechanic, so it gets more interesting and fun to resolve the puzzles! Great job!
anaastaska
16. Oct 2024 · 10:37 UTC
Quite nice puzzle game! Great job😍
Brain Siege Gameworks
16. Oct 2024 · 13:09 UTC
Fun little game, managed to get through most of it.
Game-mon
16. Oct 2024 · 15:15 UTC
Very neat, I love the idea a lot! Works really well as a chill puzzle game. Maybe some extra polish / QoL features would be nice, some suggestions: highlight the creature when the cursor hovers on top of it, just to let you know that it's interactable, add some more sound effects, add a simple explanation of what items do when hovering your cursor over an item (a hint popup maybe), allow the player to speed up or even pause the simulation (that might seem like cheating but it felt like a puzzle game to me so if it's a puzzle game you could consider allow players to stop and think, or speeding up when they found the solution).

These are just suggestions that came through my mind but the game still feels complete and fun so really nice job!
cherwood
16. Oct 2024 · 16:21 UTC
Good job for the work, a lot of level created. Fun game to play!