Tiny Soul by DurkaGames

TINY SOUL
You are a small indeterminate soul who has woken up in a beautiful forest. Very soon you will be born an animal, but... Which one? This is decided by forces above you.
Embark on an exciting journey through the cozy autumn forest. Explore the territory and collect the characteristics of the animals to go through one of the six portals with them.
If you have chosen the right characteristics, then the portal will send you into a new life. If the conditions for rebirth into an animal have not been met, then you will return back to the forest.
Good luck and have a nice walk!

CONTORLS
WASD - to move around
Space bar - to jump
E - to select a characteristic
CREDITS
monusy (game design, art) - resting in a mushroom meadow
parpanss (programming) - activated the portals

| Link | https://durkagames.itch.io/tinysoul |
| Link | https://durkagames.itch.io/tinysoul |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tinysoul |
Ratings
| Overall | 915th | 3.111⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1030th | 2.528⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 837th | 2.917⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 894th | 3.111⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 294th | 4.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 163th | 3.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 610th | 3.444⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 4🗳️ | 8🗨️ |
Certainly, the movement could be a bit more polished and worked on, but for a jam game it was fine, and didn't hinder gameplay thaaaaat much.
Great work!
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I'm not sure how I feel about your game. One thing is for sure: I **LOVE** what you promised: a journey through a cozy autumn forest to get reincarnated into an animal, wah! \\\*.\*/
And on this, the game doesn't disappoint: visuals are gorgeous! The atmosphere is great, the lighting, the confy music... Really, well done!
But to be honest, controls disheartened me. I found the mouse waaaaaaaaay too sensitive, so I ended up not using it at all (maybe it was intended this way, actually?). And sometimes I struggled to get the attributes, and fell into the water several times (maybe I'm just bad at platforming haha). On this note: I really wish falling into the water just gets you back up instead of reseting the entiere level, this was frustrating.
I was also disappointed to see nothing really happens when you begin your new life as an animal. Actually play as the animal would probably have been way too much work, but just having an animation or even a picture of the animal would have been nice.
I may seem to complain a lot, but I don't want to sound rude. Your game has some really neat qualities, I just feel a bit of frustration because it has a HUGE potential imo. Having a full game like this, with some diversified environment where you can get and meeting some animal NPCs, that would be a game I would buy instantly!
In the end, This is without a doubt one game I will remember a long time from this Ludum Dare. You have accomplished a really beautiful and cozy game, so congratulations! Let me know if you intend to make a postjam version :)