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A jam submission

Vampire's LegacyView game page

vampire/mage metroidvania with time manipulation
Submitted by Atanii (@AtaniiArt) — 7 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Game Feel#14.4444.444
Potential for a Steam Game#34.1114.111
Sound#34.1114.111
Overall#34.0744.074
Mechanics#74.2224.222
Visuals#124.1114.111
Theme Integration#243.4443.444

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

Intresting, a metroidvania!

Often a dev make a metroidvania and submit it for a jam.

I played a lot of this games but are all broken or very incomplete.

This is different.

Yes it's small(obvious, it's a jam game) and the power ups it's not super original but it works really well. Has a good progression and even a "AH-AH!" moment if you explore well (no spoilers ;) ) reminds me a lot of Ghost and Goblins (yeah, i know, not a metroidvania) in the jumping and even the enemies. I played  about 40/60 mins beacause i had fun e wanto to explore all of it.

Couple of issues: 

Like you said: controls for keyboard it's uncofortable. I'm a "seasoned" metroidvania/platform player forged by the flame of thousands jumps and tricks so, with a little bit of effort i could still playing it. People not in the genre...i don't know with these controls.

In the Casrtle Garden there is a small platform that protect you to go in the purple water but i pressed S and I ended up there anyway. So i tried to go right and left and i could pass under the walls. I tought I found a secret but...nope. Then i died when i got close to the spikes.

The S button for jumping off platforms sometimes works and sometimes the character get stuck in the middle of the pixels

In the Center Yard if you try to explore with the bat form you can jump completley the first boss and go directly to the shadow lord room. If you go further you can go out of bounds and fall infinitley.

But despite that (not big issues in my opinion for a jam game) , it's a great work!

Developer

Thanks for playing and for your feedback!

I haven't played many metroidvanias, only a few (Axiom Verge, Hollow Knight, ...etc, currently Bloodstained) but I love the genre among other things for the discovery and mistery part, so it's good to know I nailed it in that regard more or less.

The bat form is a broken OP I know. Originally it didn't even have a time-limit so I added one because it was way too game-breaking. :D

Making sure the player can't go outbunds - only in case I hide an easter egg or something would fix it to a degree...and probably boss arenas with similar failsafe design.

Submitted(+1)

This is a super cool game and i love the visuals.

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

(I played the Linux build of the game)

I would love to continue playing the game cause it looks great, but unfortunately the control scheme is really making it hard, can't get even out of second room :(
WASD is a good movement choice when you use the mouse to do most of the action, but since most of the action keys are on the left side, together with movement options (like time stopping, and even shooting even though I tried to use the CTRL key on the right for it), it's too difficult for me to coordinate the movements, since I almost need to use only my left hand to play the entire game.

Would love to go back playing this if the movement was also assigned on the arrow keys though, it looks really well made, liking all graphics, animations, and music too, great job!

Developer

Thanks for playing, I'm glad you liked it!

I overlooked the arrow keys when binding controls. I've already addded them, but after the submission period so I couldn't upload it sadly.

Submitted(+1)

Bravo!! The game is amazing

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

This is crazy!! Can't believe you made this in a week! Can definitely see this being on steam.

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Cool !!!

Developer(+1)

Double thanks for playing and making a video! :D

Submitted(+1)

This was a treat, really well made, and the visual/music fit the vibe of the game perfectly!

Reminds me of that feeling  you get playing oldschool Samus and stuff

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+2)

Incredible submission, every powerup felt meaningful, the map was designed so well to not make me have to backtrack and I loved it the entire way through.

Developer(+1)

As in the credits room stated, thanks for playing!

I was not entirely sure I got the metroidvania part right so I appreciate it.

Submitted(+2)

this is absolutely insane for a game made in only 10 days! i haven't played all the way through yet, i plan to later. i love everything about this game, especially the music. Good job on this one!

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Music production is one of the things that took longer for me to get better at, so I appreciate it :)