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A jam submission

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Submitted by ScalphaMission — 4 hours, 42 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#963.6823.682
Graphics#2263.8183.818
Overall#4623.1823.182
Innovation#4883.0453.045
Game Design#5573.1363.136
Fun#6042.9552.955
Theme#9102.4552.455

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does you game fit the theme?
It was meant to have this whole thing where I led a young Zeus to release his captured brothers but it was really Chronos all along but I ran out of time.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
yes, except for music and animations.

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Comments

Submitted

This was sick. I love the graphics and voice acting. I did end up softlocking the game when I pressed q to use the hypnosis and shift at the same time. Other than that, I had fun. Good job. :)

Submitted

Really cool voice acting! The mechanics were cool, especially the attack feels really snappy! Sometimes I did have some trouble jumping on the platforms, I would sort of get stuck on the corners. 

Submitted

This reminds me of the Hercules game way back in the day, with excellent voice acting and abilities and effects that make it exciting to play!

It was a bit disappointing that the mechanics don’t play a bigger role in the game, but I guess you’ve hit the limit of what can be done in a week!

I’d be excited to play a more polished release of this game! Let me know if you’d like my complete notes, especially if you’re considering to continue the development!

Submitted

Great job on this game. I was not expecting such a fleshed out world and well designed and written characters. The art really stuck out to me and the voice acting was a great touch! I did find the gameplay to be a bit challenging at times, but still enjoyed progressing through your story and being in this world. Great job!

Submitted

This was a really complex game, really good work with it. I particularly liked the voice acting at the beginning and the Greecian style of the whole thing. The powers and feel of the platforming were quite reminiscent of  Castlevania - which is great cause that's an awesome series!

A couple of suggestions that I think may improve the experience though:

- I wasn't too keen on the colour palette if I'm honest - I appreciate the look you were going for, but it being mostly grey made the levels look a little dull (which was a shame because the modelling was excellent!). I think splashing hints of colour here and there would greatly improve it. Like maybe the torches giving off a vivid yellow light or the monsters having a brightly coloured mark on them, etc.

- I could hear the clicks of you turning your mic off / pressing the keyboard after some of the spoken audio tracks. You can easily fix this by using free software like Audacity to limit background noise and trim the ends of your audio tracks.

I saw that you wanted to expand this to a series so hopefully those suggestions are helpful in some way! :) Good luck!

Submitted

Nice voice acting. Some of your level design was really clever, I liked the part with the Medusa heads, and how there was a path that you could take to always be under them. I wish the controls were more responsive; The wind up for taking shot is pretty long for instance.

Submitted

Nice game rated it, pls check out my game also if you don't mind - https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1418152

Submitted

RATED!, I could never do voice acting, this one has an extra points for me! really nice job, goodluck!

also, will you help me rate mine too? I'd really appreciate it if you do, Thanks! :)
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1415313

Submitted

I wasn't expecting full voice acted dialogue in a game jam game, and the main character design was very cool! Good work!

Submitted

The main character is AWESOME! I love their design and animations! The enemies look super cool too! I'm a little confused on the shadow mechanic though, when I press shift nothing happens. How does it work? I would love to give this game a full playthrough, since it looks awesome and the other comments mentions how in depth it goes, just confused on the start!

Submitted

I love the music in this game, it's so epic! A platformer where you can acquire powers is such an awesome concept, I had a lot of fun with this game, I will definitely keep an eye out for part 2 of this game. Excellent gam and great job!

Submitted

Looks awesome! Love the idea of using shadows!

Submitted

The art is very good, the story is intriguing but I get lost and I don't know where I have to go, I go room to room looking for a door that will take me to a new room. I didn't use the darkness and the sleep bullet  much. It is a good game with cool art.

Submitted (1 edit)

Umm, I think I got soft locked…


I attacked the tower, but it just disappeared (note that this is the second time I get to this room)

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But from what I played:

The combat is really cool, lots of abilities, although the darkness mechanic got lost at some point in the game, it just became useless.

Same thing happened with the sleeping bullet, after having the melee attack, it's become almost useless.

Other than that,

great art, great levels, great story (from what I saw).

Pretty good overall!

Developer

Yeah I've had reports of this happening, but I can't replicate it! I'm guessing there's an error somewhere but I dont know what it is since it never happens for me.