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A jam submission

Livin' on a Prayer: The DonkeningView game page

Submitted by dan reeves (@dnrvs) — 17 minutes, 53 seconds before the deadline

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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#483.0293.778
Originality#523.0293.778
Fun#562.5843.222
Audio#602.4053.000
Overall#662.5073.127
Theme#672.8513.556
Controls#781.9602.444
Accessibility#821.6932.111

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

Godot Version
3.3.1

Wildcards Used
Transmutation

Source
https://github.com/danreeves/godot-wild-jam-33

Game Description
You aren't the hero. You're a benevolent god looking after the hero. A real time strategy game where you change the element resistance of enemies in order to make the hero do more damage to them, among other spells.

Discord Username
raindish#0270, hello#9021, Zach#1898

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The art is so cute! I loved the lil hero dude and watching him curl up at the end next toe the camp fire! I also found the game really fun to try and manage, I used all of the spells to strategically slow down enemies and give myself more time to remember which goes against which, and making them run away so I could heal the hero enough!


My problems were:


The tutorial is hard to read because the I have to wait for it to be all on screen, but then we scroll away before I am done reading, especially because I am managing a fight at the same time.

And from the other reviews it's not clear that you need to click on the spell and click on who to apply it to. I found it a little cumbersome to do that too, but maybe there should just be better feedback. Make the spell look REALLY selected. Like the button needs to be bigger and brighter with an outline. And then highlight when we hover over enemies so it's clear we can click on them.


Overall though, good job!

Submitted

The game seemed so cute ad pleasing, but my main problem was that nothing really worked, couldnt heal my hero so just kept on dying and losing. Tho  i love the art!

Submitted

I enjoyed the cure artwork. The mechanic of giving effects to the enemies and the character was fun. Having to think fast on your feet to choose the the spell that gave you the most advantage was also fun.

I was not sure what the goal was so I just kept playing until I died.

Submitted

Cut graphics. Unfortunately I couldn't beat the game, mainly because I had no idea what was happening. Clicking on different places and trying random keys seemed to do absolutely nothing. Even the heal button didn't seem to heal the hero for me. Not sure if I was doing something wrong or not.

Submitted

I LOVE the main character it's so cute!!! I also really enjoyed using the spells and getting to each campfire, though it was always kind of difficult or unreliable to succeed and I wasn't always sure why. I think the tight mana economy meant that if I used the wrong elemental spell once, I would not have enough mana to be able to just heal myself constantly to win, so I kind of felt like anything except the heal spell was risky. Maybe some way to earn mana back could be good to offset that. I also think the game could benefit from some more feedback on the controls, maybe even removing the requirement to click on the hero/enemy. Overall a great submission though! :D

Submitted

The artstyle is very cute and lovely. I also really like the idea behind this game. I would have liked, if there were hotkeys for your abilities, so you don't always have to travel with your mouse to the bottom of the screen and then back upwards to the enemy.

The difficulty was good; I used almost all of the spells given, which is a good sign for the balance of the game. Pretty fun and cute game overall!

Submitted (1 edit)

Too much text on screen, while the character is walking at a fairly fast pace makes it hard to read. The text didnt actually mention on how to play (or click). At first wasnt sure what to do, as it seems "auto" where the hero just starts attacking, but will die in the end. Then i figured out i need to click the + button, but clicking on it doesnt seems to have any effect, the hero dies again a few times. At last i i found out i need to click the + and then the hero to heal. The controls weren't too friendly.

Played thru a few level, fairly easy to purchase all additional spells which is good. i like the hero when he is curled up at the campfire :D