LOWREZJAM 2020

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A jam submission

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Submission for LOWREZJAM 2020 game jam: 2D top-down maze exploring dungeon crawling thing.

Submitted by Troy Story Games (@s_laplante6791) — 3 minutes, 53 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Graphics	#102	3.733	3.733
Gameplay	#134	3.267	3.267
Audio	#147	3.200	3.200
Overall	#169	3.400	3.400
Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction)	#277	3.400	3.400

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
Just me. Tons of fun. Finished within 6 minutes of the deadline.

Was the resolution a challenge?
The hardest part of the low resolution for me was getting text to look decent.

What did you learn?
I learned how to build a leveling and experience system. I learned how to have a basic inventory and player stats that change as you progress. I also implemented a basic item purchasing system.

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iandaprixSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very excellent entry! I've got this one bookmarked, I really want to get into it after the jam ends. Hope you keep working and developing it.

It's got a really great atmosphere, especially the ambient audio. I like how black is the main color you see on screen. Also, the text is great, very legible. I had a lot of dialogue in my game as well and it was tricky getting a font that looked good.

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LynxJSASubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Reminds me of Ultima 2. Know what keys that game used? ALL OF THEM. :)

You've got a lot in this. Very nice work. Not easy to get that many features done in such a short time span.

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furfelSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I love it. The graphics, the audio and the gameplay. You packed so many things into such a small game. Even the tutorial is appreciated.

However, the game is soooo complex that you need a longer time to fully understand it.

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Eddie calls Johny to play their favorite MMO because he has no ammo

Troy Story GamesDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I might’ve gotten carried away with features haha.

NPJarcadeSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

"Hello I am your wife, come back when you have all the amulets". Aah married life ey?

Fun little game with some nice animations and lighting effects. I agree with others though that there are too many controls to learn, but there's a lot of potential to make this into a really fun game with a lot of depth to it. It's impressive how much you were able to include with such a short space of time - quests and a tutorial, mutiple enemies and NPCs! Really cool!

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The Witch's Brew

kkracSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very interesting indeed. The keys involved are a bit too much for a simple game like this one. But it definitely has potential to be developed further, the art style is very nice.

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Troy Story GamesDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Thanks for the feedback. I’m open to suggestions on keyboard layout and stuff if you had any thoughts. I feel like it’d be simpler with a game pad for sure. And I could probably just get rid of the magic punch attack. You really only need sword and the 360 attack. I can’t think of a good way to do the potions though.

OgaihtSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

It's much more than a game... is classic! :D

A good game structure, story, playability, graphic... and a pure adventure!

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Lorefolc Zero 64

Val HutchinsSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I like the idea of the game, I had a bit of trouble just learning all the different options for the controls. If there were some way to compress this down into few keys being pressed it would make the game easier in a good way.

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Troy Story GamesDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for feedback. I actually recently fixed a bunch of bugs and I added some new options for the controls. Now rather than requiring the player do everything with one hand, I’ve mapped “J”, “K”, and “L” to the magic and potion attacks. I find it’s much easier to play with 2 hands.

Val HutchinsSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

That is great! Spacing it out to two hands makes it a lot easier.

LevoefjeSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I really like this! I didn't get far (I'm really bad at it) but I'll just try again later, and I'll see if I can finish it :) I accidentally pressed "no" on continue after dying, so now I'm just... dead, I guess hahah. That made me chuckle.

Great atmosphere and sound! I even got a little bit creeped out at some points.

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Troy Story GamesDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I have an update coming out soon with a bunch of small tweaks to make it not as hard and also to make the default option for continue to be “yes” haha.

LevoefjeSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

That would be really cool, I'll definitely come back to it!

Troy Story GamesDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

I pushed up some of those changes to make the game a bit simpler. Also fixed a bug where saving wasn’t working in the browser.