Great game! 4/5 on my scale of great in fact.
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Acolytes of Arachne's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics/Animation | #15 | 4.079 | 4.079 |
| Fun/Design | #18 | 3.947 | 3.947 |
| Overall | #19 | 3.732 | 3.732 |
| Music/Sound | #30 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
| Technical Implementation | #32 | 3.526 | 3.526 |
| Theme/Limitation | #33 | 3.632 | 3.632 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game implement the focus, Multi-Use?
Acolytes support each other to get past obstacles, but can be sacrificed to gain different skills
Team Size
Solo (1)
Completeness
Complete Game
What tools did your team use to construct the game?
Unity, Visual Studio, Aseprite, bfxr
Which art and audio did you / your team NOT create?
The music was created by Tony Longworth.
https://tonylongworth.com/
Which art & audio did you / your team create BEFORE the jam started?
N/A
Which diversifiers did you use, if any?
N/A
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for checking it out!
Getting the difficulty right is very tricky in a jam. I thought I made it easy enough, but I probably underestimated the challenge, as usual. Since I play my game 800,000,000 times during development, I end up with a very skewed perspective. :)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
I'm not sure if it's any easier, but the soft locks have been resolved, and no more getting stuck in the moving platforms!
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
2 years ago(+1)
Glad you had fun!
That platform bug is going to be one of the first things I'll have to fix when the rating period is over.
2 years ago(+1)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
The soft locks should be resolved now; no more getting stuck in the moving platforms! :)
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
2 years ago(+1)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback. Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
I didn't really make any graphical updates (yet), but hopefully this is easier to get through with the dreaded moving platform bug resolved. :)
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
I did tweak the spiked plate hitboxes a bit, although it's still best to avoid them. I didn't have a chance to work much on SFX, but it's on my to-do list.
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
That's a fascinating idea. I'm very interested in random terrain generation, but I haven't experimented with it very much.
For this type of puzzle game in particular, I think it's important for the "locks" and "keys" to be placed manually by the designer. But as I'm not very knowledgeable about random environment generation, maybe I'm wrong about this...
Thank you for playing and commenting!
This is awesome. Really like the art, and I appreciate some little touches like the differently pitched jump sounds, and the general juice of the SFX. Totally digging the “meet a glorious end” goal going on here too. Explaining what happened in each person’s section is such a huge quality of life thing.
IMO the hitboxes are a little unforgiving, especially because you can die by running into the sides of the crushers. Also I wish I could’ve used a key to advance dialogue. I went for long leap and the cooldown sometimes bit me in the ass.
I think I, the player, met an unfortunate end because ferdinand is now stuck in a platform and I can’t even switch characters :( (I may have deserved this because I was seeing what would happen if I switched chars in dangerous places)
Nitpicks:
- The burning anim left a little to be desired, and I wish I didn’t have to burn each individual piece of wood.
- the second spider I talked to invited me behind the curtain again, but there was no curtain this time
- and is this barrel thing supposed to happen?
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for playing and rating! I'm so glad you enjoyed, and truly appreciate the detailed feedback.
A few words about that little "A door has opened in Celestine's section" message: I spent a lot of time on the UX/UI. Because the level is large and complicated, I thought about using a minimap... a compass pointing in the general direction of developments... and other solutions. In the end, I decided that a verbal narration would work pretty well, since the characters are named. You can still see the red "ping" box, which was my original method for drawing attention to unfolding events, but it's not all that useful because 9 times out of 10, the action is offscreen.
Thanks for going through the bugs!
The curtain line is a long story. I neglected to fix it until I ran out of time.
As for the burning obstacle: I agree, that ended up taking too long. I'll simplify after the jam. Note that those aren't pieces of wood, though. They are people cocooned in silk. :)
The platform collision issue has been reported by other players... I don't know exactly what causes it, but I think I might know how to make it go away anyway.
That weird barrel behavior is not supposed to happen, ha! That's what I get for allowing Unity's Physics2D to handle anything at all instead of coding it myself. :)
They are people cocooned in silk. :)
That’s disgusting, I love it.
[Comment about the message]
Yeah I hope it came across that I really appreciated that. Honestly I never even felt lost because often whenever Id switch chars thered be something immediately before me that had opened up on one of the other chars. I got to a point where I was hitting 2 switches at a time and then it felt like a party platter of things to do. Wanted to call it out because I appreciate the work that went into typing out what has happened to everyone which sounds very entangled
That’s what I get for allowing Unity’s Physics2D to handle anything at all instead of coding it myself. :)
Honestly not sure what the barrels are for but you can freeze constraints on RigidBody2Ds, or make it static if it’s not supposed to move
2 years ago(+1)
Glad you enjoyed! It's always great to know that people had fun with something I put together.
The purpose of the barrels is to fall vertically and hit switches that you might not be able to reach. (Sometimes you can reach the switch with a long leap, but you might only have the fireball). Good suggestion on the constraints.
2 years ago(+1)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
This includes: The pile of cocoons now burns in one go. The dreaded moving platform bug has been resolved. The Weaver doesn't mention a curtain when there is no curtain. Barrels now behave themselves! :)
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for playing and leaving feedback!
I think I have an idea of how to fix the platform collision issue, or at least kludge it. I can't make updates until after the jam, though. :)
2 years ago(+1)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
The lava spiders now telegraph their jump--that was a really great suggestion. And the moving platform bug has been resolved. :)
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback.
I have shortened the cooldown on all abilities, and added a little slider visual so you can see when an ability is ready to use. Also, death respawn has been shortened from 3 to 2 seconds. Oh, and the dreaded moving platform bug has been resolved. :)
Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, I was careful to include the various funky ability controls in the GUI. I've been burned by that omission before. :)
Glad you liked the non-linear exploration opportunities. I would have done much more with more time. I may return to this one in the future and build it out to a fuller experience.
2 years ago(+1)
Now that the rating period is over, I've uploaded a new version, containing 24 bug fixes and new features in response to community feedback. Feel free to check it out, and thank you again for sharing your feedback!
As for a sequel... well why not? I think the mechanics are strong enough to fit quite a few more puzzles. I'll have to think about this.
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