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summerdev2 days ago(+2)


this game is quite fun, i played for around 35 minutes total and i enjoyed it for the most part. i played all four dungeons.  the visuals are quite nice, i like the sprites and animations. the enemies are nice. the music is good, it fits the vibe. 

the goblin dungeon i liked for the most part. i only think the issue, as with many of them is that the ai was a little inconsistent at times. sometimes when i was to the side of one of the spear goblins the goblin wouldn't charge but other times it would.  the level design was quite good, i like that it slowly scaled in difficulty.  the core mechanic of bombs was also fun , it just was annoying that i kept blowing myself up sometimes. maybe a little bit of a longer fuse could fix that? sand was also quite a cool thing, i liked that when i was in the sand i was slower and when i was on the platform i was faster. it lead to some fun fights. i didn't finish it but i think this was my favorite of the dungeons.


the water dungeon's first level felt very confusing from a level design standpoint and from a progression standpoint. as a player it felt that progression ramped up very fast, that it was a lot more difficult. i get the idea of the first room not immediately introducing the mechanic though., i just think it could be done better. maybe adding more sand could help? or a more concrete indicator saying "hey you cant kill this".  dont mean to bash you for that though, just criticizing.

the arrow dungeon was also another one i enjoyed, i only got to the third room though. the initial puzzle was fun and i liked that.  the second room was a good idea and i think it introduces the mechanic in the third room quite well. the third room though was really hard for me and i didnt get past that. i think that the arrow timing can be a bit unforgiving at times since the corridor is so small.  especially since you have to time it 3 times in a row. maybe making it a little slower would help with this. this could also be a skill issue on my part though. overall it was quite fun. 

the undead dungeon was really hard for me, i had fun though. i dont have much criticism there. the dash was also a fun mechanic.

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Dragon's Isle Software2 days ago

Thanks for playing and the feedback. We are glad you enjoyed enough to play all of them.

We tried to make each dungeon different, including making some more challenging and scale up quicker to play on the luck of the spin mechanic. Still, there are certainly some things that could have been made more clear or worked more smoothly. The water level was one we redesigned a few times to try to find the right balance, and will take another look at. The arrow dungeon was meant to be challenging, though maybe we did push a bit too far for a jam game.

The goblin spearmen were designed so they only charge in one axis, though we need to update them to give a better visual clue as to which way they will charge. I think a longer fuse on the bombs is reasonable and we will do some testing with it.

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summerdev2 days ago(+2)

thanks for responding!

y'all did a really good job for a game jam! i agree it could've been a lot for a game jam but in my opinion be ambitious, it leads to the most creative outcome. but at the same time watch your scope y'know? it's good to reach for the stars! just dont always expect to catch one. is a good saying i made up 5 seconds ago.

on hearing y'all's vision i actually want to reiterate that i think that the dungeons varying idea was a really good idea! but i do think that maybe some supporting mechanics could help that idea flourish? that's more a critique if y'all plan to continue developing this game. 

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Dragon's Isle Software2 days ago(+1)

We love jam feedback and discussions.

We've done a number of jams at this point. Our early ones we way overscoped. We are a bit better now, but do still tend to plan out more than is reasonable for a jam, and then scale back as needed. This started with the kids messing around for practice and not with a jam in mind. When we decided to turn their couple days of practice into a jam game each had core mechanics and 1 testing dungeon. We only had just over 2 days to work with, so scope was a big concern. We gave ourselves a tiered approach so we could focus on getting something done, and then enhancing if there was time. The base goal was probably still a bit ambitious, but was 4 distinct dungeons with a boss in each, and the spinner to pick them. Next was adding in the final boss fight after the per dungeon boss. We only submitted that update an hour before the deadline, and just before Itch got overwhelmed. Finally, if we had the time, we wanted to have a full final dungeon before the final boss fight.

This base does lend itself to procedurally generated dungeons, or having more dungeons, possibly with each path splitting off after you beat the boss into additional dungeons only down that path. Yeah, we have lots of ideas for potential ways to grow this game, as well as starting fresh with the core action-adventure style. We haven't decided yet were we want to take things.

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summerdev1 day ago(+2)

it's good to hear that y'all have done so many jams and also have struggled with over scoping. this is personally my first jam and as a solo developer i actually also struggled with overscoping a bit and having to scale down.  at first my game idea was about just a bird collecting from a spinning bird feeder but i couldn't really figure out how to make the seeds fling out from the bird feeder so i ditched that and made it "survive the seeds falling on you". i think it's natural for every developer to overscope some, especially in a game jam. game development is an art, in art you have to refine your piece a lot. there's touches you add and others you have to remove, the vision always comes together in one way or another though.

it's nice to hear the evolution of your game! a tiered approach def makes sense, especially with more people.  even if it was an ambitious goal i think that y'all did a really good job in the end with scope. 

i think if y'all did want to y'all could really make this project shine if you wanted to! maybe you could add a skill tree or something, that would be cool if you continued this project.

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