I thought "just one more before bed" and now it's 40 min later! Great job, all around! I wish it had gamepad controls and I was stupid sometimes, not realizing the doors with dangling keys were unlocked but it was well checkpointed so I never actually felt cheated. I liked this so much I almost forgot my one legit suggestion, make the collision ramps instead of stairs so the camera doesn't give me a headache going back up.
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A Darkness Like Gravity's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #5 | 4.421 | 4.421 |
| Overall | #9 | 3.880 | 3.880 |
| Accessibilty | #10 | 3.526 | 3.526 |
| Audio | #14 | 3.842 | 3.842 |
| Graphics | #19 | 4.105 | 4.105 |
| Theme | #21 | 4.316 | 4.316 |
| Controls | #31 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
| Fun | #35 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2
Wildcards Used
N/A
Game Description
A dungeon puzzle game. Venture into darkness. Let the light be your guide.
How does your game tie into the theme?
Players venture into a dark dungeon, and must use the lights to find their way.
Source(s)
https://github.com/Maaack/GWJ72
Discord Username(s)
maaack
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
18
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Hey, very sorry you are unable to play. Is the issue on web that it stalls on loading after pushing play? I can make a low-res specific version, too. What is your monitor resolution?
2 years ago(+1)
Here's a version scaled for 1280x720: https://maaack.itch.io/a-darkness-like-gravity-low-res-edition
Hope you get to experience the game.
Thanks for the feedback! If you found the special orb and brought it back, then you didn't miss anything. The 3 dungeons get progressively darker, requiring using the orbs/torches more for navigation, but the interaction mechanics don't change. I'm curious, what kinds of new mechanics did you hope the dungeons would have in store?
I'm glad the throwing felt good :-)
Oh, good observation. I'm remembering now the dungeons are meant to introduce some of the first risk in the game, as you can miss a shot and need to restart. I wanted to avoid combat, too, but a sense of urgency could still be added. Puzzles could need to be solved in a certain time, doors could be on timers, etc. Thanks for the suggestions!
Would definitely wishlist on steam.
Pros:
- Graphics great
- Well thought out puzzles
- Well Polished
- Great tutorial
Critiques:
- Little clearer instruction about game saving
- SFX preview on SFX Adjust
Update as of 4:30 PDT:
with all the mac issues going around I thought I would pull out the new Macbook Air M3 and give this a try. Chrome was a no-go beyond title screen, it just showed the focus dot but never loaded the halftoned shader. In Safari the game seems to load fine, but doesn't seem to capture the cursor correctly. In full screen this doesn't seem to impact gameplay too much though. I don't have FF or other browsers yet installed on this laptop. I have included the available screen resolutions for the MB Air 13" For you and would be happy to do testing for you in future (especially if you want to do mac builds)
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for trying the game out on your stream! And for providing the results of testing on the Macbook and the different browsers, too! That is very helpful. There's probably at least a few things I can do to improve the compatibility.
I'm using Mac so it says for the executable that "Apple cannot check it for malicious software." I think it means there is no developer certificate attached to the executable software.
I tried Safari-browser too. same thing than with Firefox. buttons don't register clicking nor hovering over them.
It maybe something to do with shaders. As my game doesn't work with the shaders on on chrome-browsers. luckily my game has toggle for this and it is not game-breaking to not have them on. just an extra feature. It is maybe related to that firefox can handle the GLES shaders or something and other browsers do it different and crash.
I appreciate the follow up! Correct, I don't have a developer certificate. My understanding was that Macs give that message for a majority of downloadable itch.io games, but I haven't tried personally. It's very possible it's because of the shaders. I've been running it in Brave on Linux, but I will test other combos. Thanks again for trying it out!
Thanks for playing and sharing the feedback! My fault on making that puzzle too obtuse. Two places I could see getting stuck returning on the Cliff. First, the 3 orbs keeping the doors locked should now be reachable to you. Second, there is a trigger behind the second doors, visible from the sides, but easier to hit with a blind throw from the front. Hope that helps and you (and others) are able to reach the ending.
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