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Design Statement
After listening to the track for some time, forests and adventure came to mind. To me the theme was about an adventure in a magical forest to uncover dark secrets. When creating the game, my most important design choices were to have this be in Elf fiction, and to have dark tones in the forest environment. So the game was crafted from a story first, about the trauma an Elf could have, the consequences for going against their passive nature that’s usually portrayed in many works, and the trial to face in this magical dark forest setting. I wanted to have adventure as well, through the way the environment is shaped, and the lead up to how the story was told by our protagonist, and how it’s different from reality. The elf in the end of their trial facing their own evil manifested to close the adventure.
Game Instructions (launch steps, controls, and gameplay overview)
Download Veiled.zip
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Open Veiled.exe
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Left Mouse - Normal Attacks
Right Mouse - Dash Attack on 5sec cooldown
WASD - Movement
Space - Jump
Gameplay walkthrough video
https://youtu.be/rOP0tnjqxRk
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Comments
Oh, the art style is SO pretty!! It was such a nice surprise to hear voice acting in the cutscene too. The voice is amazing and it's such a nice touch! Also, I LOVE the enemy designs so much! I can really see the effort you guys put into them. The music is also very nice and fits the game's vibe really well!
This looks really promising! I can see that this can turn into something more if you guys decide to continue working on this after the jam. Though, I was a little confused at first after defeating all the enemies in the first area, as I wasn't sure where to go next. I think it would be cool to have a little notification that the area has been cleared, or maybe an arrow pointing towards the next portal!
But overall, I really enjoyed this a lot!! Great work! :D
Really cool art direction, and the fantasy soundtrack is seriously amazing! That boss fight was a bit challenging to get past, though, but you can really tell how much effort has been put into the enemy design! Super ambitious scope for a jam game, well done!
Thank you for playing! Glad you liked it!
Ah, I’m so happy you like the soundtrack! Thanks for your kind comment, happy you like it, we put a lot of effort on the game!
The intro was top notch! Definitely got me hooked. Great production for such little time! I also like the mix of 2D and 3D. The combat didnt quite did it for me, but mostly because it is very bare bones in the sense that is the basic of any 3rd person combat mechanic. The character was a little slow thou! Congrats!
Thanks for your comment! We are happy you like it! Thanks for the advices too!
Thank you for playing and for your feedback!
The intro was also spectacular- the art, and voice acting... everything was incredible!! The design for the final boss was really sick! The mix of 2D sprites in a 3D environment was really cool too!!
Personally, I do think the player speed was a lil slow compared to what I think would've been nice for a bullet hell-like adventure game like this, and I wish the dash attack had a visible stamina bar!! I kept trying to spam it because it just felt really satisfying to me, but it seems like it has some sorta cooldown (which makes sense!) but having a visual indicator of when it was back up would've been great since I was often left guessing when I could use that attack again.
Overall though this was a pretty cool game!! Keep up the good work :D
Thank you for the comment and feedback! Yes I agree, our team also suggested an indicator even if simple, but I ran out of time to implement it the way I wanted unfortunately.
Love, love, love the format of this game. The mix of 2D characters and 3D environments is amazing and I wish I make something like this in future. Also like the Intro, it shows that you were really serious while making this project and don't want to treat it like a casual project for a Jam submission!!! 😀😀
Thank you! Our team put a lot of hard work and passion to bring this together, so it really means a lot to hear that !
Thanks for your kind comment! Appreciate that you like our game!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment!!