Reincarnation
A short game made for the GameDev.tv Game Jam 2022.
I had a lot of fun making this game! The challenge was to make a game in 10 days using only free assets (or created assets), and my personal challenge was to create a game with dialogue branching and multiple levels.
Unfortunately, I spent too long on the programming side of things and kind of neglected the actual level design and making sure the game was fun. Still, I'm proud of the progress I've made, especially since this is only my second game I released for a jam.
Hope you like it! Leaving a comment with your honest feedback would be truly appreciated!
You can find the list of assets along with the source file on the game's GitHub page: https://github.com/AlexRezdan/GameDevTV-Game-Jam-2022
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Its a fun game. I love the concept and idea. Good Job!
Thank you very much for the kind words! :)
Well done! I had a similar idea for the jam but I never got my reincarnation engine quite working right so it's interesting for me to see something like this actually working.
It's a bit hard to criticise because I think the levels not being finished is the main thing wrong with the game. Personally I'm not a fan of how slow the reincarnation process is. I think a quicker reincarnation would be more fun and flow better. If you continue working on this I think I'd want to see more switching between characters and environments that can't just be traversed by a single character.
Thank you for playing! To be honest, I'd say 50% of my time making the game was spent on making sure the reincarnation bit worked properly. Initially, it was instantaneous, but it felt a bit cheap and like I was promoting speedrunning. My idea for the puzzles was to be more calm and relaxed, and something you would try to limit the number of times you needed to reincarnate yourself. Sadly, I didn't have time to flesh them out at all since I really wanted to add dialogue branching, as well. (It was a personal goal of mine even before the theme was announced.)
Very cute art style! There's a solid game mechanic in the short levels that exist. The cat only being able to climb certain walls is a bit confusing. I had fun and wanted to see what every dialogue choice led to, even if it meant being a bit rude sometimes!
I can't speak for Slartibartfast but you could definitely turn this into a great, full game now that you aren't on a time limit.
And, seriously, placing a bunch of blocks to make a level is a lot more involved than it sounds.
That means a lot that you went through all the dialogue options! That was definitely the part that was the most fun for me to implement. I wanted to add more levels just to have more dialogue, but as you said, placing blocks just became too time-intensive. All these nice comments are definitely making me feel like I should continue with the game, so I might just do that. :)
Great Shapeshifting concept in a game that finds a cool merger between Undeads and a very light & fun mood/scenery. Enjoyed walking around in that pretty world and have Vampire-Boy tell us some of his tales every once in a while!
Keep it up, GG - I liked the Kitten ^_^
Thank you for the kind words! :)
This really is a great concept! I'd love to see this fleshed out more into an actual puzzle platformer. Also, great job experimenting with branching dialogue. That is something I'd like to try out some day as well. Great work with you submission!
Thanks for playing! I really underestimated how difficult it would be to create interesting puzzles. I will definitely work on that in the future.
In case you're interested, the dialogue mechanic I used was based on a series of YouTube videos by Trevor Mock, which starts with this one: How to make a Dialogue System with Choices in Unity2D | Unity + Ink tutorial 2021
Totally get that. I originally thought of a puzzle idea but then I quickly decided against it as I wasn't much of a puzzle platformer player and didn't think that I could make any decent level design. I'm sure with practice though it would all come together.
And thanks! I'll definitely check this out!
The humour of the vampire lord is perfect! Even if the game per se is still incomplete, we laughed a lot and it definitely has potential if you expand on it in the future. :)
Thank you for playing! I'm glad you liked the dialogue. It was one of the mechanics I really wanted to get right for this jam, which is why the rest is incomplete. I might try to expand on it in the future, after a little break from this jam. :)