Orbs(?) - Non-Combat Metroidvania like game

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Orbs(?) - Non-Combat Metroidvania like game

Declivever

Hello, I have been working on a small project since about Friday. My ideals is a game with the style of a metroidvania, but instead of fighting bosses(although I do have a a few ideals for some bosses that won't require combat to defeat) the player collects movement abilities to progress to different areas of the map. Also, similar to Mario 64, there will be doors and these doors will open depending on the amount of orbs the player collects (hence the name Orbs, still pending) This is the first project I have created that I have put serious thought into.

I do have a backstory kind of in mind as I have designed thus far, but it needs to be further fleshed out before I can 100% commit to it, I would like to flesh out the story similar to dark souls.

I am no artist, but the art/animation is all crafted by me(aesprite), the sound effect for picking something up (bfxr), and of course gdscript code as well.

Systems Currently in place: Orb Collection, and count in global variable Door locking system moving platforms spike traps Double Jump Ability Celeste like respawn system

I just wanted to post a small video of my current progress to get some criticism/feedback/ideals for my ideal and implementation of the systems in the game.

Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=biCIRlyTLNw&feature=youtu.be

TwistedTwigleg

Welcome to the forums @Declivever!

The game looks good! I think the platforms may be a little slow, but outside of that, from a gameplay perspective I think the rest looks fine. I would perhaps suggesting adding some animation to the flames and perhaps to the character when jumping, but those are more polishing steps that may be best to leave until later in development (I often get lost in polish way too early in development :tongue: )

Keep up the good work! (Also, I edited the OP so the YouTube video is embedded into the post)

UnknownUser

Yeah, I would like to add more polish, but want to get a lot of the base game together. I'd also like to look into shaders at some point.

I also think the platforms are a little slow, but I decided to stay with it because it is in early game and I am trying to make that part kind of easy. Currently, I am working on the big grey screen(last part of video), at which point I plan on ramping up the difficulty.

Thanks for editing the link for me as well.