Ludo's Quest

[martindrapeau]

Ludo's Quest is a side-scrolling platformer inspired from Super Mario Bros and Ghosts 'n Goblins. Fun for the young and old. It includes 16 levels but also a level editor. You can publish levels or play ones created by the community.

 

Ludo's Quest was released to iOS last week. It was built using Backbone Game Engine (I'm a web guy so I built a framework on Backbone) and compiled to native using Cocoon.io (I highly recommend it to wrap HTML5).

 

Website: www.ludosquest.com

Play the game in your browser: www.ludosquest.com/play

User generated levels: www.ludosquest.com/maker

 

Please have fun playing and do provide feedback. I'll be happy to provide iOS promo codes to anyone wanting to try it out of iOS. Just reach me on twitter @@martindrapeau.

 

--Martin

 

[Apelmon]

I liked art style.

 

Player controls are terrible.

You need make controls more responsive.

[martindrapeau]

@Apelmon, could you elaborate on terrible player controls. Did you try on Destkop or tablet? Is it because Ludo slides for a long time?

--Martin

[Aron Driessen]

Nice graphics, runs great . Only problem is with the x and z controls which are a little unuasual. I think replacing the x with space would make an improvement.

One more thing I noticed, is that if I try to double jump a little later It wont't work. So it has to be pressed twice immediately to work.

Good job otherwise

[Apelmon]

@Apelmon, could you elaborate on terrible player controls. Did you try on Destkop or tablet? Is it because Ludo slides for a long time?

--Martin

I am playing on Desktop.

Yes. I tried to stop near the door to get in, but Ludo slid more.

[martindrapeau]

Thanks for the details.

Momentum. You have to break 'cause otherwise you slide right through. Remember Mario? I tried to add a little physic in there. Too much maybe?

--Martin

[Blue Infinity]

First, the visual style of the opening screen and the intro made an impression on me, so good job on that

 

However, like Apelmon, I found the controls a bit too 'sticky': the character moves rather slowly and takes a while to change directions. You're right that Super Mario does have acceleration and deceleration, but I would see that the direction changes in this game should happen quicker, especially if bigger fighting scenes later on require more accuracy.

 

Likewise, I'd also suggest thinking about small things like difficulty pacing: when you first introduce the run-jump, you also simultaneously have to take into account the spider on top of the platform, which is also the first enemy you see in the game. So here, you're introducing two gameplay elements at the same time. I'd keep the introductions in the beginning really simple. For example, first just fight a spider on the ground and then later on, introduce a section where you have to time your jump to a higher platform so that you don't hit the spider at the same time.

 

I also got nailed by the second spider since I was having trouble reaching it due to the short range of the sword attack, which I feel should be improved.

 

So, while I believe there's tweaking to be done, but the potential is there

[martindrapeau]

Thanks Blue Infinity. That's great feedback. I guess I have some learning to do about level design. Expect to find those improvements in an upcoming version then.

--Martin