A Forest Walk
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You wake up on the outskirts of a strange forest knowing only one thing... you have to get home. The forest is perilous—strange thing, though: each time you die, you just get stronger.
Hi! I'm KalechippsDev, an indie game developer and college student. Thanks for checking out this combat demo game which I developed over the course of a year in my free time. If you're interested in the development process, head over to my Youtube channel, and leave a comment letting me know what you thought of the game!
Controls
WASD – Move
Shift – Dash
Left-click – Sword slash
Right-click – Bow shot
Hold K – Die (in case you get stuck)
Music
Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4710-midnight-tale
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Urban Gauntlet by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5012-urban-gauntlet
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Undaunted by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4561-undaunted
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Babylon by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3406-babylon
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4466-teddy-bear-waltz
Comments
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love the art, keep going!
Thank you!
This was a lot of fun. I would like a way to go to the shop without dying, I ended up just letting myself die after a few levels so I could upgrade, but I loved the different kinds of mobs, and finding strategies to get to the next level.
God damn this game is fun, in the end you said that its just a demo, i'm looking forward to more of this :D
Thanks! Not trying to work on this game anymore, but the next project will definitely be building off what I learned in this game!
Cool game - had fun playing it- the music is awesome. Range feels like it does too little damage and I thing the melee attack is a bit to powerful. If you think about knock back.
Thank you! Yeah, maybe numbers could be tweaked a little. Glad you enjoyed!
awesome job, my only issue was after i cleared 4 rooms a new door did not spawn in any room
Aw shoot that's a bug I wasn't able to squash. It happens randomly and I couldn't figure out why. Hope it didn't impact your experience too much!
just ran into that problem it's a great game beside that issue thoug
Good game... but where's Pinky? Jk jk
Glad you're back Kale :)
Are you planning on working on this project any more, bug fixes etc., or are you moving on a new project?
Thank you! Probably moving onto a new project. I'm excited to see what that'll be :)
Very polished game with lots of user feedback. Loved it
Thanks!
super polished game, I really enjoy the combat mechanics but getting used to dashing was a bit hard for me. There isn't to much content in the game, but for what's there, it's really neat
A nice technuique you can get in an arrow shoot in between every melee attack, just swapping between them
Thanks for the feedback and the kind words! Yeah, the game is shorter than I wanted. But I'm glad you enjoyed what was there :)
Man! This game is really fun. I really like the simple but chalangeing combat and the music is just perfect. My favorite track is the shop theme.
Also the juice and the gamefeel is great. Sometimes I dont know what happenes but an arrow just insta killes me wich is weird but didnt put me off.
The status effects stack nicely and the indicatrs are clear for it. Also the shop is greate too, but the strings can be a bit small if played on browser without full screen.
Thanks for all the kind comments, DataCodex! For the insta kill, maybe go for the HP upgrade?
Neat game. The flying yellow enemy would literally spawn where I was standing. Insta death. But other than that... I enjoyed it.
Aw shoot I tried to code around that but if you were moving fast it’s possible the system I used failed. Thanks for playing anyway! Glad you enjoyed.
8 min with 1 death is not bad for a first try, pretty easy but it was fun. and good job on actually finishing the game!
Yo, that’s pretty good!! Maybe should’ve made the game harder… hehe. That’s close to my record from playtesting
Wow, this is really good!
The only feedback I would have is to possibly tone down the enemy's damage, not because I think it's too hard or anything, but for a while, I thought it was a one-shot damage thing, and I highly invested in bow damage. But if the player can take more damage, they can take more risks, and you can increase the difficulty of everything and still be fair! :)
Also, this music is epic!
Can't wait to see more in the future! :D
Thanks, Toaster! Maybe the max HP upgrade would’ve been useful? you’re right, without any upgrades, taking damage is meant to be (almost always) a one shot kill; the HP upgrade is meant to soften that. Can’t take credit for the music (besides picking it haha), check out the music credits for the artist :)
I’m glad you enjoyed!
Your welcome :)
Nice! Simple and fun game.
Thanks TackerTacker!
This was a great game! I have watched all of the devlogs of making this game and finally you finished it! It took me 16 minutes and 5 deaths to finish
Hey Jalzu! Thank you so much for sticking around so long—glad you enjoy the devlogs. And I’m glad you were able to play the whole thing. 16 min is pretty solid! I think my record in play testing was 7 or 8.
This was a lot of fun to play, I had a blast. One change I would make would be to increase the invincibility frame because often I died to 1 arrow attack from the goblins by getting hit by 3 arrows but as I said great game!
Oh shoot sorry! That’s not meant to happen. I appreciate the tip—though I don’t intend to work on this game anymore, it’s something I can keep in line for future projects :>
This is a certified gamedev classic
Just beat it, really fun game!
Yo, thanks for playing it all the way through! Glad you enjoyed :)
:)