Forgeward
Forgeward is a 2d survival side-scroller game with a spin: the Forge hearth must be fed and its engine kept turning. Make use of your surroundings while fending off your enemies to push through to the next destination.
THE TUTORIAL IS NOT COMPLETE! READ DOWN BELOW
You can aim with the mouse cursor and attack enemies with the left mouse button. The enemies drop iron, and you can smelt it in the back of the Forge to craft better swords.
CONTROLS
- WASD - move
- E - interact / mine / pick drop
- Mouse - aim
- Left mouse button - attack
- P - pause
Comments
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This game does a fantastic job at fitting the restrictions of the jam. Also the gameplay is incredibly well polished given the time restriction of the jam. Congrats on first place! You deserve it.
My gameplay:
Positives:
Graphics were nice, even if the style was a bit different between the forge and the characters
Music and audio were nice
The concept is nice, and makes me want to play it more
Game Design:
I got a bit confused at first with the UI, and didn't know why I died ; it would be nice to have the cause of the dead in the game over screen
I think the game would still work well even if you didn't die from the movement
The game lacks some feedback, for example when attacking an enemy, it would be great if they glowed red for 0.1 second for example / particles / etc
The highlight is really good and useful
Bugs:
If you hide behind the forge, then enemies can get stuck inside the forge (bug)
I can't attack to the left, which is really frustrating because the forge is just advancing and the enemies following you, so they will always end up being on the left
There are some typos in the tutorial text
Also, look at Wild Woods, it's a really similar game!
Thank you so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
The game really lacks clarity because we didn't manage to make a proper tutorial to explain everything. You can attack in different direction by aiming with the mouse cursor: this is never explained, so i get your confusion.
I think your criticism was overall very helpful and I thank you for it.
Ooh, I see!
Hmm, it feels a bit weird to have to use the mouse for that, knowing this is the only thing it is used for
Attacking in the direction of the movement is also more intuitive, to me atleast, but to anyone I think
Nice! This was a fun quick game. I enjoyed the balance of mechanics.
Nice game !!!
I like the music ! game loop is great !
Thanks so much! I appreciate that <3 Had a lot of fun making it.
Forgeward Gameplay
https://youtu.be/q7oJcGdhdlI
amazing game 10/10
LOVE IT
<3 Thanks so much, we really love it too haha. Cant wait for the next jam!