When I'm at a piece of water I fall of the first rock and get stuck :(

Can't you use the Shift button to jump ?
I experienced some case were your character could get stuck against some platforms, but I thought this was removed in this "final" version. Tell me.

Nice graphics and music, wish there was more actual gameplay...

Well... Gameplay seems to be a bit lacking. Pretty much a long cutscene. But I liked the mood of the game and the minimalistic artwork with parallaxing. ;)

-GV

Thanks for the comments.

Actually, we didn't figure a proper gameplay that would fit this game, and could be done in 72h. We prefered (rather we revised downwards our ambitions for this jam) to concentrate on the athmosphere, graphics and story, rather than make a simple (and probably buggy :p ) gameplay that might ruin the rest.

For the future, I want to redo all of this with a new engine that could give me more freedom. Emilie might try Spine to do more fluid animations.

Take this as some kind of teaser :)

Well... the graphics are good.
But unfortunately there is no gameplay.
Also regarding controls: I think that putting the Jump key on [SHIFT] isn't the best idea since Windows will trigger 'Sticky Keys' if [SHIFT] is pressed repeatedly.

Strong Graphics and Audio. I really liked it, though I would love to see more! Good work.

Controls seem to lag horribly for me. Playing it in firefox. Is there supposed to be no animations, or it's a bug? Well written into though and pretty graphics as far as I can get.

The concept of Norse Mythology fits the theme "connected Worlds" really well. I really like the story's settings and the art style. It is a nice Story so far. (by Alvar)

I like the visuals and sounds, but yes, it needs some combats or something else.

BTW, I got a black screen for a minute or so before entering the cave.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the game, the music fit well and although it wasn't much more than just a long walk, it put me in a good mood. It'd be cool to see this get finished up a bit more.

@LuisDC : There should be an animation showing Yggdrasil (the tree) before entering the cave. It lasts for 30sec or so. Could you see it or did the black screen occur later ?

@kibertoad : So far, Firefox had the best results for me (didn't try Chrome though). But the game might need a quite powerful computer to run properly. It laged a lot on a celeron powered laptop (7 year old).

BTW: there won't be any audio if you use Safari or IE as they don't support the OGG format which was used in the game.

I love this game

I love the art style and music! Nice job!

Like the art style and focus on story.. just wondering why you went with "shift" as jump.. really odd choice considering what it does on Windows platforms >_>

That was the default input in the software I used (i.e. Game Develop) which I found also weird.
I will change this and allow using "space" as well when I have access to the FTP. I think it's considered as a minor fix by LD rules.

Loved the two moons :D

I really like the art and music, combat would have been nice too see though :(

As others have noted, not so gamey, but good art!

Extremely beautiful, obviously a great story since you're basing it off Norse mythology, but I have to admit I got bored part of the way through. Exploration games are fun to an extent. I feel this game would extremely benefit from more clickable objects you can interact with, or some smaller side stories. I hope you continue to work on this. I want to see the rest. =)

the graphics and audio are nice, and the story is cool.
That's about it; I got bored after 3 minutes of holding the right arrow and quit. Either need to speed up walk speed, or lessen distance between interesting areas.

Really pretty graphics. I have to admit I kept the "shift" key held down the whole time, just to keep myself entertained :P

Nice scenery and characters were interesting. The animations could use a little work and maybe some more in the way of gameplay, but an interesting story nonetheless and a scenic setting.

Nice game, just the intro is too long, maybe you could add a skip button.

I liked the backgrounds and environment design, would
love to see some more interaction available with the world.

Really atmospheric.

Love the art style. The blurry trees in the foreground give a great sense of depth.

nothing wrong with an adventure game without combat
would pay money for a full version of this game as the art and theme are lovely

Using Yggdrasil was an inspired touch! I liked the writing, too. The end cutscenes went on a little bit too long--moving limited player control all the way down to zero player control kind of stung--but it was nicely played out. I almost would have preferred the nihilistic ending in which the gods win, but I imagine that would not make the most satisfying game... ah well.

I also thought that you might be able to characterize the player avatar a bit better by upgrading the jump and movement animations in the post-compo version, as they're a bit stiff and don't seem too Norse Warriorish.

Anyway, the parallax scrolling worked really well. I've done some studying of Norse mythology myself and liked how much effort you put into making things accurate. Gorgeous scenery!

Nice to see another viking themed entry ;)

Shift = sticky keys problem here too.

Like others said, there wasn't much gameplay... but the art and story seemed cool. Ambitious entry.

Beautiful graphics and audio. Narrative was lovely!

Graphics were amazing.

Might change the pacing a bit though.

Great graphics obviously, I'm just not sure this is a game.

Fantastic work on the art. But maybe it can benefit from more action. A little too contemplative? The story is interesting and I specially loved the little details on background ImI rock on!

Nice graphics and very well fx sounds and music. But the gameplay is a bit boring, try improving it and nice art!!

Liked the art and the way you used layers but as mentioned a bit more gameplay would really help.

I loved the atmosphere created by the opening monologue, artwork, and music. It's a shame that you were not able to take your idea all the way to where you wanted it in the time limit of Ludum Dare, but I'm looking forward to what you do next time.

A pretty start to something grand.

Hm, veah, looks very nice, but it's not a game actually. Nothing to do except walking forward.

Like others said, fantastic atmosphere and sound, no gameplay.

cool graphics and music. unfortunately i was a little bored by the gameplay. if you add some more pace it could become a great game.

Nice art and mood, just need to add some game mechanics and it could be great.

A nice story experience - I think that's fine. Every game doesn't need action. I liked the music and art! I think a some of the art could use some polish, and the font was missing characters, but I did enjoy it. Great job!

Pretty linear, like a story. The jumping helps to advance at some points but it's not challenging. Some parts are long. But overall, really nice graphics and mood :).