From the Well in the Valley
Leave your well and explore the world.
Collect 5 stars or just wander around.
Hints (if you want them!)
- Far above the field
- At the base of the cliff
- Inside the castle
- Below the castle
Controls
- AD to Move
- Space to Jump (quick tap for a small jump)
- Hold S to Look Down
- R to Reset
Music
Laurie Spiegel - East River Dawn
Made in one week based on the prompt "An overscoped game" for Prototype Studio at the NYUGC.
Comments
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I loved the atmosphere and wanted to play all the way through, but I could only get one feather and I looked everywhere but couldn't find it.
There was also a thing that looked like a Mario block, so maybe you could respect Mario and hit the block with your head to get the item? I thought so and hit all the blocks with my head, but I couldn't find it. :<
Thanks for playing! Sorry you couldn't find more. Most of the stars are past some hidden paths that can be tricky to find. I haven't heard from anyone who found them all without a hint or two. Something to improve in a later version though no plans for that in the near future. I've just added some hints to the description at least.
And fun idea for the Mario block! I feel like that a surprisingly rare mechanic to see in platformers outside of Mario and could definitely be fun to play around with.
love this one. a world filled with secrets will never get old in games (and weirdly doesn't seem to be done that much? or at least not in the AAA sphere. i guess maybe it has less "mass appeal"?) kind of reminds me of a less oppressive Strawberry Cubes (or how i remember that game -- looking back at it now maybe it's more "meta" than i remember). the art and sound is so good, and reducing the action to a simple explore-em-up let's the mystery of the world really shine. lovely work :)
Thanks Joey <3
It's a fun exploration game, the movement feels nice and the map makes me want to find every little secret.
Spoiler: I couldn't find the fifth star, I found 2 on the sky, one on the left side of the map after falling from the sky and one on the brick house on the right. But I did find a way to fall out of the map and found your little secret down there :P
Thanks so much for playing - glad you enjoyed it!
I'm curious how you managed to fall out of the map! The "intended" way to get down there requires getting all the stars, though I expected someone might find another way, just not so quickly!
And if you wanted to know, spoiler for that last star: There's two in the right area, the one in the brick house and another below it via secret path, which requires a short jump to enter.
I think after the second or third platform I jumped down and while fallinf went against a wall, and I just went through.
It was around here that I went through, I am to the left of the starting point:
Also, proof that I went though with only 4 stars:
Interesting! Some weird precise collision bug I guess, maybe having to do with seams in the ground colliders. I vaguely remember something similar happening once while testing and guess it never quite got fixed. Good to know and learn from, thanks!