Echo: Comet Coast (Jam Version) is a mix of Link's Awakening and Stardew Valley, It's a classic top-down Zelda experience where your key items are also crops you have to farm.
You awake on a mysterious island filled with colourful characters, dark forces have taken a special fruit from Mt Comet causing harvests to succumb to the Blight, crops that have been harmless for so long are starting to become monsters! You must embark on a quest to restore the Blissum Fruit to the summit and bring hope to the island once more.
Features:
10 crops to grow with several of them having special abilities, like the Grokey being used to unlock doors and the Bombshoot blowing things up!
A dungeon with a few puzzles.
Several small quest-like activities to complete.
Roughly 1 hr of gameplay.
There's a controls page on the beach but interacting with it requires knowing the interact button (completely my fault!)
Controls
Gamepad
Move - Left Stick / D pad
Interact - A / Y
Use Selected Item - B / X
Toolbar Move - LB , RB
Pause Menu - Start
Keyboard
Move - W,A,S,D
Interact - K / Z
Use Selected Item - J / X
Toolbar Move - Q , E
Pause Menu - Esc / Tab
Credits: Almost everything was made by me in the space of 2 weeks except for the fonts; The fonts were found on fontstruct, the Link's Awakening one is here, the 3x5 one is here
I have thought about it, I think I’ll start with a pc launch just cause I want to work on a game without worrying about performance and memory limits for a bit haha
But I have done a mock up of how it could work on playdate so I might plan a small version of it for pd if I have time! It might be better with it’s own cute little story since I’d have to change a decent amount mechanically
very fare. i don't have a pc, but anything you make for the playdate has my money. just got 100% on Echo: The Oracle's Scroll, and i am not usually a completionist. what a fantastic game. the sound, the music, the visuals, the MOVEMENT! it feels so good to control. by far the best platforming on the system to me. keep up the great work, and thank you for making such a wonderful game. this is the type of game i dreamed about when i first heard about the playdate. thank you.
That’s such a kind thing to say!! Thank you, I’m really glad you enjoyed the game :D it’s the kinda game I always wanted to play on it as well, I’m really looking forward to games like Comet and Owlets Embrace as well, in a year or 2 the playdates gonna have so many games that aim for a console-like experience! It’s tricky but the playdate is capable of so much!
yes! both of those games look amazing! Midnight Raider is another on my wishlist! i am absolutely blown away by what devs like y'all are doing with this amazing little machine.
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oh please put this on playdate!
I have thought about it, I think I’ll start with a pc launch just cause I want to work on a game without worrying about performance and memory limits for a bit haha
But I have done a mock up of how it could work on playdate so I might plan a small version of it for pd if I have time! It might be better with it’s own cute little story since I’d have to change a decent amount mechanically
very fare. i don't have a pc, but anything you make for the playdate has my money. just got 100% on Echo: The Oracle's Scroll, and i am not usually a completionist. what a fantastic game. the sound, the music, the visuals, the MOVEMENT! it feels so good to control. by far the best platforming on the system to me. keep up the great work, and thank you for making such a wonderful game. this is the type of game i dreamed about when i first heard about the playdate. thank you.
That’s such a kind thing to say!! Thank you, I’m really glad you enjoyed the game :D it’s the kinda game I always wanted to play on it as well, I’m really looking forward to games like Comet and Owlets Embrace as well, in a year or 2 the playdates gonna have so many games that aim for a console-like experience! It’s tricky but the playdate is capable of so much!
yes! both of those games look amazing! Midnight Raider is another on my wishlist! i am absolutely blown away by what devs like y'all are doing with this amazing little machine.
I wish I could save and the music was a little longer.
Did love the concept. A Little cozy game.
I had to change my screen resolution to be able to play (the menu with the time and tools would be hide)
Ahh thanks for playing!
yee, the jam deadline came v fast, I can’t believe I got any music in haha.
I’m gonna work on a proper full version of the game with more dungeons, actual bosses and loads more after my playdate game ships
I made such a bad decision trying to do a widescreen game boy resolution, that’ll defo get fixed!
This looks great! Any chance you’re able to export a Mac build as well?
Ahh thanks, I could but unfortunately I’d have no way of playtesting it properly and I’d feel bad not being confident it works