Vapor Trails
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
IF YOU GET STUCK, RESTART THE GAME AND PRESS L
it will reload from the last autosave
The year is 20XX.
You are Valkyrie X-404, and you have been exiled from Paradise Prismatic Laboratories.
Return to the surface of Vapor City and exact revenge.
Controls
- Left/Right arrows to move
- Space (A on controller) to jump (tap to shorthop)
- Down to drop through platforms
- Down (in the air) to fast fall
- Z (X on controller) to attack
- X (Y on controller) to shoot
- Shift (B) + Left/Right to dash
- Up to interact
- Space to advance dialogue
- Down + Shift in the air to meteor slam
- Dash + Shift (hold) to super dash
- Shift (hold) to heal when grounded and stationary
- Ctrl (hold) to walk
- Tab to show inventory
- Space to buy items in shops
If something goes horribly wrong, press L to load from the last save point.
Sound Credits (used with permission)
title screen: until it feels like home by slime girls
intro scene: starbolt (reprise) by slime girls
rain loop: https://freesound.org/people/D%20W/sounds/136971/
sound effects: things I generated with chiptone
Problems? Anger?
Send me anthrax in the mail here.
Install instructions
download, play n go
I use itch's command line tools to push, so the directory is flat. looking at you rokas
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Development log
- bugfixes16 days ago
- demo day 26 bugfixes19 days ago
- secret update58 days ago
- Demo Day 24 feedback UPDATEJan 12, 2019
- NPCs with state-based dialogueAug 02, 2018
- music!Aug 01, 2018
- Added soundJul 29, 2018
- Started using butler, added a webGL versionJul 27, 2018
Comments
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Thanks for letting me know! I've fixed it locally but have not released it yet.
One of the best games i've played so far in 2019
the aquarium is so neat!!
Glad you liked it. The aquarium will become better but that won't be for a while.
I think i died and killed the boss at the same time and now i cant walk left/right
Aw, I thought I fixed that. Press L to force a load.
Well, that fly skill is OP, i just used it and finished the demo. You can put a limit on it like, 3s and then you fall and it have to recharge
Well, it's supposed to be an endgame ability, assuming I ever create the endgame.
Were you actually able to skip areas/fights with it though?
Yeah, i just stopped one time to kill the slimes and then i cheated by using the flying ability, i skipped like, 3 or 2 scenarios and i was in the elevator to the end of the demo
Controls are pretty bad but the core concept is nice.
I really like the visuals and sound. Hope to see more of this.
Also:
;)
what's your gripe with the controls?
also congrats on superdashing off the edge
Pressing shift to do things feels really uncomfortable. Usually it's ZXC not Shift ZX.
The different buttons for interacting and advancing dialogue is more confusing than helpful.
I think the setup you have at the moment would work pretty well on a controller and maybe it's just me, but definately make the keys rebindable.
I went with what I was comfortable with. The dialogue button changes are just so you don't immediately re-open dialogue if you're skipping through it.
Also I think you should be able to rebind controls in the launcher for the downloadable version.
Graphics and sound effects are amazing! I love the art style. As @danmakesgame remarked, I also think different controls would be more comfortable. Suggestions.
I found a bug: after I fall from the ledge where there's a slime enjoying a cigarette, I land on the spikes and get stuck.
Thanks for the feedback and bug finding though, I really appreciate it.
also @danmakesgames was replying to a much older version with different, worse controls.
I think you could pick better keyboard controls, and i just skipped the entirety of the tutorial without any problem, maybe consider making the windows auto-pop up instead of requiring an interact. the character itself feels good to me tho, the combat and movement is nice, hoping for a more content-rich version!
Good proof of concept. Would like a hard mode.