Dais

[Hapax]

Hi!

I was working on a platformer-style game idea for a bit a while back.
I call it Dais.



It has gone through many internal modifications, including changing the way it draws its map (from Selba Ward's Console Screen to using Cheese Map) and, now, fully updated to use SFML 3.

It's allowed me to experiment with some different things at once:
menus,
states,
controllers and control customisation,
platformer game internals,
manual character animation,
implementing player/enemy animation,
considering preparing for multiple language support,
resource packing,
and more...

I've learnt a lot from experimenting with it and there isn't much of a game, to be fair, but there is a simple level created for testing some features.

I'm still considering whether or not to continue with it as a game. I think I would like to...

Therefore, I'd be very interesting in some feedback on things like how it "feels" to play and the user experience overall.

So, here is a downloadable zip file:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5twjfm5grc7ziup47dor2/Dais-early-alpha-tests-0.0.1.zip?rlkey=xqb1k2t5mqqmiuw1fmc80fa2j&st=80axyuz6&dl=0
(click on the download icon at top-right)
It's for 64-bit Windows only, unfortunately.
Remember to extract the zip file before running.

Included in the zip is Dais.exe (the main program), DaisDev.exe (the DEV mode version with ability to modify the map live and other stuff) and a resources folder.

If you don't have the latest Visual C++ Redistributable (required for this to run), I believe you can download it directly from Microsoft here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version

I look forward to your feedback

p.s. If you want to use a controller, make sure it is connected before starting Dais.



EDIT: added screenshot.