This Kingdom Hearts Inspired Game is PERFECT - Luminous Nights

[@michaelmoore3787]

*Now I want to make the term HEARTS-LIKE happen. Come on fam, let's make it happen.*

[@HYDEinallcaps]

But then Shadow Hearts fans will get the wrong idea.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Ok but which type of hearts like the Technical over spectacle combat of kh 2. Or the Spectacle over technical combat of BBS, DDD, and kh 3 before remind.

[@Kirbyluver2]

Fr so tired of souls-likes as if its the only action rpg worth taking from

[@zetifk]

how about we just get new games

[@JasonGardner-m2o]

I'd like to think the slow animations are because the one developer wants to see his animations thru and be sure they're all set before speeding it up.

[@Wavy-Gravy]

even in double speed it still seems kinda slow, cool though

[@mechashadow]

Animation satisfaction is a tricky thing to nail, speaking from the gamedev end,

[@LethargyPike]

Maybe that's a design element since he's blending kingdom hearts 1 and 2, and we know combat wasn't as fast in kh1

[@4RT1LL3RY]

I think a big part of that is the particle effects and timing from starting an attack to hitting. A trick that other games use to give that sense of impact is to speed up the overall animation, and slow it down when you hit something. That bit of 'hit lag' is what makes Smash Brothers have that satisfying weight to it. Because currently its a bit floaty, which is good for the air combat but not the best for grounded attacks. Though even just adding a knock back animation to defeated enemies before they disappear will give that extra umph to finishers.

[@wolfdragox5563]

i mean its not even on alpha state yet

[@tb_twisted]

The setting is like Agrabah and Traverse Town had a love child

[@darienb1127]

It's cool how much they've managed to nail the KH feeling, but I do hope that they are able to stand out in their own way by the time it's released. I want to see how people can evolve the formula, rather than just imitate. My biggest hope out of this is that they play around with the ability system a bit. the numbered KH games can very quickly turn into equipping every ability you can, because you can. I hope that we get more unique abilites that would actually force us to think about what we want equipped, and even experiment with some combo modifies that feel different. I really just want this game to actually have the RPG feeling that some KH games lack.

[@cozydayzandnightz]

"Heartslike" is such a great addition to videogame terminology; I really hope we get more of it!

[@bluedash14]

BRO YOU CANT START THE VIDEO WITH THE STRONG STACHE. ITS TOO POWERFUL

[@collapsedlung_]

Dude what are you talking about its patchy

[@TheGamersJoint]

Hahahahaha WAIT maybe we should bring it back just for the laughs??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@noahdean9685]

I would love to see a Kingdom hearts like game where you can go to the different mythologies like Greek or Norse.

[@Raximus3000]

Greek is possible, Norse not so much since there is no world with that mythology.

[@WatsonDynamite]

@@Raximus3000 pretty sure they didn't mean Disney worlds but original worlds. Kingdom hearts LIKE game, emphasis on LIKE

[@Raximus3000]

@@WatsonDynamite Not the way it is developed right now. Ergo you would need more people.

[@bradtussey827]

so basically a Kingdom Hearts and God Of war type game? I definitely would love that

[@noahdean9685]

@@bradtussey827 kinda of.

[@tormxnta]

I want to make a Heartslike game too. It’s tied into a bigger story I’ve been writing for decades atp. Hope to make it as far as this guy has.

[@viruschris3160]

Same

[@danx900]

I love the description on Steam. “A HeartsLike action RPG.” Let’s make HeartsLike a new thing

[@mformewtwo]

This looks really promising, and I'm glad to hear that the in person reception has been positive. Can't wait to see how it develops further. P.S. To everyone commenting on the slow attack animations. He did say that he is only half way through Pre-production. So, there is still plenty of time to make adjustments. Let the man cook!

[@ultimaUmbreon]

This project has lots of potential, I can't wait to see the end product and play it myself in it's finished state. May your hearts be your guiding key!

[@Save_Train]

I always love it when I hear "Cavern of Remembrance" in a background of a youtube video! Kudos for you using that song

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

That Agrabah esque world just makes me wish KH2 Agrabah took place at night time to feel closer to Return of Jafar (or just the night time scenes of the movie in general) lol, would have made that revisit more worth it

[@mostattaa1646]

Proud to say that I met the dev Yahya before, he's such a passionate person.

[@SuupurSanicc]

It's dope to see you covering this again! I was backing the project for a really long time, and I'm so stoked about the direction it took. Here's to hoping it takes off like crazy.

[@ITSNICKMELLO]

The game has a lot of potential, even though I think it might need to differentiate a bit more from Kingdom Hearts to have a future. Also, what a great game name logo, it even has the title of the game in Arabic next to the moon. Very clever.

[@ClavisVanitas]

Love from germany, jared I know you since your top 5 videos, youre kind of a part of a third of my life and i love that you are consistently a part of it still

[@ChrisBeYT]

Cooles profilbild 😪

[@ClavisVanitas]

@@ChrisBeYT danke mann😪

[@ChrisBeYT]

@@ClavisVanitas oh mein emoji war eigentlich sogar ausversehen 😂

[@pengukim]

So happy to see the game getting pushed out there for more recognition! It definitely has come a long way and I can't wait to see it when it's done

[@ChrisBeYT]

Following the dev for a while now and I'm honestly excited for the finished project

[@AubreyTheKing]

Fun fact, Nomura originally wanted platforming in Kingdom Hearts 2, he also wanted all the Organization XIII members to be bosses in the Olympus Coliseum. But due to time constraints, it never happened....until Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix was created. During the development, he had a second chance to use his scrapped ideas. He wanted to include the Organization XIII bosses. But instead of putting them in the Olympus Coliseum, he decided to create a whole new area to explore to access the bosses. That being, Cavern of Remembrance. Even Nomura realized the lack of platforming and puzzle solving in the original Kingdom Hearts 2. There were even a few platforming and puzzle solving in 358/2 Days, and even in Re:Coded. They weren't as good as in Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2. But the platforming and puzzle solving were there.

[@SeekersRealm]

We need to make an entire game genre of "hearts-like" games. This is absolutely fire.

[@morohana]

Yahya is a very hardworking dev. I have been following him for a while. Great to see more exposure to the KH inspired indie scene! Hope I can get to show off my KH-like project like this someday!

[@johnathonturner2279]

I've tried the early build myself. I want to get around to making a video to provide feedback sometime in the future, but don't have the necessary supplies yet.

[@newdivide9882]

1:37 Oh, this guy’s favorite world is definitely Agrabah lol. It’s crazy how much this guy had to have obsessively studied KH because very bit of this feels like KH1. Everything you mentioned, but even the speed of combat animations and the enemies riding that perfect line of whimsical and threatening. Even the soft, yellow lighting reminds me of Traverse Town. I never realized until now just how much even the tiniest details of KH have stuck with me over the years… I should play it again sometime

[@JeaHSaren]

Added to my wishlist, thank you for sharing this game! I agree with the comments and also hope "Hearts-like" becomes a more common tag.

[@ZeranZeran]

I would love an MMORPG with this graphic style, it reminds me of classic Fly For Fun!

[@lbentosoares4]

I reeeeeally like the idea of a whole "heartslike" genre of games starting to exist from now one and I hope that becomes a thing!!!

[@jasomega2446]

Sweet Game. Always a blast to run around in an opened city setting in games.

[@ProxyDoug]

There's actually a really good Heartslike called "What if Adventure Time was a 3D Anime" made by Mike Inel. Being a fan-game, it is rather short, but plays exceptionally well, and has a very nice difficulty curve. Worth pointing out, it's got NSFW content on it, but it can be played while blocking all of it. Certainly not a reason to not give it a try.

[@dsatoy103]

I've been following this guy for a few years now he's pretty talented and I'm so excited to play this later.

[@anotheroneplz1453]

Omg the MUSTACHE was peak

[@Sennaton]

Dunno if anyone will see this(Certainly hope the creator will), but the game is looking pretty nice! One point of issue I have is that those animations look like he's heaving a blade much heavier than the one he's holding appears to be. Would look better if the animation were faster, or maybe just snapped forward at the end rather than a linear speed.

[@TheDarkThief692]

The fact that this game is very inspired by Kingdom Hearts is great especially since we all wait for KH4. I also have Prince of Persia vibes from this project

[@Quintessence4444]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII would've been an amazing heartslike.

[@lexmori9356]

I would absolutely love a Heartslike game where you still visit different types of locations, as he attempted with the “realms,” because I definitely am a sucker for sea and sky settings like Destiny Islands and would love to spend more time in places like it.

[@tankatlus5797]

I hope Luminous Nights gets you to have the ability to turn into a cute cat similar to how sora turned into a cute lion cub

[@proxycloud__]

being this early is insane, but the game is even crazier

[@thegamedevcave]

i've been following the development of this game semi-closely for a while now and man it has me excited!!! it being a solo dev project probably means it's a far distance from being finished but let me tell you, copying the game feel of Kingdom hearts is no easy feat and this guy, based on the footage alone has managed to NAIL it!

[@Makoto03]

This looks really fun. Love the KH inspiration.

[@Sarafara7]

It’s written in Arabic, how cool 😍

[@IWendigo]

I really hope that now that the kids who grew up with KH and are getting into game dev will allow a "hearts-like" genre to become a more common thing cause i've always wanted more games with a similar feel

[@brandonwaters4955]

wowww love how this is coming along!

[@Enclave.]

Takes place in Agrabah? Yup, it's Kingdom Hearts. Seriously though, the combat seems about as slow as KH1 Sora which is fine, though I personally would have preferred more of a KH2 feel but that's just subjective personal preference, of course this could change as you get more combat abilities, it certainly did in KH2. This really does look great.

[@fiveam8626]

he needs to make it more unique. it honestly still looks like a bootleg hack

[@Kaitri]

"Hearts like" i love that name. I always called these games "free flow" before that even was a term in DDD. But heartslike is awesome. This will be my new term from now on

[@tankatlus5797]

Also I wonder if 2 allies will join the heroes team similar to how Don and Goof joined Sora

[@lilreaperll8u]

can't wait to play this when its done. only wish more creators would compete in making kh like games

[@theamazinggeek210]

This projects pretty cool. Crazy cool. Sounds like theres a list. Are there any other KH inspired games i can look up?

[@sugarless.y2k]

Now I want to see a Versus XIII inspired game, one can hope.

[@Bluueee03]

Just played and discovered this 2 days ago, you are fast at both discovering video ideas and making them, haha

[@redstreak9430]

The artstyle in its current form gives me a KH meets Sonic Unleashed feel if that makes sense, specifically how the Shamar Werehog levels looked since they’re both inspired by Arabian culture. Even the Djins you fight in the demo remind me of the Gaia minions a bit

[@xXsoraXx47]

He’s so dope I follow him waiting for this game to come out id play it all day

[@rjayjay5230]

If the Agrabah world became a full game itself:

[@beardalaxy]

This looks awesome! I definitely think it needs to be sped up though, it looks super slow right now.

[@rayfigz]

Soul Eater x KH collab goes crazy 😭🔥

[@DaBaseBallZ]

So this is an Arabian Kingdom Hearts,huh My interest as an Egyptian has been peaked

[@ggloitergg]

So basically prince of persia child meets kingdom hearts and becomes the next keyblade wielder

[@ntrg3248]

I've known about this guy for a long while, I decided I'd let him cook and see how it turns out, good to know he's still going strong :)

[@Shrock568]

I like how this has gotten more of its own identity as its development has gone on.

[@grouchitiger]

Some of these visuals make me think of one of my favorite classic RPGs Dark Cloud

[@Spazzboy911]

instant 'wishlist' game

[@JustALaddd]

I absolutely wouldn't mind to see more heartslikes!

[@ultimatealdo1922]

I wanted to see inspired kingdom hearts games were one of them are crossovers to Dreamworks, Blue Sky, Studio Ghibli, Don Bluth Warner Bros, and more to other movies and shows

[@TReactz]

i would love to work as a character designer for this guy

[@joshuagoforth1658]

As long as the story and bosses are good this game has already gotten me to buy it with how amazing it already is Edit: and with it being heavily inspired by 1001 nights I now know this is gonna kick so much ass 😍

[@deorodant_oh-one6875]

If you think about it , a lot of today's jrpgs take inspiration from Kingdom hearts. There's tons of jrpgs that use the combat system that kingdom hearts has had since it's inception and even final fantasy now is more like kingdom hearts than final fantasy. Really makes you think how far , far ahead Kingdom hearts 1 was ( still my favourite in the series )

[@gigablast4129]

this looks so good

[@Enigma_Soldier]

Dude I'm loving your look atm

[@ACEnBEAKY]

A main character with a scimitar doing parkour across the middle east also kinda reminds of Prince of Persia. Replacing the Heartless with Djinn is actually pretty genius*, because you dive into the mythological aspects of them in both Islam and pre Islamic paganism, they can be quite diverse. *Did you see what I did there? Genius, Djinni? 😜

[@MANNY100123]

Looks so good already! :D

[@spyderxd4952]

Heartslike before gta6 is wild

[@ChristianGroff-c1q]

I may definitely get the platinum trophy for this game. It looks awesome. ^_^

[@michaelanderson3958]

As someone who is not a fan of Kingdom Hearts but genuinely loves the combat & exploration, I am genuinely excited to see HeartsLike becoming a reality.

[@Kimoxdo]

I need a heavy Versus 13 inspired game

[@MightyReeN]

I find it funny that there's all these games coming out with heavy influences from other games and then they get shit on for being "rip-offs" examples being Palword or Enchanted Portals being rip-offs of pokémon and Cuphead respectively. And then here comes luminous nights being praised when it's literally kingdom hearts without disney or keys IM NOT COMPLAINING. I just find it interesting that since there actually seems to actually be heart in this and the fact that kingdom hearts is pretty specific style and there are almost no games like it, people are completely chill with it and fine it fine. I'm super excited to see how this game comes out, though I am pretty concerned on what Square Enix might do if it gets too popular. Like Bomb Rush Cyberfunk feels so different from Jet Set Radio, but this is LITERALLY kingdom hearts with a pallet swap.

[@3clipser]

Looks great, I support the idea of a hearts-like genre

[@yosukerechain2000]

Nice inspire... good

[@saryakan]

It looks amazing. Just not as fluid and fast as it needs to be yet.

[@Stuffgamer1]

Another influencial game that somehow takes about TWENTY YEARS for projects to come around. It made more sense when the industry slept on Wario Land 4, Kingdom Hearts is an ongoing series and STILL hasn't been meaningfully imitated until now.

[@Peekoh]

There’s… a lot taken from Kingdom Hearts without changing it. Inspiration is a generous descriptor.

[@megaluffy1018]

I feel like the combat is a bit more kh1 vs 2. Its a bit more like slower in terms of feel and swing speed. Personally im more a fan of kh2 combat, but other than that. Its looks great.

[@roxasuzumaki6628]

I still miss the way you transition from rooms in kh1 a little animation would play showing sora pass between rooms

[@ZgermanGuy.]

may allah be your guiding key

[@dspace4514]

Whoever made that song for Luminous Nights needs a raise.

[@aderahmat9300]

We got kingdom hearts halal version

[@alaranarmstrong3718]

I hope at some point the animations become a bit faster. As is the footage looks like the character is swinging their sword underwater

[@davidordaz5251]

We need kh4 news updates cmon square jareds going crazy lol

[@skymodysora4114]

WE GOT ARABIAN KINGDOM HEARTS BEFORE GTA 6🗣🗣🗣

[@stevensoraastro1124]

Game desperately needs to increase the speed of attacks and guard. Genuinely looks like you are moving through jello.

[@FrostDJakki3529]

Desperately? This guy's doing it alone or with a small team. Game development takes time and a long time at that. Instead of saying someone needs to desperately do something why don't you offer to help?

[@stevensoraastro1124]

@@FrostDJakki3529 I wasn't being mean. That was my help. Speed up animations. I admire small dev teams and hope to one day do what they do. I would want someone who understands game design to do something similar to what I had said for me.

[@Jetterz1999]

​@@FrostDJakki3529It's important for the target demopraphic to give out constructive criticism, if anything the comment *_is_* helping

[@Jetterz1999]

I thought this video was gonna be about the game at 0:28, that one in particular looks so promising

[@vicentegarcia1383]

name?

[@Jetterz1999]

@@vicentegarcia1383 DuskFade, he's made a video on it previously

[@ZombiemasterFTW]

​@@Jetterz1999thank you!!

[@WARLORD626]

Naota from FLCL look'n.

[@tkuzava22]

This looks really interesting and I’m excited to see more. I will say the only criticism I have so far is it looks and seems way too similar to KH which isn’t bad but you also want it to be different to stand out

[@Darkheart1413]

I think what I’d love to see, not that any small developers is going to be able to get the rights. But a dreamworks/universal heartslike would be amazing. Lemme see shrek, coraline, how to train your dragon ice age ect…

[@garykinsey8268]

the problem with all spiritual/inspired games is if they dont add enough original features to differ it from the original it wont make me want to play it over just replaying the original. Id rather play he original than kroger brand knock off version. JS

[@madisonevans7950]

Brooo that stache is HOT

[@swirlofsilliness]

Someone will make a Sora mod, I'm sure of it.

[@TheWestmarker]

what's the game shown at 0:28 ?

[@redstreak9430]

DuskFade

[@RunieDayeVT]

actually the first Kingdom Hearts Clone was Dark Cloud :)

[@jonatou1]

Look awesome for a game made with one person, the only i will improve is the speed, is slow as fuck

[@Guelitoxtarz]

Looking badass