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Caves of Caladria

By joxno

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio5062.63
Graphics6412.75
Mood8482.33
Humor8611.72
Innovation9712.36
Fun9722.37
Overall9872.57
Theme11571.88

Comments

foxtacy 2013-08-26 14:35

Very cool game, i mean it! for your first LD competition this is very very good! But i think you should revisit the control configuration! Kudos for you!

clavus 2013-08-26 15:14

Game crashes the moment I try to execute LD7Engine.exe. Windows 7 x64.

gikdew 2013-08-26 15:16

The game crashes on my computer, windows7 x64

loerden 2013-08-26 15:20

Good :)
Just some errors like accidently quit the game when holding ESC to long in the first Dialog.
You should tell everyone that they must have Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 installed

karsyf 2013-08-26 15:20

Can't move left/right, only jump. Am I being dumb and missing something? If so sorry =/

rialgar 2013-08-26 15:20

Either I'm doing it wrong or the character won't move, WASD changes the direction he is looking, but nothing else. Jumping works, firing down makes him fly up, but he does not walk.

dy 2013-08-26 15:21

Yup, control configuration is a problem. But not bad game ;)

tylorlilley 2013-08-26 15:54

Interesting game! I would have liked to have seen a different control scheme. The thing that made that seemed to annoy me the most while playing as the screen not really following the character; it would often lag behind while falling down and sometimes take a while to "find" the character at the start. I really think that, especially for a game like this, a fixed view that strictly follows the character would be a better choice. That said, I am a huge fan of randomly generated games and I know how hard they can be to make work properly; so congrats on getting such a solid foundation for that done in such a short time span!

larzan 2013-08-26 15:56

Game crashes the moment I try to execute LD7Engine.exe. Windows 7 x64.
Tried compatibility modes and Admin, nuttin'.

tylorlilley 2013-08-26 15:57

Hey, this was my first Ludum Dare and I made a (somewhat) randomly generated game too! You should check mine out and let me know what you think. I know first hand how hard making a randomly generated game can be, so congrats on taking that challenge on for your First Ludum Dare!

sgehlich 2013-08-26 15:58

The controls feel weird, but I like your graphics. But how did you involve the 10 seconds theme?

grimgary 2013-08-26 16:00

Good looking game, had a good player feedback to it...but... dem controls! I am no contortionist! Not sure what it had to do with the theme though ;P

joxno 2013-08-26 16:01

Rialgar, Kwrky: It may have been me accidentally leaving in the controller code which overrides the keyboard >.<

gikdew, Clavus: Hmm, odd, I run Win7 x64, I'll look into it and fix the bugs and upload a version later

ultravisitor 2013-08-26 16:02

The control is really interesting -- your weapon stays fixed until you change it. I really like the game camera. I had no issues starting it up.

joxno 2013-08-26 17:04

Alright, I made a few bug fixes which hopefully resolves most crashes and wonky stuff.

taiters 2013-08-26 19:53

Game looks really cool! But I've not been able to play it. It loads fine, but I cannot move the character. I can shoot and jump fine, just not move. I'll try again in a while encase stuff needs sorted :)
(I'm on Windows 7 x64)

kayupla 2013-08-26 20:14

can't move ... sorry I couldn't try it

senevri 2013-08-26 20:17

keyboard doesn't actually move the character - they just change the facing, it seems.

kunzbe 2013-08-26 20:18

I cant play it :( The movement is broken

joxno 2013-08-26 20:21

Gah, sorry guys, forgot to remove all controller support!
Apparently running 'Release' mode in Visual Studio isn't the same as running from .exe, Should work now!

bradleysmith 2013-08-27 00:00

Your pixel art is gorgeous, awesome work for 48hours! Very highly rated. :)

bubbletea 2013-08-27 00:23

if you hold down shoot the amount of bullets that are spawned is a bug i think

joxno 2013-08-27 00:26

BubbleTea: Haha, yeah, wow, I hadn't even noticed that one, I'll leave that one in as a 'feature'

recursiveanomaly 2013-08-27 02:16

Sweet game. I love the endless dungeons. When you fall a long distance your camera loses the player.

sushin 2013-08-27 02:29

The camera made me sick...

theholychicken 2013-08-27 07:17

Compliments for procedural generation! I didn't even notice it was procedurally generated at first.
The autofire doesn't happen until a second or two after I hold the fire key.. This is unnecessary in my opinion. It's usually a good idea to allow the player to feel in control.
The art style is quite good. I think it could benefit from everything being in smaller scale(like 16X16 sprites) so that the screen could fit more of the world in. That way it will be easier to navigate the huge dungeon with less confusion.

lordjosephdeburg 2013-08-27 20:51

The fact that you cant see where your falling is very un-nerving. I liked it, also is there a way to put yourself out when you catch fire?

joxno 2013-08-27 21:02

lordjosephdeburg: Cheers, kinda what I was going for with the camera to make people a bit more careful when going downwards, and yes, you have to get hit by a water elemental

gnecro1 2013-08-27 21:06

very good game :D

optimus6128 2013-08-27 21:54

Nice!

bipolarmike 2013-08-27 22:58

Nice start, you've got a great solid engine here, you could turn this into something really neat if you wanted to :)

olafurw 2013-08-28 00:24

Crashes.

joxno 2013-08-28 00:36

olafurw: Hmm, straight off the bat or in-game?

naufr4g0 2013-08-28 00:47

I experienced a crash only one time (windows7-64). Graphic style is really good and the game is quite fun. Controls are not so precise. Anway a good game. :)

phocker 2013-08-28 01:36

congratulations on your first game -- it was a little confusing controls but overall good job

reaperguy 2013-08-28 10:41

Game is crashing for me too... can't play

kunonooni 2013-08-29 00:26

Really liked the graphics. Big kudos for your first LD! Definitely keep working on it, you've got something good going.

Jeremias 2013-08-29 14:28

Some things I recommend for a post-compo version:
- bigger enemy graphics; sometimes it was hard to recognize them.
- the fire attack is very extreme, burning someone to death very fast.
- change the Z button as input, as other countries have other keyboard layouts

Congratulations for your first LD game!

purplescape 2013-09-04 03:28

The procedural generation is cool, good job on that! It's fun to explore even if difficult to survive for long. It looks nice too.

hyperbox 2013-09-04 17:31

This is really cool and I like where you were going with this, but the camera made it very difficult to play since there was a long delay when falling long distances. The graphics and music are very nice.

t1 2013-09-12 17:17

Procedural maps, platformer mechanics, firing aim, enemies, inventory system, stuff falling from the ceilings.. the amount of content and detail is really impressive considering this was your first jam. :) You must be really good at managing time!)

The game has really nice atmosphere, somehow the music and the blueish colors are very relaxing. :)

It was fun to use the gun as a jetpack by holding down the fire key, though i don't think that was intended.

I couldn't figure out what the items do though, all it says is i'm feeling a strange sensation lol.

P.S. Help, the character is on fire, what do? :D