croze 2013-08-27 02:26
I highly suggest making a game more than 1 in every 1000 people are able to play (Not many PC gamers have 2 gamepads ready to be plugged in to vote)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD27 → Time to Die
By roybatty
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 67 | ||
| Audio | 269 | 2.90 | ||
| Fun | 328 | 2.84 | ||
| Humor | 354 | 2.17 | ||
| Graphics | 440 | 2.73 | ||
| Theme | 443 | 2.78 | ||
| Mood | 462 | 2.42 | ||
| Overall | 478 | 2.68 | ||
| Innovation | 541 | 2.27 |
I highly suggest making a game more than 1 in every 1000 people are able to play (Not many PC gamers have 2 gamepads ready to be plugged in to vote)
Nice variety of power-ups. I was only able to try with one as I only have one gamepad.
The web version is not starting for me. It get to black screen with countdown in the up left corner.
By the screenshot I see graphics that I more like placeholders anyways.
Could not run the web version. After character selection a dark screen just went into negative numbers.
Hi, Croze!
We do apologize to anyone who is unable to play. We knew going in that creating a local multiplayer game would be very limiting.
I'll be honest in saying that I cannot currently play here at home. However, when I was playing an earlier build in a room full of game developers yesterday, I had a blast. I guess my hope is that if anyone else is interested, has the capability, and wants to try it out with their friends, they will have the same amount of fun that I did. At the very least, I have learned a lot about working on a multiplayer game, having never worked on one before. I tend to look at jams as a chance to try something new, and perhaps that is selfish.
I think some of us do intend to continue work on this concept, and perhaps someday it will be available to a wider audience through distribution on a more friendly platform?
For the moment, I would thank you for taking the time to comment, and will try to get to your game sometime in the next few days. Good luck!
-thatwhichis, team RoyBatty
IHateATMFees: Thank you for playing!
Tanser and CarmineGames: Thank you for letting us know! One of us was having an issue with the web build earlier but it was running fine on my machine; we will definitely look into it within the next few days.
-thatwhichis, team RoyBatty
Well, we made the deadline. It's been a great experience: we laughed, we cried, we shared memories of times gone by and hopes for days to come. We only broke a few bones, and to those currently recuperating at Orlando Regional Medical Center, we are really, really, sorry about that.
What follows are a few additional notes regarding Time to Die:
INSTRUCTIONS
* After the logo disappears, use the mouse to select at least two characters.
* In battle, each character corresponds to a gamepad.
* Press A to Jump.
* Press X to Fire.
* Use the D-pad to Move.
POWERUPS
* Floaty - Upon jumping, player will float in the air.
* Ghost- Player disappears; firing a shot reveals location.
* Gravity - Player acts as a gravity well, attracting objects.
* Reflect - Shots reflect off player; no damage is taken.
* Jump - Player jumps extra high.
* Phasing - Stepping on a platform makes it disappear.
* Reload - Player reloads faster.
* Speed - Player runs faster.
* Spread - Player fires three shots at a time.
* Stasis - Player's shots slow down and pause in midair.
We hope you enjoy playing Time to Die!
-- David J. Sushil
Um, what is the minecraft dirt doing here?
>> Um, what is the minecraft dirt doing here?
We told that Minecraft dirt: "Minecraft dirt, you are NOT allowed in our final build!" but it just wouldn't listen. It kept coming back (drunk, of course) yelling and screaming about creepers. At first we were annoyed, but eventually we started feeling sorry for it. Corey called it a cab, but since Minecraft dirt had lost its wallet, we had to pony up his fare. The driver was a nice enough guy - I'd say Lebanese from the accent. I gave him my number in case there were any problems. He told us a story about the worst drunk passenger he'd ever seen, and we laughed while smoking cigarettes. Needless to say, we were all surprised to find Minecraft dirt still lingering around as the deadline approached. But, hey: that's Minecraft dirt. There when you need him, there when you don't.
-- David J. Sushil
I like the idea. Couldn't play it to the fullest, didn't have anybody to play with. nonetheless it was fun . And it so happens my left hand is the superior player.
Graphical glitches, 2 players required, just no. Clock goes into the negatives!
Does not work for me, I get a black screen after character selection.
Same as cshwartz, black screen after selection, and windows file corrupted :(
csschwartz and dumasflo: Thanks for your feedback! We are aware of the black screen issue and will work to correct it. It seems to only happen on some machines, and we're not sure why. It would be really helpful to know more about how you're running the game: which OS, which browser, etc.
-- David J. Sushil
Just posted an update; should address noted bugs so far! -thatwhichis, team RoyBatty
I played with myself and had fun! Well, sort of >.> You really need AI ^^
There is potential here but I think the jump/movement mechanics are pretty stiff... otherwise a good entry! Good luck!
Bah, wish I had someone here to play this with... liked the music and the amusing characters.
Technically I think this kinda stuff needs to go in a post-compo version though:
* Changed background music.
* Added sound effects to title screen.
* Removed placeholder platform sprites.
I was sad I couldnt be a potato, :( I also didnt have friends to play with but it is still a pretty cool game. :) I featured this game in my compilation video of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/okyxuWBF5Yw
esayitch: lol, thank you! AI was definitely a stretch goal, but we already ended up with some last-minute triage to make the entry playable. Slight case of "over-scoping" on our part, but we like the entry and will probably try to continue development at some point in the future!
Chinchilla: We've reviewed the rules and guidelines again; our initial interpretation was that these alterations might be acceptable as we had the assets done in time but that they were not implemented or implemented poorly due to "bugs;" however, we will certainly refrain from any more alterations to this version and I personally apologize if we have acted improperly, our intention is not in any way to "game" the system. We're just excited to keep working on it; I can't wait to get our other sprites in place and add a game summary screen for the post-compo version! I've only participated in the 48-hour compo before, and thought the jam rules a little more lax.
Jupiter_Hadley: Hey, thanks bud! We're sorry, the potato will be there someday!
-thatwhichis, team RoyBatty
That relativity power up is the best! :D
Obscuremoon: ALL credit to Sushil on the power-ups; they're his babies and I think they mix and match to make some incredibly fun rounds!
-thatwhichis, team RoyBatty
Nice music. Game is ok. Is it 3 player game?
Not really sure what I was supposed to be doing... and my potato wasn't a potato. I also didn't have 2x others to play with...
Hey peoples!
Optimus6128: Yeah, it's meant to be between 2 and 4 local multiplayer, but when we were debugging in the last few minutes we ended up cutting a player (so min 2, max 3 at the moment!) to help figure out some behaviors we were seeing. Thanks for giving our little game a shot! I think it's something we plan on coming back to in the future. :-)
davidwparker: Our artist was actually project hopping at the site we attended, so he only jumped on with us in about the last day- gave us some great sprites with more animation than I think we have implemented even now, but he only got to two of the characters so right now John Li/Bear both play as John Li and Shark/Potato both play as Shark. ;_;
As an aside: the initial bug we encountered after posting the game that crashed it on the level scene? Having corrected it, I'm now relatively certain that anyone encountering that bug chose Potato. I find that very interesting. ;-D
Nice start to a little couch arena game. I really enjoy those. Though I feel like 10 seconds is just too short of a time for this type of game. Maybe consider expanding it into something w/o the 10 second limitation?