FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD29 → Somalia

Somalia

By tomski

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness299
Graphics324.47
Overall393.91
Fun433.79
Audio563.95
Mood713.87
Humor1123.38
Innovation1723.44
Theme2893.32

Comments

snoother 2014-04-28 21:07

Looks really good, but it crashes for me on startup. I'm running windows 8.1, if that helps.

longshorts 2014-04-28 21:08

Your screenshots look gorgeous, and I'm impressed it is generated with LibGDX, but I have tried running the JAR and it just dies before anything launches.

senordiablo 2014-04-28 21:08

hey same looks beautiful but instantly crashes when opened. I'm windows 7 64 bit

sunshiranui 2014-04-28 21:09

It crashes on OSX for me :(

szrapnel 2014-04-28 21:09

Screenshots look awsome, but it crashes on launch! :(
I'm running on Windows8 Java Version 7.

tomski 2014-04-28 21:10

Taking a look!

miwuc 2014-04-28 21:13

Crashes for me too, I get:

Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/esotericsoftware/spine/AnimationState$AnimationStateListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:120)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/esotericsoftware/spine/AnimationState$AnimationStateListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
at com.ld29.game.screens.GameScreen.create(GameScreen.java:173)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:136)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:114)

tomski 2014-04-28 21:40

Thanks for all the bug reports! I've uploaded a newer version that should fix these problems. Please give it a go!

sunshiranui 2014-04-28 21:52

I tried it again, but performance isn't the best. It gets really slow after I start the first level. Looks cool though!

marccspro 2014-04-28 21:55

Realy good game It's an all stars !
I havent got any craches on win 7 x64

javierecf 2014-04-28 22:02

really interesting, very fun and pretty too.

the jar runs without problems on my windows 7 machine.

crabman 2014-04-28 22:08

Worked for me on Win 7 x64 too. But more importantly, OMG SO PRETTY :3

friken 2014-04-28 22:48

very nice artwork and mood!

moist 2014-04-28 22:49

Absolutely incredible visuals and mood. That's one charming game, congrats!

stenol 2014-04-28 22:51

Wow great game. Great graphics, great cannon sound. Good job

craigsmye 2014-04-28 23:06

Hmmm I avoid most games that don't offer a web version but this one has me curious.

hexabeast 2014-04-28 23:15

Just beautiful!

tschery 2014-04-28 23:18

nice those shadow effects and the graphics in general =)

dannyg59 2014-04-28 23:19

Really lovely game :) graphics are beautiful and audio

m-gryko85 2014-04-29 05:53

Amazing art, and original gameplay. Very good job guys!

tomski 2014-04-29 09:49

Added a video in case you cant play for some reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXcmczV3ns

nonentheless 2014-04-29 10:03

It crashed when the octopus appeared, looks pretty nice and it's fun to play.

shire 2014-04-29 10:07

I couldn't get out of the sea monster by shooting

hirngespinst 2014-04-29 11:45

lovely art, nice music and quite fun. Made it to voyage 8 before it crashed. Funny texts in between - the thing about the son ("...move on") made me laugh.
I always had to dive for the pirates - cannons didn't seem to help. Is that intended? If so, the angle in which your cannons fire seems random - coudln't recognize the pattern at least.
Great entry though - congrats!

flavio 2014-04-29 11:51

Lovely game ! Maybe the interface could be slightly improved (like changing the police) and the overall purpose made clearer. Also I couldn't feel a real change in the levels difficulty. But firing canons on pirates is always a pleasure ;) Good job !

szrapnel 2014-04-29 15:25

Expected more but its fun to play :) Sparkling graphics!

dector 2014-04-29 22:09

App crashed on 7th level.

But I think it's beautiful. Please, make post-compo version!

jupiter_hadley 2014-04-30 03:41

Really amazing graphics and a nice game to go with it :) Well done! I included it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 29 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/pi2GfgHfAZM

tomski 2014-04-30 05:10

Should have got that crash fixed!

boltz-game-studios 2014-04-30 05:39

I love the submarine pirate ship, nice touch with the sonar ping. It lagged really badly for me and eventually crashed. Also my mouse wouldn't move while holding in a direction to move.

Beautiful game and great mood though!

copain 2014-04-30 06:45

nice, I like the long window.

blazingfanfish 2014-05-01 00:48

The games closed several times when I played it. It still run in the task manager, but I can't find it. Good Game though. :)

rincewind_cz 2014-05-01 10:52

Well, it's unplayable for me due to lags after I click on play :-(

tomski 2014-05-01 11:13

Seems Macs are having a lot of trouble with it, I don't have access to one so I cant debug currently :(

sharpcoder 2014-05-01 14:58

Amazing job, the polish is just stellar! The graphics are beautiful, the theme was nicely integrated, and the sound was top notch. My only suggestion would be to consider giving the players a bit of time to float around during the start of each level, so we can prepare for battle as opposed to just being in battle. But that's just a nitpick thing, overall this was a fantastic entry. Well done!

holgk 2014-05-01 15:37

Wow! Nice game.

ob6160 2014-05-01 16:25

AMAZING :D The best so far.

ultimatewalrus 2014-05-01 16:51

I get invalid or corrupt jarfile for the Windows build, tried redownloading to no avail.

jimmyboh 2014-05-01 17:04

This is awesome! By far the best I've played so far!

tomski 2014-05-01 18:11

How are you launching it Walrus?

hbocao 2014-05-01 20:21

The graphics and music really sets the mood of your entry. I was having some fun until the game crashed unexpectedly, but with no error. It simply closed. :(. Despite that, awesome job!

lasagnegames 2014-05-01 20:24

Beautiful lighting effects and music, which combined, create a really nice chilled out pirate blaster.

empyrealhell 2014-05-01 22:08

The graphics are exquisite, the music and sounds are great, the gameplay is just a little flat.

sparrow 2014-05-02 10:02

Awesome game, everything just fits and creates a pleasant experience. Good job!

loxo 2014-05-03 17:19

Beautiful game! Nice graphics and animations with all the details. It's fun to play, looks and feels very polished.

praporomsk 2014-05-03 21:52

Very beautiful graphics and fun gameplay, you rock!

2014-05-03 21:53

Crashes for me too... :)wish i could play#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x04c5288c, pid=5856, tid=3092
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_51-b13) (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (24.51-b03 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [ig4icd32.dll+0x24288c]
#
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows

phocker 2014-05-04 16:26

from what I was able to play it was good - too bad it kept crashing on me (win764) - hope you keep working on this - added to my favorites

hammervuis 2014-05-06 12:15

I love the sharks!

gapgen 2014-05-06 12:19

A fun little game, the feel of it is pretty fun. I'd prefer the game to restart on the level if you die rather than restart the whole game; I only got a few levels in and didn't really want to replay the first couple of levels over and over.

soupwithbits 2014-05-06 12:21

W O W
Looks, sounds and plays amazingly!
Love it!

ceosol 2014-05-07 12:15

Really like this game. First time it closed on 5. Third time I got stuck on crates and the octopus and a ship took me out. I couldn't hit the ship because the oc was in the way and I couldn't move because the crates were jammed up. Still, very enjoyable game. Please continue working on and refining this. I think you have something good going on here.

paveldlouhy 2014-05-08 21:50

Mac version started without any problem. Nice and polished game. It's fun to play. It took me some time to realise that LMB is not L, M and B on keyboard but LeftMouseButton. :D One of the best entries I rated so far. Good job!

donovanwu 2014-05-09 01:22

The game is awesome, especially in graphics and audio. Perhaps some more game balance factors can be added in for further development, because submerging seems to be a bit OP to me.

martinysa0311 2014-05-09 12:11

Love the gameplay... reminds me afternoons playing monkey island ...
Great job with the audio and art.

pimgale 2014-05-09 13:11

let us be the pirates an take away goods from their 'rightful owners'
!

kevinworkman 2014-05-10 14:34

This is a fun concept. It needs a little more polishing though, as I was able to beat most of the game just by going underwater to pass all the bad guys.

pinkmonkeyhead 2014-05-11 05:59

Amazing!!! I loved the graphics and gameplay

gfm 2014-05-11 15:31

Woooooo, fireworks!! Man... those graphics! And those particles... and you get more cannons as you progress, which means even more particles!! *-*
This game is beautiful! XD
The night/day cicle, the shadows and the reflection were also pretty good! Only the anti-alias of the ship wasn't nice, when not day time... but I can deal with that. XD
The music and sfx were really good and fitting. It's great to see a game this polished!
Also, it's really fun. Shooting things, with all this polish, is always fun.

udo 2014-05-12 12:25

This was simply awesome, so cute and so nicely done. Very smooth, I loved it!