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ResourceDivers
By rock48
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 2 | 76 | | |
| Theme | 162 | 3.74 | | |
| Fun | 243 | 3.43 | | |
| Overall | 574 | 3.17 | | |
| Humor | 629 | 2.33 | | |
| Audio | 699 | 2.49 | | |
| Mood | 736 | 2.79 | | |
| Innovation | 810 | 2.71 | | |
| Graphics | 1105 | 2.26 | | |
Comments
zorfmorf
2014-04-28 16:34
Hey rockdude, it's me!
Just wanted to give your game a quick spin. What I didn't know was how much content you put in there! °O°
Took me the better half of an hour to play it to the end.
Sadly, instead of the win screen in your screenshots, I got an error message when I tried to buy the escape boat. Here is a screenshot, so maybe you can fix it for other players:
http://aborium.com/public/images/resdiver_error.png
The game itself is very straightforward but it got me hooked trying to get all the funny upgrades. Whenver I thought THIS has to be the last one, there popped up another one! I'd change the end so that the last item you need for the rescue boat is a power crystal. I had a couple of them already but because I was short on uranium I had to do a couple of additional runs.
Good work!
rock48
2014-04-28 18:14
I agree, the uranium gathering is a little unbalanced, I may add a little more uranium, or just make only one power crystal Thanks for the bug report: I'll see what I can do, though I must ask, what version of LOVE are you running?
zorfmorf
2014-04-28 21:57
I'm running the latest version (0.9.1) from the looks of it, it has something to do with your lighting library.
zorfmorf
2014-04-28 21:57
Maybe it has something to do with me using linux?
rock48
2014-04-29 02:00
I'll take a look at that line and see what it is, I'll also report the bug to the creator of the library.
rock48
2014-04-29 02:04
Huh, that's strange, math.mod() is included in the basic Lua math library, it's strange that it's crashing on that.
rock48
2014-04-29 02:07
try replacing math.mod(x,y) with math.fmod(x,y)
Game crashes whenever I hit something :(.
rock48
2014-04-29 03:34
What's the error you get, also what's your operating system?
You really nailed the loot gathering compulsion loop! I could see myself easily getting lost in this for a long time trying to get all the upgrades.
The game ran fine for me! It was pretty relaxing just swimming around collecting stuff. Good job.
Zip file is corrupted on Mac :(
rock48
2014-04-29 04:20
@petey, yeah, it's wierd, what I did is convert it to tar.gz using an online converter, then that worked fine. I'll fix it though
One of the better entries I've played, that sucked me in and I lost track of time. It reminded me a lot of Motherlode, and the fact that you got that much in in just 48 hours is nothing short of astounding.
rusky
2014-04-29 04:54
I would play this even if it weren't an LD entry. That is impressive.
tomhunt
2014-04-29 05:41
Graphics were meh. Sound was meh. The resource gathering and crafting was great. I am a sucker for that kind of thing if even done half well. It did feel a bit loose and grindy in spots, but overall - it got me playing for a good half an hour until the end, so kudos!
whalebot
2014-04-29 05:46
Played all the way through! You created a very good balance of allowing the player to make enough progress with the upgrades to want to continue playing to the end.
A bit repetitive but still addictive! Played it to the end :)
Hey, pretty good! I like the little diver character.
I really liked this one, simple yet fun to play. Nice work!
spotco
2014-04-30 03:41
Fun game, music grows on you and really great RPG/Cookie clicker like mechanics. Would have liked slightly faster progression though...
collan
2014-04-30 03:48
Though it's a bit slow, I like the progression overall. Nice job!
Nice game! I had to hack it apart a bit so I wouldn't spend hours playing it, but I really like it! Great job! I love power-up games!
eerongal
2014-04-30 03:58
As simple of a concept this is, I spent far more time playing this game than i care to admit to. Good job!
Please don't upload Win64 only application. Not everybody runs a 64 bit system.
You're lucky I know I can extract and rezip your exe to run it with a x86 love binary.
Annnnnd ... it's WASD only! My keyboard is azerty. Do you know what that means?
Look at one since you obviously haven't heard of their existence: http://s13.postimg.org/vb1k0vohv/wasd_azerty.jpg
Had to edit your code into:
Line 906: if(love.keyboard.isDown("w") or love.keyboard.isDown("up")) then
Line 111: if(love.keyboard.isDown("s") or love.keyboard.isDown("down")) then
Line 120: if(love.keyboard.isDown("a") or love.keyboard.isDown("left")) then
Line 126: if(love.keyboard.isDown("d") or love.keyboard.isDown("right")) then
Ok now I can play it.
And it doesn't make much sense.
Why are iron nuggets standing still water?
Why does running out of air brings and reaching for the surface both bring me to the same screen?
Are you sure forcing to interrupt the game with that screen every 7s (until get upgrade) was that a good idea?
Do you really expect me to grind that silly game for as long as it took you to make it?
I'm sorry but had to quit and restart after giving me cheat codes when I reached the "65 uranium" item stages.
rock48
2014-04-30 12:39
@GlowingSnail I realize I may have made a mistake uploading only 64-bit executables, but, as you may not have noticed, I also uploaded the ResourceDivers.love, and if you can figure out how to replace the exe with a 32-bit one, I'm sure you can figure out how to double click on a file.
Addressing the keyboard: I apologize for not taking into consideration azerty keyboards, this did not cross my mind and I will update the download when I get home.
For iron nuggets (and other resources): This is a fairly early version; this isn't final. If I choose to continue working on the game, resource gathering will make a whole lot more sense.
Interrupting the game until you get the upgrade... well... it's kinda the idea, the first and second upgrades are pretty cheap and will extend that time to 15 seconds, which feels like a whole lot longer.
I also agree that uranium is far unbalanced and needs to be fixed, though I don't believe re-balancing is permitted during voting.
I hope this helps you understand the questionable decisions I made, and you definitely helped me in my efforts to make this a fun game.
gwinnell
2014-04-30 18:04
I liked how the music changed depending on which screen you were on. Not a big fan of grinding though so didn't get to the end. The pressure screenshake was cool too.
I took a look at your enter. I agree, our games are similar in concept, through you went much more for resource management and an deep upgrade system while have a super simple upgrade system and a heavy focus on action and speed. Pretty cool idea, though as I got down to the level where I needed uranium for upgrades, it started to get tedious as I had to dive for 20 seconds to get the actual resources I wanted, and would only get a few uranium each dive.
Disclaimer:
Cookie Clicker and its ilk really aren't my thing and if that's exactly the genre you aimed for feel free to disregard the following.
The moment-to-moment gameplay, that is everything between the upgrade screens, is overly simplistic and without challenge hence a bore.
Luckily there is a game already from which to draw inspiration out of called Motherload. If you haven't played it before, do so now!
In Motherload every time you go drilling there are a lot of things to think and worry about. Is the path up clear? Do I have enough fuel, cargo space and one-use items? Hopefully I don't accidentally run into lava!
Basically rather than being a mechanical exercise of grinding more materials it's compelling as you never quite know what to expect.
The good news is many of those features translate nicely to an underwater setting.
- Air acts as a fuel (not getting back to the surface before air runs out should have consequences)
-Pressure is like heat (you can go deeper if you want but it's super risky without quality equipment)
-Underwater creatures are the environmental hazards (Sharks... SHARKS EVERYWHERE!)
The upgrade system is rather neat already, with some unlocks hidden behind others, but they are mostly passive though. Some active abilities would freshen up the gameplay as well.
Saw your note on my game. Let me know when you change the game to make uranium better and I'll test the game balance.
Most fun game I've played so far! I played for like two hours until I won!
Very well done and complete. Kept me entertained for a good 20 minutes.
Overall I enjoyed the game. I really liked the mechanic. I think that having to press continue with the mouse it's rather annoying and somewhat brakes the pace of the game. I think that if there was a the possibility to simply continue by pressing any WASD key and make the collecting screen merged into the construct screen it would really help the playability. The in-game music I appreciated. :) The other screens music it's also a little bit annoying.
Graphics-wise they're decent, I liked the fact that resources have numbers below, it makes you choose more wisely where to swim.
The controls are also simple and functional. ++
blanky
2014-05-16 14:08
WoW man, its a time stealer. I really had fun. Thanks
I think this game needed some sort of challenge or something detrimental mixed in to keep it interesting. Some fish/sharks that make you lose resources when you crash into them or something. Without anything like that, the game quickly becomes monotonous. Other than that, however, it was a pretty good game.
Also, I'm glad you 'liked' my memorial in the credits of my game :P haha