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Hollow Earth

By gnutek

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics3683.45
Theme5063.32
Innovation6482.93
Humor10541.30
Audio10681.20
Mood11562.09
Overall12202.23
Fun12531.62
Coolness146046

Comments

deathray 2014-04-28 04:00

Very nice looking... but no real gameplay, right?

blueberrysoft 2014-04-28 04:37

I actually like the earlier version more! That aside there's something in this idea, keep at it!

m-gryko85 2014-04-28 23:21

Looks awesome but there's nothing to do.

hamsternator 2014-04-29 00:19

Cool concept, but as others have stated the lack of solid gameplay makes this pretty but lacking in fun factor.

jugglerrob 2014-04-29 01:49

wow, crazy. I really like how the terrain looks.

magicrat 2014-04-29 02:01

You have some nifty looking models, though I concur with the other comments. Doesn't really have much gameplay, but I don't think that's what you were going for. Interesting stuff!

twelveplusplus 2014-04-29 02:19

that's a cool concept... could be an "underworld" map for an RPG or something...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth

conormn 2014-04-29 03:14

Really liked just walking around and exploring. Very cool environment. Thanks for making :)

the-nameless-kompany 2014-04-29 05:12

I like the environment, but I move too slow

zillix 2014-04-29 06:32

definitely super trippy! this is neat.

robert_steiner 2014-04-29 07:16

I can't turn around, can only look ~20 degrees left or right. After a while when trying to move I started to spin furiously...

gnutek 2014-04-29 08:27

@The-nameless-kompany You can use Shift to move faster :)

cdk 2014-04-29 09:05

aaww :/ can't play on my ubuntu laptop :/ looks great - can't wait to try it later today.

daneestar 2014-04-29 11:03

Very nice looking.

nusan 2014-04-29 12:05

Great graphics and idea, controls a bit too slow and i always seem to fall bellow the earth. Keep up the good work.

dminsky 2014-04-29 13:08

Great concept. But no actual gameplay.

boaheck_artgent 2014-04-29 17:43

Look's nice but no gameplay, and the controls were awkward.

caiustsm 2014-04-29 20:05

I like the triangular looks, but it needs a challenge.

gnutek 2014-04-29 20:17

I'm aware of the fact that there is not much gameplay here :) I went with the "experience" path ("Protheus" anoyone? ;)). When I thought about the "Below the Surface" theme, and the idea of "hollow earth" poped into my mind - I knew I didn't have an idea for actuall gameplay, but just wanted to check how the hollow Earth concept would feel. The controls are a bit strange because I fixed them an hour before the deadline ;) Although the player gets positioned correctly (always aligned along the "sun-current position" axis) the actual movement moves you "in front when you are looking" - that's way it's possible to fly (just look up) and fall below Earth (look down). I alredy got an idea for a mini-project based on this concept and code: stay tuned for more! (and maybe look for "Vinyl Pixels" on Facebook to stay up to date? ;))

ragzouken 2014-04-29 22:00

the game of thrones theme is playing in my head :D

neonlare 2014-04-29 22:16

Not really a game, but it was interesting to toy with for a while. Love the graphical style.

msaul 2014-04-29 22:55

I'm not really a fan of this kind of game but wow i got a strange sensation when I looked to the sun and i couldn't stop to admire that particular world. Well done.

joe40001 2014-04-30 02:20

It's a shame there's no gameplay, even just jetpacking around the center while dodging lasers or something, as opposed to walk on rocky colliders, would have done a lot for the game.

This is a frustrating one, because it's 1 hour of coding away from being a simple game that looks great, as it is it's just a graphical demo... (a nice one though).

epiphanyg 2014-04-30 06:04

Very interesting take on the theme, as others have said I would like more of a game of it though it is fun for a while to fly around in there.

romankornev 2014-04-30 11:47

This potentially could be a very interesting concept! I hope you can develop this idea more.

benmcnelly 2014-04-30 16:51

Great start, you should build it out more later!

robber 2014-04-30 23:09

if these was an actual game inside this environment it would rock

ken-ichi 2014-05-01 20:18

I like the concept of Hollow Earth =]
my first concept for the LD29 is about this theme too... but I ran out of time and start another project.

gertjohnny 2014-05-02 04:54

It reminded me of the game of thrones intro sorta - pretty neat concept, doing a full game in a world like that could be amazing. I'd love to see some game mechanics that take advantage of this hollow world you've got goin on.

supermini_man 2014-05-02 17:31

It was pretty interesting to explore, good job. :)

icereci 2014-05-03 10:54

interesting world to explore.

mrexcessive 2014-05-03 19:47

Hi. Really nice toy you've made there. Excellent job. Have bookmarked to find out how you've done that later on!