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Coded Universe

By peterthehe

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Innovation5763.10
Humor6582.35
Graphics7462.78
Audio7702.31
Mood8232.62
Theme10882.92
Overall11372.43
Fun11801.92

Comments

bthedestroyermc 2014-12-08 16:55

Could be better. I couldn't figure out that the screen to the left was my phone at first, so it could have used more work making it look like a phone rather than a wall of text.

kalugny 2014-12-08 16:56

I didn't really get what I was supposed to do.
But the concept is very cool - I would like to see an expanded game (take the last 40 hours)

conk 2014-12-08 17:03

Very odd, the FPS dropped when I was on my phone, not sure if a feature :P The snow - fantastic! I must have spent several minutes just head butting the snow, or was is polystyrene? You might want to randomize it on the y (z?) axis too, so it doesn't fall in lines :P

I deleted everything on the phone and a boulder fell on me. Pretty cool game! Well done.

peterthehe 2014-12-08 17:04

@BtheDestroyer Yeah I could have written a custom textbox control...

@kalugny Thanks :) I'll try and update the entry's description (there's not much I can do to the game itself atm)

peterthehe 2014-12-08 17:32

@Conk. Yep, its a feature. If everything were in real-time then catching those birds would be a lot harder :P

customphase 2014-12-09 17:19

Its a really nice premise, brave idea, but the realization needs some work. Also there is always an unity popup window when you right click.

alendro 2014-12-09 17:19

Cool graphics. I like the overall atmosphere. Needs a little more direction. Good Job!

dusho 2014-12-09 18:19

after some time fps dropped to like 2fps and it became unplayable

techblogogy 2014-12-09 18:23

Nice game. Keep it up!

alecmilne 2014-12-09 18:23

Would definitely like to see this better realised. Sounds like a really interesting concept, but I don't really know how to actually play this game. I apparently collected something from near a rock, but no idea why it was there or what it was.

vidar 2014-12-09 18:36

I really like the idea but I couldn't figure out if there was more to the game than moving things around? I couldn't find any christmas dinner.
A fun experience nonetheless :)

sh1rogane 2014-12-09 18:41

It is an interesting concept, it is a good idea but maybe would need a bit more polish

vortex 2014-12-09 18:48

Amaizing idea, but really confusing...
Graphics are really good too. I think you should increas the walking speed.

peterthehe 2014-12-09 18:54

Hehe thanks for the feedback guys :)

@dusho that was intended :P
@vidarn yeah, you had to kill it first ;)
@vortex the coding aspect or the gameplay in general?

marvalgames 2014-12-10 16:35

Nice work. Might be too much for LD :) since you really have to take some time with this but I like what you have done.

zncatlaw 2014-12-10 16:47

There appears to be a problem with the Linux download: I clicked on it, and the archive was empty. The other ones work, but not Linux. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

cakencode 2014-12-10 16:53

The graphics actually remind me of the old Hugo adventure games on DOS for some reason, I think it's the main character's head.

As much as I love programming games, I think this needs some more polish and love. The learning curve is just too steep and when I accidentally selected all and deleted the text in the phone box I had to restart the game to figure out what to do.

Love the idea though! Please keep working on this! :)

ohfiddlediddle 2014-12-10 17:54

Hey, really cool concept. :D
My main issue was that making it right click to "Run" wasn't a good idea, as it opens up a pop-up menu within Unity on the web version.
But yeah, very cool idea. :D

d3garcia 2014-12-10 18:01

I was not able to shoot, and I didnt understand what the objectives were.

yarek 2014-12-10 18:17

I like the idea behind the game but it needs a bit more of work on your side to make this a good game :)

peterthehe 2014-12-10 18:42

Hi guys!
Once again, thanks for the feedback. I'm improving it atm and hopefully a polished version will be ready after the competition has ended.

@d3garcia did you unlock the rifle?

zkenshin 2014-12-10 19:59

Pretty neat. Having right mouse click would also open up a little menu, though.

dunin 2014-12-10 20:26

nice game, between "hack 'n' slash" and "scribblenauts".
Need some polishing (hitbox, this damned menu when you right click, update values in phone...) but it's hard for a game like this.
And good mood.

shellfishgames 2014-12-10 21:53

Interesting idea, haven't really seen that kind of thing before. But it really is quite confusing, had to read the text above two times and experiment with the game for a while to find out what I might be supposed to do - still not perfectly sure but I did collect 3 things, so yeah, I think I did something right. :D

sushin 2014-12-10 23:21

Nice concept! Congratulations on finishing LD :). Keep it up with making games!

mach60kas 2014-12-11 00:39

Hi there, I'm so sorry you found my game while I was getting the servers online again! I'm gonna play pretty often, so if I'm not on just try and catch me on twitter (@Mach60KAS). Thanks for the patience! :)

mach60kas 2014-12-11 01:00

Hi, I thought the concept of your game was a really interesting take on the theme! I had a lot of trouble working out what to do, but when I watched the walkthrough the idea made a lot more sense.

The graphics were quite nice, I liked the little touches on things like the snow, though I agree that it could have been randomised a little better.

The way the characters spoke was certainly... interesting? Although I thought it helped make the game a little more off beat and wacky - probably what I'd call a good thing! :P

Overall good job, keep up the good work!

ali312 2014-12-12 19:44

Great atmosphere and everything
bit a bit of tutorial wold be even better

incredible-ape 2014-12-13 17:49

The presentation has a nice feeling to it

zncatlaw 2014-12-14 21:46

You definitely need to include the ability to restart the level in a game where you can arbitrarily rotate the world. I had to exit and start again several times.

I wasn't able to figure out what to do really, sorry. There a bunch of other games like this, where the player has to change attributes of the world to solve puzzles, I would look to them for inspiration.

Here is an overview of some games that use programming as primary elements: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RobLockhart/20130905/199667/Games_That_Teach_Programming_A_Brief_Overview.php

ynots 2014-12-17 13:31

nice..

shadow64 2014-12-18 04:09

It's good for the time that it was made in. I agree with some of the comments that say that I think you could've done more with it as a jam entry and I'd love to see more of it if you do!

The lack of a tutorial makes it pretty difficult to get what's going on at first. See if you can work in using the controls to your story. Once I knew what I had to do, getting around the game was fun and easy. That initial hurdle might keep people away though. Just something to try to iron out.

The idea itself is really neat and reminds me a lot of what Double Fine was doing with Hack n' Slash. You might try taking a look at that, if you haven't already. :)

Cool entry. Thanks for your notes on Natquik and thank you for sharing this! Congrats! :D

hazel-bun 2014-12-22 21:36

I wasn't really sure what I was doing :( More instruction would be helpful! Otherwise, really liked the music and graphics!