shaunjs 2015-12-14 01:33
I did it... D:
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → Life Is Short
By shaunjs
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 38 | 4.05 | ||
| Mood | 55 | 3.88 | ||
| Fun | 71 | 3.84 | ||
| Audio | 82 | 3.72 | ||
| Theme | 161 | 4.09 | ||
| Innovation | 229 | 3.58 | ||
| Humor | 268 | 2.85 | ||
| Graphics | 273 | 3.51 | ||
| Coolness | 1391 | 49 |
I did it... D:
Interesting take on the theme and scoring system. I died at 52 having trained to perfection, travelled far and wide and then buried with 192 gold!
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action number 1
of Mouse Event for Glob Right Released
for object obj_gamestart:
Push :: Execution Error - Variable Get 100000.active(100008, -2147483648)
at gml_Object_obj_gamestart_Mouse_57
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I just died, then I tried to right click. not sure if you could recreate but here you go
Let me first just say, you taught me game maker and you're the reason I took part in this contest, and thank you so much for doing it. You're awesome. right onto the game
The look and game feel are both pretty good. I feel happy just playing it. At first...
Then, you run into an enemy, have no idea how strong it is, then can't escape from it after the second you get within range. It's a bit of a drag. In addition, you have to hold left click basically all the time. Using a mouse is kind of cheating for the "two buttons" thing, but hey, what works works, and "growing" fits in nicely. I'm about to look through your source, just to see how you did some stuff.
Good stuff, Shaun. Looks like something that would need more than 48 hours to make. Haha. I think a map would be nice, but other than that nice work!
Nevermind about the map. I just noticed it in the ZIP. Nice touch! :)
Followed the stream while developing my own game, was really curious of what it would be like. And it's awesome! Dead at 65 of natural causes. Dead a 39 killed by an angry goblin.
You nailed it, I really want to play more to see those dragons and die of old age at 96 in my bed. Keep up Shaun!
Loved the game.
It is very interesting to see the final product.
a LOT of systems in there! Great work buddy! :)
This game is really nice ;) I like the message and presentation behind it... but that character doesn't sleep, he hibernates! :P
Great art, great music, good fit to the theme, and very meaningful! Loved it!
I have watched you do several LDs now and I finally decided to try one for myself. Thank you for all your tutorials and streaming and for all the questions of mine you have answered. Also the game is great! Thanks for making it!
Deeeep
Wow. I need to sit and think about life for a bit now. :p
Amazing game <3
What a nice game. Shaun you always make very good games. But what is the use of potions if can't use them? Still a very good game and I love the piano background music. Well Done mr. Spalding
Yeah I became 70! I really liked this concept, especially how the character get's slower and grey once he's older. Plus the new abilities were a nice touch too!
Well done! I never made it past 50, but it has a cool difficulty curve as you get older and weaker. I murdered a chicken.
I can't even... this game is just so good. 9/10 needs some actual ranged weapons though.
Fun game with a nice difficulty curve. It crashed for me a few times, but other than that very fun to play.
nice game! i enjoyed it! :)
What were the crashes if you can remember, Allthebees?
Great submission Shaun! Had your stream on in the background while making my game. Probably would've never got into gamemaker without you and now I've finished my first project :D.
hi, gm bro)
nice mood and music and combat system - and source)
And thank you for youtube and GMS humble bundle megasale )
This is pretty well rounded with surprising depth for a compo game. Great job.
Created account just to say fantastic game. many lives spent :D few errors though, seem to be focused around picking up of weapons or spells while using attacks.
Score: 29506
Nice game shaun!
Loved the calm music and the overall feel of the game.
Would be nice if the player sprite changed noticable when he get older. For example that he have lots of hair when he is 20, lost a little bit when he is 40, grey hair when he is 50+ or something like that. So you can really feel like he is getting older.
Wow this is amazing...
Great execution of a great idea -- it really conveys the meaning nicely through gameplay. You've already got an impressive number of systems in play here, and I'm glad you want to keep working on this.
Catblocker, it's subtle unless your'e looking for it but that's actually exactly what happens! =)
Charismatic Game!
Beautiful music and really fun!
Played at least 5 times :DD
What you think about adding bosses and generating random maps?
Congratulations Shaun!
Wow... It is always impressive to see what you can do in 48 hours. Incredible game.
Wow, this is fantastic! Game feels great, music is cool, graphics are pretty decent (I love your trees for some reason).
Would very much like to see a bigger game made out of this, with many interesting places and events happening around to explore. :3
NPCs bounding boxes (for clicking on them) could be a tad bigger.
The map is tremendously handy.
Uh, is there really a dragon around? Hope you are not trolling good sir, as I intend to spend some more time searching for it.
Kudos!
Really enjoyed exploring in your game and the fact that you can't see everything in one life really fits with the message of the game. The music, short lifespan, and big world, all hit home about the frailty of life. Really nice game man!
really nice game. I like the idea of growing with age and the other activities you can do in the world. I played a similar one here in LD, and he used a random creation in the world, maybe it could be a plus to add to create a more random activity to this game. I enjoyed it :)