shan-hsgames 2020-10-05 16:57
I liked the idea; alse gameplay is fun and smooth. Overall, cool game!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD47 → Maze Service
By oshawatt123
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1172 | 3.23 | 23 | |
| Fun | 1088 | 3.09 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 334 | 3.75 | 24 | |
| Theme | 861 | 3.57 | 23 | |
| Audio | 1073 | 2.05 | 19 | |
| Humor | 377 | 3.35 | 22 | |
| Mood | 1094 | 3.11 | 23 |
I liked the idea; alse gameplay is fun and smooth. Overall, cool game!
A liked it a lot! It's funny and clever. The problem for me was that every time you update the file you need to relaunch the game... It sort of... broke the loop ;) The riddles and formatting of the "database" was funny, but if I did not know EXACTLY the answer it wouldn't enter... All in all, very fun!
I KNEW ONE OF THOSE WAS GONNA BE A RICKROLL
hey @oaksguard you don't actually need to relaunch the game when you update the file. Just to make sure you save it ;P at least, not when I have tested it. Otherwise I would agree, it would totally break the loop. Do you have system specs so I can look into if this is a system-specific bug? Thanks ^-^
Can I play this on Linux? I really want to play this one but couldn't figure out how
great game was realy fun to play
You hosted this on itch.io, but you compressed it as a rar file. The the itch.io app doesn't really work with rar files. I know it can be manually downloaded but it's really convenient to use the app. You should consider uploading it as a zip file.
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
@archimagus due to the game requiring file access to be played I can't host it as a webGL game :( or I haven't found out a way to make it work :^ a bummer because I love using the itch app to run webGL games as I know not everyone wants to download (myself included)
@jamster I'm not sure. Exported from unity as a desktop application so it should work on linux? I don't have a linux machine so can't test and also know next to nothing about Linux. I'll talk to my mate see if we can figure it out and I'll @ you again :D. I want to get one though specifically for this reason. Maybe I should install a VM :thinking:
@oshawatt123 I was just suggesting to use a zip instead of a rar. If you do that, then the itch.io app can install it. Plus, windows doesn't come natively with a way to unpack rar files so you are probably limiting your potential players just by choosing a less standard packing method.
As for file access, I seem to recall that you can write to Application.persistentDataPath from a web gl application. Or, worst case, depending on what you need you could save your file encoded as a base64 string to PlayerPrefs. No ides if those suit your needs, just something to look into if you wanted to do a webGL version.
@archimagus nah unfortunately it doesn't suit my needs :( didn't know the itch app could run desktop built games though! :0 thats so cool. missed that update :sweat_smile: imma go compress it as a zip and get that rolling!
I thought it was broken until I read the instructions. It's a very original and fun idea, congratulations. Also the art is great. Maybe you should include some reference to the broken code that make the player release it's not really broken.
A really interesting and fun mechanic for a game although I did struggle coming up with the right words to unlock the maze, but I guess that's part of the fun. Very impressive game!
@gonzalol the designing of the game to make it easily understandable by the player was by far the biggest challenge. coming from a programming background, i really struggled xD it's still not anywhere near the level I'd like it to be so thanks for the feedback on this it will really help make the game more accessible!! :D
Very, very innovative concept, although I found it obtuse. It was hard to tell what was deliberate and what was a glitch, and what was working vs what was broken. The game seems to be particularly bad at telling when I've passed through the edge of the screen, as in some cases I could wander a significant distance off screen through a path that was supposed to be working properly, according to the file. But I commend you for the highly original idea.
Great concept, really loved it! Dredging the config file was challenging and somewhat fun, it felt like an accomplishment to make it work.
When testing if I had my door-passcodes right, I would often walk into a room and backpedal immediately, on instinct. This causes you to become stuck outside the room somehow?
I see lots of potential here!
@greytyphoon yeah the backpedal bug is a major issue and would have taken too much time to fix as I started in day 2, and day 3 was full of uni work :^ i'll get round to fixing it eventually (famous last words) really glad you enjoyed the game though and thanks for playing! :D
Very cool idea about restoring the database. Unfortunately, I couldn't play on Linux using Wine, it seems to read the file (judging by the logs) but nothing happens when you walk between the rooms. There aren't any objects like depicted on screenshots. But I understand the general idea and it's pretty cool!
I found an amusing bug, you can make the character spin. :smile: It looks like it is incorrectly affected by rigidbody physics.
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@jamster @theogen GOOD NEWS FOR YOU LINUX FOLK! I DID A BUILD FOR LINUX :0 i haven't tested it since I don't have a linux machine or VM setup, but hopefully it works better than trying to make the windows build work xD its on itch now if you wanna give it a go! Also @theogen yes it is the rigidbody physics. I left it in as a bit of fun hahaha
Awesome work! I liked the concept very much. It was quite hard to get the feel of the game at first, due to the lack of feedback (like, I placed some word, and I'm not sure if the word is incorrect, or there is some bug, or you accidentally break some parsing rule). But then, after initial confusement, playing became fun and easy. Even been rickrolled along the way -_-
I tried to go through a couple of times, but why, as soon as I entered one of the passages, my character simply disappeared. The note did not close yet, so I had to restart the game. The graphics look very cool, I liked the way the character rotates. It was funny.
Great concept!
Games that mess up with their files are always interesting haha
I really liked the idea overall, but would LOVE to be able to know in which room I'm into haha