Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Walking Home Simulator
By robert18
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 427 | 3.11 | 36 | |
| Fun | 371 | 3.08 | 36 | |
| Innovation | 525 | 2.36 | 36 | |
| Theme | 426 | 3.07 | 36 | |
| Graphics | 404 | 3.11 | 37 | |
| Audio | 411 | 2.26 | 36 | |
| Humor | 188 | 3.00 | 34 | |
| Mood | 368 | 2.98 | 35 |
The windows zip file contains only the jar, is this expected? When I launch the .bat file it crashes with ``` Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null! at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1356) at com.game.core.images.ImageLoader.loadImage(ImageLoader.java:17) at com.game.sprites.Spritesheet.
Fun game! I really liked the pixel-art astetic.
I changed the bottom 2 downloads to have the assets excluded from the .jar file, hopefully that fixes your problem @kumber
Every time I jump into the back of the car and get vaporized I cry a little :( It was fun though!
High score of 6787
High score: 7905
I liked the graphics, the houses are very well done. I keep being killed by glasses at high speed!
The double vision is a nice touch, it doesn't seem to impact the gameplay very much but it fits the theme.
Thanks @kumber and @devparty! a bit surprising to hear you actually like the art style as I really struggle with that and it always demotivates me from working on games. I guess i'm improving!
Maybe you should try to put the character at the left part of the screen. So that we can see more glasses and bottles on the road!
@tigeryue Good point, does give you more time to react, only problem would be the cars driving from left to right, as you would have just about no time to react
I'm on Windows and can't seem to get it to launch from GUI by running the JAR, and when launched with the .bat it complains that this.worldManager is null. Running the JAR via "java -jar" on the command line gives me the same error.
@Tattomoosa Could you please paste the full error it gives you so I can see if I can fix it?
``` Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.game.world.WorldManager.getEntities()" because "this.worldManager" is null at com.game.entity.Entity.moveTo(Entity.java:99) at com.game.entity.player.Player.
@Tattomoosa I updated the download links, hopefully this should fix the problem, seeing as I can't reproduce it myself I can't test if this fixes it, could you please give it a try?
I thought a funny comment would be to just write "relatable". :-D Fun game, double vision effect certainly is kinda annoying. I had great fun playing with it and it does gets very challenging. Funny that I made a infinite runner too but your story concept is way funnier. Good game
@robert18 It opens the window into the title screen now, but I still get a crash after clicking the button to start.
``` Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.game.world.WorldManager.getEntities()" because "this.worldManager" is null at com.game.entity.Entity.moveTo(Entity.java:99) at com.game.RestartGame.restart(RestartGame.java:28) at com.game.core.input.MouseInput.mouseReleased(MouseInput.java:57) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6614) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6379) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4990) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4822) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:772) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:95) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:745) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:743) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:742) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90) Exception in thread "Thread-0" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.game.world.WorldManager.getEntities()" because "this.worldManager" is null at com.game.entity.Entity.moveTo(Entity.java:99) at com.game.entity.Entity.move(Entity.java:66) at com.game.task.tasks.MovePlayerTask.execute(MovePlayerTask.java:26) at com.game.task.TaskManager.lambda$0(TaskManager.java:61) at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) at com.game.task.TaskManager.tick(TaskManager.java:55) at com.game.core.GameTick.tick(GameTick.java:42) at com.game.core.GameTick.run(GameTick.java:65) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) ```
@dobryn Thank you! You can turn the double vision off as I figured it could be annoying! Playing your game right now!
@tattomoosa I changed a bunch of things, could you try this one? [https://mega.nz/file/198yHCKL#Oh4xzZabZ9BUNLI9D5AUEMU7BgYtkWjzL0lokOOIDbg](https://mega.nz/file/198yHCKL#Oh4xzZabZ9BUNLI9D5AUEMU7BgYtkWjzL0lokOOIDbg)
Sorry to use you as a tester I just can't replicate it but I really want to get the issue fixed.
@robert18 That worked! No problem, I don't mind. Glad I could help you get it sorted out.
I liked the doubled effect. It's fun when it gets going, but it seems like it's really easy until somewhere around 4-6000 points and then it gets really hard all of the sudden. I think it would be good if the difficulty picked up quicker.
Yay! Yeah I noticed that as well, wish I'd tweaked the difficulty a bit better. Thanks a lot for the testing!
Cute little game! Simple, but well made.
A cute game, with a really nice pixel art. I could have gone playing a bit longer, but the game was too simple I'm afraid. Maybe more cars - and put the beer only there?
Love the theme and the art, the double vision is very cute and fun, and I giggled at the idea of a drunk man running into the road, dodging cars, to finish a bottle he found on the asphalt Great word!
A very fun game, the double vision for me was too much, so glad you included the option to turn it off. Well done on a great entry.
Worked well for me on Windows. Fun little game! Simulates walking back from the bar extremely accurately.
It worked for me on windows. Cool game! Its a fun little concept and is enjoyable to play. good work!
Thank you for the nice comments! Glad to hear the game seems to run properly now!
Booze as a health item just tickles me. Funny, wish there was more content tho!
Great game idea! Simple is best, and the game does so very well. Perhaps it would be better if the game was actually unstable in a way, instead of just having double vision. BG music would also be great. Nice job!
First try: WalkingHome.png
Pretty cool, I hope there'll be more drunk effects, like wobbly movement, but maybe also "drunk man's luck" where hits do less damage (because he's more relaxed and rolls with the hits better).
Fun game at the start I was like: "I will never lose at this rate" then a few minutes later I was panic mode trying to dodge for my life. I wish there was some music that amplifies the speed you are going at.
The concept and gameplay are very simple, but they work great. I had fun playing this. Split vision enhances mood and humor. Improve and diversify the graphics a little and it would be absolutely great.
No macOS build?
@cauldron It should work on macOS as well as it's just a Java application, which should be cross platform, the windows and linux urls are both the same as well.
Nice variation of an endless runner, at last something more realistic :)
I enjoyed the double vision, felt it fit the theme... but then I turned it off to try and hit a higher score. :-)
Felt you could have played into the theme and humour a bit more. Give us some dog poo and dodgy kebabs to dodge etc.
Enjoyable game, really nice graphics.
I like the pixels. You should have used pixels for the H.U.D. as well.
A bit over 7000 points, nice game! I liked the double vision.
Very addictive experience, also this centered view reminds me of some really hardcore games on the NES. I liked the minimalistic pixel art and double vision.
No web no play.
Hi, I tried to run the game on a Linux machine and couldn't make it work. The "JAR only" version showed the same error as the first comment. The other version correctly starts the game but leaves me with the screenshot below:
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A fun idea on the theme (the double-vision looked great!), but very simple and lacking variety. Even having the objects speed up would have helped! I'll also note that the difference between getting 1-shot by the cars versus taking damage from the spikes on the floor to make you choose between harder to dodge but lower risk objects versus easier to dodge but higher risk cars!