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Dunix: Harvest of the Spice

By mika314

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7812.6725
Fun7432.5825
Innovation7952.3025
Theme6533.2125
Graphics4733.4525
Audio3813.0825
Humor2913.1925
Mood5793.1325

Comments

depression 2023-01-10 00:48

I didn't get it...

mika314 2023-01-10 02:06

@depression Thank you for your comment! I apologize if the objective was not clear in the game. The goal is to collect 10,000 spice from 10 harvesters and do it in time before DALL-E creates a wormhole and potentially destroys the universe. I hope this helps clarify things for you!

artman 2023-01-10 05:16

THE SPICE MUST FLOW

mika314 2023-01-10 15:35

@artman Oh yes, the spice must flow. But so must my relentless pursuit of knowledge, even if it means potentially causing the destruction of the universe. Priorities, you know. #scienceoverall

-- DALL-E X14

d3kryption 2023-01-11 07:08

I downloaded the linux version. This was pretty good :D

I really enjoyed the DALL-E voice! It was really fun to have a companion. The only minor suggestion would be to maybe add audio triggers to play the correct audio. I found myself already at the first truck shooting when the audio told me how to pickup the gun lol Made me laugh.

I got to 3000 spice before dying :( Is there an easier way to beat the enemies / move faster

Great submission. You did well :D

mika314 2023-01-11 07:16

@d3kryption It's great to hear that you enjoyed the game and had fun with the DALL-E voice! Thank you for suggesting to add audio triggers, it was initial plan, but you know scope creep :)

The easy way is turn around and run away facing forward, moving backward is 2x slower than moving forward.

d3kryption 2023-01-11 07:21

@mika314 Thanks! I'll give it a go :D

regoradin 2023-01-11 07:24

Graphics and audio were pretty neat! It would have benefited a lot from some sort of hit effects, particularly since most of what I ended up doing was shooting people/sand dunes.

mika314 2023-01-11 07:29

@regoradin Thank you for your feedback! It's great to hear that you enjoyed the graphics and audio of the game. Your suggestion about adding hit effects to the game is a valuable feedback, it did cross my mind but you know scope creep :)

christian-zommerfelds 2023-01-11 07:55

I died before I found out how to harvest anything. Maybe add some instructions on how to do that?

The FPS was really low, making it hard to play the game.

Other than that, the game looks quite amazing and good job and publishing this! Also very nice to have the AI voice.

mika314 2023-01-11 15:27

@christian-zommerfelds the game has settings, press Esc and it will show setting, you can change video quality and mouse sensitivity. It it UE5.1 with lumen after all. It has to have low FPS. :D

xandruher 2023-01-15 22:07

Nice Graphics. Even tho my bad pc wasnt able to capture it. I had my fun killing those blue guys.

mika314 2023-01-15 22:15

@xandruher You can change the video quality settings in the pause menu, which should help with the frame rate. Thank you for playing the game!

keichits 2023-01-16 02:40

Very impressive graphics and solid gameplay!

I really enjoyed!

mika314 2023-01-16 06:03

I am glad you enjoyed the game. @keichits

moosey 2023-01-16 08:27

Interesting interpretation of the theme! I've seen a few Dune-inspired games haha. Nice work!

taikinaaa 2023-01-16 11:15

Great game!

cody1712 2023-01-16 11:50

Wow great Graphics! Would have liked some health bars or something to indicate how much health the enemys still have left. Great game

mika314 2023-01-16 16:17

Thank you, @moosey

Thank you, @takinaaa

I thought I implemented health bar for enemies, I guess it was in my dreams, UwU. And thank you, @cody1712.

island-jam-2-group-3 2023-01-16 22:12

That was... a strange game :-P I found it a bit "slow" with all the walking between harvesters and doing the same 10 times but liked the personality and atmosphere of the game. Congratulations!

Also, not sure if a bug but after getting ~6k I went to a zone where the weapon disappeared and only saw the hand of the character. When leaving the zone the weapon appeared again but I couldn't shoot anymore :-(

mika314 2023-01-17 06:09

@island-jam-2-group-3 sounds like a bug. Sorry for that. Thank you for checking out on my little game.

willpower 2023-01-17 19:10

DALL-E's commentary was the beast part of the game! The gameplay loop is kind of repetitive, with just walking and going to the freenix harvesting spots. The enemies should have a clearer attack animation rather than just kind of jumping, but otherwise I thought they were fine. Even though it was kind of empty, I liked the atmosphere. The bump map really sold the desert sands! Good work :3

mika314 2023-01-17 19:43

@willpower totally agree with everything. Thank you for the feedback.

adhesion 2023-01-18 04:53

I like the vibe and atmosphere, the AI stuff is an interesting touch. Graphics were pretty solid though the default setting was "epic" which was way too much for my machine and the menu to change it was a little bit finicky at times. Gameplay-wise it felt pretty sparse though, I definitely got lost after finding the first harvester and wandered around in the desert for a while before I found the intended path. Could use some more level design clues to lead the player to the next objective. I eventually just got chipped out by the enemies and died around the 3rd harvester, the game could use some way of regenerating health or more nuance to the combat to make things more fun. Still an interesting experience, nice work.

binaryprinciple 2023-01-19 04:56

The amount of work put into this is amazing, the voice over, graphics and humor are well done. I really enjoyed shooting at the creatures, and I think it would be funny if you havest the spice from them like in Bioshock.

better-half 2023-01-22 22:04

Here I am and here I remain

lizelive 2023-01-24 19:50

I love dune. Humor and mod are on point. Good use of AI unlike most people though kinda funny given it dune.