A Strange Story by nickfla1 2011-12-25T13:00:00
I'm going to be honest, I rage quit after the sewer level. Having the whole level restart was really annoying and it killed my desire to persevere and finish the game.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → roboprez
I'm going to be honest, I rage quit after the sewer level. Having the whole level restart was really annoying and it killed my desire to persevere and finish the game.
The audio fit in quite well which is rare for a ludum game go kudos to you. As others have pointed out the jumping is sort of terrible. A good way of doing jumping is when SPACE is pressed set an upwards velocity of a certain amount. Then have a constant force (gravity) bringing you back down.
You also should have gone with a less harsh, bassier jump sound. I high pitched sound goes well for tiny characters like mario but yours was larger and more defined.
To people who are complaining about the mouse going off the screen. Just right click and go full screen, problem solved!
Graphically the game was impressive, with Unity you know your stuff.
The game didn't fit the theme all that well. You didn't feel all that alone when this narrator kept dropping you hints. Not that I didn't enjoy the text, the writing and timing of the hints were very good and atmospheric. Just was the wrong atmosphere.
It's a pity that you were so close to finishing it as well. Even if you just fixed up the decor in the last room (not seeing through the ground, colliding with pillars) it would be a complete, short puzzle game.
Just a little suggestion. Maybe at the end of the game the screen should fade to black. Slow enough so I can see myself walk of across the rocks but short enough so that I don't spend my time trying to climb the tallest mountain ;P
So yeah, actually quite a good game. I actually enjoyed playing it. Good work!