Ludum Dare #18compo

Clinging to Life

by myx

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.62

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.30

Community★★★★★★★★★★1.71

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★11%

This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare and hence I of course estimated time requirements badly. I live and learn though!

In Clinging to Life you play a ghost with the ability to possess living beings. While possessing them you gain access to their abilities (if any).

All the controls are ingame except for "Press R to restart the current level".

I'm a coder by heart, so my art is really not the best.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the game, I'd like to belive that I managed to show my concept!

(Note: In case this is not the text you remember it's because my entry for unknown reason decided to vanish for a while!)

Comments14

GreaseMonkey22 Aug 2010, 19:43

Uh, where's the source?

sfernald22 Aug 2010, 20:59

can't locate the source.

Myxauthor23 Aug 2010, 02:56

Ah yes, I had skillfully enough forgotten to add the source-link. The mistake has been corrected.

eli23 Aug 2010, 12:46

"The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable." =(

sfernald23 Aug 2010, 12:59

source not downloading for me yet, maybe try another free service.

sfernald23 Aug 2010, 15:46

got it, all good

TenjouUtena23 Aug 2010, 16:34

This seems like a very fun concept, but I couldn't really get the hang of the second level. I know the controls are 'standard' but I kept getting what key does what mixed up. Very nice concept, it would make a fun game. Sort of like a supernatural boy and his blob.

alistair aitcheson24 Aug 2010, 13:23

The Megaupload link says "The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable". I've tried several times since yesterday and it still says that :(

Myxauthor24 Aug 2010, 15:36

Bah, Megaupload...
I'll just google up a few filehosting sites and upload them there. Mediafire link coming up.

Hempuli25 Aug 2010, 07:07

Very cool and ambitious idea! It's a shame that the implementation is a bit awkward. I'd really love to see this to be worked on!

Myxauthor25 Aug 2010, 13:03

Thanks for all the feedback! I might consider making a proper version of this game at some point. Gamemaker really isn't the best of tools. The next time I'll hopefully get hold of a proper artist!

eli25 Aug 2010, 13:05

I really like this! The evolution through the types of creatures is really good, and probably worth the neglect on gameplay just to get that "large" feel in there.

Some gameplay issues, obviously. Polish that up and it could be quite epic indeed.

pekuja5 Sep 2010, 04:17

A somewhat unique twist. I thought the combat wasn't very satisfying. Even just adding sound effects might help a lot. And better animation, I guess.

Scramasax6 Sep 2010, 15:57

Was cool to play mind control games on the animals, but it lacked some extra game elements to make it more fun.

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