Ludum Dare #21compo

Routine

by nitram_cero

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★2%

It's a game about trying to escape routine and dodge responsabilities in order to find and define yourself.

You must swim into space, away from your numb room.

Your body must avoid your mind, and both must avoid obstacles.

ARROWS or WASD to move the player. SPACE to tug on the player's head/brain.

It can be a bit frustrating at first, but it's a short game, easy to grasp mechanics and winnable in a bunch of tries.

Thanks for playing!!

-Martin

----------- Development ----------

The world is procedurally generated, but it's always the same. It can be won (at around distance 3000).

Tools/SDK used: Flixel 2.34, GraphicsGale, Audacity, FlashDevelop, Flex 4.0.0.14159

The (lame) "music" was recorded hitting the notebook and desktop with my hands for the beats, and with a Yamaha PSR-200 crappy keyboard. Grunts are me grunting. Clinks are a lighter hitting an ashtray.

Everything recorded with the notebook's internal microphone recorded and tweaked with audacity.

----------- Foods & drinks ----------

Day 1

Drinks: 2 liters of beer, Fernet w/Coke, Mate

Foods: Caprese-flavoured baked bread snacks, sauted beans w/paprika, instant pea soup, crackers w/cream cheese.

Day 2

Drinks: Mate, Coke, Ginger Lemonade w/crushed ice.

Foods: Quinoa w/tomatoes.

Comments13

maxx22 Aug 2011, 14:19

Ya lo habia jugado antes y habia llegado a los 11000 y no ganaba mas jaj! Muy bueno che, jodidisimo comome gustan a mi .Estaria que no tenga un limite y se guarden los scores en la pagina para ver quien llegomaslejor,pero bue.. pido mucho. Saludos y jugate al mio! (A memory)

Yoni22 Aug 2011, 15:43

One of my favorites!

nitram_ceroauthor23 Aug 2011, 04:16

Thanks Yoni!

maxx, I thought of that: least time scores (my best time was 10.22 seconds). Also an "infinite" mode (score = most distance) once you beat it normally.
Maybe after the competition... :)

bach23 Aug 2011, 07:48

Nice little game concept. Enjoyed pulling my head around space :)

It can be a little hard to control at times which can make it pretty unpredictable and more random than it's actually about being good.

ToxicLogic24 Aug 2011, 00:40

It was challenging, but the 10-15 mins I spent on it flew by! Great job!

nitram_ceroauthor24 Aug 2011, 02:10

Thanks!

bach: trying to define yourself is hard and unpredictable, hehe :)

pekuja27 Aug 2011, 18:27

Quite a difficult game. That's affected by the fact that I didn't realise that I could drag the brain in with space... Not sure though, because it seems like it would be pretty easy to screw yourself over with it.