Ludum Dare #22compo

Alone by TAX

by tax

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.44

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.79

You are left alone in the ocean. You better start learning to sail or you wil drift away.

Simple sailing simulator with wind, bouyancy and plate forces.

Tools: Unity3d, audacity + freesound.org, wings3d etc.

Inspired from: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/313131-boat-physics/

Small video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UU243yboxcXXL7S1u__ku3MQ&v=8k5dbcVBe5I

Comments13

A-Type19 Dec 2011, 07:46

Neat stuff. Runs kind of slow, though. Original idea.

PeripheralGames19 Dec 2011, 07:54

Cool game, new idea and quite tricky to play. Can I ask, I didn't know you were allowed to use freesound.org in the 48 hour compo

Redwind19 Dec 2011, 22:49

sadly i am getting some severe frame-rate issues which make it unplayable.

Diventurer20 Dec 2011, 05:11

Well, I aimed to reach the light tower, but when the boat got stuck and it didn't update anymore, I just gave up at 300m away.

I like the idea and simplicity, but... I felt like giving up all the time. It was not so easy to control the boat.

It is a good entry though :)

kato920 Dec 2011, 20:27

Really nice graphics and mood. Had no idea how to control the boat though so I gave up :(

taxauthor20 Dec 2011, 22:01

Am working on the fps issue now, as that is the main problem. Will also replace the water sample.

Thanx for testing

Stargoat21 Dec 2011, 10:30

Hard to control the boat! I love the atmosphere and graphics.

mes22 Dec 2011, 05:27

seems like it has potential, but the framerate really turned me off. it looks and sounds nice and the unusual boat controls are intriguing.

increpare22 Dec 2011, 11:26

I got NaN speed :D

I would have liked mouselook, or to be able to walk around the ship separately to controlling it.

taxauthor22 Dec 2011, 13:23

Just updated a build with better fps.

Wiering26 Dec 2011, 01:23

Took a while to get used to the controls, I got to the lighthouse and just went past it, nothing happened, wasn't able to turn around.

summaky26 Dec 2011, 12:09

The graphics and the simulation are very well done. The sound effects are also very good, but I am pretty sure that freesound.org is out of limits in the compo.

At first I didn't know what to do because the window is bigger than my screen and I couldn't see the controls below; I was clicking everything I could see without any effect. After a short while I think that I got the hang of it and headed towards the lighthouse. Didn't have the patience to reach it, though.

Winterblood29 Dec 2011, 19:20

I found it rather relaxing tweaking the tiller and the sail to compensate for variations in the wind. Shame there was no real sensation of speed across the water surface though.