Ludum Dare #22compo

Always Alone

by grey-alien

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.36

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.47

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.26

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.17

My main aim with this game was to tell a story, which I believe I have achieved. It's an extrapolation of feelings that I sometimes get.

Please play to the end of level 4 (it won't take long) because the vibe changes.

Thanks for playing!

Enjoy!

Tech Note: I made this in a language called Monkey which is a cross-platform language by the same people who made the Blitz3D/BlitzPlus/BlitzMax. I hadn't properly used it before, so this weekend was as much about exploring the language and making a basic engine as making a game. I even made that font from scratch! I chose the Flash export from Monkey for ease of use, but it's just as easy to make an HTML5 game, or iOS/Android game, or even PC/Mac executable.

Comments18

karnakgames19 Dec 2011, 04:43

I loved it. It pretty much describes how we feel about life sometimes (or most of the times?)

Matt Rix19 Dec 2011, 06:38

Great game! Probably the best use of the theme I've seen so far. A nice simple mechanic executed well. The Psychotics level took forever for me to clear, hah! :)

King19 Dec 2011, 08:55

Gasp! I am not the only one with a game about a Jim that wants to be alone!!!

Dark Acre Jack19 Dec 2011, 11:05

Nice little story. I think that Limiting the number of pushes would have made it more game-y.

GingerMess19 Dec 2011, 16:14

Great take on Alone. I think a lot of people have been in this situation at least once in their lives.

TestSubject0619 Dec 2011, 17:10

This was fun, it's like anti-herding.

Jake Birkettauthor19 Dec 2011, 20:00

Hey thanks for playing everyone! Yes I tried a take on a theme that I think most of us can associate with, even if we don't go quite as far as Jim did :-)

@Dark Acre Jack: Agreed, of course I had plans for more mechanics but time ran out. Funny how that always happens in jams ;-)

marudziik19 Dec 2011, 20:04

Nice story, I like the humorous beginning and gameplay mechanic. Simple, yet efficient.

bugninja19 Dec 2011, 20:04

Great game, awesome use of the theme, fun to play.

helloserve20 Dec 2011, 11:48

Very depressing! Such people should get help!

Shigor20 Dec 2011, 21:32

good one :)

nuria21 Dec 2011, 03:50

Not a very fun game but the story was funny :)

matthias_zarzecki21 Dec 2011, 22:38

Well, that was depressing. Interesting mechanics though :-)

hipon22 Dec 2011, 07:39

haha that was fun, but you should make a punishment maybe like too many farts will kill yourself XD

Jake Birkettauthor23 Dec 2011, 08:50

Wow thanks for all the kind words everyone. I especially love "such people should get help!" - I assume that refers to me :-)

@hipon: Top many farts will kill you is great! Of course given more time I'd have liked to have done lots more.