Ludum Dare #22compo

Solitas Exodae

by gaeel

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.44

Community★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★56%

Solitas Exodae is closer to an interactive story than a game, I felt like trying out something ambiant.

The game ends after about 5 minutes of gameplay. Your mileage may vary, depending on your style of play and the way the random level is generated.

"[14:08] <Derek> Gaeel, it's the best ld22 game I've played so far."

Windows users who do not want to install Love2D from http://www.love2d.org/ can run the Windows standalone.

Otherwise, all users are invited to install Love2D, and run the .love file.

I'm going to leave the auto-update script running until the compo ends, but then I'll only update these files if a game-breaking bug is found.

Changes since compo end:
- Removed the creation of a framebuffer that was never used in the final game (believed to cause problems on some computers)
- Added then removed the display of a console window for Windows users, for debugging
- Replaced the default DevIL.dll with an alternative that fixes some issues.

If you are still experiencing issues on Windows, PLEASE let me know at [email protected] so I can fix it, but I think it's good now.

Comments18

mk_rules119 Dec 2011, 00:29

hey am i doing anything wrong i extract it on my pc (windows 7 btw ) and click to run the application and it dont work? do i need anything else

Gaeelauthor19 Dec 2011, 00:39

It SHOULD work, and it does work on SOME Win7 machines. I see no reason why it wouldn't work, nor any errors.

strkl19 Dec 2011, 00:40

The atmosphere is great, I love the music and the graphics
The ending was maybe to abrupt :)

CaptainFresh19 Dec 2011, 06:51

Game doesn't run for me. (Windows 7)

defiantburrito19 Dec 2011, 07:06

Very cool atmosphere. Liked the music.
Jumping was fun.
Not much game, though.

Good job!

Deza19 Dec 2011, 13:07

Fantastic :D

bms21 Dec 2011, 09:25

very nice game, love the graphics!

keenblaze21 Dec 2011, 09:28

Absolutly love the music and mood! Graphic nice too.

wbobeirne21 Dec 2011, 15:41

Certainly fits the mood, this game is straight up depressing. There's not much gameplay to go with it though, mostly just "Hold D"

iforce2d21 Dec 2011, 17:37

I love the movement and control feel. Would be good to see this one extended in future!

ratking21 Dec 2011, 23:13

Really great atmosphere. But is there anything other to do than pressing the right arrow key?

WiggleWorm51322 Dec 2011, 10:45

You nailed the theme, the sounds were good, but I would agree with most that it's lacking in gameplay. I've heard people call this depressing (etc), but I didn't see it that way. You should think about opening this up and expanding it to a full platform game :)

Jacic22 Dec 2011, 17:45

Way too much "just keep walking to the right". Overall, a good experience.

binary_girl22 Dec 2011, 17:58

goodstuff gaeel ..musics great + love the gfx :) v.moody aswell

Cell23 Dec 2011, 19:12

Cool, really nice art ascetics :D

jfroco2 Jan 2012, 02:56

Hi... interesting... I understand that that wasn't your goal, but I would have preferred some challenges when playing. Love2D is awesome.