Well here is my first Ludum Dare entry, Dave is in a Fish Tank. My personal aim wasn't good coding or graphics, but an original, full-feeling playing experience. I think you can just about define it is a game, but really it's more of a toy. I hope you enjoy it in that respect. But the Game Maker source file shouldn't really be taken seriously. For anything.
Info: So the deal is this guy called Dave is inside a Fish Tank. Yep. You have to feed him like he's a fish. He meets some other people along the way, but they're not friends. Dave doesn't like people.
Controls: Left/right - Mouse or arrow keys Select - Left mouse button or spacebar
Silly bug number 1: Highscore displays the last score, not the highest. Whoops.
Yes! Great job on this game. I totally get it. Endless gameplay. Very funny too. I think one of the times I played Dave died from being smothered by his girl? Anyhow, really great job on this one. I'll be coming back to play this again :-)
@thristhart The primary goal is just scoremongering. There is an endgame as well - getting a rocket and then fueling it with items. But I made that extremely hard to do. If anyone actually does it I will be amazed.
This is a really interesting idea. If you keep working on it, you should make the drop countdown more salient, like make the item you're holding flash before falling maybe, so it feels a bit more predictable.
hahahahahaha another really funny game. I first didn't get it, but after the first try i got it :) Real fun watching dave do stuff while i was sorting out all sorts of items :D
Great game! I'll be coming back to play this again due to the different things that can happen while playing... One thing I would have liked is a bit less randomness in the drops, as it means that sometimes Dave Dies from thirst or whatever and it's not your fault. Oh, and this reminds me LOADS (don't ask me why) of the C64 game "Little Computer People".
@Nocturne Yeah definitely, the randomness is something I was sitting around thinking "I should probably fix that". It would have been an easy fix too, just never got round to it in the 48 hours.
LOL Very cool! Lots of possible combinations. For the first one, for some reason the tank never got any water in it! I like the little flowers that drop on his flathead and stay there for a moment. And the gf too. Lots of replayability!
@MadGnomeGamer I'm afraid random deaths might be the case... that's the flaw in such a small timeframe to make a game I guess. Are we allowed to fix bugs?
Confession time: I played this game more than other any entry, trying to do wacky things like stack the crates to the top and kill his gf without spikes (which i did!) without killing him... Lots of fun.
Question: Does breaking a radio with him nearby electrocute him? That might explain some of the deaths.
interesting. was fun trying to figure out how all the pieces interact and relate to eachother. I probably still need to play a few more times through to really understand all the mechanics going on. nice job
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I liked the fact that his girlfriend, when present, stole all the good stuff that came down. Very realistic...
I like the idea ^^ It was good fun, but I killed dave quite a few times D: *whistles* Nice work!
One thing though: Dave seems to die without apparent cause sometimes. ;/
Question: Does breaking a radio with him nearby electrocute him? That might explain some of the deaths.
It isn't supposed to electrocute him, no... but obviously the bug is caused by something and that's a possibility. I haven't looked for it yet.