You are stranded on a strange little planet in space.
Gravity on the planet is sinking with an increasing speed, but you can save yourself by collecting red "magical items" which restore some gravity. The goal: Survive as long as you can!
Controls: Keyboard: WSAD + Arrow-Left/-Right + Space Gamepad: Left Stick + Right Stick + A/RB/RT
Unhandled exceptions are most probably DirectX initialization problems e.g. its missing the June 2010 DirectX End-User Runtimes or the hardware lacks some required features. If you give me the first line of the exception I could tell you more :)
I added another version (1.1). The complete checkpoint code got removed (it was unused anyway), so that checkpoint-bug should be gone. Also the dynamic boxes now float up when reaching negative gravity (bugfixes ftw :D).
I have added the new version as an additional download. I am not on my home computer and working with another IDE could have introduced new problems, so if 1.1 does not work try 1.0.
@jeroenimooo: When gravity is over 1.5 it is falling at a higher rate, so you do not have to wait too long until you can walk again.
I am getting a crash for both the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the game on Win 7 Pro 64 :( (tried fullscreen and windowed with and without an Xbox controller).
I loved the fact that the "magical" red items are simple weights, the gravity mechanic was a nice touch and quite innovative too. Props for the spherical gravity and loose boxes, although the road edges could've been better made to not prevent you from getting onto the roads.
@jrasmussen24: that means it crashes when parsing the content files... I guess you unzipped everything into a single folder? I could say more with the first line of the error message :)
@Ace: I got the final model a hour before the deadline was over and implemented it after @urahziel had gone offline (the deadline was three o'clock a.m. in germany). The best I was able to do about the roads was lowering the friction of the character (before doing that you could not even get over them at 0.8 gravity).
@MurrayL: I found a copy of the exception - this time in "hot" code. I guess I have copied it over from the checkpoint code during my sleep deprivation - not sure though :D The check is gone in version 1.2, but I still wonder why the condition for the exception is fulfilled in the first place. Guess I will have to build a better input format for my engine urgently. Thanks for your endurance with testing the game :)
I see the importance of an OpenGL(which can be translated into OSX and Linux support) or a web version. The engine (well, "engine") already implements an abstraction layer around the renderer, but an actual implementation of an OpenGL renderer would require more time than I have at the moment. A web version is difficult as well: WebGL is lacking significant features even compared to OpenGL ES 2.0 which is problematic when DX10 hardware can be considered mainstream.
@haslettj: The importer seems to mess up some things on some PC's, though I can't assign a particular problem with your description. A screenshot could help? Sorry for you not being able to play.
3.19sec... Really fun to play. Though I thought that gaphics was not consistent (Low poly and no wmoothing for almost everything... but the house was near perfect). Fun non less. Great work !
Ah, getting closer to a fix, that screenshot helped - thanks, MurrayL! Seems the default float.Parse() implementation is culture-specific. Changed it to use an invariant culture :)
@Meedoc: I urgently need to implement a little framework for both :D
Nice style. Was able to last a little over 3 minutes, but he game handled really well. Only a few strange parts were the character started randomly spinning as I moved forward.
I really like that when you're doing well and gravity is high, getting around is more difficult and as you need the red things more badly you can also get around more easily :) Seems like you could build another layer on top of this (like, I dunno, jumping to get at floating coins) and have something super cool!
I really much liked it. The planet has nice details (like the skeleton). I disliked that the camera was able to enter the house so that it became partially back-face culled. But that's just a minor problem. With the right sound this game will be really decent. Good work.
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If you give me the first line of the exception I could tell you more :)
System.Exception: Checkpoint too big (4065.228 units, should be under 10)
I have added the new version as an additional download. I am not on my home computer and working with another IDE could have introduced new problems, so if 1.1 does not work try 1.0.
@jeroenimooo: When gravity is over 1.5 it is falling at a higher rate, so you do not have to wait too long until you can walk again.
Props for the spherical gravity and loose boxes, although the road edges could've been better made to not prevent you from getting onto the roads.
@Ace: I got the final model a hour before the deadline was over and implemented it after @urahziel had gone offline (the deadline was three o'clock a.m. in germany). The best I was able to do about the roads was lowering the friction of the character (before doing that you could not even get over them at 0.8 gravity).
The check is gone in version 1.2, but I still wonder why the condition for the exception is fulfilled in the first place. Guess I will have to build a better input format for my engine urgently.
Thanks for your endurance with testing the game :)
@haslettj: The importer seems to mess up some things on some PC's, though I can't assign a particular problem with your description. A screenshot could help?
Sorry for you not being able to play.
funny and high Mood: I was trying to grab onto anything when the gravity went negative.
Nice job!
Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/BZ3RG.png
I can press WASD/Arrows to rotate around, but all I can see are these grey boxes and this big red ribbon thing.
Maybe it's the DirectX 10 requirement. Too bad, looked interesting :)
@Meedoc: I urgently need to implement a little framework for both :D
(though now under non-jam conditions I do not really see a problem with it - I will decide tomorrow if I start applying non-critical fixes as well)
I disliked that the camera was able to enter the house so that it became partially back-face culled. But that's just a minor problem.
With the right sound this game will be really decent. Good work.
I'm unsure if it's intentional, but the dude wasn't looking were he was walking most of the time.