Ludum Dare #24compo

The Plurality

by nate427

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

Made in Java with Slick2D.

I tried my best to learn how to make applets before this, but I didn't and I'm sorry, you'll have to download it. :C

Also, sorry about the lack of sound. :P

I'm 14, but please don't be gentle with your criticism. I love making games and want this to be a learning experience, please give me pointers.

There are two endings, try to get both!

Use the WASD keys to move, Shift to push crates, and S to open doors or hide under ledges.

If you get stuck somehow press J to reset the level.

Press K to go to the next level if you're a dirty cheater.

You need updated Java v7 to run this. Unfortunately it only works on 64bit computers, sorry about that. :C

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Follow me on twitter at @N427Games

Comments22

dvdking26 Aug 2012, 22:29

It was scary when that eye appeared

Doodey26 Aug 2012, 22:51

Very nice plot, I reccomend.

Generalgore27 Aug 2012, 00:22

Interesting game, I liked the plot, and use of the theme.

Brucef27 Aug 2012, 01:04

): no mac version. looks cool but I won't be able to play it. Slick2d is cross-platform, isn't it? why is this windows only?

nate427author27 Aug 2012, 01:28

I'm sorry about the lack of Mac versions. Unfortunately I don't have access to my computer right now, but tomorrow I will port to Linux and Mac.

Kortuga9827 Aug 2012, 02:01

Very cool game.

I like the graphical styling, too.

Also, I really enjoyed the alternate ending. Nice message.

9/10, would play.

Generalgore27 Aug 2012, 02:13

Good job man.

Kralle27 Aug 2012, 02:17

Not able to play it :/ CouldNotLoadArgumentException[ Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Users\Kristian\AppData\Local\Temp\javaws3]

at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Kortuga9827 Aug 2012, 04:59

Kralle, did you unzip the downloaded file before executing the .jar?

Lucariatias27 Aug 2012, 08:05

It extracted a file called "ThePlurality.zip.cpgz"... which in turn extracted "ThePlurality 2.zip"... Mac OS X Lion

madflame99127 Aug 2012, 09:16

+ nice mood and story

+ good graphics

- why do you have to start the game from the beginning when you get caught?

- the game froze several times and became unresponsive

jijaweb27 Aug 2012, 10:46

Nicely done! BUT.... I dont know what to do on the last level though. If I press the switch when the eye pops out, he disapears and I have to start over from the last level. If I go out in the Air Lock... it starts over from the last level.

SaintHeiser27 Aug 2012, 13:05

Can't play this game. Throw an error when launched: "could not find the main class". (Win7 x64)

infernet8927 Aug 2012, 19:27

Good game! Didn't like the fact you must start from beginning if Eye see you, and sometimes i got gameover even if i wasn't under the Eye's light ray.

recursor27 Aug 2012, 19:33

I wish you didn't have to start all the way over when you get caught by one of the eyes. Pretty interesting concept though. Keep working on it.

SecondDimension27 Aug 2012, 19:35

Really excellent atmosphere, the design works really well and the plot was nice. Fantastic job

Kmad27 Aug 2012, 21:11

Interesting concept, I thought the narrative really held it together. Hope you expand on this in the future, good work.

patrickgh327 Aug 2012, 21:22

I really liked the theme / plot. You pulled it off well in the dialogue and graphics, and it was the main thing that kept me playing. I have a few nitpicky issues with the gameplay, like how the eyes don't turn around smoothly, but they aren't very significant. Nice work!

dr_soda30 Aug 2012, 06:09

App did not run

Skulls30 Aug 2012, 09:06

Kind of hard to run, annoying that you have to restart the levels and the eye things went spaz every time they turned around. I liked the minimalistic graphics and general feel to the game but I found it difficult to play because I couldn't tell where the eye's beam was going to be.

Raptor853 Sep 2012, 00:50

app wont run, looks like it requires pretty specificly sun's java7 jre so can't test