Ludum Dare #25compo

DR. MADDOC Takes Over The World and Kills 3D Forever

by jsmars

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.94

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%

Become the Mad Scientist Dr.Maddoc. Take over the world and destroy 3D games forever! Enjoy this sneaking game!

First time I used Ogmo editor and made 2D lighting and shadows, so it was a fun challange!

Been very stressed up until the end! Will be coming out a jam version with everything a bit more polished soon! Should be better graphics, better AI, more maps and story!

Timelapse coming soon! Need a shower and some rest after this 35ish hours of coding

Cheers all! Please comment and rate! :D

HOW TO PLAY ###

Use arrow keys to move around, space to go to next dialog, collect all chests on each level before going to the exit (marked by a ghost, usually back where you started)

There is a known bug where you miss a level at random, so if the story doesn't make sense, try another playthrough :)

Comments23

gabbsson17 Dec 2012, 02:49

Sweet game! Cool lighting, graphics and fun story. Sure makes me want to uninstall all these crappy 3D games.. ALL HAIL NES!

SecondDimension17 Dec 2012, 12:16

Really nice mood to this, I liked the graphics and the idea behind it. I got stuck quite early on though, a walkthough would be cool. Had fun finding all the references. Also +1 filmgrain point. Games need more filmgrain.

Smaxx17 Dec 2012, 12:25

I like it. Although the light seems to glitch at a few occasions, especially lights other than the player's (e.g. shadows in the very first room or lights in other rooms). Some guards seem to just stop with some beeping alert sound, but nothing happens?

jsmarsauthor17 Dec 2012, 12:55

If you get caught in light too long, you get caught, sadly there the AI stops slightly to early sometimes which makes it easy to avoid them. Will be working on a version with more challanging AI :)

Clavus17 Dec 2012, 13:17

Great job on the graphics. Would've been nice if the dialogues moved a bit quicker.

Wuhao17 Dec 2012, 13:18

nice, 3d lights in 2d game

jsmarsauthor17 Dec 2012, 14:18

Press space or enter or esc to go to next dialog :)

Edocentrique17 Dec 2012, 17:09

Huge fan of the style ! Interesting story, and good light effect !

wupto17 Dec 2012, 18:45

I really like the lighting. Very nice game :)

heloheu18 Dec 2012, 01:58

Very funny!!! The stealth gameplay is great and the lights are very impressive, I wish L4D2 could have lights like that xD

frogmaster18 Dec 2012, 10:05

Neat! I'm waiting for Valve to rip this lights off in L4D3 :) Moar games like this and the evil plan of destroying 3d will succeed!

wzl18 Dec 2012, 11:42

Fun game and awesome naration! Really enjoyed this one!

Here's a little review about it: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#jsmars
Want me to link your username somewhere?

jsmarsauthor18 Dec 2012, 11:53

Thanks for all the positive feedback! :) Working on a more polished version with a few more maps and bug fixes :)

$wzl thanks! sure send the link to this page :)

Jiggawatt18 Dec 2012, 15:21

Plenty of mood here. It's more like a short story than a game. That's both a strength and a weakness.

timtipgames18 Dec 2012, 15:27

This made my day. Couldn't stop laughing. Love how everything has a (mostly funny) description. Made me explore everything. I also enjoyed the graphics a lot. I made a somewhat similar game in the sense of sneaking around. Well done!

Cássio Eduardo18 Dec 2012, 15:34

Funny. I like the art style.

Muu? (lanoiadimuu)18 Dec 2012, 15:42

Nice story and lighting effects!

Fenmar18 Dec 2012, 20:55

Very nice visuals. I also liked the background story and the descriptions very much. I didn't get, why ghosts are guarding the exits, though :)

Slushy19 Dec 2012, 00:52

really good effort , loved it

bigbadwofl19 Dec 2012, 05:43

One of my favourite entries so far, nice job. But please make the pickup sound (coin) a bit softer or at least lower the treble.

MrEvilGuy19 Dec 2012, 06:26

I love this game. The first bit is a masterpiece. The rest is awesome. The bank robbery scene felt like you were parodying other games. Amazing work. :D

Dark Acre Jack20 Dec 2012, 00:19

Wow, that's a lot of visually impressive asset work for 48 hours. Fantastic job.

krutech22 Dec 2012, 17:00

Really nice!
Love the lights and shadows.