My interpretation of the theme this month is that of a minimalistic life, as suffered by Sisyphus of Greek Mythological fame.
My game adds a modern twist to that myth. ;-)
Controls are with mouse and keyboard: -WASD or cursors to walk -Mouse to turn, look, aim, and shoot -Number keys to select inventory options. -Spacebar to select menu options.
You will need to do some exploring to access the later parts of the game.
I hope you enjoy playing this, as I've certainly enjoyed making it!
Now I sleep ...zzzZZZ
---- edit: removed some debugging code that was interfering with the proper running of the game.
First off - the text font and UI style immediately make me nostalgic in the best of ways! Secondly, I didn't finish it :x I made it to the second day and the gods dropping potatoes, empty crates and self-exploding devices was really funny, but not enough to keep me waiting an entire 'nother day :P I emptied the clip on the third weapon though, it was really, really satisfying, way more than the other two. The kick was perfect.
The zombies don't really have any AI so it just feels like I'm playing a hunting game more than anything else. I didn't take a single bit of damage. Maybe it gets better as you go? But it ramps up too slow I think and the days were tooooooo long, or at least there wasn't enough to do.
And I have to say this as a joke, with a tiny bit of truth to it, "yeah playing this game felt like eternal punishment." :P Overall, really really impressive technically, but just too dull to keep my attention for long enough to "finish" a never-ending game.
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matthias_zarzecki30 Apr 2013, 13:24
"I am Sysyphus. I pissed off Zeus and now I use a mchinegun to fight exploding zombies, while wearing this sweet camo-dress. Also, I can walk through Trees"
Nice Take on The Idea, is what I'm trying to say :P
Amazing videogame to be made in 48h, really impressive the day/night cicle, and the concept is something like mixing dead island, minecraft and quake XD
This was really cool, except for the day night cycle. The nights were a bit too long, but more importantly, the days were really long, and had basically nothing to do in them. It doesn't matter if day is shorter than night, just make day 20 seconds long.
Also, sometimes the parcels were quite tricky to find. Perhaps make a beacon from the sky come down to them so you know where you are?
But other than that, really cool game. I noticed that the zombie face textures were awesome, as well. The text and the story are interesting .The guns are cool. Overall, great, just a bit hampered by the long days.
Also.. Sisyphus? Not Tithonus?
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ming_tea2 May 2013, 02:10
Pretty fun, and I loved the addition of the day/night cycle. Awesome stuff.
I'd play it, but its impossible to run... On start up the screen comes down all choppy and there is no damn way to hit new game :/ Specs - AMD FX8350 32Gb RAM, ATI HD5770
nice little game here. I thought the movement was a bit sensitive. What was weapon number 5? i don't think i ever got it. enduring the long days, was, interesting. for some reason this game made me feel like slenderman, only not so scary. :)
I do realize that this is not supposed to be balanced for fun, but getting two health packs and no ammo for a parcel? Come on! Excellent twist on the "survival incoming waves" idea, I enjoyed it a lot.
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The zombies don't really have any AI so it just feels like I'm playing a hunting game more than anything else. I didn't take a single bit of damage. Maybe it gets better as you go? But it ramps up too slow I think and the days were tooooooo long, or at least there wasn't enough to do.
And I have to say this as a joke, with a tiny bit of truth to it, "yeah playing this game felt like eternal punishment." :P Overall, really really impressive technically, but just too dull to keep my attention for long enough to "finish" a never-ending game.
Nice Take on The Idea, is what I'm trying to say :P
gods are killing me XD
Amazing videogame to be made in 48h, really impressive the day/night cicle, and the concept is something like mixing dead island, minecraft and quake XD
Also, sometimes the parcels were quite tricky to find. Perhaps make a beacon from the sky come down to them so you know where you are?
But other than that, really cool game. I noticed that the zombie face textures were awesome, as well. The text and the story are interesting .The guns are cool. Overall, great, just a bit hampered by the long days.
Also.. Sisyphus? Not Tithonus?