Ludum Dare #27compo

The 91st Parallel

by bmacintosh

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.05

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%

In addition to being a unit of time, a second can also be a unit of measurement - 1/60th of a minute, which is 1/60 of a degree of latitude or longitude. What if the world was suddenly reduced to only 10 square seconds of latitude and longitude? This is what it might look like.

How do you play it? Enjoy the world, and don't get eaten by zombies. The game would have benefited greatly from a lot more content and balancing, but I hope it's interesting in its Game Jam state.

Comments21

Recursiveanomaly26 Aug 2013, 02:26

Great audio and gameplay!

nintendoeats26 Aug 2013, 03:53

"MSVCP100D is missing from you computer"

I want to play this, make it work!

Ghostik26 Aug 2013, 03:57

That moving spikes totally hypnotized me :D
Simple but definitely playable!

Ghostik26 Aug 2013, 04:01

Sorry ...that was for other game.

To you:
"MSVCP100D is missing from you computer"
Can not play

bhopkins26 Aug 2013, 04:05

Great mood and audio! I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to do though, and sometimes the zombies would go right through the fences/walls!

Snail_Man26 Aug 2013, 04:07

I got the error as well :<

BMacIntoshauthor26 Aug 2013, 04:40

Thanks for reporting that, all. I uploaded a new version that should fix it. The new file is "ld27_bmacintosh_2.zip".

Baknik26 Aug 2013, 05:15

Great atmosphere

gritfish26 Aug 2013, 13:46

The music is fantastically creepy. Is there a win condition? I couldn't figure out an objective besides running to the far end..

BMacIntoshauthor26 Aug 2013, 15:56

Nope, no objectives really, other than "stay alive". I focused too much, perhaps, on the world and I was trying to add gameplay in the last few hours.

porglezomp26 Aug 2013, 19:49

Oh hey! Were you on IRC while I was telling people about arcseconds, or did you think of it independently.

Zerkruemler26 Aug 2013, 19:59

The audio and visuals are very spooky, but I missed the target of the game.

BMacIntoshauthor26 Aug 2013, 21:02

@porglezomp - I don't use IRC, it was one of the first things I thought of when I started thinking about alternate definitions.

zlowrance28 Aug 2013, 03:38

Great entry! I was sold immediately

Infernal28 Aug 2013, 03:58

Not sure what I was supposed to do. Great music though.

Erifdex28 Aug 2013, 18:27

Fantastic entry! The music was a highlight for me - really added to the tension in the game.

Vile Smile28 Aug 2013, 23:03

Very interesting. I loved the visual effects. The music was quite fitting.

mutilator30 Aug 2013, 03:22

neat, more objectives would have been nice, exploring is fun be we need to have a reason

Diptoman3 Sep 2013, 16:30

Great entry. I found it a bit annoying that the weapon we take lasts only for one hit, even if we miss!
But the restricted vision and the music adds to the experience. Great job! Kept on my toes :)