The Adventures of Lars

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★87%
Lars is a zombie who has found himself sucked into the world of games. Help him escape by progressing through classic and well-known game worlds by completing a series of wacky minigames!

Known Problems:
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> The controls in the second level are really buggy and the game doesn't like multi-button presses.

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UPDATE:
We have decided, following your feedback, to continue development after the jam!
Cheers guys :)

For updates on how it's going you can follow us on twitter:
Black: @LanDucas
Blue: @VikkiBiggs

Comments23

Larzan
Larzan26 Aug 2013, 21:28
Couldn't play it, unfortunately Win7 64bit doesn't tell me what is missing...
Derbdale
Derbdale26 Aug 2013, 22:05
Nice concept, fun to play, but the key detection on the second level was annoying, I found myself pressing buttons and not moving a lot.
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley27 Aug 2013, 20:45
This game made me smile. I really, really enjoyed it (other than the key level movement being funny) I found the zombie going back to old styled games cool and unique. I loved it. I featured it in my comilation video of Ludum Dare 27 Games, if you wanna check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UJ96l2scE
ZYXer
ZYXer28 Aug 2013, 02:43
Really funny game idea. Too bad you only were able to complete two levels. I was looking forward to play more levels. Perhaps in a post-compo version? :D
kibertoad
kibertoad29 Aug 2013, 20:05
Controls on second level are really frustrating. Nice graphics, though.
Starspell
Starspell29 Aug 2013, 20:17
An interesting, and very ambitious, idea but needs a little more polish. The platforming is a bit off and as you know the 2nd level has input issues.

Unless I am very much mistaken the Zelda sprites seems to been taken from the real games. Try to make your own graphics next time instead of using copyrighted sprites. This may be a jam entry but it's always better to make your own. :)

Look forward to your next LD game.
bvanschooten29 Aug 2013, 20:37
Well presented, the minigames are a nice idea. The game just needs more levels and a couple less bugs :-)
keyboardmonkey
keyboardmonkey29 Aug 2013, 20:54
A fun play :) a pity that Lars did not have more levels to play through, and good work on the theme and graphics!
jprogman
jprogman29 Aug 2013, 21:27
I like the variety that this game have, even if I chuckled at the two spoofs. :)
necmelt200631 Aug 2013, 19:53
Nice idea, you need to tweak the controls (perhaps making them like the titles references) also give more personnality to Lars (graphically?) and univer(s) (introduce blood? i don't know ^^) this just to make the game unique :)
oxysoft
oxysoft31 Aug 2013, 19:54
Collisions are really weird on the top down level but I did like the pixel art on that level
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt31 Aug 2013, 20:02
Lars is the best name on a main character yet in LD27!
Epiphane1 Sep 2013, 00:33
Fun, short little game. Controls in the second stage were extremely frustrating, I thought I was getting caught on the scenery (but I guess you know that already)
Toadpud
Toadpud1 Sep 2013, 15:39
I liked it, but it seemed very short. You should definitely make more levels in a post-compo version! Also, the movement in level 2 was extremely bugged.
Antidote
Antidote2 Sep 2013, 17:39
I feel the 10 seconds thing was a bit too fast to complete the level, maybe could gain a few seconds with the Mushroom or something?
Jedi3 Sep 2013, 02:17
This game looks really cute! I love how well you recreated the look and feel of both mario and zelda. Unfortunately, the game crashes for me every time a chicken touches me in level 2 :(
zconnelly13
zconnelly133 Sep 2013, 19:32
loved it, would love to see the rest + bugfixes!
kirbytails74 Sep 2013, 01:09
Definitely a good plan for the theme. Too bad there wasn't time for more content.
MuciojadPL
MuciojadPL4 Sep 2013, 16:21
Good game, level 2 is some irritating, but overall is quite good. Nice graphic :)
MrBenjaminBowman4 Sep 2013, 17:23
Overall, pretty cool :D (Wish there was more levels, it looked fun :P)
Taiters4 Sep 2013, 17:52
Cool game, well done. Though the controls on the second level don't seem to work well.
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