I'm not sure what's going on. When I go downstairs, a spikey shadowball shows up, does a sort of knockup/juggle which sends me through the roof, then I fall through the world. I played a second time, he still bounces me everywhere but I didn't fall through the world.
I really liked the mood of the game with the sound fx and some lighting. Couldn't really figure out where to go after wandering around for quite a while. I ended up figuring out how to fall through the stage and watch the level fade away! :)
Can I do anything else but walk around the house and let the black thing push me? BTW not locking mouse cursor on the screen = bad playing in web browser
This is a good start. I like the look and mood, but the shadow was distracting in its current state (I was finally able to outrun it and explore the rest of the house).
What's the connection to the theme--only getting the one lantern?
It has a good atmosphere, but once you realize the flying black thing only pushes you around, there's nothing left to be scared of haha. Good job though!
Yeah I wasn't able to get much of a gameplay aspect to the whole thing, Though I definitely tried, I didn't know much about Javascript or CSharpe to do much, But The idea was that you would have had one fuel for the lantern and that you would only be able to get attacked when the light was off, But after many hours of trying to code these things it wasn't looking well but at least I submitted what I tried.
Yeah, I jumped a bit when the dark blob came threw that door. :D Looks pretty so far. Too bad you can't really do much, but it sounds like you're happy with how far you got. :)
I was surprised by the ghost showing up, then confused when he launched me through the air. Not bad for having just learned Unity, though you may want to go through and fix the rotations of the ghost and one of the doors. Great atmosphere and good job.
That's impressive for someone new to Unity. Really good mood with the background rain etc. When I first came across the black thing I thought it was a bug as i was lifted up to the ceiling and could only see parts of the things body. Great effort!
A nice start, and good work for early solo game dev work. Nice atmosphere building there. Got caught in a dead and being bounced all over the room like a pinball lol.
Hey Man, nice job on creating the house and the enviroment. The game itself lacks a clear objective though, at least I didn't get it. The ghost scared me the first time, but then it was just messing up with my exploration. Anyway, nice job on completing it.
Great job, especially for starting without a ton of knowledge of your tools. You definitely nailed the mood - I don't know why the creature is that terrifying, but it actually is. I'd like to see those added elements that you had planned on. Maybe make a post-compo version of this? Great work!
Careful about the lighting, you need a very dim directional light (coming from windows for example) and not just low ambient lighting, that's why your sofas look really flat.
Anyway, great first attempt in Unity, keep going :)
@phi6 My sofas were flat cause I didn't texture them XD I might make improvments to the whole thing, I have to learn Javascript alot more, Lua and Glua breaks your thought patten cause Glua is for dummys but I'm not much of a programmer though I should get into it more.
I turned my mouse dpi all the way down and the sensitivity was way to high, and I was getting dizzy. From what I played, the atmosphere was great, but not sure what I was supposed to do.
The ghost freaked me the hell out. The mood is definitely getting there but as mentioned by others, some more set dressing & audio would do wonders. Great start to a project.
At first I wasn't really sure what was going on. Then a shadow ball started mauling me and I was even more freaked out. XD The layout of the level itself was very solid. Just needed a bit more to be a full on game.
It was an interesting game. I actually jumped when the black floating thing came through the door LOL. Good Job for only knowing Unity as much as you did.
I think I see some Amnesia influence ;D I'm not sure if I missed something but I couldn't find an end or a goal. I opened every door but there was nothing to find except that black ghost thing. I like the Atmosphere. It's a decent first ludum dare game. I hope you'll participate next time aswell :)
I think that making a first person game in unity was a good idea as a first project. I wish the eagle head made some sort of creepy sound. The head appeared near the start for me after I went downstairs and returned to the spawn.
That black thing startled the crap out of me. Great sense of place with the rain and lantern. The lights turned pink when they were off, though? Overall fun stuff.
Congrats on making this game in such a small span of time. The ghost/thing startled me for a bit and I enjoyed exploring the path ways. This is definitely a great starting point for what potentially could be an interesting horror game.
I am not sure if the ghost is supposed to do anything, it just kept colliding with me. Also, either the lamps have a really weird color or they are missing a texture.
IN terms of level design, I am not sure what is the purpose of all these big, empty, rooms.
Great mood! I glitched out when the ghost pushed me out of the building and into the void... But love the use of 3D audio. One thing to consider - rain (as opposed to thunder) might be a more constant sound, so it may work a little better to have the rain be static (not 3D) and the thunder 3D? Nice work though!
4 words sum it up for me: Haunted, interesting, atmospheric, and disappointed. An interesting house to explore with good atmospheric sounds. The ghost startled me a bit when I found it, and I was disappointed that there wasn't more 'stuff' in the house to mess with and that I couldn't go outside.
Congrats, your black ghost ball totally made me jump. I had opened so many doors to zero fanfare that I was very surprised. Wasn't sure what to do past that point. Great job, especially for learning so much along the way.
Maybe this isn't a game where something jumps out. Maybe this isn't a game where something jumps out. Maybe this isn't a game where something jumps out. GAHH
I love good athmospheric sounds, and this game has just that. But the game itself.. it's not really a game. The ghost was fun at the start, but when I discoverd there were no other things to find in the house all the fun dropped. Good sounds, and well made for 48 hours for a first project.
Oh, I wonder how you made the sounds? Did you record them or..?
There is not much to do after exploring the house, but you created an impressing mood. I was really shy when moving around and than that ghost appeared... oh my god.
By the way, it is even more impressing that you rated already more than 250 games. Nice job!
For some reason I knew this game would scare me, and it did as soon as the light s changed to the purple color. Really loved the atmosphere! (sounds effects and lights).
Too bad it's unfinished, but for a first time on Unity, all my congratulations, it's a great achievement :)
Impressive environment. Too bad gameplay is lacking, Oh well! Least I made a new ghost buddy. :D Btw, the ghost probably shouldn't had collision with the player because it causes physics glitches.
I like it, the animation and walking are very smooth (maybe a small bob on the camera could help). Only problem is too empty, it was better make maybe only 1,2 rooms and add a lot thing into them. but great job
Really impressed by the mood you created here with such assets and Unity experience. The ghosty thing scared me as well as some lightning crashes. I hope to see more at the next LD!
The ghost scared me :P Otherwise I think you should mention that it's not really complete, there's no win condition or even a lose condition :P The tension was there, just needs some work. I've also got a lantern in my game :)
The shadow head took be by surprise! Ludum Dare is all about learning new things, and hopefully will inspire you to keep going down this atmospheric route :)
The exploration with that annoying ghost was sort of nice, but I would have liked to know why I was in that house and what I was supposed to do. At least some hint of that I reached the end. Maybe there was such thing, but I didn't find it. I would also suggest making an alternative key-binding to the arrow-keys with ctrl or something for doors for us left-handed.
Really good mood. I didn't know what to do with the black ghost.
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ViliX29 Dec 2013, 16:14
Great mood and graphics :) Just can't see the theme connection.
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ViliX29 Dec 2013, 16:29
I am a bit confused, you have used the script from Brackeys tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGX64eXs9e0). There is almmost 100% match in your enemy AI script. I would like to hear some explanation.
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BTW not locking mouse cursor on the screen = bad playing in web browser
I wanted to go outside but never found a way!
What's the connection to the theme--only getting the one lantern?
Next time try to follow the theme though.
Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:40am
Pretty cool conceptually.
Next time try to follow the theme though.
I did try, Thank you If you read the post above maybe you might have got my idea...
Unity is so wonky sometimes; I doubt I'd have gotten much more than this done in a whole week of working in Unity.
The game itself lacks a clear objective though, at least I didn't get it.
The ghost scared me the first time, but then it was just messing up with my exploration.
Anyway, nice job on completing it.
Anyway, great first attempt in Unity, keep going :)
I'm not sure if I missed something but I couldn't find an end or a goal. I opened every door but there was nothing to find except that black ghost thing.
I like the Atmosphere.
It's a decent first ludum dare game. I hope you'll participate next time aswell :)
It was fun, until the black ghost didn't let me move ><
she pushed me, and didn't let me go :S
I am not sure if the ghost is supposed to do anything, it just kept colliding with me. Also, either the lamps have a really weird color or they are missing a texture.
IN terms of level design, I am not sure what is the purpose of all these big, empty, rooms.
Just two notes: forced full screen is not really good idea :(
Mouse is way to sensitive :(
Great job on learning Unity though!
Haunted, interesting, atmospheric, and disappointed.
An interesting house to explore with good atmospheric sounds. The ghost startled me a bit when I found it, and I was disappointed that there wasn't more 'stuff' in the house to mess with and that I couldn't go outside.
Oh, I wonder how you made the sounds? Did you record them or..?
By the way, it is even more impressing that you rated already more than 250 games. Nice job!
Too bad it's unfinished, but for a first time on Unity, all my congratulations, it's a great achievement :)
Btw, the ghost probably shouldn't had collision with the player because it causes physics glitches.
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