Ludum Dare #28compo

The Library Real Name: Welcome to the Library

by capitals

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.47

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.47

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.13

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.47

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.18

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★77%

You are the most successful 'mage' in the world, you have come into knowledge of a great and holy book which lay in a library at the end of the corridor. It should be easy! If you can wade through the living slime in the corridor!

The game is unfinished, but I have had some much fun. This is my first Ludum Dare and I have learnt a great deal for my next one! Such as try and submit a semi-working version on the first day...

To play the game you have to download the game, extract it and run the shortcut inside the ludum dare folder. If your file 'Run the game' is a .ink your shortcuts are bugged out so click on natives and run Game.jar.

There is no end of the corridor and you may fall out. Currently there is no solution to this.

I'll port this over the next couple of days but I have a history mock exam tomorrow and I should probably get some sleep!

Please tell me what you think and if you have some tips for next time! I hope you enjoy.

Comments26

ParaPup16 Dec 2013, 03:14

.ink How to I run the game?

Capitalsauthor16 Dec 2013, 08:09

You have to download the game and run the shortcut.

Coblynau16 Dec 2013, 18:20

Good start, you should continue your idea. :)

kratorspore16 Dec 2013, 18:22

A good first attempt! Nice graphics and smooth motion. Would have been cool to see the thing in its finished state.

Zemmi16 Dec 2013, 23:32

Ditto the above, good start & the first Ludum is always the hardest.

Personally I don't like to develop graphics beyond just a bunch of colored squares until the core of the game plays as I want to. That why at least the game is done even if doesn't look like anything.

Binary Gambit16 Dec 2013, 23:42

Great for a first LD Jam!

HuntTheWumpus16 Dec 2013, 23:46

Press 'e' for infinite fun. (If you like the dwarf fortress kind of fun)
Great idea (I like shops and collecting money) Unfortunately I couldn't get my bought items to work. :( But I had fun killing all the green blobs!

Capitalsauthor16 Dec 2013, 23:48

Shame about the bought items, I'll look into that and check if I am allowed to upload a fixed version.

ambi17 Dec 2013, 00:00

Neat idea. Just seems to have little in the way of implementation or end goal.

sudorossy17 Dec 2013, 01:02

You can feel that's it's unfinished, but it's an interesting idea! Upgrade mechanics in games are cool.

WhoaConstrictor17 Dec 2013, 01:14

I made it to the end of the library and was fascinated. The start of an interesting survival-runner-type game.

Kareemroks10117 Dec 2013, 01:28

Really good for a first LD, great start for a fun game.

Tanser17 Dec 2013, 12:35

Nice game, just the menu was a bit off for me at the start and I did not hear any sounds... Good job anyway, nice idea. :) I love the graphics too!

joserodolfofreitas17 Dec 2013, 12:48

Nice graphics!

Ekilibr17 Dec 2013, 12:49

Please continue with this project. Nice idea, wanna see it finished ! Nice job ! It was my first LD jam too, i'm pleased to see other games from beginners like me :)

Ditto17 Dec 2013, 12:56

This was fun in weird way, I have no idea what im doing, but shooting those slimes is pretty fun anyways ;o are those small books that drop the intellect? :P

Capitalsauthor17 Dec 2013, 12:57

Yeah, and gold!

mortl832417 Dec 2013, 14:12

Awesome game. I can cheat a bit by going all the way right. Also.. I pressed "E" while trying the controls and immediately regretted that decision.

Bcadren17 Dec 2013, 14:19

Got tired of the button spam rather quickly. Good low res sprite quality though.

GBolt17 Dec 2013, 14:28

Can't run the game.

Nichii17 Dec 2013, 14:43

I don't know what I am doing in this game... but yeah, I would love to see this game in its finished state ;)

LewisChaplin17 Dec 2013, 19:18

was great fun. i enjoyed playing it. first time LD here aswell was a great weekend

2HitAdam20 Dec 2013, 05:06

Falling off the world means I win, right? ;) I liked the upgrade mechanic and the way fireballs worked, think there's a lot of potential here! Also props for making a game starring a badass old man, beating up slime and reading tiny books. Games about old men kicking ass are my fav!