You Only Get One Direction

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.11
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
You can only move in one direction. Goal of each level is to get to the exit. Controls:

- D Move Forward
- R Restart

This is probably the most unfinished game of LD28. But, hope you'll like it.

UPDATE 1. Sorry for broken links will fix them when I'll get home. Stay Tuned.

UPADTE 2. LINKS ARE WORKING AGAIN

UPDATE 4. INCLUDED MSVCP120.dll

UPDATE 5. ADF.LY REMOVED. X86 AND X64 COMPATIBILITY ADDED

Comments41

DiEvAl16 Dec 2013, 17:09
Download links don't work.
acp_ld16 Dec 2013, 18:43
downloadl links go straight to mediafire, no file
dooglz
dooglz16 Dec 2013, 19:55
Broken link
veiadoida18 Dec 2013, 15:57
broken link, my friend.
Dikkop
Dikkop18 Dec 2013, 22:13
Broken Link :(

The square guy looks so eager to play with me.
ShellfishGames19 Dec 2013, 09:47
Link works now, but the game doesn't run on my Windows 7 system. At first I needed to download MSVCP120.dll, but now it just throws a "application could not be started" kind of error when trying to run the exe. :/
The "you can only move in one direction" premise sounds interesting though, I'd really like to see where you went with it. So I'll try to run it on another machine later.
Nelien
Nelien19 Dec 2013, 09:55
Ah, same here with the MSVCP120.dll missing :(. Try packaging it with the game. I'll keep this one in the backlog and see if you get it fixed later on!
Techblogogy
Techblogogyauthor19 Dec 2013, 10:14
You need to install SDL
MadcoreTom
MadcoreTom19 Dec 2013, 10:18
Sorry dude, same problem as ShellfishGames and Nelien
Nelien
Nelien19 Dec 2013, 10:30
I downloaded SDL from http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php (tried both the win-32 and 64 bit version) but both only include the SDL2.dll which you have already packaged in your folder, so I don't think that's the problem. I replaced the file but I'm still getting the MSVCP120.dll error. In fact, that dll is from the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, so that's what's missing. I'll try installing it later today but I would suggest you look up how to bundle the dll into the package so it's not so much work for people to get your game running :/.
peacegiverman
peacegiverman19 Dec 2013, 19:23
Why did you put AdFly links? They don't work for me (using Ghostery).
sam137319 Dec 2013, 19:34
Also, can't run the game.
sam137319 Dec 2013, 19:34
It's not a good idea to call your folder "LD28", since most of the people downloading already have a ton of LD28 games installed.
Coblynau19 Dec 2013, 19:51
Download link goes to adfly followed by spam site. Doesn't work.
Thalikoth19 Dec 2013, 20:12
I really like the game. I see you have some distribution issues like I had, good to see you solved them :)
Espyo19 Dec 2013, 21:12
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to yadda yadda.

Using Windows 7, 64-bit.
crockid519 Dec 2013, 22:49
Not wasting my time with this, don't adf.ly you link
ParaPup19 Dec 2013, 23:00
Link didn't work (Don't use adf.ly links you cheapo)
SerialVelocity19 Dec 2013, 23:00
Was quite fun, good idea with the single direction. Good start, keep it up!
Kaslai19 Dec 2013, 23:02
Whenever I see an adf.ly link, I want to do terrible things to the person who made them.
bitowl
bitowl19 Dec 2013, 23:08
Also getting the 0xc000007b on Windows 8 64-bit :(
crazyrems
crazyrems19 Dec 2013, 23:32
bitowl said all :|
JaymeeMak
JaymeeMak20 Dec 2013, 15:27
"The program can't start because MSVCR120.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
pl0xz0rz20 Dec 2013, 16:42
Broken download link.
pl0xz0rz20 Dec 2013, 16:50
Okay, now the download link works, but

"The program can't start because MSVCR120.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
Sylence20 Dec 2013, 17:08
Wow that's a great interpretation of the theme. Liked it :)
pl0xz0rz20 Dec 2013, 17:31
Finally it works. Pretty fun, but level 7 seems to be unwinnable.
Techblogogy
Techblogogyauthor20 Dec 2013, 18:18
MSVCR.dll is now bundled with the game. Hopefully this is going to be the end of the technical difficulties. I'm really sorry for all of the problems that happend
ShellfishGames20 Dec 2013, 18:49
Thanks for solving all the problems, works fine on my computer now. :)
I like how you handled that "one key only" situation. Having to plan your moves and execute them accurately really is something different than the usual runner games relying mostly on reflexes. The learning curve seemed pretty good as well, but I couldn't get through Level 7.
Scipio Xaos
Scipio Xaos20 Dec 2013, 19:23
Pretty cool game, man! I don't know if you did this on purpose or not, but did you know that if you reset after hitting a block it saves your movement velocity? (Touch a block, hold r, let go, you move as if you had just hit the arrow block.)
Techblogogy
Techblogogyauthor20 Dec 2013, 19:25
That is one of the mechanics of this game. So yeah that was intentional.
netmute
netmute20 Dec 2013, 19:54
I have no way of playing Windows games (using a Mac), sorry :(
Xaychru04
Xaychru0420 Dec 2013, 20:52
Nice concept, shame you didn't manage to add some content... And by the way I can't finish level 7...
Noah Ratcliff
Noah Ratcliff21 Dec 2013, 14:32
Really neat idea! I'm not to fond of the physics feeling so linear though.
KEFIR
KEFIR21 Dec 2013, 15:45
Pretty fun! Nice mechanics idea. Also I ran it on Linux (via Wine) and it works perfectly.
DDRKirby(ISQ)23 Dec 2013, 10:06
Cute. Having momentum carry over after restarting needed to be taught a bit more clearly, I think, but yeah.
OnlySlightly27 Dec 2013, 18:39
Haha great mechanic you added on the last few levels. Discovered it by accident, thought I spotted a bug. Didn't realize the restart button was actually going to be used as a mechanic in itself. Great job!
Clavus
Clavus29 Dec 2013, 19:52
Nice concept. Simple execution. Liked it :)

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