Row Sir Walter around to collect the ducks (arrow keys). This will lower the waterlevel and gems are revealed.
You can obviously only row on water, so be careful not to lower the water prematurely.
When south or north of land you can leave the boat pressing SPACE, you will find yourself on a strip of land representing the VERTICAL SLICE of the land you were close to. Don't ask me why, it is just one of this quirky things about the protagonist Sir Walter...
Note: This time i had too many ideas, all of them too ambitious, so i settled for this (planned also an undergrund level which you could only reach on low tide) but as always time ruined my plans. Unfortunately the land mode is not complete, the land gets created, but you can't walk around or collect gems :(
DISCLAIMER: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During the morning hours of monday (~8h after the deadline when my brain was functioning again :) ) i spent another 2h fixing the following bugs:
- GEM collection: event not processed correctly, gems not collected - PLAYER movement MAPVIEW: problems in the 2D view, player could drive of map - PLAYER movement 2DVIEW: restriction problems, player couldn't move at all due to a physics problem - PLAYER movement 2DVIEW: no autoswitch to Mapview when touchig the water
Use the link above to see the first buggy version uploaded in time. Note, the new version is is NOT a postmortem version, no new content/feature has been added, only bugs fixed, AFAIU this is within the rules. If you don't think so, please feel free to use the original version. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pretty good duck noise, yo, though it got a bit repetitive. I really liked the concept of collecting things which then changed the landscape, but sometimes when I landed, it was impossible to get the collectible thing.
This game has a great concept! I think people don't realise you can climb any land. you can 'wallclimb' by jumping at it then bouncing back a littl and back onto the wall. Nice and easy!
I think the gems spawning -in- the land is a problem but I'll overlook it. I got a score of 360; I'm sure that's quite low. Well played sir!
Interesting idea, and well executed! I notice that Walter always gets back into his boat at the same point he left it - it might be interesting if, if you went over the land and jumped in the water on the other side, you reappeared on the other side of the land back in your boat. Does that make sense?
I really love the mechanics and your concept, moving between top down and side on was a great idea, I'd love to see some polish on this game I think it has a lot of potential.
This is a really cool concept, and you implemented it pretty well, too. I also really like the humor; a lot of the games I've played so far have tried to achieve darker, melancholy moods, so this really stands out.
Nice idea. I didn't get it the first time, but the second time was fun :D. Its interesting how there are ducks you need to avoid to prevent the water level to go down. There were some gems I couldn't get because I think I locked myself out of the entry points. Nice duck sound :P, well done and thank you for trying our game.
really liked the take on the theme - would like to see more! found the platforming difficult to use but ultimately not important as long as i landed on the right part of the shore. still, really cool idea
I like the multi-plane concept and the idea of lowering tides changing the topology of the play space. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of gameplay here currently. It gets boring really quickly. I think this was compounded by the fact that when I'd switch into "sideview" mode to grab a gem, i rarely could land on the piece of land with the gem. My dog character would always fall into the water. Seemed the placement was wrong or something?
Love the concept of flipping from overhead to side view, integrating this more with the collectable mechanic and removing some of the controlling frustrations (slow clunky movements rather than the feeling of being in a boat) could lead to some great explorative gameplay. Nice aesthetics, although I'm going out on a limb here and expressing a dislike for the duck sound!
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A well executed game!
I think the gems spawning -in- the land is a problem but I'll overlook it. I got a score of 360; I'm sure that's quite low. Well played sir!
hope to see more at the next ludum dare
Good Job Though ...
REALLY enjoyed the top down -> side on mechanics of sea -> land though. That was excellent.