Ludum Dare #29compo

Diamond quest

by msaul

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.48

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

You have to collect at least 200 diamonds and avoid walls for 120 seconds.

Control : MOUSE (!)

C++/SFML(2.1)
editor : emacs/gimp/
sound : bxfr

It's my first Ludum dare, i hope you will like the game. Thanks for trying it.

Have fun !

For linux users, you need to install SFML2.1 (http://www.sfml-dev.org/). Don't forget to type :
$export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/.../lib/ <- where SFML is installed
before launching the game.

Comments35

okkolobr28 Apr 2014, 12:45

My best score is 263 / 200 diamonds. Looks like some ending condition are missing. The depth changing is a bit harsh : when you go down at the bottom of the screen, the witch to other screen make you go really fast and kind of lose control (not sure if I'm really clear here).
Otherwise, nice game :) !

nonentheless28 Apr 2014, 12:46

I've checked every key on keyboard before I realised I am supposed to use mouse :) I like the shaking. I think going deeper could be solved little better

MSaulauthor28 Apr 2014, 12:48

@okolobr You have to survive 120 sec. I understand, i don't take the time to make the camera smoother in transitions. I'm happy you like it.

zinfandel28 Apr 2014, 12:49

Very nice! I had a lot of fun. Not sure why sometimes the location of the character jumps up or down? And also, I reached over 200 Diamonds but the game went on, so what is the goal?
Liked it a lot overall

MSaulauthor28 Apr 2014, 12:58

@zifandef If you survive 120 sec and have 200 diamonds you may have the "good" game over. I'm glad you like it.

myachin28 Apr 2014, 13:50

well done

i like it. my best score is 616!

Balint19728 Apr 2014, 18:13

Going deeper could have been made a bit less irritating, but great game overall, enjoyed it! :)

CiderPunk28 Apr 2014, 18:22

500/200 diamonds! ...he seemed to stop collecting them after 500 :)

Nnnnneeeedddd28 Apr 2014, 18:30

Best game yet :D

SuperIzzo28 Apr 2014, 18:31

There are pictures of fish on the wall :O
Fun and humorous game, I like it :)
I only got to 183 but still had the/a happy ending.
@myachin How? O_O

thephantom28 Apr 2014, 18:33

cool idea .
it just need to be a little harder

MSaulauthor28 Apr 2014, 19:04

Thanks, everyone. I'm really happy you appreciate it.
@SuperIzzo It's not a fish it's a ... well ok it's a fish. You did't got the happy ending (the girl is sad). Try to go deeper to get more diamond.
@thephantom Yeah i have some struggle to balance game, it's always too easy or too hard.

DesignerNap28 Apr 2014, 19:28

has that "just one more go!" feel to it. Good work!

Ellian28 Apr 2014, 20:43

Wish the camera would be smoother, but this works pretty well.

SenorDiablo28 Apr 2014, 20:43

ahaha what was going on there. I liked it but the opening cutscene was so confusing

okeedokeben28 Apr 2014, 20:52

The mouse works really well for this game. Cool idea. I enjoyed it!

hexabeast28 Apr 2014, 22:26

The "drawed" graphics are really fun!
I love the game over screen!

voidqk28 Apr 2014, 22:53

fun simple game... the animation when damange is high is nice.

frankbsad29 Apr 2014, 08:33

that game was a little weird

xensky29 Apr 2014, 14:37

A quick fun romp into diamond infested red stuff. Highly enjoyable.

Kwrky29 Apr 2014, 15:20

This game rules =D
Intro story is well told (I didn't quite get the last bit, was one guy smoking a joint?), game itself is fun, nice job!

MSaulauthor29 Apr 2014, 15:32

Thanks everyone for feedbacks, i appreciate it a lot.
@Kwrky *spoiler* Actually yes, it's a super joint (at the begining I want to do a super "energy drink" but joint is more fun. May be it will have been clearer if i have add some "super" effect arround it. (sorry for my bad english)

pinion29 Apr 2014, 17:29

Really felt the screenshake, nice job.

Covenant29 Apr 2014, 18:36

Cool idea, only complaint is that going down is a bit "jaring"...

ccglp30 Apr 2014, 12:09

Really like that the history uses no words, and the gameplay is simple and addictive

ZeppelinCaptain30 Apr 2014, 16:40

Haha, that was great, loved the little cut-scene at the beginning. The mechanics themselves were actually also surprisinlgy good. I really liked the risk-taking part of it when going downwards in order to get more diamonds.

Moral of the story: weed solves everything?

MSaulauthor30 Apr 2014, 18:06

Again thanks for feedbacks.
@ZeppelinCaptain I prefer : "Diamond solves nothing" :).

cr2crstudios30 Apr 2014, 18:06

Cool quest for diamonds! :D

arrogant.gamer1 May 2014, 01:06

Linux download needs installation instructions? I ran make, but got the following error:

CC src/Entity.cpp
In file included from src/Entity.hpp:4:0,

from src/Entity.cpp:1:
src/Utils.hpp:6:29: fatal error: SFML/Graphics.hpp: No such file or directory
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
^
compilation terminated.
make: * [.obj/Entity.o] Error 1

MSaulauthor1 May 2014, 01:23

@arrogant.gamer yeah sorry for that, you need to install SFML 2.1. If you want to give a try this tutorial seem pretty simple and should work : http://sfmlcoder.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/building-sfml-2-0-with-make-for-gcc/ . It will compile and work when you have it for sure (I do it on Linux).

Dreii1 May 2014, 02:23

lol are those...BLUNTS? that give you...ENERGY? haha! well then. nice intro graphics :)

VictoryGarden1 May 2014, 08:38

... Are the characters in some kind of blackface? I don't know if that's your intention or not, but, um... it kind of looks that way.

terraco1 May 2014, 08:53

Hey very cool

dertom1 May 2014, 09:08

I like it! Starting with the prehistoric painting in the beginning :p which brought you in the right mood to shoot yourself through the earth! Good job

berareu1 May 2014, 17:50

Is he giving a joint the girl at the ending? Made me laugh, good work!