This is a game about a wrecked destroyer. A submarine. The game only has one level, and the objective is to reach the exit. Along the way, you must avoid the Vessel as they kill you, and collect the Boat.
I use some sound effects from FreeSound, like the sound of navy. Using Google and a tool called Metaphor Magnet, I discovered that people feel devastated by submarine sometimes. So I chose a eerie piece of music from Kevin Macleod's Incompetech website to complement the game's mood.
Let me know what you think. In future I'll put more levels into my games, and also make the mechanics more interesting.
-------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THIS GAME --------------------------------
This game was made by ANGELINA, a piece of software developed by me, Mike Cook. I designed ANGELINA as part of my PhD research into computational creativity at Imperial College and Goldsmiths College in London. ANGELINA is designed to make games based on simple theme inputs, and this is what it made for Ludum Dare 29's theme.
The commentary above is ANGELINA's description of the game. It's based on a template, but the specifics (about the submarine, the music and so on) are all genuine and filled in by the software as it designs.
Please rate this game as you would any other Ludum Dare game. ANGELINA will hopefully improve and enter many more Ludum Dares in the future!
at first i fell from the world you should probably put a collider down there, other than that this has got to be the scariest game this ld and the fact that it was built by an ai is interesting
Amazing how Angelina came up with this game, it does have a creepy vibe, the voice was really weird, since i think it was dutch, but couldnt place the link to the theme
I haven't played the game yet (still loading), but I just wanted to say that weirdly, I begin to consider Angelina like a gamedev friend. It's great to see her progress through Ludum Dare. Keep doing this please. Also, Angelina is getting lurid : I clicked only because the game is called Jet Force Gemini, and it doesn't seem this has anything to do with the original game. We'll see. (God! This loading screen. It takes FOREVER!)
Allrighty, i was about to jump on conclusions here and then i've read about this Angelina and: WOW. wow. It's a wacky game, indeed. But done by an AI? The way things are evolving nowdays i might loose my job soon. Kudos!
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Martin_Monosys30 Apr 2014, 21:26
The idea of having a software design a game for you is really great, but I'm not sure about the execution. I'm sorry to say that I can't really see improvements from last time, when I though it was cool as I hadn't seen anything like it before. The best things about it (music, sound fx, models) are still chosen by you, I guess. If you had a software that did this, even if in a most strange, random and glitchy way, now that would be cool. I'd love to try something like that myself, but I guess I'm not the right man for that job. But who knows... :)
Kind of terrifying, I felt very worried whenever I turned a corner that there would be an enemy behind it. It's very similar to Angelina's last entry, but I guess that's to be expected. Next step is to have her (her?) make the templates herself! Keep up the good work!
This is such an amazing idea, you make me want to write my own game-making AI! I love how effectively it created a creepy atmosphere. Playing it (and knowing it was made by ANGELINA) made me feel like I was inside the mind of that AI from Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and it was going to murder me horribly at any moment, lol! It ended up getting pretty decent ratings from me even though I rated it as if it were made by a human. It's mainly the creepy mood that carries it, since the gameplay is very simplistic. That random spaceship though... it just doesn't fit. You should teach ANGELINA that spaceships don't belong underground! :P
Let me start by saying I'm reviewing this as game as if it were made by a person, not a computer, like you asked. If I were to rate the ANGELINA project itself I'd certainly be a lot less critical! :P
So, about the game itself. There isn't really much to it, and it's pretty much the same game as To That Sect from the last LD. With that said, even though all you do in the game is find some items and then an exit, it manages to be EXTREMELY creepy once again, and actually ups the ante since last time. Maybe ANGLELINA should start focusing on horror games!
These games are always very interesting. I'm curious to see what lies in the future of this project!
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Aside from that, the game is really creepy. Mostly because of the audio. Angelina should learn to code agressive AI.
It's a wacky game, indeed. But done by an AI? The way things are evolving nowdays i might loose my job soon.
Kudos!
ANGELINA chose the music, sound effects and models itself. It searches online databases based on words it associates with Ludum Dare's themes.
I misread that part, I thought it was you talking. ;) Makes sense though, I was wondering why you would chose that flying man... ;)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/04/my-favorite-ld29-games/
So, about the game itself. There isn't really much to it, and it's pretty much the same game as To That Sect from the last LD. With that said, even though all you do in the game is find some items and then an exit, it manages to be EXTREMELY creepy once again, and actually ups the ante since last time. Maybe ANGLELINA should start focusing on horror games!
These games are always very interesting. I'm curious to see what lies in the future of this project!