Surface of Sanity

by shigor
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★85%
Beyond the Surface of Sanity... much fun waits in Madness!

After wasting almost whole day by a desperate attempt to make something completely different... I've turned to this.

I had to move to the jam because it just wasn't finished enough... (not that it is now any better...)

I present the Surface of Sanity, first person shooter with endless randomly generated levels.

Controls: WASD, mouse looks and shoots, E to take items, 1,2,3 switches weapons.
Find a way to the exit teleport on the current level... only to find yourself in another and even worse!

Mac and Linux version are not tested and might not work. (Made in unity by the way...)

Oh.. and one more thing, level generation is kinda slow so it might look like the game hung up (about a second or two on my fast machine). I guess I don't have to add that the optimization is non existent and it will probably run pretty slow on older machines...

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Comments24

GiveMeAllYourCats29 Apr 2014, 01:26
all of my stars, I had so much fun with this game and I don't know why (maybe the formula!). You are doing something good!
GameGrape Corporation29 Apr 2014, 02:07
COOL!
danbo
danbo29 Apr 2014, 02:25
I really like the graphical style of this game... ever play Halfquake? Reminds me of wolf3d in terms of gameplay...
asotelo94
asotelo9429 Apr 2014, 02:26
I was a little lost, but great setting. You guys chose a the right style.
SmilingCat29 Apr 2014, 02:34
Neat art style. It's not often anymore that an FPS draws me in.
cirolve29 Apr 2014, 02:37
I really enjoyed the stylized graphics and aesthetics of your game, with some pretty great humor as well!
asotelo94
asotelo9429 Apr 2014, 02:40
Cool man! Wished the map wasn't so big though. keep it up! :)
4KbShort
4KbShort29 Apr 2014, 02:40
Was not able to get the game running well enough to rate. Played the web version, was a bit laggy, downloaded the windows version to see if it was a web issue. 1024x728 w/Good graphics (default) still laggy in full and windowed mode. Thinking this might be an issue on my side, but unsure.
drnick29 Apr 2014, 02:42
Interesting game, there are very few FPSs with random level generation. The bullets on the ammo boxes look like dicks.
Loneshark29 Apr 2014, 05:19
I spawned in a room full of loot that made the game way too easy (or so I thought).

I found myself avoiding the exit just so that I could explore the first floor as much as I could. I think I had most of it explored...but then I ran out of ammo when a ghost-thingy was assaulting me!
Shigor
Shigorauthor29 Apr 2014, 19:34
Oh noes, I just found VERY stupid bug - gunshots stop at the door when hitting the trigger that detects player close and open it :(
DarkMeatGames29 Apr 2014, 20:35
Wow, LOVED the visual style, and the audio was really great. I think you're really onto something here. If the gameplay was a bit more polished, I can definitely see this being a big hit! I really hope to see you do more with this!
davidwparker29 Apr 2014, 23:10
Nice little FPS. Works great on OSX on Chrome. I like the monsters.
mimic30 Apr 2014, 00:00
HAHA. The sound effects are awesome.
Lyje
Lyje30 Apr 2014, 10:52
Whoa open the door die instantly that was scary haha! Music was great and thanks for doing procedural generation, my favourite topic :)
mrexcessive30 Apr 2014, 15:45
Hi. Great job for limited time, restarts always tough. The look is great. Like the SFX also.
Skipi1 May 2014, 19:09
The humor was awesome. Very impressive!
ActionRemix1 May 2014, 20:20
The game is kinda scary with the flashlight disabled :|
rincewind_cz5 May 2014, 20:24
Bit laggy on linux. Gameplay is like good old wolf3D, but mouse destroys that feeling for me.. Anyway good job. :-)
JokerDen
JokerDen8 May 2014, 09:26
Is it your voice? So sweet, i like it and the sound. Creatures are funny.
Shigor
Shigorauthor8 May 2014, 09:29
@JokerDen: yeah, all sounds are made by my mouth or by various items I found on my table being banged together or against the table (well except the ammo pickup sound which is a sound of my beretta storm being cocked)
vilya
vilya8 May 2014, 20:42
There's quite a lot there, all things considered. Great job! There are still a few bugs: once I died for no reason I could discern; and the "restart from save" option probably shouldn't be there if you don't have a saved game. But those are forgivable, because it's quite good fun!
taocayo19 May 2014, 23:02
This is crazy! I love it. We were laughing on every room we played. The style is very coherent on every aspect.

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