Finished my second Ludum Dare game. The theme was tough and the only thing I came up with was the connection between the boring real world and the world of fun and joy - the Internet. At it's core the game is a simple infinite runner but I'm pretty happy how it turned out. Hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it.
A little backstory for the game: You play as a deity worshiped by many - an ethernet cable. Your sole task is to connect the boring mundane world with the wold of fun and cats - The Internet. Avoid dangerous obstacles on your journey and collect mysterious energy orbs on your way. And if you'll find yourself in trouble don't hesitate to teleport into the world of Ether were nothing can stop you.
Controls: w/s or up/down arrows - movement left shift - accelerate spacebar - become invulnerable... for a time left mouse button - close spam windows
Note: I made the game with Unity and I read a lot that Linux doesn't have the Unity Web Player, so I built the game for Linux but unfortunately didn't test it... so sorry about that :)
Creative and interesting. The popups had me rolling.
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sfnhmp26 Aug 2014, 01:45
Awesome job! Very smooth controls and graphics. Nice touch of humor too! I only got as high as 19 points, pretty damn hard. Nice presentation, feels very polished for a jam. Good job
Cool game, though I will say that I find it to be a bit better in concept than in execution. The controls are definitely fluid, but I'm not sure the player is given enough time to avoid obstacles (though that could very well just be me being terrible at video games). That aside, I love the pop-up mechanic. All in all, this is a cool game. Good job.
Great idea! I like the combinations of mechanics you've got. I'd love to be able to close the popups by clicking anywhere on them- many a life was lost to misclicking!
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Cake&Code26 Aug 2014, 06:03
Haha, fun game. The popups are especially clever! Love the idea and the execution :)
The obstacles were varied and interesting. I liked the email obstacles, that gets 5 stars for humor. The game was challenging, I had trouble staying alive for a few seconds.
Very difficult! Not exactly on the theme, but teels really smooth and fun to play. I like that this is one of the first entries I've seen to focus more on humor.
Wow, this is tough! Got up to 23. Interesting take on the theme, definitely unique. I enjoyed it, although some music or sound effects would have been nice.
I initially thought the white envelopes were the main thing to pick up and that the grey spikes were instant death. Once I figured it out it got easier, but still too hard for me.
A little sound would have gone a long way -- even a couple of SFXR bleeps.
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It works just fine on my system
The emails were a nice touch, but the game lacks sound effects. Otherwise, good job !
"buy this amazing stuff only 99" XD make me laugh
Well done
I initially thought the white envelopes were the main thing to pick up and that the grey spikes were instant death. Once I figured it out it got easier, but still too hard for me.
A little sound would have gone a long way -- even a couple of SFXR bleeps.
Good job!
simple +fun :)