Mansion on the Hill is a Sci-fi adventure game about slave driving robots that live underground. Used a Korg Ms2000 quite a lot. Had a blast this Ludum.
If you guys have fun, be sure to look up 'Depths of Fear::Knossos' on Steam, a game Dirigo Games released this April.
-Phil
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EDIT: A few folks have gotten stuck, and since I want you guys to see the whole game, here are the solutions:
*WALKTHROUGH!* (Spoilers if you get stuck) *
Scene 1:
Wake up. Press button near door. Walk East. Press button near door. Speak with coworker. Open cabinet in back of the room marked "!". Take red explosive in cabinet. Put explosive in empty robot instead of battery.
After explosion, look for a metal rod on the floor of the room. Take the rod. Use the rod on the vent to the northeast. Press button on door to close it before you walk by the robot. Continue down hall. Take rock. Use rock on pile of scrap metal behind robot to distract him. Sneak by. Get in elevator.
Scene 2:
Walk East. Open door to Master's house. Run! Speak to Master. Open cabinet. Take hammer. Use hammer on Master. Win game! :)
Very nicely made and fun to play, too. I love the sounds. However there seems to be a bug? When you enter the masters house, you end up in a black nothing? Is that intended to be so?
Thanks guys! I've checked and double checked the "Master's Door" bug this morning- I can't replicate it. Mention in the comments if you won the game ( used the hammer ). I can always upload a second link if I can figure out the issue. The best part is the action movie one-liner at the very end ;)
Amazing narrative for the time it was made in. All of it fit together really well. I feel that the relevance to the theme was kinda tacked on but its made up for in how well the game was made. Audio was a bit loud in places and felt like it wasn't all normalised but that could just have been me. Rest of it was great.
I wish there was a way to skip the speech bubbles, they are too slow, ive read it like 3 times before i can move on. Playing thru twice, due to masters door bug
@BuffaloPhil - Thanks, but it's not working for me. Turns out that you have a .rar instead of the .zip .. or at last I managed to download something with the .rar extension via that link :)
@Takashy87, a .rar is a compressed file, just like a zip. Get a free program like Winrar, 7-Zip (or other) and extract. If you continue to have trouble, post your email and I'll send it to you.
THAT WAS AMAZING. It was a satisfying story with beautiful art and smooth adventure gameplay. I am blown away that you did this in 48 hours. Well done!
This... is... amazing! It is so beautiful! I love the old school adventures game style. But I think it could contribute more to "Connected worlds" topic. Anyway, this is a great game. Bravo!
What a totally awesome game! and all that in 48 hours… humorous, society-critical, fun to play, great audio and art… whoa :D 5/5 at all the criteria :)
Wow... That's the best submission I've tried so far. An absolute favorite. Love the pixel art, love the story and love the gameplay. The theme fits perfectly. You nailed it, good sir! Well done. Bravo!
Fantastic! Nice to see a point and click, mechanics are well implemented, story was great, felt very John Carpenter, maybe it was the music? Great Job!
Can't figure out how to get past the hallway where the robot shoots you with the laser (it's actually the spot shown in the 2nd screenshot). Otherwise this game looks great, really impressive.
Great atmosphere, story-telling and stage layout. I really appreciated the pathway and arrows guiding you through the first area -- they didn't seem out of place or in your face, just a gentle nudge in the right direction. Good stuff!
I thoroughly enjoyed that! Had a smile on my face the entire time. Featured everything great about 70s sci-fi :) Loved the art and especially the music. Nice plot beats as you run through the game. Bonus points for being a cool point and clicky adventure story :)
I DO know how to hammer :) Nice story. I Didn't find the "puzzles" hard at all (I'm saying this because you wrote a walkthrough), maybe even too easy. But I guess the game is more about the story than about the puzzles and I liked it that way. My main complaint would be the dialogue boxes which make the camera acting weird. This is quite annoying, but it's still a detail. Oh and I like the social interpretation of the theme. Haven't seen it anywhere else for the moment.
Aaaalright, so here we've got an adventure game, surprisingly long for that time-frame and amount of detail; somewhat simplistic, but still, that has got to be one of the best entries I've played so far, and completed, at that. Also, I must say the main character nailed it with his famous last words. (sure the ending isn't as happy as it could be, but I expected things to happen that way, and was actually glad the main character managed to accomplish *something*, though the consequences are left unknown...; that is in contrast to Shoot the Shaggy Dog stories)
If I were to complain about something, it definitely would be inability to skip the dialogue lines (I had to wait once I've read everything, rather than proceeding early). Also, I'd prefer if inventory would have some sort of frame or something, to distinguish it from the environment. But these are details, the game is still amazing overall!
What I liked: -It's an adventure game. -Nice little short story. -Good length. -Controls felt good. -Cool graphics. -Implementation of the theme.
What I thought could be improved: -Camera was a bit odd, and was sometimes not focused on the main character... normally during cut scenes. -Sound effects felt out of place. -Some of the graphics were different styles. -It would have been nice to be able to press a button to progress the text.
Overall, a very nice entry.
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Traumendes_Madchen31 Aug 2014, 18:30
Really nice game, too bad it's so short ! And thanks for the walkthrough, I wouldn't have known what to do without it X).
"I know how to hammer." Such badass, wow! This is a really great game, I enjoyed playing through it a lot. The "action" sequences, coupled with the music, really got my blood pumping. I also liked the graphics and the story (I was thinking about doing something similar, but decided against it). Overall, this game is just awesome.
"I know to hammer" XD Awesome story, humor, graphics, sound... everything! :D I loved every second I played the game :D Full 5 stars!! :D (except for innovation, which I left as n/a ^_^) Great work!! :D
Really really strong story, and actually good mechanics, gameplay, even art style. For example, despite the blocky art, you have a modern art thing going in the mansion in the hill.
Could have come straight out of a book, the story is that good!
Beat it first try, didn't get stuck on anything. Pretty good overall. The only things I'd nitpick on is scrolling the view for the dialog, and perspective was all over the place ;)
Great job. I thought it was well written and I always knew what to do. Sometimes the perspective of the rooms/corridors looked a bit... creative, but that didn't diminish the overall experience/mood of the piece. Really nice work for 48h!
Clever, even if you did lean heavily on the connected worlds metaphor in the ending. Nice puzzle/adventure reminding me slightly of Monkey Island. The camera felt a bit sluggish, it could definitely do with moving faster.
Y.E.S!!! This was superb! Easily the best story I've encountered this LD, totally gripping until the bitter end was hammered out ;) Shades of HG Wells the Time Machine, Logan's Run, ... classic sci fi beautifully presented and very poignant. Great work 5/5
This is really good. You did a great job setting the mood for the game: good graphics, good music, and a good story. Definitely one of my favorites so far.
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The best part is the action movie one-liner at the very end ;)
http://www.dirigogames.com/Ludum30/mansiononthehill/source.zip
Loved the artwork and atmosphere in the game.
Great athmosphere and game overall, good job!
Love your logo too!
To do this in 48 hours.
The mood is striking and i got real sucked into this.
Real good....
Keep working with it! PLEASE!
Nice story. I Didn't find the "puzzles" hard at all (I'm saying this because you wrote a walkthrough), maybe even too easy. But I guess the game is more about the story than about the puzzles and I liked it that way.
My main complaint would be the dialogue boxes which make the camera acting weird. This is quite annoying, but it's still a detail.
Oh and I like the social interpretation of the theme. Haven't seen it anywhere else for the moment.
(sure the ending isn't as happy as it could be, but I expected things to happen that way, and was actually glad the main character managed to accomplish *something*, though the consequences are left unknown...; that is in contrast to Shoot the Shaggy Dog stories)
If I were to complain about something, it definitely would be inability to skip the dialogue lines (I had to wait once I've read everything, rather than proceeding early). Also, I'd prefer if inventory would have some sort of frame or something, to distinguish it from the environment. But these are details, the game is still amazing overall!
I'm finding some real gems today...
-It's an adventure game.
-Nice little short story.
-Good length.
-Controls felt good.
-Cool graphics.
-Implementation of the theme.
What I thought could be improved:
-Camera was a bit odd, and was sometimes not focused on the main character... normally during cut scenes.
-Sound effects felt out of place.
-Some of the graphics were different styles.
-It would have been nice to be able to press a button to progress the text.
Overall, a very nice entry.
This is a really great game, I enjoyed playing through it a lot. The "action" sequences, coupled with the music, really got my blood pumping. I also liked the graphics and the story (I was thinking about doing something similar, but decided against it). Overall, this game is just awesome.
Really really strong story, and actually good mechanics, gameplay, even art style. For example, despite the blocky art, you have a modern art thing going in the mansion in the hill.
Could have come straight out of a book, the story is that good!
The camera felt a bit sluggish, it could definitely do with moving faster.