Ludum Dare #30compo

Midnight

by pinqu

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.05

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.30

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★80%

Midnight

I love collecting treasure in the middle of the night
Fireflies mark the spot
But beware....

Gameplay Controls
Arrow keys to walk
Z to dig

other
R to restart
F increase/decrease window size
Spacebar to skip title screen

Tools used
Gamemaker Studio
BFXR

Known issue(s)
Some objects appear in front of the walls instead of behind them.

This is my first time entering LD48 and the first time I created a game in such a short time. I tried to use some techniques that I hadn't used before. So that took some extra time, but I think it worked out pretty good. At least I was able to create what I had in mind. The code is a bit of a mess but hey who cares ;)

I have uploaded an updated version (out of compo) to Game Jolt. This fixes some problems and makes it possible to escape. http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/midnight/33139/

Comments19

Kinta25 Aug 2014, 11:48

At first I thought "there's nothing here!" then I found the digging button. Then I thought "What now? Where's the treasure?" and I found my first treasure. Then all hell broke loose and I thought "WTF!? OMG I DON'T WANNA DIE!!"

Nice little game. :D

Donutttt25 Aug 2014, 11:52

At first I though ah I see what this game is... then I kept digging... yeah I found some treasure. Awesome. Thought I was done but then I freaked out and the screen started shaking and then WTF WOW. Awesome game.

Jvdo25 Aug 2014, 12:29

Love the art style! It feels consistent and solid.

The game definitely requires a manual to be played. Having the instructions in the game would be a valuable improvement in my opinion.

skullum25 Aug 2014, 12:30

Cool game, I hope that kind of stuff will never happen in my own backyard.

A33325 Aug 2014, 12:35

Good concept. Final sequence is quite disturbing =) I wish there'd be a way to survive it, like, digging a hole or something.

Minor complaints: i'm not sure if some fireflies are dummies or i just couldn't aim at the exact spot.

Pinquauthor25 Aug 2014, 12:43

@A333: No dummies, it's just that the right spot isn't so big. Will increase it in a polished version.
@Jvdo: Will add this in a polished version.
@allothers: Thanks for rating and the nice comments

Ofursnati25 Aug 2014, 12:49

Digging, digging, digging, ohh no! I love it GJ

Clavus25 Aug 2014, 13:58

That was pretty scary. Neat game, wonder if you can actually escape because I haven't been able to yet...

Conk25 Aug 2014, 16:43

Nice idea, would be cool to see it expanded a little bit though. Good job (:

naksrifati26 Aug 2014, 06:21

I liked the gameplay, is there a way to survive the attack?)

Phaix26 Aug 2014, 08:49

Really Nice! Great that you didn't showed all in the screenshots so it was a surprise what happened.

Gametery26 Aug 2014, 14:40

Very nicely done, but it feels like game is missing the goal. Im sure you can improve this game a lot, loved the art style :)

Dramentiaras26 Aug 2014, 14:42

Nice game! However when I pressed R to restart the game when I died the player spawned invisible.

stoz26 Aug 2014, 14:46

Not a bad first LD48 attempt! Definitely a fan of the lighting you used to highlight the fireflies. In future games, it'd be a good idea to put the control scheme in the game itself, because people tend to skip the description on the game's page. Good work!

Pinquauthor26 Aug 2014, 20:08

@Dramentiaras: I wasn't able to reproduce this, I did however end up with another bug :P
@stoz: Thanks for the advice, will definitely do this :)

Tanser27 Aug 2014, 09:16

Nice game :D Well done, the sounds are a bit too loud tho :)

Jiyambi27 Aug 2014, 18:52

Interesting little game. Very short and concise, which IMO for this competition is a good thing :) The screen shake, fleeing fireflies, and general difficulty in seeing make the ending much creepier!

brokenbeach27 Aug 2014, 19:21

Really great atmosphere. Cute visuals. I had a lot of fun. Good work.

tiff6 Sep 2014, 00:29

Very cool!