A puzzle FPS that uses a device (the R-elink) to see through two different worlds, bring back objects from the other world or teleport objects to the void between worlds.
It has control descriptions on screen but in case you don't know how to play a FPS, move with WASD keys, left mouse for interaction and right mouse to hide/show the R-elink.
The key Escape pauses the game and bring the menu where you can adjust the mouse sensitivity or restart the level.
I didn't had time for audio so the game has only one song.
Hope you like it!
I used: Unity pro Visual Studio Express 2012 Maya 2013 Paint.net Abundant-music.com (music generator) FL studio SFXR sound generator
Re-used code libraries: Unity Standard FPS controller Skin shader (from the unity wiki)
Thanks all for the feedback! Im actually thinking in making a full game, I had a blast making it and it was a lot easier than my last's LD48 entry.
@Lashiz121: if you press the right mouse button you can hide the R-elink (the phone) I did this because there are time where you need to see the whole screen (EX:while jumping ) if you press right mouse again you can make the R-elink show again.
Really cool idea. I didn't get all the way through so I'm not sure if they ever had a use but if I had been you I would not have bothered making the trees and flowers haha. Every second counts. A really cool idea though.
I have an idea about how you did things but I make check out your source just for fun.
I think that this could be the start of a very interesting game, however right now there's not a lot of there there. Particularly the teleport and the bring objects over don't seem very connected. I think if you wanted to expand on it, you could, but I'd try to: * Figure out a more coherent theme. * Integrate the puzzle mechanics more than just "spot a thing and press the button." * Do a lot of level design.
Oh wow, this is excellent. Would take me a year to make this! [The only thing I would change is the music perhaps, I'd go for something more ambient and mysterious?].
I played the Windows version on a big screen with max graphics, and I have to say, for Ludum Dare, the 3D graphics are amazing! One thing though, you could work a little more on the physics, because it was really difficult to understand what I am seeing. Maybe one could be able to rotate the phone to landscape, that would make it easier.
I really like your take on the FPS genre, and the use of "augmented reality" as a mechanic is very clever. I'm impressed with the level design and the variety of designs you were able to come up with in the short time. One post-compo suggestion is to add the ability to make the trees and flowers materialize like the platforms when you click on them - just for fun of course. Great job! I hope you make this into a full game!
Wow thank you guys! I'm overwhelmed by so much positive feedback, seriously THANK YOU!. Due to the high number of people asking me to make a full game I will try to make this into a full, already created the game's page on IndieDB.com so you people can follow it, the page is awaiting approval as soon as that happens I will post it here!
Cool game, but my eyes and hurt after too much walking around with the r-elink up... Might work better to have the display take up the entire screen, so you simply flash over to the alternate world? Maybe it was just me though ;)
Really interesting concepts and well executed with decent graphics. Audio is kind of intrusive, but your clever use of the theme makes up for that well!
This is the best game I've played here on Ludum Dare, I'm amazed that you created it within 48 hours, I enjoyed every minute of gameplay! Thank you for this game.
This might be my favourite of all the entries I've played. The visual design is great, (the colors remind me of Mirror's Edge) and I love the music too.
Really neat concept, I think you should take a harder look at it after LD and think about turning it into a full polished game, I think you're onto something good here :)
Wow very unique, I love the concept and your take on the theme, the only gripe I have is feeling dizzy having to refocus my eyes when teleporting those blocks. I get that it's from the phone camera perspective but it'd be easier on the eyes if it was like looking through a window. Probably just me though :P
Great idea. I think that for when you teleport objects away, it could have been that they go from the world you see to the one your phone does, sort of like the opposite of what happens with the green-to-red objects, instead of them just disappearing. Apart from that, I liked it.
@Almax27 & everyone feeling dizzy with the viewport: I actually fixed it, now the phone view aligns with the camera view, but obviously I cant upload that version here since is against the rules but I will upload a post compo version with heavily updated graphics and the view corrected.
A very interesting take on the theme! I like the idea. The controls could have used some fine tuning and the audio seemed very loud, but other than that, I enjoyed playing. Well done!
@Majko: Thanks for the feedback, I know the music its not the best but I didn't had time for more, if you think the graphics are poor you should check out the post compo version I'm making, its a lot better visually (objects actually have textures on them lol),also the phone screen align with the screen so it doesn't hurt your eyes anymore (although is lest realistic it makes for better gameplay), also I will include real music instead of that random generated music.
CaptainNakou: I can tell you here, its pretty simple, its a camera that renders to a texture, then the screen of the phone has a material that uses that texture.
Interesting idea! And the look and feel felt great for 48 hours. One suggestion I'd have is to have some kind of unique ability when the phone is not engaged; as it was, I felt like I was just playing a game within a game; as if the phone was the only interface and I was playing a normal platformer.
Great idea and clever mechanic. I can see you doing a lot with this. My primary suggestion is that I think you should lower the phone and get it away from the center of the screen, so it doesn't block the view as much. Good job!
@spolsh Oh that isn't supposed to happen is supposed to be always on, if you are playing the web build refresh the page, if that doesn't work then it may be that your graphic card its not compatible with some of the screen effects
Solid idea - like playing Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite! A little concerned that I'd be playing the game on a tiny postage-stamped window on my monitor, but the puzzles are engaging enough to overcome that issue. =) Music was kinda nice at first, but eventually became a looping nightmare - finished the game before I had to start hunting for sound options, thankfully. REEEEALLY nice work for one developer over two days! Would be up for seeing more!
Excellent entry! Very clever and unique idea! Great interpretation of the theme and great game overall. The little cubes that need to be teleported are a bit annoying when you get too close, because you kinda shoot through, but bugs are to be expected in jams. Regarding the music, Abundant Music is a great resource, however, I find the kind of music it generates a bit unfit for a game like you have here and feel that it would've been better without it. Anyway, goes on my top 3 right now! Congrats! P.S: Was the game Modulate an inspiration source by any chance? :)
@mihaivdev: Actually I didn't even knew that game existed, but the idea is pretty similar.
Actually at first I had a different idea that didn't involved puzzles at all, the idea was that you where in this super grey depressing office environment but if you looked through the windows you could this vivid brightly colored world so your goal was to complete dull work task to try to get to the brightly colored world but then I thought that would take too much work for only two days so instead I remembered that unity had this ability to render a camera output into a texture and the game Portal came to my mind. And that's how the idea was born
played all the way through, really enjoyed this mechanic. I really hope you continue with this, I would love to see a longer game with more puzzles with this type of mechanic in it, excellent job! :)
Really liked that the world through the phone was somehow more nature than the world outside it too. Its kind of flipped from how we think about things.
I had a few gripes about control on touchpads but I think I can see past these things for what must have been a super-busy overproductive weekend :)
Oooh man this looks like what could be the next portal. Graphics could improve, but gameplay is there. I loved uncovering the solutions to the increasingly difficult puzzles. Great work, keep it up!!
Pretty good concept. Like It =) At first time can't undertand how to interact with objects and what to do. I thought about I should do something with plants and trees. Or with portal.
Great idea but the movement felt a little clunky/slippery/slow and the gameplay was a bit of a chore. I think the time to bring up the device could be faster maybe? Music doesn't seem to fit.
The gap before the boxes at the end had me replay the last level... opps. The grass/trees is a little distracting although very pretty. I didn't understand I could click those boxes to destroy them for a little bit since the colored objects were the linked ones. I was searching the grass for some colored object.
Very good looking and amazing you can do this in 48hrs!
Really great game. I had a similar (but very different) idea that I ended up not using because I decided that being able to see a different world in a just a small section of the screen would be too hard.
Good fun ... although would say started to get a little samey after a while (I'll continue playing tomorrow though -- it's gotten too late for now). It felt like a 3D platformer with some "Spot The Difference" thrown in (find the green thing). I rather wanted options and consequences involved. ... but perhaps they're there and I just haven't played far enough yet?
What did the gardens represent? Felt like there could have been many things that one could move and removing them from the other world might damage the world and that could be represented by the health of the gardens?
Loved the mechanic in this game! Only trouble I has was with destroying the stacked cubes: the phone seemed to clip through the cube in front of me, so it was hard to use sometimes. Loved the grassy feeling of the hidden world. Great job.
Overall a very good entry! It is really innovative and the graphics are cool. My only remarks are the slow movement (a little "gluey") and the parallax of the device screen. For some reason it made me feel a bit sick walking around and looking though the screen. But I finished the game nevertheless!
The puzzles they could have been more fun if they were more challenging, but the audio, graphics, and above all, the concept make this game really worth the try. Hope thy'll make an app like that one of these days ;)
I am experiencing some problem with the web version. I cannot see anything on the smartphone. Plain Black. tried with chorme and IE. Strange to be the only one. I will download the windows version.
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@Lashiz121: if you press the right mouse button you can hide the R-elink (the phone) I did this because there are time where you need to see the whole screen (EX:while jumping ) if you press right mouse again you can make the R-elink show again.
I have an idea about how you did things but I make check out your source just for fun.
* Figure out a more coherent theme.
* Integrate the puzzle mechanics more than just "spot a thing and press the button."
* Do a lot of level design.
Great job! I hope you make this into a full game!
I would suggest make physics more dynamic.
I'm overwhelmed by so much positive feedback, seriously THANK YOU!.
Due to the high number of people asking me to make a full game I will try to make this into a full, already created the game's page on IndieDB.com so you people can follow it, the page is awaiting approval as soon as that happens I will post it here!
Walking around, eyes never turning away from our phones.
Looking away only to jump on moving platforms.
I agree that it would be easier on the eyes and brain if the viewport on the R-elink matched the fov of the section of screen it is covering.
Good luck with making it into a full game!
I made an indieDB page for the game so you can check when the new version is ready:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/r-elink-a-link-between-worlds
Thanks guys for the feedback!
Very unique :)
Regarding the music, Abundant Music is a great resource, however, I find the kind of music it generates a bit unfit for a game like you have here and feel that it would've been better without it.
Anyway, goes on my top 3 right now! Congrats!
P.S: Was the game Modulate an inspiration source by any chance? :)
Actually at first I had a different idea that didn't involved puzzles at all, the idea was that you where in this super grey depressing office environment but if you looked through the windows you could this vivid brightly colored world so your goal was to complete dull work task to try to get to the brightly colored world but then I thought that would take too much work for only two days so instead I remembered that unity had this ability to render a camera output into a texture and the game Portal came to my mind. And that's how the idea was born
Really liked that the world through the phone was somehow more nature than the world outside it too. Its kind of flipped from how we think about things.
I had a few gripes about control on touchpads but I think I can see past these things for what must have been a super-busy overproductive weekend :)
At first time can't undertand how to interact with objects and what to do. I thought about I should do something with plants and trees. Or with portal.
The gap before the boxes at the end had me replay the last level... opps. The grass/trees is a little distracting although very pretty. I didn't understand I could click those boxes to destroy them for a little bit since the colored objects were the linked ones. I was searching the grass for some colored object.
Very good looking and amazing you can do this in 48hrs!
Nice idea nonetheless
I can see this on the Wii U using the gamepad as the R-eLink :D
What did the gardens represent? Felt like there could have been many things that one could move and removing them from the other world might damage the world and that could be represented by the health of the gardens?
Anyway, good stuff -- thanks!
Good work, I got hooked.
Make it longer!