ARE YOU THE ONE THE ELDER TURTLES HAVE CHOSEN? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is the distant future. The world is engulfed by ocean. The creatures of the sea have gained enough sapience to leave their home planet in search of sandy beaches and rocky outcrops to call home.
You are the last turtle. The spirit of the Elder Turtle stirs you to search for your brethren. You must rejoin your kind and become one with the Elder Turtle. You must search the ends of the galaxy to unite with your turtle kind.
Then, and only then, can you become the Star Turtle.
PRAISE FOR STAR TURTLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The biological accuracy displayed here is impressive. I learned much from Star Turtle I did not know before...the ways of the Turtle have been lost on me until now."
-Jordan Cross, Herpetologist
"1/2. Outstanding."
-Playboy Magazine
"I have been working hard to ensure that every American family can have a pet turtle in their home by 2020. Interactive media such as 'Star Turtle 64' brings us one step closer to our goal. For that, I duly must thank them for supporting a most worthy and historically important social cause. History will surely thank us."
@mess110 You can try the Ubuntu build, which might work. If you want to use the source file, this game requires LÖVE 0.9.1 (the Ubuntu version is out of date), so you'll need to use the PPA version (https://launchpad.net/~bartbes/+archive/ubuntu/love-stable).
@kibertoad You have to find keys in caves to open the temples and fight knights. We didn't make that clear, sorry.
@Polona The wind ability is activated by pressing the Left Control button instead of Space Bar. Sorry for not making that clearer. Thank you for your praise!
I enjoyed the game for a while but then it got very repetitive after 3rd planet. Graphics are kind of disturbing. Still a complete little game. Good luck :)
I'm really impressed with this entry! So much gameplay packed into a Ludum Dare. If anything, a little bit too much - I felt like the cave parts could have been smaller.
Excellent use of subtle player choice: players can choose to run or fight and choose from the weapons they have.
I liked the music and audio. The graphics aren't great but they do work with the game. It took me a while to recognize that my turtle was wearing a space helmet, but I like that he was! :3
Sadly, I was not able to finish it due to a bug - I brought up the menu screen and went to options. When I went back into the game, my turtle had disappeared from the screen :(. He seemed to be stuck at the top between two transitions but I'm not sure.
Still, I feel like overall, this is a solid, fun entry!
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did sudo apt-get install love . what do I need to do to get it to run?
@kibertoad You have to find keys in caves to open the temples and fight knights. We didn't make that clear, sorry.
@Lasty Thank you!
Nice game. I like the retro graphics and the gameplay. I wished to see some powerups for the turtle, but otherwise the fighting was not too difficult.
But I couldn't select the wind ability.
I'm really impressed with this entry! So much gameplay packed into a Ludum Dare. If anything, a little bit too much - I felt like the cave parts could have been smaller.
Excellent use of subtle player choice: players can choose to run or fight and choose from the weapons they have.
I liked the music and audio. The graphics aren't great but they do work with the game. It took me a while to recognize that my turtle was wearing a space helmet, but I like that he was! :3
Sadly, I was not able to finish it due to a bug - I brought up the menu screen and went to options. When I went back into the game, my turtle had disappeared from the screen :(. He seemed to be stuck at the top between two transitions but I'm not sure.
Still, I feel like overall, this is a solid, fun entry!
I liked the properties of the different kinds of skills, like how the basketballs made enemies bounce far away from you.
It got a little bit repetitive after a while but the craziness of the skills kinda made up for it.
Humor and mood are definitely strong in this one!
The wide open spaces kind of felt dead and tedious to find the keys. I ended up just running past everything without using my skill.
The repetition of the world design was actually fairly comforting (locked door, get key, boss).