Screen Mover is a very simple platform game with a difference screen mechanic. You move the screen by dragging the window to reveal more of the level but only the objects that are inside the view (inside the window) are alive (or updates). The goal is to navigate your way to the goal (the blue block with the text "Goal" over it) and avoid being killed.
It is recommended to play this game on a screen with at least 1366x768 (or often the standard laptop resolution) absolute minimum size to play this game is 1280x720 I have no idea how this game will play on difference OS other that Window. *UPDATE* Apparently this game does not work on Mac so if anyone with a Mac can run the jar with the terminal with the command java -jar LD31.jar that will print the error or exception in the terminal and then make a comment here with that text. Thanks!
CONTROLS Move right and left - Left and right arrow keys or A and D Jump - Space or W or Up arrow key Move the screen - Drag the screen as usual
IN POST COMPO VERSION ESC - Quit game
You can't move the window and the player at the same time in the compo version (you can now in the post compo version)
Getting stuck? Remember that objects only live/updates when inside the view/window. Or look at this to get a clue http://a.pomf.se/hpgmeu.mp4?_=1
*POST COMPO UPDATE* Okay I have added a new better version of the game. With this update I have removed the window around it and made so you can drag the window just by holding down the mouse button anywhere on the window and drag. So now you can both drag the window and move at the same time. (And I changed how it looks when you win)
Neat stuff. My one gripe is that I couldn't move the window while moving, but that's probably a limitation of java/your library. Could have used a checkpoint, but it was short enough that it didn't make too much of a difference.
Hey Hey Hey this is the real thing! Original aproximation to the theme. If Ludum Dare toke admission only for games suited to the theme, would be only 10-20 of all. An this would be one of them.
This is my favorite game so far. The theme left so many possibilities open, and you nailed the theme straight in the face. Well done! The concept is so mind blowing. Definitely downloading source on this one to see how you did it!
Great concept! I had a similar idea when brainstorming, but I didn't think of only updating on-screen objects. The combination is great. Perfect take on the theme.
It would be nice not to need to repeat the first section to get back to the moving red barriers, but it's short enough that it didn't end up mattering. Cool!
@sonkan @chaosed0@Coolway99@bobombe Hey all! I have added a post compo version fixing this problem! But remember to still vote on the COMPO version and not the POST COMPO
The idea of moving the screen and things out of frame stop update is very innovative! It can be developed into a very interesting maze game or puzzle game! The bullet frequency is a little high and it takes me a while to get through the first turret..
That was a great game! The original really didn't play along with my Mac, but the post-compo played quite well (somewhat jerky at times, but definitely playable).
Great idea, fantastic use of the theme. It's just an average platformer, but it's a great proof of concept and one of the most innovative uses of the theme I've seen so far.
Very impressive! Could have used more than 1 level, but I understand coding the mechanic must have been super difficult. Level design was great, if a little easy, game was very innovative and I had fun playing. :)
Brilliant and really creative concept! Unbelievable that I have never seen this idea for a game before. Couldn't hear any audio though, did the game have audio?
This must be the most innovative game that I've played so far. The mechanic would have been interesting enough if you were moving the screen around while controlling the player, but also making things only update if they're on the screen was incredibly cool. I almost wish it didn't just tell me that at the beginning. The idea of stopping the bullets at the beginning by not showing them on the screen blew my mind! Then setting up the pattern so that you can fall down and not get hit by the red blocks was a new challenge I'd never seen before. It was also fun that it masked my desktop! Awesome job!!
THIS WAS PERFECT ! Incredibly innovative and excellent use of the theme, I love it ! I guess you could play with other aspect of the idea, the fact that when you're character is not updated it keeps its velocity, I don't know what you could do with that that's just an idea ! Good job !
The concept seems similar to our game which attracted me to this game, I must admit. The level design was quit nice and taught be the mechanic pretty well. Great job!
Very good idea! Nice and creative. It'd be cool if it had better graphics and audio. I only had a problem because I deactivated the option to see the content of the window when I move it, so I coudn't see the game when I was doing it haha.
Really nice concept! I Included it in part 21 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/onSxxkN9CmE
Grr! Died just before the goal! Fantastic idea, very well done. Graphics would be cool, and I'm not sure how well it'd run on smaller monitors. (Unless it's scaled, then I'll shut up <3) Nice job, did enjoy. :D
Well done, by the way. This was a very creative game.