* Important * Before you comment saying you can't move, or you don't know what to do, read the description first
Lore : Julius Ceasar was bored, so he ordered his greatest architects to build the greatest game of all time. And they tried to do so. However, only of them succeeded. He brought a game dev from the future to his times and put him on an arena, where he would fight vicious monstrosities using nothing but his digital speach sender and receiver, also known a phone; That's the real story of Ludum Dare. Really. You can trust me, I'm an amateur game dev.
The game consists of waves, each with more enemies than the previous. Every 8 waves you confront a Titan, who's health exceeds your. The game can theoretically be played infinitely, but the waves stop growing at wave 256.
Attacks use coffee. Coffee appears out of the ground. You need pizza slices to create more powerful attacks. Think of pizza slices as of levels. Generally all the stats of an attack increase the pizza required for it. Except for coffee. By increasing required coffee you decrease required pizza slices. Also, if you change onUseAction to "heal", the skill will heal you.
Once you run it, press space to progress the intro. After the intro you have to press shift + space to hide phone. When the phone is locked, movement is disabled.
Game requires Java Runtime SE8 (not tested in previous versions) Update #1: Linux and Mac ports added (not tested yet on Linux, if you're a linux user, tell me if it works. If it doesn't and you know why, also say it; Mac doesn't work). Update #2: Added a jar that might be crossplatform. Doesn't work on OS X.
Controls: WASD - movement Mouse - shooting Shift - hold phone Space - lock phone Arrows - selecting lines in the skill editor Keyboard - writing in the skill editor
I didn't understood the concept. The "phone thing" may sound like it is a "programming game". I had to read the comments to know how I should move my character... Graphics are good, audio isn't good. Seemed fun, but too buggy to be played correctly.
It was a bit of a learning curve, but this game was actually pretty fun. Reminded me a lot of Hack 'n Slash (the Double Fine game) with the code editing.
Definitely an unconventional weapon. Imagine how amazing they would think a smart phone would be back then. They would probably burn you for witch craft. I noticed your creative reviews on other games and would love your opinion of mine as well. Thanks!
Hi, there, congratulations for you game. The visual is great. It is a good idea, but it seems that you didn't focus on the core elements of the game. For example, I would really like to see a feedback when you attack the enemies and a simpler commands. Anyway, is was a nice job.
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pi_pi321 Apr 2015, 15:30
@eastes I don't think Romans burned witches. They would probably praise me like a god. @ruthiepee Seems like it just doesn't work on mac. I don't know what to do about it. @renatopp Thanks. I didn't focus on the core as much as I'd like to, cause I had a lot of annoying and gameplay-destroying bugs.
@FrozenFractal Checked it. JAR includes all the libraries. I probably messed something up with the natives. @Yakka Description at line 15 and 16. "Once you run it, press space to progress the intro. After the intro you have to press shift + space to hide phone. When the phone is locked, movement is disabled."
Interesting game, though I dont think I quite got what to do. I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/esXlcAnzqGA
I dont know how to fire anything, i edited the code but i guess like other comments, i cant figure it out.. I like how it looks though.
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pi_pi325 Apr 2015, 15:38
Guys, seriously. This is a video game. Before complaining you don't know how to shoot, try inputing some buttons that are commonly used for shooting in video games. And read the description if that doesn't work. Mouse is used for shooting (aim with the cursor, m1 to shoot)
I don't understand how to use the phone but I managed to go out in space! I went trough the walls and then I walked outside the background and then I was in space! :D
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pi_pi31 May 2015, 14:46
I wondered if someone would discover that. There are 4 spots in which you can walk out of the arena.
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@ruthiepee Seems like it just doesn't work on mac. I don't know what to do about it.
@renatopp Thanks. I didn't focus on the core as much as I'd like to, cause I had a lot of annoying and gameplay-destroying bugs.
@Yakka Description at line 15 and 16. "Once you run it, press space to progress the intro. After the intro you have to press shift + space to hide phone. When the phone is locked, movement is disabled."
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/uniraptor/LD32/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0