Johnny is a young lad whose parents died. He moved to the city to find somewhere to belong. All the people there take a medicine called s.t.e.r. ("substance to eradicate radiance") these days. It makes them lose their individuality and the differences between them, so they can get along with each other well. Johnny is rejected by some kids his age because he has never taken s.t.e.r., so he sets off to find some in order to not be alone anymore. Will he succeed? Will the sacrifice be worth it?
"You are them, on s.t.e.r." is a third person 3D platformer with elements of stealth and bullet hell. I hope you enjoy this little game! I encountered a lot of joy, but also frustration making it. :)
~ Controls ~ WASD / Arrows / ZQSD / left analog stick to move Mouse / right analog stick to look around Left mouse button / space / right trigger (R2) to jump Right mouse button / left trigger (L2) to slow down time Esc to quit / show mouse cursor
~ Tools used ~ Unity 5, Blender, FL Studio (VSTs: Piano One, Sonatina), GIMP, Audacity, jfxr
~ Thanks to my testers ~ ketzer and grimgraybeard
~ Hint ~ There might just be an alternative ending if you finish the game without picking up any vials. It is really, really hard though. :)
~ WebGL / HTML5 build ~ After having beaten a few errors trying to create the WebGL build I finally succeeded, only to find the performance being really bad and the shadows looking very blocky. Unity's WebGL export just seems to be not quite there yet for 3D games, so I won't offer it.
Every single Ludum Dare I have to come check out what you did because I know it'll be awesome. This entry is no exception, and is just as amazing as I figured it would be.
I don't know why people are saying you missed the theme, it's right there in the title! I found it tricky to control and there was a bit of clipping where you could see behing walls, but a decent 3D platformer.
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Biruts30 Aug 2015, 14:05
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
Nice work for a compo entry. The fixed camera angle made it a little too claustrophobic. I'm not sure I completely understood the back-story and therefore I lost the relation to the theme.
Fun entry! The jump height didn't always seem constant... some times I would jump far higher than others. Maybe I missed something? I love the bullet time mechanic, the controls in this game are soooooooo smooth. Audio is excellent. Overall the game feels polished, nice work!
I had a really strange issue where the camera would rotate clockwise on its own constantly so I wasn't able to fully experience the game. Didn't rate, but what I could discern seemed interesting.
Seems overly hard, or I'm missing something. I got past the gauntlet of rotating turrets, but the big room with overlapping zones just seemed impossible.
Interesting story, cool game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/gLe7oOEiGe0
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It becomes difficult for I cannot look around every corners.
Part of me wonders if there is an alternate ending if you complete it without consuming any STER, but I was not skilled enough to find out.
Your game is at 12:05
Only after I started writing this comment I understood the pun in the game name! Very nice touch!