Back on Earth

by anael
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.63
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.06
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.42
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Back on Earth is a small adventure game,

with "AnotherWorld/Flashback" retro mood.

Try it online !

Written in C, with software rendering, vectorial animation, real-time effects, crt shader...

(see Maratis-Tiny-C-library on github for more)

A game made in 48h by Anaël Seghezzi:

twitter: https://twitter.com/anaelseghezzi

github: https://github.com/anael-seghezzi

[EDIT] typos were corrected

Comments48

ezolotko14 Dec 2015, 07:29
Great animations
glowcoil14 Dec 2015, 09:27
This art is really beautiful!
paraxite
paraxite14 Dec 2015, 10:07
Really nice animations and visuals!

There are some typos in the game text.
Foofanoo4214 Dec 2015, 10:11
Very nice artwork. Hope that something happens if you leave the game running for 1 and a half hours.
Transmit14 Dec 2015, 10:13
The animation and art is really beautiful
esayitch14 Dec 2015, 10:16
Game text can use some proof-reading, and some ambient sounds would a long way in making this more atmospheric.

That said, graphics are absolutely gorgeous, and the story was all right. I'm not sure if go to the end or not, but pressing r and e does nothing so I'm assuming I did?

"the future is in your hands" - is that the last sentence?

Really good entry :) Good luck!
anaelauthor14 Dec 2015, 10:26
paraxite and esayitch: I'm asking friends to have a look at the text (I'm French). And yes "the future is in your hands" is the last sentence. Thanks for playing !
cicanci14 Dec 2015, 11:16
The art is fantastic!
icereci
icereci14 Dec 2015, 14:07
Cool art and animation. Very excited for story driven games. I died a lot by pressing R :)
terop14 Dec 2015, 14:42
nice looking graåhics.
MintArcade
MintArcade14 Dec 2015, 14:45
Absolutelly beatifull!
gene-z14 Dec 2015, 17:14
Nice animations
Aaants
Aaants14 Dec 2015, 18:57
Love the art in this
nonetheless14 Dec 2015, 21:03
the art is amazing! great job :)
wilsk14 Dec 2015, 21:25
Very nice looking game... I wasn't really sure if I was at the end though until I read the comments. It feels a bit like a preview for a full game. I'm intrigued to see what you could make of it if you had more time.

Also, programmed in C and on the web? whaaaat? :)
matiasbontempo15 Dec 2015, 03:24
I really liked the asthetics of this game but it got stuck while reading the diary ("the future is in your hands").
How did you ported C to html btw?
anaelauthor15 Dec 2015, 09:52
Thanks :) !!

"the future is in your hands" is the end.

I compiled C to asm.js using Emscripten (awesome tool).
themelodyofthesoul15 Dec 2015, 10:57
the graphics are amazing, good mechanic and good job!
MrMordem
MrMordem15 Dec 2015, 13:15
Nice use of both themes, the graphics and animations are superb, awesome job recreating a "another world" / "flashback" vibe :)

too bad it didn't have that much audio though, not sure if it's a bug or just that it doesn't go further for the moment but, the game kinda ended on a the discovery of the journal, anyway great work !
blackmagic15 Dec 2015, 15:26
Very nice graphics, the end is a little abrupt, I didnt wanna stop so soon !
justinooncx15 Dec 2015, 15:34
Pretty interesting experience, with VERY nice art. Can be expanded upon, I'm sure.
RhythmLynx
RhythmLynx15 Dec 2015, 15:36
Absolutely gorgeous and well written too. Really enjoyed it.
RadStar
RadStar15 Dec 2015, 16:34
I really love the graphisms and the animation! But I'm really frustrated that the story stops at this "The future is in your hands" sentence. I want to know what happened and all!
nunesbarbosa
nunesbarbosa15 Dec 2015, 20:10
Loved the graphics but for god sake.. make the frigging text faster! Text games are boring by default, waiting for the text makes the game very very boring.
agilejoshua
agilejoshua15 Dec 2015, 21:54
Really beautiful - impressed that you managed to do this within the compo timeframe! Congratulations.
Zeezgames15 Dec 2015, 23:02
I liked this i agree if some audio was added it would of set the mood proper :)

really impressive work with the programming and the animation
Warboys16 Dec 2015, 09:13
Gorgeous looking game, the art and animations (mmmm the key!) are sexy! I also really like how the game ends. I was expecting it to continue but the final sentence just stuck there is quite powerful.

Boo capitalism ;)
Drtizzle
Drtizzle16 Dec 2015, 18:32
This is good looking! Also really well written, but it was really short (?)
It could have used some simple ambient sound.
Well done!
x92rwzb16 Dec 2015, 19:34
Nice cutscenes.
Yword
Yword17 Dec 2015, 05:01
Great narrative and graphics! Well done!
ramoncb17 Dec 2015, 23:29
Very impressive art! =O

And the history is interesting, I wanna know what happened next, after "the future is in your hands" !! ^^

Good job!
zguerrero19 Dec 2015, 12:58
Great graphics, specially for a compo entry!
randomhuman
randomhuman19 Dec 2015, 14:04
Beautiful game, I love the combination pixel/painterly art style, and the animations are gorgeously smooth. It ends a bit abruptly, but it left me wanting more so you definitely did something right!
Ittai Manero19 Dec 2015, 14:30
I'm glad to see another adventure game in this LD :D Love your graphics and story! Pretty good use of the theme with managing all the options with just two buttons. Would love to see this one becoming a larger experience! Congratulations!
anaelauthor19 Dec 2015, 14:45
Ittai Manero > I miss adventure games so much! I'll try yours when I'm on a windows machine (on mac now), it looks good.
Ludic19 Dec 2015, 16:43
Like the visual and animations are greaty!!
Nega Drive19 Dec 2015, 17:54
Nice idea to use the two-button concept for an adventure game. The graphics are great, amazing backgrounds and I love the use of retro-style polygons. You got that Another World/Flashback look down perfectly.
RevelBase
RevelBase19 Dec 2015, 19:04
Really beautiful art! I love the way you did the resizing from the highres paintings.
LeReveur
LeReveur20 Dec 2015, 00:27
A little bit too short, but I suppose it's the price to pay for a very nice looking game ! Some ambiant sounds would have been better too, but I know how time eating it is. And it miss something to tell the player he win. Great job done here, and feel free to make a longest version... :P

PS : Je suis français aussi, et je compatis sincèrement pour les soucis d'expression, c'est assez handicapant pour le LD. -_-;
el_kloklo20 Dec 2015, 15:03
Really good graphics and ambient, but I think you lacked of time to develop the story.
Smirnov48
Smirnov4824 Dec 2015, 00:34
The end is epic! A lot of fun and humor! Good job!
Krafty
Krafty26 Dec 2015, 00:51
Pretty interesting game, very nice visuals! Great job! :)
EvanEGibbs
EvanEGibbs28 Dec 2015, 07:27
What a fantastic game you made! This was really cool. A lot of people have mentioned that the art style is really good, but I have to echo that. The style and animation are just superb. They really give a feeling for the atmosphere. I really liked the story and the idea of 'aliens' learning from ancient human mistakes. I would like to see a longer game! Also I liked the ludum dare cameo in there. Awesome job! :D
crucknuk
crucknuk29 Dec 2015, 16:55
Nice entry! Graphics are really cool, it reminds me of Another wordl! Good job ;)
SinclairStrange
SinclairStrange2 Jan 2016, 23:40
Man this looks beautiful! I love the look of this game so much! Great atmosphere, very nice indeed!

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