Charlamagne's Sound Train

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★32%
*NOTE*KNOWN BUGS AND STATUS AT THE BOTTOM*NOTE*

Collect musical buddies, sacrifice them to protect the engine cart, and be a train.

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CONTROLS: Z and X
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Scoop Rocks and small logs into your compactor cart using 'X' to build passenger carts.

Hold 'Z' + 'X' to slow down and pick up a passenger (each one makes there own sound and there are 5 in total, collect them all!)

Charge 'Z' to fling a passenger or a cart at an enemy or a big boulder or log.

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*Please if the game crashes drop the error message and a description of what caused the error so I can squash it and update the game file! I can't fix them without a little help if I can't duplicate the error! Thanks!*
FIRST LUDUM DARE! I learned so much and redid so much work, but wow, this is fun, and this is my first game/demo/tutorial by myself, so please enjoy it
and give me honest feedback.

KNOWN BUGS
*buds colliding with a big boulder/log would cause audio to crash [FIXED]
*when colliding with big boulder/log with more than one cart game crashes [FIXED]
*player begins in the debug room with nothing to do but die by a big boulder/log[FIXED]

Comments15

craigoryhamauthor14 Dec 2015, 03:04
Wooh, first game LD!
antonuklein14 Dec 2015, 23:26
Neat game, although confusing, but after a minute, it crashed with this error (held Z+X after intro)

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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0

for object oPlayer:

Unable to find any instance for object index '100664' name '<undefined>'
at gml_Object_oPlayer_Step_0
############################################################################################
flakoflak
flakoflak14 Dec 2015, 23:28
haha didnt get it
was playing till...
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############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0

for object oPlayer:

Unable to find any instance for object index '100595' name '<undefined>'
at gml_Object_oPlayer_Step_0
############################################################################################

Congrats on your first game.
Blake_Lead14 Dec 2015, 23:34
Lovely game. I did not quite catch the gameplay, but i found the aesthetic great.
craigoryhamauthor14 Dec 2015, 23:35
weird. To either of you, any specific things you were nearby? I can't replicate that error!
Bailman0314 Dec 2015, 23:39
interesting game so sad there an error that crashes it.
craigoryhamauthor14 Dec 2015, 23:40
Bailman03, what error did you get and what were you doing when you got the error?
craigoryhamauthor15 Dec 2015, 00:43
fixed a few bugs, keeping a long up top. Thanks to everyone playing and posting bug reports/critiques :)
Andrew Deem16 Dec 2015, 05:25
Nice little game. And congrats on your first LD entry! It's a great feeling, isn't it? :)

I like the audio and the art style a bit. Game was a tad confusing at first, but still enjoyable. Also, as a head's up: when using Game Maker, you can just send your project file for source code instead of putting all your code into a text file. Saves you some time!
redmassacre16 Dec 2015, 18:46
hi, GM bro)
nice game, i think it has some idea
i am not sure about controls - when i began tapping on the keyboard, train was able to get the things and build the carts) it could be tuned i suppose, or make breaks more comfortable to use)
i like it- it has some pleasant aftertaste )
dcRfj15
dcRfj1519 Dec 2015, 02:36
I downloaded the game but my computer said that your game wanted to make changes to my computer (which needed to be authorized by an admin). I don't play games which require admin permissions for security reasons, is there a way for me to play the game without needing admin permissions?
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee19 Dec 2015, 03:44
I enjoyed the hand drawn aesthetic, but wasn't really sure what I was supposed to be doing. I picked up a whale though that was cool and I shot my flatbeds forward. Then it ended.
Tselmek
Tselmek29 Dec 2015, 17:51
Very enjoyable graphics and nice audio. The gameplay was very confusing on the other hand. You might want to export your project as a singletime executable or a zip file, having to go through the GameMaker installer can be annoying to a lot of players.
craigoryhamauthor30 Dec 2015, 21:32
@Tselmek, ah I see that must be what #dcRfj15 was talking about.

Yeah I overshot on the game play, but I got a half decent idea out of it that I'm fleshing out currently, posting on twitter.com/craigoryham for those who want to check it out.
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