This game was our first LD Entry. We decided to implement it with our self written plain JAVA engine.
THE GAME:
You play as DR. LEPUS, struggling for survival in a world full of brain-hungry zombies.
DR. LEPUS constructed a sophisticated machine -THE LEPOTRANSFORMATOR-
to turn himself into a rabbit and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, the machine broke and wasn't able to turn him into a rabbit permanently. Now he can only shapeshift when consuming carrots.
By eating painkillers and drinking beer, DR. LEPUS is able to endure the strains of zombie apocalypse just a little longer.
Help DR. LEPUS salvage electric devices in order to repair the LEPOTRANSFORMATOR.
And remember....
AIM FOR THEIR HEADS! (That's no joke. you actually do more damage!)
CONTROLS:
MOUSE: aim
W,A,S,D: move
LEFT MOUSE BUTTON: shoot
1, 2, 3: use items
ESC: ingame menu
PRINT: save screenshot
ITEMS:
[1] Carrot -> Collect 5 to shapeshift
[2] Painkiller -> heal
[3] Beer -> Increase damage and range
You need to have JRE 8 installed in order to run the game.
POST JAM FIXES:
- rewrote part of the help text ingame to provide clearer instructions
- fixed an issue with the mouse position on MacOS
- fixed an issue that caused the sound to switch from left ear to right ear and vice versa
- fixed an issue where the cursor wouldn't be drawn when the game screen was paused
Unfortunately, the mouse is really buggy in the Mac version. Not sure if this is my computer, or the OS X build. I'll be willing to play it if you can fix it (if it isn't my computer that is).
@gurkenlabs Okay I got it to start by installing java 8. But now only audio plays and no window shows. Clicking on app running in taskbar does nothing.
@zaywolfe Thank you for keeping on trying. If there is any error there should be a game.log next to the .jar file. The content of that would be very helpful. What OS exactly do you use?
Pretty fun! And I really like the one liners that the zombies spout. The sound kept cutting out on me though, like there would just be no zombie sounds or gun shots.
Fun little game. I like the idea of the line shot, and the way it shakes the screen. That made it feel like my weapon was doing something. The music fit in well, I think! The only issue I had was that the voice-over would switch from left to right ear, and it would be nice to see more weapons. But I completed the game and had a lot of fun! Good work!
Very hard, but fun. I couldn't tell if the zombies kept spawning, or if there was just that many. Were you supposed to transform when you ate the carrots, or did you need them for the machine? I haven't beaten it yet.
If you eat (5) carrots, you can shapeshift temporarily. In the plot, DR. LEPUS needs the device parts to allow a permanent transformation with the LEPOTRANSFORMATOR (not part of the jam version though).
I liked the little quips from the doctor. It was sometimes hard to see how many enemies there were because of all the rubble on the floor, but the gameplay was solid and the various items very helpful. I want to beat this at some point!
This would still be a solid game if I were told you spent months making it! It was, I think, a little too easy to become surrounded, but it's a solid game with an interesting take on the theme. Nice!
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on linux
I think you need to insert some kind of invincibility for the player after taking a hit.
Really fun, awesome art
The content of that would be very helpful. What OS exactly do you use?
Were you supposed to transform when you ate the carrots, or did you need them for the machine? I haven't beaten it yet.
Please have a look on my entry, too.