Ludum Dare #37compo

Engine Room

by otiose-ent

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★60%

General:
You are an engineer on a cargo ship. When pirates are suddenly hijacking the ship, they destroy the engine and only one room at a time can have an active light source. Get out!
In the darkness, you have to use sound information to fight and survive.
You can only interact with rooms if the light is on.

PLAY WITH SOUND! (headphones)
and read the story

NOTE:
WebGL perfomance / fps is not great
And WebGL doesn't show the main menu!
Downloading is worth it!
Don't play in 2560 * 1920

Total Development time: 31 hours (:
Youtube playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5M8M8Twgrk

Controls:
WASD to move
Left Click to shoot
Right Click to punch
R to reload

Tips:
The active light can be switched in the office room.
The light switching sometimes needs multiple clicks (small bug)
Dialog boxes are shown as long as you stay in the room.
There is a checkpoint in the middle of the story.
If you want to reset the checkpoint do MainMenu->About->Reset

Thanks for playing!
Leave a comment!

Comments27

ilezhnin12 Dec 2016, 02:51

Loop sound on background is very ... very annoying. If this is stealth game, why we do not see the audio trace of the enemies? Very little interactivity in stealth game, it is strongly ruins the gameplay. The idea is good but you lacks the depth of the game mechanics.

Leon Möhringauthor12 Dec 2016, 06:53

I didn't design the game to be a stealth game. It is rather a game about thrill and quick reactions. I chose to limit the sound information you get by the enemies to a minimum, since they are trying to not get noticed as well.

erikiene12 Dec 2016, 18:03

Well, I quite enjoyed the stealth part of it! Became a survival-like (think Resident Evil 1) when bullets were gone.

Good graphics and lighting as well.

littleball12 Dec 2016, 18:11

Very tricky will so many enemies. I liked the atmosphere.

SamuelSousa12 Dec 2016, 18:12

Cool Art. I played the web version, there was little sound but I like it that way. Nice touch with the foot steps sound and in dark representation.

mitkus12 Dec 2016, 18:18

Fighting is very exciting! And it's interesting that you can't always see the enemies.

I'm not a fan of running back and forth between rooms though. "Oh, go to machine room again?!". And then I died along the way and had to restart. That got a bit annoying...

Phantom Lab12 Dec 2016, 18:21

Very nice idea and implementation!

Leon Möhringauthor12 Dec 2016, 18:52

@mitkus - there is a checkpoint and a special event when you get through 3 iterations, and the story should keep you interested, but in 48 hours I couldn't create more complex quests...

peredm12 Dec 2016, 20:04

Overall it's a good game but I didn't like going back and forth to the lighting room. If there was some puzzle to descover what room to light up and the walk speed was a bit faster it would be much more fun.

timgarbos12 Dec 2016, 20:27

Neat. I really like that your bullets are quite useless in the beginning and you have to sneak. It becomes a little too much walking/sneaking back and forth to the light switch for my taste.

mutuware12 Dec 2016, 20:30

Nice atmospheric game.

Kurakurt12 Dec 2016, 20:32

So creapy! Nice game!

Paradoxa4212 Dec 2016, 22:22

found a glitch lol. When you get hitted by an enemy and ejected in a wall you can walk throught all the wall :) but good game

sollinxp12 Dec 2016, 22:27

try to make a horror game instead of a action game, will make the game mood much more fun

lepatryckduffy13 Dec 2016, 22:04

I liked the atmosphere. Good game

MonsieurDuc13 Dec 2016, 22:09

to many rooms for the theme, but I get some fun !

Mouch14 Dec 2016, 19:31

Really good game, especially for a compo. The audio is almost perfect (steps little too fast & no sound when interacting with objects - still 5 stars -). I would have preferred a true stealth game instead, as the fights are a little clunky.

batmanasb15 Dec 2016, 03:33

My tactic of shooting for light didn't work this time around :(
Also, I wish enemies made sounds before they attack you, so you could find them, and that bullets actually impact enemies so you could know you shot someone!

theCrancher15 Dec 2016, 11:23

hey there, I really had fun playing this game, sometimes it was hard to navigate around those punching pirates in the dark, but it was still exciting running back and forth between the rooms, kinda like a action move, good work!

Pickens Inc.16 Dec 2016, 11:18

Fantastic aesthetic, lighting and neon effects were very well executed. The goal after the lights turn red is a bit of a mystery to me. If it is to kill everyone, I think that might be askign a bit too much, as the combat system is a bit janky and makes it very difficult to kill anybody.

A very ambitious entry, and a very nice idea. I would polish this into an actual game to realise its potential.

StaNov18 Dec 2016, 16:35

You just saw me playing your game live. You can watch it again here: https://youtu.be/AAa6rb4l3oI

Siegfried Croes18 Dec 2016, 19:09

Really liked it! Really nice visuals, audio and overall atmosphere. Well done :)

emmelineprufrock18 Dec 2016, 22:59

Really interesting design, especially for so limited an amount of time. I found it really difficult, but I also usually have issues with these kinds of games.

mirta00020 Dec 2016, 03:00

I think mine bugged because I killed two enemies that were there and then spent like 4 minutes figuring out how to switch the light in the room with the blinking dot. In the end I couldn't figure it out. Nice visuals though!

Jupiter_Hadley20 Dec 2016, 20:43

Really nice game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/Wd_0kXhgUR8

Khaoz_Fang22 Dec 2016, 13:43

I don't know how to avoid the enemies..but really great game.

CoderDozer30 Dec 2016, 20:41

Really liked the presentation of the level, especially that neon outline overlay. I found that the enemies due tend to congregate and if you offload all your ammo, it becomes difficult. Maybe having a way to create a diversion might help out. Overall I liked this, nice work.

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