One Room Full of Presents

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
#UPD

* Added Mac and Linux ports
* Fixed player collision when pushing boxes
* Mute music state is now persistent across levels
* Enabled scalable graphics performance and reduced textures size to support slower machines

#

Hi all!

This is both my first try in Ludum Dare and Unreal Engine 4.

For the first try I've decided to make something simple. During these 48 hours I've learned a ton of stuff about UE4, Blender, Krita and LMMS. Although all the learning took a lot of hours, so the game is not very big (only 4 levels).

I'm bad at any form of art, so bad graphics and awful music is included :D
(there is a mute button for music, just in case)

That was my first music track. Yeah, it's bad :D
I'll try to make something better next time.

Cheers and thanks for checking out my first LD game!

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Tools used:

Unreal Engine 4.14.0, moved to 4.14.1
Visual Studio Community 2015
Blender 2.78a
Krita 3.0.1.1
GIMP 2.8.18
LMMS 1.1.3
Git 2.10.1.windows.1

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Downloads:

Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qa1ge8f3s6bbkxx/AADU7SrHa13M_EMrPkXA_JDya?dl=0

Github - https://github.com/serg-z/LD37-One-Room-Full-of-Presents/releases

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One Room Full of Presents

Run LD37OneRoom.exe, LD37OneRoom.app or LD37OneRoom.sh

Controls:

F11, Alt+Enter = Full screen
W, A, S, D or Up, Down, Left, Right = Move
Space or J near box = Grab the box
Move + J or Space = Move the box

In bottom left corner - music mute button

Comments21

cyfixus12 Dec 2016, 06:42
Neat game. I really love your graphics. I'm not sure if its my computer, I'll find out soon as I test more games, but it was very difficult, lag wise, for me to play.
JK5000
JK500012 Dec 2016, 08:56
The idea is fun. The graphics and music is super great. Okay the game is a bit buggy, but not too bad. It might be a good idea to include a button to restart the levels. But overall well done.
victorcrafty
victorcrafty12 Dec 2016, 17:35
Pretty graphic. I love your game.
AlmightyTuna12 Dec 2016, 20:00
Solid submission for your first try. The graphics are excellent and the gameplay is solid. The looping of the music got quite annoying after a while
mmason
mmason12 Dec 2016, 22:32
the music is kind of repetetive (I know I could mute it). The game is a little sluggish, but overall not bad, reminds me of old block pushing games.

Nice Christmas touch.
zhurauthor14 Dec 2016, 13:07
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zhurauthor14 Dec 2016, 13:07
Hey all! Thanks for the comments.

Sorry, that was my first music track. Yeah, it's bad :D

IDK about lags, probably UE4 is too heavy for some PCs.
I've tried to not make too complex materials though.

Is there any way of replying to individual comments?
Zerochain
Zerochain14 Dec 2016, 15:39
good christmas game for christmas :)
WeaverDeveloper
WeaverDeveloper14 Dec 2016, 17:48
Cute graphics and good execution of the concept.
The music did get little annoying after a while.
karln14 Dec 2016, 19:02
I like how level 3 teaches you that you can drag boxes sideways by giving you a very simple setup with no other solutions.
AcuadoyStudios16 Dec 2016, 21:40
Hey Guy,
I liked your art style and the mood.
Please go ahead and check my game (LocusLudi) nad check my Youtube (Acuadoy Studios) cause ill redo
my whole game and then you'll get all the links to updated versions of my game!
PickleCrew16 Dec 2016, 21:41
Really cute graphics, I love the Christmas theme and music. Was fun pushing and pulling the gifts around
PlugRobots18 Dec 2016, 10:30
Nice christmas theme) But seems like Unreal4 "eats" lot of resources even for simple games. Graphics are cool.
zhurauthor19 Dec 2016, 15:16
@PlugRobots Thanks! Yeah, it was built with some pretty high graphics settings. Since it's my first UE4 project ever I didn't know anything about UE4's performance tuning during the time of LD. In my next LD game I'll make a nice settings screen.
Anti19 Dec 2016, 16:19
Nice graphics and a fun idea. The game itself is a bit buggy and you do get a bit tired of the music loop but it was still very fun to play. The puzzles were not impossible to complete and it was fun solving them.
nekoballs
nekoballs20 Dec 2016, 21:36
Simple, pretty and fun! Doesn't lag on my end. A reset button would be nice.
Greemax
Greemax20 Dec 2016, 23:41
Nice Graphics, a little buggy but not bad. The music is cool. Nice Puzzle game.
Starlight glimmer is best poney
The holiday is in 3 days, so I like the touch. The graphics, animations and all the visuals are stunning; I wish I could give you more than 5 stars in this category.

Gameplay is quite buggy, however. High load and a 200 MiB download are not great, but I don't judge you for using UE4. Add some levels, make moving the boxes more fluid, change audio (please) and add a restart button, and it will be a gem.
raconteurnick
raconteurnick22 Dec 2016, 14:42
As I played this, I felt a strange sensation in my face. Within seconds, a large white beard had emerged. Confused, I pressed onward. After successfully passing the first level, a jolly roar erupted from my vocal chords: "HO HO HO!" Again, I wrote it off, thinking nothing of it. As I progressed further, I suddenly noticed that a sleigh was beneath me, I was 10,000 feet in the air, and I had a bag of presents behind me.

I am now Santa. Thank you for this experience.

Troll-y comment aside, great visuals, fun premise! Movement felt far too sensitive and the goal was not initially understandable to me, but I eventually figured it out. Would love to see it fleshed out.
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