Ludum Dare #37compo
The Shifting Room
- THE SHIFTING ROOM -
DESCRIPTION:
The first thing you remember is opening your eyes and finding yourself standing in a strange, musty old room. You have no idea how or when you get there - you only know that you should find someone, or look for a way out.
There is a 'true' ending and a 'bad' ending... Try to find both!
CONTROLS:
+ 'A' and 'D' to move.
+ 'E' to interact with objects or items in your inventory.
+ 'F' to open your inventory.
PROGRAMS USED:
+ GameMaker: Studio.
+ Aesprite.
+ Audacity.
NOTE No.1: I removed myself from the audio category because I didn't make the phonograph music, but I thought the game really needed it. I hope you don't mind ^_^
NOTE No.2: I Was going to have several more rooms and a much more impressive ending, but it was my first game in GameMaker: Studio (I'm used to Unity) and so I ran into a lot of trouble with the programming and wasted a bunch of time.
NOTE No.3: Please don't be afraid to comment below if you find any major bugs or typos, and please share with your friends if you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!
DESCRIPTION:
The first thing you remember is opening your eyes and finding yourself standing in a strange, musty old room. You have no idea how or when you get there - you only know that you should find someone, or look for a way out.
There is a 'true' ending and a 'bad' ending... Try to find both!
CONTROLS:
+ 'A' and 'D' to move.
+ 'E' to interact with objects or items in your inventory.
+ 'F' to open your inventory.
PROGRAMS USED:
+ GameMaker: Studio.
+ Aesprite.
+ Audacity.
NOTE No.1: I removed myself from the audio category because I didn't make the phonograph music, but I thought the game really needed it. I hope you don't mind ^_^
NOTE No.2: I Was going to have several more rooms and a much more impressive ending, but it was my first game in GameMaker: Studio (I'm used to Unity) and so I ran into a lot of trouble with the programming and wasted a bunch of time.
NOTE No.3: Please don't be afraid to comment below if you find any major bugs or typos, and please share with your friends if you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!
Genres: puzzle
Comments25
Kurakurt12 Dec 2016, 21:00
Interacting with objects is done perfectly!
sollinxp12 Dec 2016, 22:47
nice pixel art, cool side scrolling adventure game
Logicon12 Dec 2016, 23:03
Very nice! I liked the gloomy feel you gave it. Also I can't figure out how to get the good end haha. Good job
Yami no tenshi12 Dec 2016, 23:13
I liked the atmosphere and interactions between objects, nice writting :)
PowerSpark12 Dec 2016, 23:16
Nice game, got both endings. I like the pixel art and music/atmosphere, good job!
thebrickanator12 Dec 2016, 23:16
I love how the solution was never what you expected and the game feels very well polished. nice work :D
Otso Turpeinen12 Dec 2016, 23:18
Interesting. :3
nicruo12 Dec 2016, 23:20
Man, I have to say: I found the true ending and I never went back. I got the mood, and I was scared in the end. Good work!
Moritz12 Dec 2016, 23:20
Smooth, blocky, very moody graphics.
Great audio. Scary room(s).
Really nice "walking simulator" / "point n click" hybrid.
Controls a bit fiddly, would have preferred cursors, space, and enter.
Great audio. Scary room(s).
Really nice "walking simulator" / "point n click" hybrid.
Controls a bit fiddly, would have preferred cursors, space, and enter.
abezuska12 Dec 2016, 23:22
Hey if you do a Mac port let me know and I can test it for you.
Max Amaden12 Dec 2016, 23:32
Sorry @abezuska, Mac, Linux and HTML5 builds aren't working properly for some reason :(
Shockk12 Dec 2016, 23:37
This has been one of my favourite games as of yet. The mood is perfectly executed and gives me chills. It's such a simple concept and yet it's very alluring and completely drew me in while I was playing it. Also I know I'm not supposed to be judging based on music but the vinyl really added a special something to the atmosphere that I don't think could have been done without it. Great job!
dalbinblue13 Dec 2016, 03:53
Very nice solid game, especially for it being the first time you used a tool. I was able to both endings, though I don't quite understand why doing what you did gave you the good ending. I would have liked to have seen a consequence to that action, though I'm guessing you had it planned out but ran out of time.
Geckoo133713 Dec 2016, 22:30
Nice pixel art with a strange and scary mood. Your project reminds me some old games with which I played on my Atari 520ST when I were young. Really well done ++
somnolentPumpkin13 Dec 2016, 23:08
I really liked the art-style, very impressive for 48 hours!
I got the bad ending, but I'm not sure what I did wrong haha.
I got the bad ending, but I'm not sure what I did wrong haha.
psychomonster13 Dec 2016, 23:20
Yeah that is exactly my favorite kind of artwork... pixels = love! Nice moody game! Very good gameplay! good job. Have fun playing all the other games!
hnzlmnn13 Dec 2016, 23:26
Hey, I really liked the slight creepyness to it! And loved the simple pixel art! Kinda short game play sadly.
xesenix13 Dec 2016, 23:36
Itch.io download deosnt work for me. Really good pixel art nice mood. Using of items in inventory isnt instantly obvious probably adding a E - to use text would fix that problem. Over all great work.
Gord1014 Dec 2016, 14:02
My favourite entry so far!
Greek8516 Dec 2016, 10:37
oh! Nice entry! Can I find it on indiexpo? I'm making videos about the games of this Jam, but only about the games hosted also on indiexpo! Tell me if you will add it, so I can include it in my next video ;)
Jupiter_Hadley16 Dec 2016, 17:14
Really neat 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/HllFgHUemY4
MentaL1317 Dec 2016, 12:26
Great game. Could not find the second ending though, I guess I got the bad one(
ThatSnillet18 Dec 2016, 19:19
Great writing, balanced puzzles and cool idea with two endings. I tried playing it in fullscreen using alt-enter but i could then see outside what was allowed to see. I guess you could try changing some graphics settings in "global game settings".
Jan Peter (jpdev)19 Dec 2016, 07:00
Really well done
Got both endings