Hibernaculum
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Play online now: https://codebite.xyz/ld38/ (personal website)
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Hibernaculum
Description:
Hibernaculum is a puzzle game in which you take a role of a person who is stuck in Snow Globe. Your goal is to make your way out. But... :open_mouth: you cannot move in any other direction but left and right. Fortunately, someone is helping you by rotating the "Small world" of yours to help you out. While the globe rotates, you don't. Exploit this to your advantage. :wink:
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Downloads:
* PC (Windows, macOS, Linux): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9pCbeofxFCNRmREZ0xOUGREcms?usp=sharing
* GameJolt (WebGL, Windows, macOS, Linux): http://gamejolt.com/games/hibernaculum/252147
* WebGL: https://codebite.xyz/ld38/
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Controls:
* Character movement: `A` and `D`
* Globe rotation: `Left Click` and drag
* Item pick up: `E`
* Close dialogues: `X`
* Pause menu: `ESC` or `P`
If you have trouble controlling the character, scroll down to hints category.
If you encounter a game breaking bug, please contact @geekdima (me), or @Quaternius on twitter. You can also reach me at *dmytro.v.kalchenko* at gmail.
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About:
Made by Qure team for Ludum Dare Jam 38 in less than 72 hours.
Team members:
* @redpanda
* @Quaternius
Work responsibility:
* @redpanda:
* Game idea;
* Feature ideas;
* Gameplay programming;
* Level design;
* Support art.
* @Quaternius:
* Art;
* Music;
* Level design;
* Support programming;
* Feature ideas.
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Screenshots:
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Video:
VIDEO CONTAINS ALL GAMEPLAY aka SPOILERS
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Hints/Walkthrough:
* You can jump and rotate, the player will stay in the air while you rotate;
* Wile you rotate interesting things have lens flares;
* Read the item *descriptions*;
* When the world just resets after the rotation, it means the player would've stuck, so it didn't allow it;
* Sometimes you can get inside some places that look solid.
SPOILERS!
* Level 1:
* Collect the sword in the ruins;
* Collect the knight's helmet next to spawn;
* Collect the shield behind the forest near the mountain;
* Go back to the spawn, enter the newly spawned portal;
* Riddle answer: *"Sword"*.
* Level 2:
* Rotate into igloo to collect the snow balls;
* Jump on the crate, jump rotate to land on the 2 crates, jump rotate to land on the 3 crates, collect Snowflake;
* Jump and rotate into the mountains, collect the carrot;
* Go back to the spawn, enter the newly spawned portal;
* Riddle answer: *"Snowman"*.
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Genres: puzzle
Comments72
The Moment I started the game in the browser I immediately stopped and downloaded the title, to play it in the quality it was meant to be.
It's a little icky that you can't walk freely inside the globe, but your z-depth is actually important to solve the puzzle. Speaking of puzzles - getting the timing down for the jumps isn't super easy, but the idea for that mechanic is great.
I enjoyed the few minutes of exploring the snowglobe. :)
cheers~
It took me a while to figure out the controls, but I managed to get the hang of it and completed the first level, though jumping between the boxes took several attempts to get right, it's quite hard to tell what angle your character is jumping toward when zoomed out, and the hand often got in the way.
However, I was able to complete the game, and I enjoyed the experience. This is incredibly good for a three day game, and I hope you continue to develop this concept further, I'd love to be able to play even more levels.
Me and @quaternius are going to discuss the future of this game soon, so I'll bring the issue back. :wink:
Thank you for the feedback!
@historymaker118 @marin0104 We are aware that looping doesn't work! I forgot to check a box on unity, my mistake. Thank you!
@rixud Getting the movement and collisions was really hard, and in three days we didn't have much time to improve on that, as @redpanda had to remake the player controller three times! Thank you.
@louspirit Yeah the controls are pretty unusual, thank you!
Also @aierz, sorry to hear you had the pink screen problem, we don't have a mac to test the game on :(
Ludum Dare version is too small unfortunately, I've more struggled with controls (trying to understand when globe is rotating and when it's not) than playing actual game D:
The visual aspect of the game is simple yet gorgeous, I loved it. The music is calm and ties the whole thing together perfectly. The controls take a bit of fiddling around to get the character where you want it to go but work fine still.
All in all an intriguing concept which is well executed. I liked it! :)
The graphics are the best! ^^
The music is well made.
and the gameplay is fun ^^
Great job, keep working on it!
snowglobe were a little bit frustrating from time to time. I think i would be great if the character could also move up and down. Then the game would feel a little less glitchy i think.
besides that: great entry. one of the best so far.
Wonderful idea and well executed in 72 hours. Great job!
It was possible to end up at the wrong distance from the center of the globe from things. That felt bad.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/so-you-want-to-be-a-snowman
If you have the opportunity, be sure to check out my entry as well!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/the-z-axis
Played this on my stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/139473859 (starts at 1:38:48)
Also why don't you double a rotation control on the keyboard too? There is no reason to require a mouse for this type of gameplay, I think. (or make it just optional)
And maybe some snowflakes floating in a snow part since it's a snowglobe.
Here is my playthrough: https://youtu.be/LI67e0k_Bcc (I'm bad at riddles, sorry :smiley:)
Thank you for this game! Love it.
Beyond that more levels!
The only thing I have to criticize is, like most already pointed out, the control was a bit finicky. Also I ran into a bit of problem in the second level, where my character was at the same level with the object, but due to the z-axis difference, I couldn't able to pick up the object.
Overall, I think you guys definitely did a great job here!
Other that that, the graphics are amazing, and the music is really nice and comfortable, which makes for a great mood in the game. Good job!
It does have potential and I hope you continue work on it :)
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This is 100% true. Congratulations, guys!