Ludum Dare #39compo

COAL

by beta

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Coal is a game where you have to prevent the engine of a boat from turning off.

(PC Build Recommended)

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Made in 48h for the Ludum Dare Compo by Alberto "_beta" Mellado.

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Written in C# on Unity.

Tools:

Unity

Adobe Photoshop

Audacity

Maya

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Directions:

Movement -> WASD

Mouse-> Position Shovel

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If you do not know what to do:

Throw the black rocks(coal) to the engine.

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Contact:

[email protected]

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This was my 6th Ludum Dare entry and I am ok with the result. I think the gameplay is pretty bad but the visuals in Windows are decent imo.

Hope you enjoy it.

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Tags: #arcade, #boat, #coal, #engine, #ice, #oven

Tools: Audacity, Unity

Comments22

carlosvVk31 Jul 2017, 13:40

Cool boy doing coal things :D

rijnswand1 Aug 2017, 17:59

It was a bit hard to control the shovel, but I liked the mood and had fun playing it.

Xephrys6 Aug 2017, 11:00

Maneuvering the shovel was pretty hard, but i did thoroughly enjoy the chaos that ensued on the boat. Possible bug is that the game keeps playing in the background after you loose.

abductedPlatypus14 Aug 2017, 17:20

Crashed on both chrome and safari, and there is no mac build. A shame because it looks really inviting. :(

betaauthor14 Aug 2017, 17:30

@abductedplatypus Thanks for the warning! I will try to fix the Web build as soon as I can

Edit: Seems to be working now!

Valphera14 Aug 2017, 17:40

Fun short game, and really good looking for a compo! The gameplay if fun (even though it's a bit chaotic, I ended up doing random mouse movements to throw the coal in the oven and still won)

Nice athmosphere! GOOD JOB :smile:

kantieno14 Aug 2017, 17:49

I liked the overall concept of the game and the atmosphere! The mouse controls for the shovel were super finicky and made it generally hard to play but I think it could be pretty fun if expanded upon and the controls made more intuitive. I also liked the music. Was there a way to restart from within the game or do I have to refresh, not sure if I just missed it. Good entry!

betaauthor14 Aug 2017, 17:54

@kantieno Thank you! For restarting, just refresh. I was too lazy to make a refresh button hahaha

Drachmor14 Aug 2017, 18:08

This is a nice little game with decent gameplay and a really nice atmosphere! I loved the concept of shoveling coal, as nothing like this has yet been explored (as far as I have seen) in this competition. It's refreshing to see something other than "the player must refill their power meters or they die" kinda thing. The web link was a tad laggy, and the gameplay left something to be desired, but overall I really like what you have here - good job!

Lamm14 Aug 2017, 19:16

i like your game, i like the graphics

azziliz14 Aug 2017, 20:11

Agree with people above. The shovel control was a bit chaotic. Still a beautiful game and bug-free. Good job.

MAT4DOR14 Aug 2017, 21:30

This is amazing! At first I was my idea was to do something similar to this but with a train. You nailed it! The graphics are just perfect! You got the 5\*\*\*\*\*

SumGamStudio15 Aug 2017, 12:20

I have Linux and want to play in WEB, but page is out. Delete link or remake it. (((

betaauthor15 Aug 2017, 12:31

@sumgamstudio It works for me in web :/

Coauctor15 Aug 2017, 13:59

Controls are tricky and html version was a bit slow, but I enjoyed the game.
Camera angle change adds this train feel. Also, it's cool that the furnace fades off.

Would be cool to play a post-jam version!

tomdeal15 Aug 2017, 15:34

The controls were a bit hard to master, but I loved the graphics, especially the blur effect. The camera could be zoomed out a bit more so the whole level is in view.

hungare15 Aug 2017, 15:46

@beta "Coal" game!

I liked:

The Graphics: I really got that industrial sort of vibe from your art, and the lighting was very good as well. It also had a very cool style.

The Music: I thought the music was good too. It gave off a tense sort of vibe.

I didn't like:

The Controls: I felt like most of the time I was just flailing my mouse trying to hit the coal. I like the idea of shoveling up coal, but I would have liked to seen better controls. Maybe something like if you moving to the left, the shovel is left and you move your mouse up to throw it into the furnace.

Overall, great entry. Good luck!

mindfungus15 Aug 2017, 19:19

There are some good ideas here and I liked the chaos that was created through all the objects bouncing around. As other people have mentioned I found the controls hard to manage - I wonder if there are some other control approaches that could be tried. Well done putting it all together though!

Jupiter_Hadley15 Aug 2017, 20:35

Lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKdZrHdMrvE