A Walk To The Finish Line

by jk5000
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.26
This is simple puzzle game, where you have have to help some men reach the finish line(s).

Controls

- The game is mostly controlled with the mouse.
- 1, 2, 3, 4: Change camera angle.
- Q or Escape: Toggle Quit Menu

Used Software
- UE4
- Blender
- Gimp
- LMMS
- Inkscape
- Audacity



*Good luck and have fun*

screenshot

Comments75

TheGamer11232114 Dec 2017, 08:24
Very nice game, I especially like the graphics and audio, and the gameplay was very fun. I really enjoyed it!
Lawrence
Lawrence4 Dec 2017, 08:32
I'm sorry to ask, but I have no experience with UnrealEngine. Can this be played without having the engine on your computer? Because I can't find a .exe file inside your archive. :thinking:
jk5000
jk5000author4 Dec 2017, 08:46
@lawrence yes like TheGamer1123211 said, you need to download the game from the game jolt site (The windownload link to the game jolt site). And there is a .exe file in the game download.
Lawrence
Lawrence4 Dec 2017, 08:51
Oh, sorry! I just clicked the first link without taking a better look. :smile:
meursault
meursault4 Dec 2017, 09:09
Eh, when i try download the game it downloads antoher game "war against darkness"?!?
dusho4 Dec 2017, 09:14
Oh.. just realized I played your older game TheWarAgainstDarkness, looks like your link to game points to wrong file?

TheWarAgainstDarkness comment:
I love turn based games. This is really good. Would love to see some AI here, but I know that would take more time than 48h. Didn't really get how chance to win is calculated as 7 vs 7 ended up 0 vs 4 at the end - would expected closer result than that. Overall - great game.
jk5000
jk5000author4 Dec 2017, 09:21
I am super sorry that I by mistake had uploaded a old game. I have how uploaded the right game, so you can try the real LD game. Again I am really sorry.
11tomi124 Dec 2017, 09:29
I don't see any download button or link on the page...
Bookworm314 Dec 2017, 09:42
Very cool game, the puzzles are tricky and satisfying to solve. I also really liked the graphics, the way the little guys were walking looks really good. I did notice that if one guy enters a arrow tile with another one already in it, the second guy doesn't change direction.
meursault
meursault4 Dec 2017, 09:55
Now i played the real game and it is really good. the later puzzles become hard but manageable. Good job!
jk5000
jk5000author4 Dec 2017, 10:19
@dusho in The War Against Darkness both players starts the game with the same strength, and therefor all the single fights between the warriors has a 50/50 percentage change of winning. This means that a fight (7v7) easily can end 4 vs 0 or even 7 vs 0, and I think that is okay.

And by the way I have uploaded the right game now.
Sozey
Sozey4 Dec 2017, 11:56
Very nice graphics, simple and effective controls and fun levels that become chalenging after a while. The music isn't too distracting, which is nice.
wsKilljoy
wsKilljoy4 Dec 2017, 12:01
Great puzzles! Bit poorly optimized, though.
pinkemma4 Dec 2017, 12:02
Very nice puzzle implementation. Easy to get started, but challenges later on
thiagofr
thiagofr4 Dec 2017, 12:04
The "yupie" sounds are fun and the animations are well made. Nice game, overall. Congratulations!
staircase274 Dec 2017, 12:49
Very interesting game with interesting mechanics. Would have been good to explain some of the mechanisms when they first appeared but wasn't too hard to work it out. The puzzles were good. Would definitely be interested in seeming more level for this.
tschery4 Dec 2017, 12:53
Cute little thing. 3D graphics were nice and the wobbly animation added lots of juice.
elZach
elZach4 Dec 2017, 12:55
Hey man, I liked your entry - played to the elevator-level which I thought was pretty clever.

When people do good puzzledesign i'm always in awe. :)
Priom
Priom4 Dec 2017, 13:23
The fact that you managed to make so many puzzles in such a short time is pretty amazing.
I also like the yippee sound effect.

Also i would've liked it if you gave my game a rating too. Just saying XD
The_BM
The_BM4 Dec 2017, 15:58
nice game looks and feeld very polished, respect for making such a nice game in such a short amount of time
Noxbuds
Noxbuds4 Dec 2017, 16:04
Very fun idea. The gameplay and sound effects were very satisfying, and the graphics were cool. Very interesting level design, impressive how much detail you managed to get into the levels :)
zantze
zantze4 Dec 2017, 16:10
I like the graphics and the sounds are fun :D
Patrick D4 Dec 2017, 16:44
Great game, fun and challenging.
magicdidac
magicdidac4 Dec 2017, 17:17
Great Game! I like so much your LD project.

I love your sounds makes by you I did the same on my project!

But I give you some issues that I could see.

- The music restarts when you restart the level or when you pass it and starts other.

- The elevator is complicated to see it.

Overall, Nice game and nice job!
Damoy
Damoy4 Dec 2017, 18:43
Interesting concept, very cool game :)
Remco
Remco4 Dec 2017, 19:10
_(Seems we're in the same timezone or something? Not sure how I keep running into you, even accounting for the ammounts of reviews you leave.)_

A puzzle game! :smile:

Red on yellow (instruction text) might be hard to parse for some people.

Nice 'n slow ramp-up learning curve.

Reminds me a bit of lemmings somehow. Given the sounds they make on exit, it's probably intentional.

Camera rotation-buttons could show circular arrows?

I like the extra little touches like the menu coming in late, or the extra 'no's swirling around when you fail.
Mazzletov
Mazzletov4 Dec 2017, 19:35
Cool idea and I liked it!
Siarhei Rakuts
Siarhei Rakuts4 Dec 2017, 20:53
I would play in this on the phone in my spare time)
Christian Koch4 Dec 2017, 20:57
Cool game, I like the gameplay. I normally dont really like puzzle games, but this one is ok
Ogniok4 Dec 2017, 23:27
Great puzzle game, really fun to play.
gwolf865 Dec 2017, 00:24
Really great puzzle game. I love the aesthetics.
holgk5 Dec 2017, 03:25
Nice simple puzzle game.
MrLeePerry
MrLeePerry5 Dec 2017, 04:16
Woah! SUPER well done! Love the game mechanic in general. I'm so impressed that for a jam like this you had time to make the puzzles so well done and clever. Such a daunting daunting task! Love it!
sundaefactory5 Dec 2017, 10:47
nice puzzle game, fun to play. Perhaps you should keep the state of arrows when the player die/restart, it should be helpful
Hagge
Hagge5 Dec 2017, 11:47
wow well done
bradur
bradur5 Dec 2017, 12:12
Lovely puzzle with well thought out mechanics. I liked the graphics and sounds too. Good polish on the UI, I very much enjoyed the fact you can speed it up and restart very easily.
GerardB
GerardB5 Dec 2017, 13:12
Magistral puzzles. Good job sir!
Prostone
Prostone5 Dec 2017, 15:47
I love this entry, I love puzzle games, so this one was right in my alley. Finished it in one swoop, while some levels were trickier than others, so I would probably switch some levels around so the difficulty curve was steadily rising, but might depend on the person playing.

Sweet little puzzle game, would like to play more levels :]
jk5000
jk5000author5 Dec 2017, 16:07
@prostone
It is really hard to say witch levels are harder then other levels. I have tried too have some level progression, but it is probably not perfect.

@magicdidac
I agree that the music shall not restart every time you restart a level. And yes the elevators can be difficult to see.

@remco
The yellow text on a red background was perhaps not the best idea, but I hope it not too bad for the colorblind. The picture on the camera buttons could have been better, but i don´t think they are too bad.

Thank you to everyone playing game and even a bigger thank you to all of you given feedback.
oson5 Dec 2017, 18:34
Noooo :) I like your game! It looks good and the machanics make sense, although not always entirely intuitive. The concept works well with the theme. Well done!
_benhumphries
_benhumphries5 Dec 2017, 19:11
I love the puzzles, I can tell a lot of work has gone into this! Good job!
mr-matt
mr-matt5 Dec 2017, 19:26
Fun little game, well done sir!
Sholf
Sholf5 Dec 2017, 21:56
Great puzzle game albeit poorly optimized. The later levels are quite fun and challenging. I also really love the sound effects that the little men makes haha. Well done!
stevenjmiller
stevenjmiller6 Dec 2017, 01:43
Great game, I really like the art and overall style.
Asellio6 Dec 2017, 01:49
Very nice game, I especially like the graphics and audio, and the gameplay was very fun. I really enjoyed it!
acoto87
acoto876 Dec 2017, 05:20
Very good game. The graphics and audio did a good job on the game. The puzzles are well designed. Well done!
paulhocker
paulhocker6 Dec 2017, 05:21
after i figured out that i can turn the movement tiles after they started it was fun - maybe i missed the instruction on that - the music a little annoying - but overall is was a good puzzle game
SVR_Audio7 Dec 2017, 00:50
What a great puzzle, very good idea, the "level design' is amazing, great job, one of the most original things I played !
Arkthalohs7 Dec 2017, 02:50
Wow! That was great! The visuals and audio were well done throughout, the puzzles had the right level of difficulty. At first, I thought it was going to be a bit simple, but once I hit the level where you need to change the directional tiles after having started, the game really hit its stride.
beepyeah
beepyeah7 Dec 2017, 03:24
nice level design, obviously you are experienced in balancing gameplay. really impressed with what you were able to accomplish.
sorlok
sorlok7 Dec 2017, 05:59
Solid puzzle game! I think there probably should have been a "step counter" or similar, so that the player could be rewarded for finishing in a minimal number of moves. Overall, though, it was great!
AmigoPadilha7 Dec 2017, 11:17
Cool game! Liked it a lot!
Great job.
Mike Cullingham7 Dec 2017, 20:42
Too laggy on my old machine, but I didn't rate it because it looks like others could play it. The guy on the first level just walks into the wall behind him when I press start. Looks nice though.
PolyHatSteve
PolyHatSteve9 Dec 2017, 02:33
Honestly really amazing that this was produced during the compo. Very clever, polished and well balanced. I especially liked the slow introduction of new mechanics.
WildGamut
WildGamut9 Dec 2017, 18:24
Really impressive work considering this was made for the Compo.
I can see how you attempted to implement the theme, but I don't think it's really represented enough. I can imagine this becoming a really good puzzle game or even an educational game for teaching critical thinking or programming logic. The visuals are nice, it feels pretty polished, and it works well conceptually.
Excellent work overall!
BloodJohn
BloodJohn10 Dec 2017, 07:39
nice puzzle. good difficulty curve. good work!
ErikU10 Dec 2017, 08:47
Nice, simple puzzler. I'm impressed by how many levels your were able to put in with the time you had. Congrats!
Hayzar10 Dec 2017, 09:07
Impressive, you managed to make all those puzzles in such a short amount of time. The graphics were nice too.
Jay Valencia
Jay Valencia12 Dec 2017, 13:03
Piece of art this game, smart puzzle very good art is beautiful, best game of ludum dare
pcmaster14 Dec 2017, 14:27
Superb. So many levels. Such graphics. Awesome. 5/5. Good job, I like everything about this game.
shubart18 Dec 2017, 19:00
really impressive work. good idea.
BelowParallel_Ian19 Dec 2017, 00:53
Innovative concept. Great music and sfx. The graphics are decent (works well for what it is). The game doesn't seem to perform well (it's a bit laggy). Overall, the gameplay is nice with clever level design. Great work!
Zyrconium19 Dec 2017, 14:38
Really interesting game, would have liked to have had a reset button that kept the floor panels facing the way they were.

Like the person said above with the step counter, games like these(I'm thinking of Zachtronics things) seem to benefit a lot from giving people ways to compete with each other, over something like number of steps, times you rotated or maybe just time.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman21 Dec 2017, 15:20
Really fun game, i enjoyed playing this.

Very cool to see multiple levels in and offered more then just a quick slice of the game

also like seeing other people use ue4 for there games ;)
Patrick23 Dec 2017, 17:28
I enjoyed the game. The water trap on the third level took me a couple of tries before I figured out what was going on, but I like that in a game. The difficulty increased well, not too quick but fast enough to get to the interesting puzzles.

Well done!
ayame9joe
ayame9joe26 Dec 2017, 01:42
Very fun indeed. Just like what games should feel like.
rojo
rojo26 Dec 2017, 01:58
Had a fun time figuring out the levels - nice and simple design. Good job! Biggest complaint would be that the music loop was noticeably short.
Querk27 Dec 2017, 10:57
really good logic game, it gives a lot of fun

ps. sorry for my bad english
ardorugus
ardorugus27 Dec 2017, 17:11
Digged the logics. But the music and the atmosphere is not enough. Would love some back story also, but hell, it's narrative designer speaking. Apart from all the moody stuff, really enjoyed the game. Cheers!
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133727 Dec 2017, 17:33
Nice concept for a good game. I have never seen an isometric project under UE4 - great work ++
giusex2727 Dec 2017, 23:06
Really nice little puzzle and interesting concept. I really had a lot of fun playing it and the fact that it's a compo game makes it even better. Congrats on your effort, keep doing more!
Vasco Rodrigues28 Dec 2017, 18:58
Very cool concept and approach to the theme. The visuals are very good and I like that I can change the camera angle. The puzzles are well built, there's a lot of work in there.

Maybe if you want the puzzles to be more challenging you could create platforms (lets call them that) that can't be rotated, and you have to get all the directions right at the beginning. But I guess that may be a bit frustrating for some people.

Overall a great game with a very good presentation. Congratulations!
jk5000

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