A side scrolling stealth platformer where you go and steal stuff from a warehouse.
Goal: Steal stuff, bring it back to the van.
Theme: "the more you have the worse it is"
The idea I was going for with this was to depict a character who has that weird mix of pride and traditional view of his/her role in his/her relationship with his/her partner/family (the breadwinner) that leads to dishonesty and criminal action when put in a bad situation (here being fired from his/her job and running out of money and feeling to ashamed to tell his family because they rely upon him). I specifically wanted to show how the line between what is the truth or a lie for this character blurs until he/she just becomes totally evasive and distant from their loved ones. ( so maybe honesty would have been a better title ^^').
Largely unfinished mostly due to poor time management (aka i slept too much). untested before creating installer so probably crashes.
*edit 2
So, i tried out the patched version of the game and i screwed up the order of the levels, which means that it went from the first room straight to the last story blurb. Added on the same page as the one linked below is a patched version of the game where the difference from the previous patch is the level order and the D key now takes you to the before last story room.
*edit 1 Used submission hour to make a beatable version of the game:
I must admit I actually had a lot of fun with this game once I got it working. The core mechanics were really simple yet they worked really well, and the movement was spot on. It was very fluid and easy to control. The graphics as well worked really well, they were so simple yet at the same time they told you all the information you needed to know in the game area. The lack of sound was slightly dissapointing, and I feel even some music could work really well in this game. And it may be slightly obvious from my comments above, but some instructions would clear up some of the more confusing areas. I also found that when unloading into the van, sometimes it didn't unload, the counter would come up but nothing would happen. I am however sounding slightly negative, but I really had fun with this, and I would honestly really enjoy seeing a post-compo version being made.
P.S. In Gamemaker a lot of people often prefer using a zip file rather than an installer for LudumDare, it's just easier for the reviewers
got an error when i started the game and tried to interact:
___________________________________________ ############################################################################################ FATAL ERROR in action number 1 of Keyboard Event for D-key Key
for object obj_player:
Moving to next room after the last room. at gml_Object_obj_player_Keyboard_68 ############################################################################################
@marjoriep Sorry to hear that. When I played around with the 1st release of the game I noticed I forgot to remove the D key from being used to skip to next room for debugging(ironic, i know). It saddly didn't work, crashed the game and i got the same error as you.
Controles are arrow keys + space bar to use + c for slower walk.
Thanks for giving the game a go and leaving some feedback. Next ludum dare i will put a screen with the controls at the start :) .
@porcus-pie Hey ! Thanks for giving it another shot. I appreciate you taking time to write up so much advice and having that much patience to come back for another go.
When it comes to sound and general explanation of the mechanics to the player, they ended up gettting pushed to the side to actually finish. I was creating the installer minutes before the deadline. I nearly cried when 15mns from the end i noticed deleted one of levels. Thank god for back ups !
Thanks for the tip for the folder. I can see how having to install, play and then uninstall a game on your computer could really put people off . I guess this is the kind of noob mistake i have to learn from - -'.
@shephard-joseph No problem, it's only fair we give each game a fair go. And yeah the sound didn't bother me too much and I guessed it was a time thing, it didn't affect the game at all.
Had some trouble with it, crashed many times but I did managed to play it (a small screen with controls or something could be useful) I really liked the idea over all and the art/animations are good. Pretty good game, just sad that it's a bit inaccessible.
The game looks interresting, with nice mecanism. However, I got somewhat frustrated, mostly because death was too sudden (It took me a while to undertsand what was happening). But,it was still enjoyable. I liked the character's animation.
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P.S. In Gamemaker a lot of people often prefer using a zip file rather than an installer for LudumDare, it's just easier for the reviewers
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Keyboard Event for D-key Key
for object obj_player:
Moving to next room after the last room.
at gml_Object_obj_player_Keyboard_68
############################################################################################
Controles are arrow keys + space bar to use + c for slower walk.
Thanks for giving the game a go and leaving some feedback. Next ludum dare i will put a screen with the controls at the start :) .
When it comes to sound and general explanation of the mechanics to the player, they ended up gettting pushed to the side to actually finish. I was creating the installer minutes before the deadline. I nearly cried when 15mns from the end i noticed deleted one of levels. Thank god for back ups !
Thanks for the tip for the folder. I can see how having to install, play and then uninstall a game on your computer could really put people off . I guess this is the kind of noob mistake i have to learn from - -'.
Anyway thanks again !
I liked the character's animation.