Keyboard Explorer

by ryvencore

co-authored: @dark-hero-inc

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.99

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.24

About the game

You play as a curious explorer who seems to be handicapped so your job is to type the commands and make the poor guy move or do other ungodly bidings

What to do

- Navigate through main menu and level select using WASD or arrow keys. Also added mouse cursor in main menu for those who likes mouse cursors and want to miss out the cool camera animations between selecting "Start", "Select" or "Quit"
- Typing "help" shows you available commands during gameplay
- Type commands to progress

Our team

This Ludum dare we went as a 2-man team. We managed to do everything we intended to do so we are happy about our game
- Programmer - @dark-hero-inc
- Artist - @ryvencore

Comments23

Matthew Hrehirchuk23 Apr 2018, 23:42

I can't select anything in the menu! I tried keyboard and Xbox controller, windowed and fullscreen but NOTHING! Which sucks, cause I was exited to play!

OscarTrevejo23 Apr 2018, 23:48

Nice work lads! We also did a very original too, ye mid check it out?

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time

abhimonk23 Apr 2018, 23:49

Very cool game. Really interesting idea, I didn't think I'd see a typing-based game like this. The art was also cute. A few quick things: It would have been helpful to get some visual/audio feedback when you hit a switch. I was on the 3rd level, not sure if anything had changed when I hit the first switch. Very polished overall, I liked that there was an actual tutorial (a lot of games in LD tend to defer the tutorial to just being in the game's page). It felt satisfying to pre-type things like jump, and then time my enter press to execute the action correctly while running. Good job!

Mathiouza23 Apr 2018, 23:49

Cool graphics, cool music, the game is polished. But I did not manage to pass through the third level (I think) because of the walljump ... I do not understand how it works :/

But the game is really good :) Keep coding ! (and making art stuff and all of that things you know, but I think that's cool to say that, so ... yeah, keep coding ^^)

nina23 Apr 2018, 23:54

@Matthew Hrehirchuk You can't see the mouse cursor, so clicking the menu is hard. But otherwise great game! Such a shame it's so short.

DFKpmo24 Apr 2018, 00:05

Cool graphics, music. Simple but good.
I had a bug on stage 4 when i died. Bloom screen and console doesn't respond anymore.
Can you check my team's game ? He's not finished yet, it's our first LD but we need your comment for progress :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/im-not-a-hero

Silvae24 Apr 2018, 00:21

What a great game! TIL that I need to work on my typing skills. Enjoyed it nonetheless. Great work!

Ryvencoreauthor24 Apr 2018, 00:26

I added mouse support in the last build so now you can select stuff with mouse :D cheers! also fixed some bugs and probably by doing that made tons of new ones :D

awarnes24 Apr 2018, 00:36

That's a lot of fun! I can definitely see this as a good typing tool for learners!

pixelbug24 Apr 2018, 00:43

Pretty solid game, but I got stuck on the fourth level (walljump made me auto wall jump, but once I reached the ledge I just fell down?)

douglass24 Apr 2018, 01:21

I beat the game! I really liked it. Better than the typing tutor programs they gave us back in elementary school.

siduslevis24 Apr 2018, 02:15

Fun little game! Had fun and enjoyed the atmosphere and the music.

Shelvid24 Apr 2018, 02:57

Really awesome entry! very unique and fun! Well done mate.

edj9924 Apr 2018, 03:00

A great idea, well executed. This game feels extremely polished and professional, the 3d graphics and the music really give the game a fun atmosphere. With more levels and word variety I could definitely see this game evolving into a popular typing tutor. Keep up the great work!

Dovakla24 Apr 2018, 03:47

Clever idea, and the art is beautiful! The timing between different obstacles felt perfect.
I would recommend doing something to show when the buttons were pressed, since I thought the game was broken at the first button on level 3.

MoffKalast24 Apr 2018, 13:33

Linux Terminal: The Game :smiley: Kidding aside, this is great and very polished. Things I missed are probably more command history when pressing the up arrow, some tab autocomplete and multiple commands per line separated with a space. Level 3 was a bit odd since I missed the first plate, but then I realized I can walk in air when swinging so that solved that in a bit unorthodox fashion.

Pixelcode24 Apr 2018, 19:45

This was awesome, loved it. Would really love to see more of it!

Ivars Bergs24 Apr 2018, 22:00

Great game! Love the idea. Command history would be great. :)

Radnyx29 Apr 2018, 04:48

+1 for 'dance'

GabrielDias1 May 2018, 10:32

Happy to say I am between the few who could manage to beat the game! Great idea, nice graphics, nice music, and very fun to play!

Jupiter_Hadley2 May 2018, 14:09

Nice idea! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wurw5JuaZs

Chaseplays6 May 2018, 08:21

This was really fantastic! It was polished, fun, and I had almost no problems with it. I wish it was longer, but that's almost more of a compliment than anything! The graphics were great, and the music was chosen well! Amazing work! I had a lot of fun with this!

cristiano.m.garcia7 May 2018, 00:56

Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

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