Alien Planet

by steffy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Alien Planet was made for LD45. I ran out of time, so game is not complete. Goal is to ring the bell (Cannot ring it. Sorry). Use the arrow keys to move and space bar to jump.

I developed this solo. I used Visual Studios. C++, SDL2. Background images were painted and sprites were made out of play-doh.

Update 10/9/19: A glitch. If you try to move left immediately, you will slide to the right of the box next to you and get stuck. If you turn right and then left, this will not happen.

screenshot
Tools: SDL

Comments19

Pandamnesik8 Oct 2019, 18:41
Hi ! I always be impress by this mash up between video games and modeling paste (I don't know if it called like that in english sorry ^^)
But It could be interesting to continue in that way !
Good job :)
Swanijam
Swanijam9 Oct 2019, 03:16
The game doesn't work for me, I can't jump or move - *however!!* i absolutely love so much the visual style. A++
Steffy
Steffyauthor9 Oct 2019, 14:07
If you are facing forward or backwards, you cannot jump. You must be facing to the left or right. I wasn't able to test the release version until after the deadline was up. When I did I found that if you try to go left immediately, there is a glitch and you will get stuck. If you turn right and then go left, it did not glitch. It did not glitch like this in the debug mode so I did not catch it.
Drjeebus9 Oct 2019, 14:30
Full of bugs, looks cool though.
sillyman987
sillyman9879 Oct 2019, 14:38
A lot of bugs but looks cool.
snesgaard9 Oct 2019, 19:55
Not much game here, but amazing visuals! Reminds me of The Neverhood. Would be awesome to see a full game with this style of graphics.
Sergio18119 Oct 2019, 19:57
Unique artstyle with the play-doh, but the jump have no weight and cannot ring, keep up with the hard work, this style can have a target.
jk5000
jk500010 Oct 2019, 17:51
The visual idea is pretty good, but the game is a bit too buggy to play.
Glitchheart10 Oct 2019, 18:09
Not much game, but very cool visual style.
Scott Steffes
Scott Steffes11 Oct 2019, 00:08
Awesome visuals! I really hope you continue to develop this unique style of yours.
jakemchugh1
jakemchugh111 Oct 2019, 03:18
Very unique art style. I would like to see more of this.
kr0s
kr0s11 Oct 2019, 03:23
Looks cool, albeit extremely buggy. I actually reached the bell.
gamefive
gamefive11 Oct 2019, 12:02
game not play.
BoxedMeatRevolution
BoxedMeatRevolution12 Oct 2019, 00:47
I like the style, but I couldn't get the character to move left or right. I could jump up and down, and the character would do a walking animation when I pressed left or right keys, but there was no movement in those directions.

I tried "turning right then left" as you suggested in your "glitch update", but it did not work :cry:
zoarfy
zoarfy12 Oct 2019, 01:01
Hi I love to see claymation games - very cool that you tried to pursue it. Sorry you ran out of time - would love to see you finish it because the visual style is excellent :) Thanks for making it!
slimabob
slimabob12 Oct 2019, 02:38
Very cool! Absolutely love the claymation art you went with.
ohsqueezy
ohsqueezy13 Oct 2019, 20:00
like all alien planets I look forward to seeing more of this
GreenDinoGames
GreenDinoGames14 Oct 2019, 21:24
Really impressive that you took the time to make real models out of playdoo and used handpainted backgrounds! Always love that in games and movies! Would like to see the game further developed :) Good job!
Bungalow21 Oct 2019, 11:40
I absolutely LOVE the graphics and art. Amazing job. Best of luck!

Other games by @steffy

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord