Ludum Dare #45compo

Fragmented Reality

by syrapt0r

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.03

Embark on a journey through an unknown world. How did you get there? What are you doing there? Can you find out?

Fragmented Reality is a 2D story based platformer with puzzle elements.

FEATURES

- An adaptive soundtrack - find 5 hidden music notes to get more instruments!
- A story that makes sense in some aspects
- Platforming!
- Puzzles!
- Puzzle Platforming!

CONTROLS

- Arrow Keys / WASD: Move
- Space: Jump
- R (hold): Reset level

SCREENSHOTS

CHANGELOG

#### 1.0.0
- Initial Upload
- Probably added some bugs

#### 1.0.1
- Fixed a bug where pressing up would crash the game. Whoops

#### Every version after this was uploaded after the compo time. No content was added or altered, only bugfixes were applied.

#### 1.0.2
- Fixed a bug where music would not work correctly after one game
- You can now hold R to reset a level

#### 1.0.3
- Actually fixed the bug where music would not work correctly after one game
- Going out of view now shows an indicator of your position
- Reduced time you have to hold R to reset from 2 seconds to 1 second

#### IMPORTANT: I can't provide a HTML5 version this time because the game makes heavy use of Gamemaker Studio's audio sync group feature which is not supported on the HTML5 target platform. Sorry about that.

Tools: GameMaker

Comments29

DibbleChud6 Oct 2019, 22:24

NullDev7 Oct 2019, 07:49

Very nice and the Soundtrack is a 10/10. I just developed suicidal thoughts on the journey of finding every piece to unlock the full Track.
Was worth it tho because hearing it cured my depression uwu

J0ye7 Oct 2019, 11:31

The end got me like

kuviman7 Oct 2019, 13:36

Amazing

dqmhose7 Oct 2019, 19:40

I suck at platforming so hard, so I couldn't make it to the end. Soundtrack is nice, graphics are amazing. Nice entry!

Cethin7 Oct 2019, 19:45

Nice job. I love the soundtrack with unlocks. That is a really cool way to make collecting all the items actually feel good!

crunchykingcobra7 Oct 2019, 19:58

This has a really solid atmosphere and I appreciate that you went with a more epistemological approach to the theme. It feels fresh. The controls feel smooth and responsive although some of the more delicate jumps were tricky to pull off given the speed of everything. Really nice music too and I like the way it builds up.

evgenimp7 Oct 2019, 22:05

Absolutely gorgeous. Wonderful gameplay, delightful music. I had fun.
Thanks for making it. Good job!

zubspace7 Oct 2019, 22:18

Wow this is awesome! I'm really impressed. The low-fi graphics and effects are nice to look at. The intro is engaging and the intermixing of story and new gameplay elements is top-notch. The music is truly great with a nice build-up. Also the difficulty is just right and the checkpoint-system is perfect.

You did a great job in such a short amount of time! Thank you!

SSStormy7 Oct 2019, 22:22

Great game! Controls fluidly. Looks nice (albeit a bit noisy). Mechanics are simple yet interesting. Overall love it!

Spoilers ahead:

The "world is collapsing" level felt fake. I could stand in one spot and die repeatedly without the world collapsing.

Jupiter_Hadley7 Oct 2019, 22:38

Very nice platformer! I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/PWHzHVXDNtQ

SuperGamersGames7 Oct 2019, 23:25

Nope! Nope! Nope! I'm going to see if there is a true ending to this game. Give a me a second!

Edit: Unless there is a music note I'm missing, I don't think you can get a true end :(

Kirbloid8 Oct 2019, 00:07

This game's got some style, and a lot of fun visuals and humor. Great intro that sets up the mood and theme really well too.

DanielMotta8 Oct 2019, 15:58

Nice job, i like the game Mood, audio and the animations. Its very cool to play it

dazedhead8 Oct 2019, 15:59

Great work!

Maksim Chugunov8 Oct 2019, 16:04

One of the most polished games I've seen, great job! I really like platformers and playing this game was super satisfying! The controls felt tight and level design is just awesome.

PythooonUser8 Oct 2019, 20:13

A very polished game! Very cool idea that the music grows when you collect notes. Good job :)

velvetlobster9 Oct 2019, 02:27

very cute character, the texts add an intriguing narrative layer to it, the death and restart cycle feel a bit like Celeste, particularly the levels where you have to escape your other side

ashashza9 Oct 2019, 17:42

I'm going to echo a lot of the comments already here, but I found the soundtrack to be awesome. Really satisfying to unlock too.

There are a lot of little touches in this game that make the experience so good. The subtle particle effects, the sounds, the controls felt pretty tight, the constant feel of progress. Despite things getting trickier towards the end with regular deaths (I'm clearly not a great platform player), I felt intrigued and compelled to keep playing.

I particularly liked the minimal style and the falling-through-space-and-time animation of the main character at the start.

Heiach9 Oct 2019, 23:44

I like-a the game-a. It was-a fun!

Paulo Brunassi10 Oct 2019, 00:04

I really liked you game, I'm a HUGE fan of this types of hard platformers, so this is my cup of tea! Very nice graphics and soundtrack! Good job!

Karanveer11 Oct 2019, 16:18

So i liked the starting and how gravity has no effect on me and then i become attracted to ground lol...wish we could have experienced some of non gravity when we were born up unitl some age point? but im just getting ahead of myself...decent platformer, a bit hard on the greeny jumps rest all was good...i played the final version so everything seemed fine... like that too..BUT what the hell happened in the end? I was so confused like is there more to it or what? Anyhow then i came in comments to comment and then i relaised aah im not the only one! HAHA anyways GG.

Homero12 Oct 2019, 01:33

Great job! The music is very touching, i loved it

Euler Moises12 Oct 2019, 02:58

The kind of game I would spend hours playing. Be sad to be so short. It is a very finished and polished game. Just need to get bigger. It reminded me FEZ, especially the music.

Congratulations!

This is our game:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/soundscapes

Collin Thompson20 Oct 2019, 03:16

Phenomenal, simply phenomenal! Masterful job!

24 Oct 2019, 14:09

Damn. That is such a great game. Everything I invisioned my original concept to end up like. Kudos, such a gem of a game!

CodeKoto24 Oct 2019, 16:17

Wow, haven't seen a game like this in a while during a Ludum Dare, and a Compo at that!

First of all, i love the simplistic design that you made, it's clean, consistent, and doesn't hurt the eye.
The effects and sounds fit very well, they almost blended with the music, bfxr came in handy too i see :P

The gameplay was fun and not too challenging, except for the last part where i think it should've been a bit slower when you die.

I loved the littlbe pieces of extra levels where you can collect the music parts, it made me want to replay the game because of it, music itself was pretty good too, pleasant and ambient.

You've simply done a good job, well done!

simXple29 Oct 2019, 18:49

Love the music and the art.(10/5) for mood!

elysiagriffin30 Oct 2019, 00:31

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494940957?t=4h44m11s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

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