Glenn The Alienn

co-authored: @r4ndomthunder
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.13
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27
DESCRIPTION

Hello Everyone!
We are CyberLab Studios, at our fifth Ludum Dare togheter and today we present you a 3d platformer
about the discombobuleted adventures of Glenn the Alien.

You'll embark on a voyage to stabilize various crystals around the galaxy in order to go back to the time when Glenn's house was still standing.

What ominous event has befallen Glenn? And most importantly, will you help this homeless alien to go back home?

CONTROLS

> W A S D or Left Analog - Movement

> Shift or LB/L1 - Run

> Space or Controller A/X - Jump

> E or Controller X/Square - Kick

> H or RB/R1 - Dance/Stop Dancing

> Mouse x or Right Analog - Camera Movement

GAMEPLAY NOTES

Find all the crystals hidden in the level to stabilize that world and advance to next one!

There are in total 3 mini-worlds + epilogue!

Apart from sound and character animations everything was done from scratch in the last 2 days!

CREDITS

> Andrea Di Bartolo 3d Art - Vfx - Game Design

> Samuele Padalino Code - Ui - Game Design

> Francesco Ramorino Writer

> Music and Sound effects are from www.zapsplat.com

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IF YOU HAVE A WIDESCREEN YOU CAN PRESS "ALT + ENTER" TO CHANGE THE WINDOWED MODE OF THE GAME

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Comments24

guine
guine4 Oct 2021, 17:56
Beautiful game! Nice work!
benmcnelly
benmcnelly4 Oct 2021, 18:05
I can only get to the screen right after the play button because of my ultrawide monitor cutting off the UI, if you can do a post jam windowed version (or different scaling mode on the canvas) I would love to try it!
NoelOskar
NoelOskar4 Oct 2021, 18:57
Very Cash moni, my suggestion would be to work on the camera, make it more free to look around, also i like how you don't get spoon feeded how to play information, just a funny intro text
Federico Giorgi
Federico Giorgi4 Oct 2021, 23:08
The camera snap was a bit odd, but the game's overall was a nice platformer. The graphics were fantastic
ilbini4 Oct 2021, 23:21
Good game overall. The graphics were really great! I had a good time playing it and i can see the experience you guys have doing games.
Just a couple of things to include as feedback that i think could have improved my experience.

* The controls felt weird, i would like to look up and down. Some obstacles were down and i could not see the path to it
* The game is very difficult, i felt over in some obstacle and had to start everything again and i did it once, the second time i felt like it was too much effort, i think there was some other world but unfortunately could not reach them. I think this kind of punish is not as needed in a game jam where you want people to see everything you've done
* I think the theme was not so strong in the game, would like to see more reference to it

Keep working hard guys!
3mpty
3mpty5 Oct 2021, 00:52
Interesting platformer very reminiscent of the old classic PSX/PS2 era platformers, very jak and daxter.

Love the level design with a lot of hidden collectibles, but the platforming needed work.

I had major issues with deadzone on the controller for the camera and the movement which also made the platforming feel a lot worse. A coyote-time mechanic on jumping could help make jumps a lot less frustrating.

I absolutely adore the character biography at the start, thank you for selling me the character of glenn so vividly.

Overall a decent attempt, more care definitely needed on the movement and camera mechanics next time to make the game a bit more accessible.
Cornflowerblue
Cornflowerblue5 Oct 2021, 05:56
Very cool to see a 3D platformer as a Jam game. I'm not sure if the lives mechanic is necessary though.
Rein5 Oct 2021, 06:49
This was queued on my stream earlier but I was unable to play it. It looks interesting, but it only plays fullscreen and the UI scales off the screen on an ultrawide monitor so I was unable to go past the first screen after pressing Start. :(
Terabyte
Terabyte5 Oct 2021, 10:01
Fantastic graphics! Nice game! Good job!
DoctorTurbo
DoctorTurbo5 Oct 2021, 12:44
The post-processing is nicely dialed in here. I just wish there were more sounds implemented
Artyom Volkov5 Oct 2021, 14:30
A small but pretty interesting submission. I like visuals and overall idea, however, I don't like the camera, it feel cluncky and the fact that the character don't run all the time as slow movement need reraly. Anyway, it's a solid submission, well done.
Sceef
Sceef5 Oct 2021, 15:04
oooh Art - nice!
LDJam user 259103
LDJam user 2591035 Oct 2021, 18:57
I like the visuals, but I have a couple pet peeves: the camera is pretty janky and made me feel sort of motion sick, and the visual effect around the edges of the screen didn't help either.

Overall, though, this is really impressive for a game jam - good job!
Emmatw5 Oct 2021, 19:09
Nice game, I loved the animations on the alien, they were really cute! Nice graphics overall, I would have liked being able to move the camera up and down and having a cooldown for the jump.
blobo5 Oct 2021, 23:09
Ooh, I've never seen a 3d collectathon in a ludum dare before! I was only able to find 5 of the crystals though. Really nice work on the game! I love the design of glenn!
MickyHC
MickyHC6 Oct 2021, 01:28
Nice work, I really enjoyed the graphics, game looked beautiful. I had issues with the camera shaking a lot while I was moving around so I wasn't able to finish the game but it's awesome that you guys were able to make something like this in such a short amount of time!
Kit Gorn
Kit Gorn6 Oct 2021, 01:53
I liked this game. Nice work on level design. The level is fun to explore. Nice graphics and animation.
BGDC
BGDC6 Oct 2021, 05:14
Overall a good game, especially the art is gorgeous and dance control is hilarious :laughing: the camera is kinda shaky though and it seems like there's color glitches when player moves around while moving the camera too.. well aside from that everything seems good. Thank you for the submission :D
Rein6 Oct 2021, 06:54
@r4ndomthunder Alt+Enter goes into windowed mode, but you can't resize the window so the problem is still there :(
Steve74116 Oct 2021, 14:58
Really nice looking levels and character. The platforming nice. I think that being able to jump a short while after walking off a ledge would be a nice addition.
Ravenmages7 Oct 2021, 21:21
Nice work and fairly interesting! Your levels and your graphical design is very nice. The camera is a bit strange and the game can be overly punishing at times. But overall, nice work :)
Shea Kelly
Shea Kelly14 Oct 2021, 16:09
Very good game it reminds me what I played when I was younger

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