Loss of Control

by jeremias

Hi!

This is my not-game called Loss of Control. I made this in ca. 5 hours because I prepare for an exam.

It's more like a hypnotic screensaver. I hope you enjoy it anyway :)

I used my personal library ontop of XNA. To "play" it, you need the XNA redistributable and the .NET 4.0 framework:

.NET 4.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851

XNA 4.0 Redistributable:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

Comments15

ratking23 Sep 2012, 18:33

I don't see a file can download / play? :)

mattchu23 Sep 2012, 18:33

I don't actually see a place to download it.

Jeremiasauthor23 Sep 2012, 18:37

I have problems with the Ludum Dare site, sry... one moment :)

Jeremiasauthor23 Sep 2012, 18:44

Fixed... forgot the "http://www.";... grr!

Cake&Code23 Sep 2012, 19:18

Hmmmm, I wish the lamp would swing more realistically. It needs more easing to simulate the acceleration due to gravity.

The rest looks real nice. If it were a full movie/animation done in this style, I'd watch it ;D

SamoojaMies24 Sep 2012, 17:32

Yes I digg the style. Similar to "Strike of Rage!" but I like this one more because pixels are not separeted with pointless lines. White shirted guy looks like a fox or something :D.

Puzzlem00n24 Sep 2012, 21:12

Is it supposed to turn white after a few seconds, with the particles floating around all monochromized?

Before that, though, I was stunned by the graphics. Epic.

Jeremiasauthor25 Sep 2012, 14:15

The guy left has a (attention! dictionary word!) burlap bag over his head... I should improve on drawing things clearer. And yeah, I really like deepnight's (Strike of Rage) art :D

@Puzzlem00n: No, this is not supposed... what version of windows and what a machine do you have (desktop or laptop)?

Thanks for the comments SammojaMies and Puzzlem00n.

Puzzlem00n25 Sep 2012, 22:16

Laptop, windows 7. Could it have something to do with the graphics card? Because I've been having a lot of trouble with my apparent possession of a bad graphics card (Intel HD Graphics.)

Jeremiasauthor25 Sep 2012, 23:08

I think so... I don't now what else. I clear the background with black, and not white. If you like, you can send me a screenshot ([email protected]). Or is it all "just white"?

Puzzlem00n26 Sep 2012, 16:34

Or I can just put it here. :)

http://i48.tinypic.com/2saj7tt.png

There, see? Everything turns white, except for particles, which change into a sort of black/monochrome.

Jeremiasauthor26 Sep 2012, 17:02

Perhaps I should rename the game to "Loss of Screen"... thank you for posting the screenshot - but I absolutely have no idea why this happens :)

Puzzlem00n26 Sep 2012, 17:19

Yeah, I didn't expect you too. It's just my lame machine, don't worry about it!

Rolph27 Sep 2012, 17:33

@Puzzlem00n and Jeremias,
isn't that the same discussion as in jeremias LD24 entry?^^

Back to Topic, i realy like the little animations in the back. feels like one of these giant childbooks where little things on every page a moveable.

ratking1 Oct 2012, 17:36

Nice! I could imagine a whole digital comic with such small screens for the storytelling.