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The true Weapon by ccglp

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made by ccglp for LD32 (COMPO)
THE TRUE WEAPON

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The true weapon is my third entry in a LudumDare. With this game, I wanted to get a little more complex that with my other Ludum games, this is the result, a platformer game with "weapons" and 5 finals. Can you unveal them all?
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*************************CONTROLS***************************
W: Enter places
A & D: Walk
Z,X,C, & V: Special actions (Spoilers, duh!)
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**************************ABOUT ME**********************************
Hi, my name is Carlos Cortés. @CCGLP or @CCGLP_DEV in twitter and I'm a spanish guy studying videogame design. I also am the main programmer and producer of another videogame group @MindMakersStudi
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If you read all this, thank you for playing my game and read this. Please leave a comment if you feel like it. :)





UPDATE DIARY:

Shit happens. Typo in level 3. "Speak with friends can be useful" instead "SpeakING with friends can be useful"




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Web http://ccglp.itch.io/true-weapon
Source http://www.mediafire.com/download/o6b5nnl754byf34/The+True+Weapon.capx
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=34494

Ratings

Coolness 95% 2
Overall 2.57 1019
Audio 2.52 626
Fun 2.30 1008
Graphics 1.86 1070
Humor 2.00 882
Innovation 2.46 948
Mood 2.96 521
Theme 3.02 813

Feedback

polegar
20. Apr 2015 · 13:00 UTC
Really nice atmosphere very clever game, good lifetime.
It's pretty hard but in a good way, sometimes I was a bit lost but I think it's part of the game.
Really good job ! :)
MrDave
20. Apr 2015 · 13:11 UTC
Good level design and non-liner progression. I didn’t get the ending but oh well.
Sverik
20. Apr 2015 · 13:12 UTC
That's one crazy game. Unconventional weapons, yeah, that's right. I played through the game and didn't even figure out what did X do. The door was blocking the description.
It was pretty difficult at some point, and still I finished it, so there's something to it, definitely.
Nomys_Tempar
20. Apr 2015 · 13:36 UTC
Neat ! I like the music and the "You Died" screen, which I saw a lot :)
Franklin's Ghost
20. Apr 2015 · 14:04 UTC
Game visuals with the cloud background reminds me a bit of braid atmosphere. Did get a bit lost while playing.
AlexanderTeaH
20. Apr 2015 · 14:39 UTC
An interesting concept. It was fun, but very hard. Music is great, though.
ito123456789
20. Apr 2015 · 14:39 UTC
You Died
texdata
20. Apr 2015 · 14:39 UTC
morbid non loopable music, excellent mood
Steven Colling
20. Apr 2015 · 14:48 UTC
The game has a disturbing atmosphere (in a good way), like entering someone's dream. Sometimes, multiple music tracks play simultaneously (or is it by design?). Another thing you might consider for future entries (not that relevant here), is keyboard layouts for different countries. The Y/Z are such candidates which are swapped here in Germany :D
🎤 ccglp
20. Apr 2015 · 15:05 UTC
Thank you all for leaving here your opinions.

Yeah, I forget about other keyboard layouts, yes. My apologies.

(The multiple tracks playing simultaneously is by design, and only happens after grey portal, but thank you anyway :) )
DKoding
20. Apr 2015 · 16:01 UTC
Difficult. Minimalistic. A move animation had been nice.
zatyka
20. Apr 2015 · 17:59 UTC
Very interesting ideas, but extremely rough around the edges.
Tijn
20. Apr 2015 · 18:47 UTC
Great atmosphere. I really like the feel of the whole game :)
benjih
20. Apr 2015 · 19:46 UTC
Fantastic use of the screen. I get a real arty feel from this and could definitely see it being expanded out into a bigger game.
xgeovanni
20. Apr 2015 · 20:52 UTC
Lovely music
bpvelloso
20. Apr 2015 · 21:21 UTC
Psychedelic! I feel like I'm inside a New Gaiman book. Nice Job!
guoboism
21. Apr 2015 · 08:24 UTC
Can not pass the red level...
It is a crazy game...
FrederickK
21. Apr 2015 · 08:26 UTC
The music is great! But the gameplay is kinda confusing sometimes.
That part when you have to talk with an enemy was really strange, because the game says you can talk with "people" and that thing sure doesn't look like it. I understood that is his nightmare and all, but still, I thought it strange. xD'
A little more polishing would make the game much smoother.
gillyadrien
21. Apr 2015 · 08:40 UTC
Very good overall. I am not too sure what "the truth" is though.
After the "All your actions have consequences", I was expecting a different "truth" if I beat the game without killing anyone. But no :(

Awesome job.
akymos
21. Apr 2015 · 10:06 UTC
Tricky and intriguing. good atmosphere...love the discouraging "you died" screen. Nice job!
retrophantom
22. Apr 2015 · 02:06 UTC
was there supposed to be different endings? tried afew times but didn't see any difference. nice music
🎤 ccglp
22. Apr 2015 · 06:38 UTC
5 endings, if you do different things :)
Kasmilus
22. Apr 2015 · 17:47 UTC
Nice mood. Thought I will give up after dying a lot in the beginning but after some time it's getting easier. Good game :)
reiknight
23. Apr 2015 · 15:06 UTC
What? Mass destruction weapon is awesome. Nice game guy, nice mood.

PD: Sometimes the hero can't jump, but maybe it was me.
grillaface
23. Apr 2015 · 15:52 UTC
Nice mood. Difficulty is a little frustrating but pretty good overall. No matter how much I died I kept retrying so that's a great sign :)
Ithildin
25. Apr 2015 · 13:07 UTC
Nice, creepy mood, the nightmare vibe is well done. I also like the mechanics, they make up for interesting platforming puzzles. My only complaint was that having WASD for movement and then right below ZXCV to use the skills felt a bit uncomfortable.

Either way, congratulations (e deica outra)!! :D
frogcheese
26. Apr 2015 · 13:16 UTC
The mood was good, and it's cool that you've implemented multiple endings. My major issue with this game though is that it's based a lot on trial and error. An example is having to approach and talk to a character that's continually shooting missiles at you in a random pattern. I had to try that one several times before I could do it without dying and it was basically about luck.

Other than that I think it's a good job for a 48-hour jam. :)
drludos
30. Apr 2015 · 17:13 UTC
Good mood and nice entry, and quite a challenging game.
For a post-compo update, you should try to make more "non-QWERTY" keyboard friendly :)
AinoraZ
11. May 2015 · 19:46 UTC
Very hard and confusing game > _ <. I like the idea you had to talk to enemies though. Seems like a pretty good game and with better graphics I think it could get quite big ^w^! (at the moment, things are a bit hard to understand). Overall, good game!