The Island by xWarZonex
I released my game last night, but I didn't get around to writing this until now.
THE ISLAND
The island is a survival/horror game where you wake up on a mysterious island, where it is obvious, something is wrong. Signs across the Island shed light to you, that this isn't any normal Island, and who-ever sent you there, is no normal person. Loot much of the surrounding, such at crates and bushes to find food and unconventional weapons. BUT REMEMBER, DON'T ENTER THE CAVE!!!
I slept like, 3 hours this weekend. I worked all weekend, and I turned it in with 10 minutes left in submission hour, I spent a lot of time and work on this game (I hope you can tell from the quality of the game?) and I think I finally made a epic enjoyable game during Ludum Dare.
I'm a ex-game developer and current dubstep producer, and I haven't made a game since the last LD, so it was REALLY fun getting back into Game Dev, and it was really fun making the song for this game! Please rate me well, Especially in audio. Rate me honestly, but pls rete me well :) .
I hope You enjoy the game!
*TO AVOID A VERY ANNOYING GLITCH WHERE THE SPEAR GOES THROUGH THE FLOOR, NEVER AIM YOUR SPEAR DOWN, AIM AWAY FROM NEAR TILES.
THE ISLAND
The island is a survival/horror game where you wake up on a mysterious island, where it is obvious, something is wrong. Signs across the Island shed light to you, that this isn't any normal Island, and who-ever sent you there, is no normal person. Loot much of the surrounding, such at crates and bushes to find food and unconventional weapons. BUT REMEMBER, DON'T ENTER THE CAVE!!!
I slept like, 3 hours this weekend. I worked all weekend, and I turned it in with 10 minutes left in submission hour, I spent a lot of time and work on this game (I hope you can tell from the quality of the game?) and I think I finally made a epic enjoyable game during Ludum Dare.
I'm a ex-game developer and current dubstep producer, and I haven't made a game since the last LD, so it was REALLY fun getting back into Game Dev, and it was really fun making the song for this game! Please rate me well, Especially in audio. Rate me honestly, but pls rete me well :) .
I hope You enjoy the game!
*TO AVOID A VERY ANNOYING GLITCH WHERE THE SPEAR GOES THROUGH THE FLOOR, NEVER AIM YOUR SPEAR DOWN, AIM AWAY FROM NEAR TILES.
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 2.87 | 826 |
| Audio | 2.89 | 448 |
| Fun | 2.80 | 770 |
| Graphics | 2.76 | 729 |
| Humor | 2.80 | 486 |
| Innovation | 2.26 | 1016 |
| Mood | 2.87 | 609 |
| Theme | 2.11 | 1086 |
Fun game. This is something that could really be expanded upon. I really like the graphics style, and the signs are funny (they kind of remind me of the Sign Painter from World of Goo).
2. The cave is where the game gets fun, so don't quit the first time you die from a LEOPARD.
3. It is a Leopard, not a dog :p
4. The easiest ways to kill the leopards, is to snipe them down from above.
5. DON'T GO IN THE CAVE!!!
But nice scary mood here.
The game looks pretty, with very nice vine physics, but I think some of the effort that went into the vines should've gone into the polish. I can throw my spears through the floor and lose them and I can get stuck on the ceiling if I jump into it.
But overall, it is a nice entry with a surprising end.
Good luck with your game ;)
I linked the source, I had been holding it off, cuz I always have problems with it (And I did).
The web and download are the same because I'm just place holding the web until I can get the web to work.
Shouldn't have gone into the cave!! Good work!
The dangling vines in the scenery are real nice but I didn't find any use for them, but I am pretty sure I was missing something.
So once I made it into the cave and to some black hole spewing blocky heads at me, I was stuck pretty much. I managed to get a spear from each pile of oranges on either side but I couldn't use them after just one attempt because they were on the bottom of the screen. Also the music was kinda repetitive.
Again, this is just my personal opinion, and apparently i am the only one who had no fun playing the game. I respect that you put a lot of work into it, but I was just confused and annoyed by it. Also, I was missing any Unconventional Weapon, sorry.
The glitches really hurt the game, I tried my hardest to fix as many as I could, But I ran out of time. The glitches are a major let down of the game, I agree. I spent too much time on trying to give the game a good appeal, that I didn't have time to fix the glitches, and I have learned to never to that again. The unconventional weapon is the spear, because in this age, that is not a normal weapon. I was planning on adding Meat weapons and scorpion swords, but I didn't have enough time.
I respect your opinion, and I sorta agree. The glitches are a massive let down, But try to remember, I had less than 48 hours to make this game.
Thankyou for your long and detailed review and thankyou for sharing your experience with the game. I've learned a lot of what to do and what not to do this LD.
P.S.: Next time, please think of non-QWERTY keyboard users: http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/04/24/why-z-is-a-bad-action-key/