20 Days at Sea by bitserum

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made by bitserum for LD31 (JAM)
It's just Margaret (you), John and the open sea, enjoying life, living the dream... but watch out for storms as those could change everything.

20 Days at Sea is a survival game, you have to gather resources to help you on your journey; or fall victim to hunger, thirst or sickness.

CONTROLS:
LEFT CLICK (and hold) - move and interact
ESC - Menu

The music belongs to: Alexandr Zhelanov on OpenGameArt.org

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 4.21 11
Fun(Jam) 3.82 62
Graphics(Jam) 4.47 43
Humor(Jam) 3.42 146
Innovation(Jam) 3.80 100
Mood(Jam) 4.26 11
Theme(Jam) 4.09 95

Feedback

Ozcr
09. Dec 2014 · 01:17 UTC
Really cool game, I enjoyed it.

Give mine a try, http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=44154
hazarman
09. Dec 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Polished. Very nice, awesome.
thopis
09. Dec 2014 · 09:55 UTC
I felt great as i was playing. i'll definitely give it another try!
Anikki
09. Dec 2014 · 11:11 UTC
Amazing. I love these types of games.
InfectionTeam
09. Dec 2014 · 13:44 UTC
Wasn't particularly challenging, but I enjoyed it immensely nonetheless. Funny ending xD Game is really beautiful too!
christopf
09. Dec 2014 · 15:00 UTC
Beautiful game, the music was chosen quite well. A crossbow would have made my life much easier (maybe) :D But i'm not sure if that's a bug but the game froze at day 19 (i guess shortly before the end)

That's one point you may overthink or may not :D
In a phase i felt like couldn't do anything but also wanted to enjoy the slow pace i sometimes said to myself it's only 20 days. With the title you implement an end and you give us a countdown with the clock. But i wouldn't remove the timer (i actually love the ui in general, goodjob) but maybe overthink the title. It could give you more the feel of being lost on the sea. On the other side i gave me hope something is happening its worth waiting for. But maybe it would be interesting when the player has to find an own reason (:

Very good job!
Si1ver
09. Dec 2014 · 15:30 UTC
Wow, this is cool.
Very meditative game, but also very nive and very charming.
It's 100% pure one-screen game, but eventually it shows up new depths.
Simple controlls are also great.
Number 1 game on our team's game designer's list =)
BubbleChien
09. Dec 2014 · 16:28 UTC
That was really good!
Everything contributes to the ambience and is consistent, and the game was enjoyable.

Got stuck in the raft at some point and couldn't move.
Techblogogy
09. Dec 2014 · 20:32 UTC
Very solid entry, absolutely loved it. Keep it up
caryoscelus
09. Dec 2014 · 20:36 UTC
You got me on human flesh.
At some point it seems to glitch making me swim only around the raft with no way to walk.

lonely2012
OctoTeam
09. Dec 2014 · 20:37 UTC
This game is amazing! I enjoyed it a lot :)
Demy
09. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC
This game is beautiful.
internetspaulicy
09. Dec 2014 · 20:46 UTC
This is a really sad! The intro story is very effective. It establishes the characters well. The weather effects are super neat.

I like the controls I found them intuitive. Its nice that we can swim under water indefinitely I think it emphasizes survival as an economy of things rather than a matter of twitch skill.

One issue i noticed: When I am on the raft and I click on something on the ocean floor the ai walks to the back of the boat instead of the front(where she can jump off and go to the item).
jthistle
09. Dec 2014 · 20:46 UTC
Great game! Slight glitch with speech bubble staying in same place but otherwise brilliant!
Wir
09. Dec 2014 · 20:58 UTC
haha the ending was awesome (dont know if it was really the end couldnt react more) but the guy :" hey wtf are you doing" and you see its a lake just awesome XD

could you pls check out our game and leave a comment? ^^
spacedoubt
10. Dec 2014 · 00:16 UTC
A very beautiful and relaxing survival game. I enjoyed it very much!
BoxedMeatRevolution
10. Dec 2014 · 01:05 UTC
This is just a ridiculously good game. 5/5
Grindstorm
10. Dec 2014 · 01:05 UTC
Awesome game!
MjSpeCter
10. Dec 2014 · 01:13 UTC
Great game! I love the visual style and the crafting ability the most! Awesome!
Lynx
10. Dec 2014 · 01:16 UTC
BEAUTIFUL game! I love everything about it. Great job on the minimalist way of tutorials too
LukeZaz
10. Dec 2014 · 01:19 UTC
Very fun game. I enjoyed the ending, though short it was.
se1by
10. Dec 2014 · 01:22 UTC
Really nice, but after Day 14 there is not that much left to do :/
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 01:26 UTC
Really great game, especially the art, animations, and general mood(even with the ending ;P). Great job. :)
pjimmy
10. Dec 2014 · 01:29 UTC
beautiful, love the atmosphere
JoshuaBurr
10. Dec 2014 · 01:37 UTC
Really good. I enjoyed playing it a lot.
Azlen
10. Dec 2014 · 01:38 UTC
Died on day 14 from dehydration, fun game!
recursor
10. Dec 2014 · 02:09 UTC
Simply lovely. I would love more content for this one.
yosh
10. Dec 2014 · 02:35 UTC
Wow, really beautiful! It was surprisingly not too hard to survive in the first few days. The gameplay is not obvious but really simple once you understand the way it works.
My favorite part about this game remain the global atmosphere combined with nice graphics & music.

Excellent game :)
admix
10. Dec 2014 · 02:59 UTC
Serious game, I like it.
sP0CkEr2
10. Dec 2014 · 04:50 UTC
This was wonderful. I am going to play this one again. Awesome!
savethejets1
10. Dec 2014 · 05:01 UTC
Awesome
MonoS
10. Dec 2014 · 08:56 UTC
Really polished game but i encountered a bug: When the guy on the river call you at end game, if you are on the crafting menu the game freeze and the story don't finish.
PixelCrust
10. Dec 2014 · 11:10 UTC
Beautiful game, the animations are nice. I had a great experience overall :)
theFireman
10. Dec 2014 · 14:49 UTC
Very beautyfull game with nice music and nice humor :) The controlls were a bit buggy for me :(
ruerob
10. Dec 2014 · 18:58 UTC
Very well made and polished game. I really like the mood it creates. Thank you for your game!
Nuclear Napalm
11. Dec 2014 · 05:28 UTC
Absolutely masterpiece with mindblowing ending! Great Job!
Murchurl
11. Dec 2014 · 07:00 UTC
Cool game! had some humour to it! great job and amazing art style!
JoshuaBurr
11. Dec 2014 · 14:29 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this. Is it wrong that the first thing I ate was the human flesh? I was sick for the whole game! I found there was a bug that only allowed me to get off of the raft from the right hand side. Good ending.
zanenga
11. Dec 2014 · 15:11 UTC
Amazing entry! Love the mood and art style!
Franklin's Ghost
11. Dec 2014 · 15:19 UTC
The design is so nice. Loved the layout and the audio you chose worked perfectly. Great experience playing this and liked the way the game began slow paced with the rain slowly coming in and then the storm crashing down. Nice different entry from the rest I've played so far.
codeapparat
12. Dec 2014 · 04:00 UTC
Absolutely wonderful art, music and atmosphere. The ending, while surprising and funny, totally breaks the mood of the game. I would have preferred a 'serious' rescue ending, i guess. Overall most likely one of the best entries this year.
Domicuc
12. Dec 2014 · 15:31 UTC
Wow.. mate you got me.. AWESOME! Also look my project.. i will be happy if i get reaction from something like you ;)
LostTrainDude
12. Dec 2014 · 17:00 UTC
Great atmosphere and very nice implementation of the mechanics. Of course it could use some tweaking, especially the "pathfinding" that sometimes gets you stuck for few seconds.

I really enjoyed the whole mood but won't talk further to not spoil anything :D

On my first playthrough, for some reason the line "Ten days, and I'm still not bored. This trip was a great idea Marge" remained stuck on the screen after Day 3, even if other popup dialog boxes showed fine (over that one).

Great job indeed!
Germanunkol
12. Dec 2014 · 17:01 UTC
Great work on this, well done!
I thought I was going to die of dehydration, but right now it looks like sickness will kill me :(

Two things (I don't want to call the "issues", the game is great as is):
It's day 16 and I have nothing left to do but wait for certain death. I've collected and crafted everything I can. I know the theme was "Entire game on one screen", but a bit of exploration wouldn't do this game any harm.
Second point: She jumps off the left of the raft with a delay, for some reason, while jumping of the right works fine.

Well done on this, it's really fun already!
Germanunkol
12. Dec 2014 · 17:02 UTC
Great work on this, well done!
I thought I was going to die of dehydration, but right now it looks like sickness or hunger will kill me :(

Two things (I don't want to call the "issues", the game is great as is):
It's day 16 and I have nothing left to do but wait for certain death. I've collected and crafted everything I can. I know the theme was "Entire game on one screen", but a bit of exploration wouldn't do this game any harm.
Second point: She jumps off the left of the raft with a delay, for some reason, while jumping of the right works fine.

Well done on this, it's really fun already!
Havi
12. Dec 2014 · 17:05 UTC
Great game! I really like the mood and music! Also nice graphics ;)
Germanunkol
12. Dec 2014 · 17:05 UTC
Great work on this, well done!
I thought I was going to die of dehydration, but right now it looks like sickness or hunger will kill me :(

Two things (I don't want to call the "issues", the game is great as is):
It's day 16 and I have nothing left to do but wait for certain death. I've collected and crafted everything I can. I know the theme was "Entire game on one screen", but a bit of exploration wouldn't do this game any harm.
Second point: She jumps off the left of the raft with a delay, for some reason, while jumping of the right works fine.
Also, there are screen resolution issues (UI and ending - try it at different resolutions, you'll notice).

Well done on this, it's really fun already!

P.S. Haha, just finished the game and noticed I have to increase the humor rating :D
rabbit
12. Dec 2014 · 17:30 UTC
I can easily see this being expanded into a fully featured game. That would be awesome by the way and you should do it!
Wevel
12. Dec 2014 · 17:43 UTC
I did manage to get the character stuck in the raft. But other wise a really nice game.
lemmily
12. Dec 2014 · 20:48 UTC
Great work, polish on the game was really nice, the mood and atmosphere of the game fit nicely
Gamepopper
12. Dec 2014 · 22:16 UTC
Really nice game, felt bad that I couldn't take care of John very well. :(
SoulGame
13. Dec 2014 · 01:54 UTC
Looting human flesh on your friend's body... God there's something different in that game! I think I met my first "dramatic" bug ever : after the boat crash, there was still a dialog box remaining on screen "I think I'll just watch the sea today..." giving an even more tragic dimension to the scene because now, he was dead... Beautiful game and very nice entry. Congrats
ianatherton
13. Dec 2014 · 10:06 UTC
The game had a nice idea, great layout, and a simple game play. Some of the bugs encountered broke the fun of the game, like the left side of the wreck was very hard to get out off, and I had to play twice thinking that the first playtrough I crashed at the end, but the second time the same happened, the screen moved about 50 pixels to the left, i noticed a speech "bubble" but just the last 2 letters and a question mark, the game was frozen and non responsive, the music was playing tho. Overall a great entry, with a few bugs. Good work!
barryrowe
18. Dec 2014 · 21:41 UTC
Great entry! I found myself impatient at first and took the time for granted with the fast forward button only to find myself playing this game a couple more times, just to see the hilarious ending. Very fun!
greytram
20. Dec 2014 · 14:29 UTC
Very nice game, unique atmosphere that keeps you hooked up!
The graphics and animations are beautiful, the music fits well.
This game conveys sort of a poetical, ethereal feeling.
Well done!
Tifu
21. Dec 2014 · 01:26 UTC
Great game! Was really difficult to make it to day 20 without doing unspeakable things. Great ending :o

Only issue was character would never dive off the left side of the boat, but pretty minor thing.
kaa
25. Dec 2014 · 12:12 UTC
Fantastic game! Just wonderful in all respects. Best entry so far
pegigante
25. Dec 2014 · 12:45 UTC
Great. Very interesting.
jpmit
25. Dec 2014 · 14:58 UTC
Cool game, great work.
Instant Noodles
25. Dec 2014 · 20:55 UTC
what is the optimal resolution ? I always have problems with unity that croop part of the interface....
martial_cantarel_games
25. Dec 2014 · 23:13 UTC
like this game

but it crushed on Mac after 19 day, when camera start moving(
gameattack
26. Dec 2014 · 10:13 UTC
Awesome game!love the visual style. I enjoyed playing.
Larzan
26. Dec 2014 · 17:51 UTC
Wow, this is great, crafting, surviving, great gfx story sound, very polished, love it!
BlackBulletIV
26. Dec 2014 · 23:08 UTC
Great graphics and theme. Nicely polished as well.
Dans17
27. Dec 2014 · 00:52 UTC
Very nice game. I would like to see a larger, post-compo version of this.
Sh1rogane
27. Dec 2014 · 18:14 UTC
Haha that ending :D It was a solid survival game, wish there where more to it.
DrGeraud
28. Dec 2014 · 00:39 UTC
Beautifull game, easy to pick up and play (not so easy for a point n' click)