Phase Shift by otresnjak

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made by otresnjak for LD30 (COMPO)
Try to escape the city where while avoiding the blast wave! You can shift between two dimensions, each with a different set of buildings, to avoid obstacles.

Use the arrow keys to move and the spacebar to shift between dimensions. Press escape to quit!

There are four levels of ascending difficulty. (You can keep playing past level 4 but the difficulty won't increase further.)

Written in C++ using DirectX 11 and FMOD. "Graphics" are mostly procedural with a little help from Photoshop. Music and sound made with Ableton Live and Audition.

Compatibility notes:
- Requires Windows 7 or 8.
- The game runs in a 1280x720 window. If your screen resolution is lower than that--first of all, greetings, time traveler from the 90s! Second, the game won't fit your screen. Sorry!

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall 3.69 146
Audio 3.40 182
Fun 3.63 133
Graphics 3.18 494
Humor 2.47 463
Innovation 3.51 291
Mood 3.53 151
Theme 3.54 339

Feedback

Piscythe
25. Aug 2014 路 03:36 UTC
I saw this in the blog, but reached it through the rating system. The game did a very good job of creating a constant feeling of danger and I loved the dimension-warping mechanics, but things often felt random - I would get stuck with no time to find a way out.
DoobieDoctor5000
25. Aug 2014 路 03:55 UTC
"Critical Error: Unable to create pixel shader 'effects/mapfx.efx'"

:(

Not rating this game due to it being unplayable for me.
馃帳 otresnjak
25. Aug 2014 路 14:19 UTC
Anyone who's having trouble running this, I'd be interested to know what your Windows version and video hardware are. :)
SpringPowered
25. Aug 2014 路 19:32 UTC
It was fun, hard, and a bit random. I liked it :)
SenorDiablo
25. Aug 2014 路 19:33 UTC
Nice atmosphere and easy to learn mechanics. Fantastic audio
rjhelms
26. Aug 2014 路 04:02 UTC
Interesting take on the theme. Great visual and musical style.

It'd be a bit more accessible if you didn't start at the beginning each time you got destroyed.
JordanFitz
26. Aug 2014 路 04:16 UTC
This game is really cool looking.
Docjekyll
26. Aug 2014 路 04:57 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this. It's a simple gameplay mechanic, but well executed. Bonus points for procedural level generation!
RFMTeam
26. Aug 2014 路 16:52 UTC
Really tense, the plane shifting is hard to pull of correctly but when you pull it right and escape it feels great
KeyMaster
27. Aug 2014 路 19:13 UTC
Found this because we chose the same name for our games (and the basic mechanic is kinda similar as well :D) Really cool game, I liked the minimalistic graphics and gameplay. Music was also quite nice, however the loop was a bit too harsh. Really nice entry!
Canyon
28. Aug 2014 路 11:02 UTC
I couldn't finish level 3 but I thought this was great. I would stay and play this all night if I wasn't on a rating mission.

I loved the music too.
dickpoelen
28. Aug 2014 路 11:11 UTC
Cool. I love how smooth it feels!
Dissiden7
28. Aug 2014 路 22:38 UTC
Very interesting concept and nicely executed. Played the game for a fair bit.

My only criticism is that the level generation felt too arbitrary. I could get a level 2 that I could just walk forward and or I could get one where I'd get blocked by both dimensions in a big area.
43iscoding
28. Aug 2014 路 22:48 UTC
Game feels very pleasing! Graphics/colors/music is neat
Posva
29. Aug 2014 路 17:40 UTC
I like the concept and the game is fun. Good job!
DoobieDoctor5000
31. Aug 2014 路 03:34 UTC
otresnjak - I'm on Windows 7, using a Toshiba C655 laptop.
jprogman
31. Aug 2014 路 09:16 UTC
Interesting concept, but it mainly relies on luck. Sometimes you can clear a round with no problem, but the majority of times have rounds that felt impossible to clear. The dimension changing bit is pretty cool, but there needs to be some way to generate the levels accordingly.

FYI, it's rather unfriendly to have no way to readjust the game's window resolution, especially since it's quite higher than average. Be courteous, even for those from the 90s!
ericdpitts
02. Sep 2014 路 12:11 UTC
Really awesome idea, I liked it a lot. The shifting mechanic was cool, really well done!
Tosic
11. Sep 2014 路 19:15 UTC
Oh my god, this is so awesome I love the graphics the sounds, the idea, amazing!
Teesquared
15. Sep 2014 路 08:49 UTC
Great game. Nice arcade feel. It's very challenging but it keeps you playing. The level layout seemed random and the pace is really fast. The mood makes you feel super stressed. Good job.
Rehacked
15. Sep 2014 路 09:37 UTC
Goodjob on this.