Ethernet Quest by MentaL13

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made by MentaL13 for LD30 (COMPO)
Finished my second Ludum Dare game. The theme was tough and the only thing I came up with was the connection between the boring real world and the world of fun and joy - the Internet. At it's core the game is a simple infinite runner but I'm pretty happy how it turned out. Hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it.

A little backstory for the game:
You play as a deity worshiped by many - an ethernet cable. Your sole task is to connect the boring mundane world with the wold of fun and cats - The Internet.
Avoid dangerous obstacles on your journey and collect mysterious energy orbs on your way. And if you'll find yourself in trouble don't hesitate to teleport into the world of Ether were nothing can stop you.

Controls:
w/s or up/down arrows - movement
left shift - accelerate
spacebar - become invulnerable... for a time
left mouse button - close spam windows

Note: I made the game with Unity and I read a lot that Linux doesn't have the Unity Web Player, so I built the game for Linux but unfortunately didn't test it... so sorry about that :)

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1426
Overall 3.30 454
Audio 1.91 902
Fun 3.49 218
Graphics 2.89 695
Humor 3.84 34
Innovation 2.97 704
Mood 3.02 530
Theme 3.10 674

Feedback

Bormear
25. Aug 2014 · 12:31 UTC
Highest score was 23. Fun game! Very fluid style of movement, I like it. Funny too. Congratulations on a great game man.
nonetheless
25. Aug 2014 · 19:44 UTC
"Wow much points" made my day :) funny game, hard, especially with all the spam. Nice job my friend!
QuexD
26. Aug 2014 · 00:04 UTC
Great Game! I would play longer but I have a lot to get to like trying to fix pop up blocker!
MegaMasterX
26. Aug 2014 · 01:36 UTC
Creative and interesting. The popups had me rolling.
sfnhmp
26. Aug 2014 · 01:40 UTC
Awesome job! Very smooth controls and graphics. Nice touch of humor too! I only got as high as 19 points, pretty damn hard. Nice presentation, feels very polished for a jam. Good job
misson20000
26. Aug 2014 · 01:52 UTC
Great job, and thanks for a Linux build =]
It works just fine on my system
Marcellus
26. Aug 2014 · 02:43 UTC
+1 internet for you. funny game, great mood, too bad it lacks the nyan cat music.
Two Scoop Games
26. Aug 2014 · 03:01 UTC
Fun concept, I like how the cable moves as you fly. The spam emails are a funny touch. Good work!
PixelFeet
26. Aug 2014 · 03:50 UTC
Cool game, though I will say that I find it to be a bit better in concept than in execution. The controls are definitely fluid, but I'm not sure the player is given enough time to avoid obstacles (though that could very well just be me being terrible at video games). That aside, I love the pop-up mechanic. All in all, this is a cool game. Good job.
Scott Baker
26. Aug 2014 · 04:17 UTC
"You just won an expensive thing!" The spam email popups where such a great idea and really made this game fun.
zillix
26. Aug 2014 · 04:43 UTC
Great idea! I like the combinations of mechanics you've got. I'd love to be able to close the popups by clicking anywhere on them- many a life was lost to misclicking!
Cake&Code
26. Aug 2014 · 05:58 UTC
Haha, fun game. The popups are especially clever! Love the idea and the execution :)
hazzahazzam
26. Aug 2014 · 07:01 UTC
I feel like you shouldn't die on the edges, only spikes other than that, it was awesome.
DeathPidgeon
26. Aug 2014 · 07:38 UTC
The obstacles were varied and interesting. I liked the email obstacles, that gets 5 stars for humor. The game was challenging, I had trouble staying alive for a few seconds.
Kaelaholme
26. Aug 2014 · 08:32 UTC
The popups are great - one of the few funny games here
shimage
26. Aug 2014 · 08:52 UTC
Nice game! I love the spam mail idea.
2DemiGods
26. Aug 2014 · 08:54 UTC
"Enthertaining" indeed, really fun to play. :)
mrexcessive
26. Aug 2014 · 10:12 UTC
Hi there. Interesting idea.. Found it very difficult. Max score 7 ! sorry but my reactions slow. Nice graphics
locknic
26. Aug 2014 · 11:36 UTC
Haha hilarious. Took awhile to get used to, but when you get into the flow of it you can do pretty well. Awesome.
Julian_Wodrazka
26. Aug 2014 · 12:58 UTC
very awesome idea!!!
Slikker
26. Aug 2014 · 13:01 UTC
Hey man awesome game, very challenging though :P.
Bozwellox
26. Aug 2014 · 14:17 UTC
Really funny idea, some of the spam had me laughing :D Would have liked some music
sprawl
26. Aug 2014 · 14:38 UTC
Fun game. Smooth Controls. Nice use of the theme.
The emails were a nice touch, but the game lacks sound effects. Otherwise, good job !
highlyinteractive
26. Aug 2014 · 15:07 UTC
Popups were a great touch - nice game :)
breadstix
26. Aug 2014 · 15:10 UTC
Fantastic game all around. I loved it!
hypp
26. Aug 2014 · 15:11 UTC
I enjoyed playing this. Nice touch with the "spam"! Maybe a bit to hard?
Greg Klein
26. Aug 2014 · 16:12 UTC
It needs an Ablock power up :)
slakhorn
26. Aug 2014 · 17:39 UTC
Love the idea of multitasking, too bad it wasn't used more.
kyyrma
26. Aug 2014 · 17:56 UTC
Very difficult! Not exactly on the theme, but teels really smooth and fun to play. I like that this is one of the first entries I've seen to focus more on humor.
imdigitaljim
26. Aug 2014 · 18:00 UTC
This game was exceptional! I definitely enjoyed it
Unicorn Madness
26. Aug 2014 · 18:56 UTC
Hahahaha fun game need someone to close the spam xD 2 player game? :P
"buy this amazing stuff only 99" XD make me laugh
Well done
brookman
26. Aug 2014 · 19:10 UTC
Good work. This game rocks!
fallingBear
26. Aug 2014 · 19:27 UTC
Neat game, pretty hard to control the utp cord. :)
Nuclear Napalm
26. Aug 2014 · 19:58 UTC
Haha, it's really funny. But I believe it would be better if player wouldn't die touching floor and ceiling.
Linus123xbb
26. Aug 2014 · 20:11 UTC
This was a decent game indeed, I'd like some audio though.
Josh H
26. Aug 2014 · 21:13 UTC
Wow, this is tough! Got up to 23. Interesting take on the theme, definitely unique. I enjoyed it, although some music or sound effects would have been nice.
CoderMusgrove
26. Aug 2014 · 21:55 UTC
Fun, but I found it to be very sensitive when I hit the keys.
TrickFishPie
26. Aug 2014 · 22:06 UTC
Really cool animation :) looks great. I really suck at it though ha
rjhunter
26. Aug 2014 · 23:38 UTC
I found the game very hard!

I initially thought the white envelopes were the main thing to pick up and that the grey spikes were instant death. Once I figured it out it got easier, but still too hard for me.

A little sound would have gone a long way -- even a couple of SFXR bleeps.

Good job!
Aumni
26. Aug 2014 · 23:38 UTC
Simple but still a game I enjoyed. Good work!! :)
KunoNoOni
27. Aug 2014 · 00:39 UTC
Very clever and humorous idea. Well done!
Artamus
27. Aug 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Nice game, congrats!
fil00dl
28. Aug 2014 · 20:29 UTC
the spam obstacles are really funny, very challenging
Will Edwards
29. Aug 2014 · 07:41 UTC
+humour

simple +fun :)