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Line Crossing by Lissar

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made by Lissar for LD30 (JAM)
Afra finds herself in a very mysterious place after what she thought was a simple train ride to a place she dreaded. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Who knows! ~Mysterious Train Adventure~ TEN ENDINGS!

Built with blood, sweat, tears, Construct 2, during a 9 hour power outage, with the wrench.

Status: Easily fixed the weird sliding you get if you press both left and right at once. Fixed more dialogue box freezing. Made Afra leave room automatically after opening scene as she was intended to do. Only the itch.io version has been updated, the rest I will get to tomorrow (if you really want a downloadable version!)
Web http://lissar.itch.io/line-crossing
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84806007/Line%20Crossing%20Win32.rar
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84806007/Line%20Crossing%20OSX.rar
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84806007/Line%20Crossing%20Linux.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=27179

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.87 59
Audio(Jam) 3.41 218
Fun(Jam) 3.13 322
Graphics(Jam) 4.60 14
Humor(Jam) 3.21 133
Innovation(Jam) 3.25 255
Mood(Jam) 4.32 6
Theme(Jam) 3.86 62

Feedback

TheGamingProject
26. Aug 2014 · 05:21 UTC
I really liked the art style here. The way everything gradually unraveled, it was really nice to look at while you investigated all the rooms.
Docjekyll
26. Aug 2014 · 05:23 UTC
Super, super awesome. So beautifully done, such atmosphere. Such game jame. wow.
5 stars.
vulpineblazeyt
26. Aug 2014 · 05:24 UTC
Really like the art, and the storyline was pretty interesting. Interesting take on the theme.
kirbytails7
26. Aug 2014 · 05:24 UTC
Very interesting style!
Danman9914
26. Aug 2014 · 05:25 UTC
Very cool graphics. It's exciting to enter those train carriages when you know each one has something wildly different and weird. The font was a little difficult to read.
AortaStudios
26. Aug 2014 · 05:30 UTC
Very beautiful game with a great atmosphere, I did find it hard to read the text with the current font though.
BMacIntosh
26. Aug 2014 · 05:32 UTC
I don't quite know what to make of all that, but it looked beautiful.
GraveyardPolice
26. Aug 2014 · 05:37 UTC
Fantastic world you have created. I very much liked the winged ones.
stephenhaney
26. Aug 2014 · 05:48 UTC
Wow - beautiful art and very intriguing story. I'm not entirely sure I'm at the end - I passed the rats and there's a black screen, half filled with text? I see no way to continue. Perhaps I'm missing a piece of the story. (One small critique is that the font is difficult to read... almost glyph-like).

Anyway, very impressed with the artistry that went into what I've seen. I can see the effort and creativity that went into this. Thank you for sharing it!
biscuitWizard
26. Aug 2014 · 06:38 UTC
I really liked the art. After playing, I immediately whipped out paint.net and started doing little animated sprites. Really awesome and atmospheric.
lekochen
26. Aug 2014 · 06:42 UTC
Fantastic art style and dreamlike experience, I love it.
Oxeren
26. Aug 2014 · 06:44 UTC
Great dreamy atmosphere and graphics. Great job! :)
vinhuman
26. Aug 2014 · 08:42 UTC
Really cool art style. You definitely have talent as a pixel artist, I liked the setting and dialogue. Just to point out one small glitch, when you press both arrow keys you can break the animation and glide across he floor for a bit. It was very minor just thought I'd point it out, I don't know anything about using Construct 2 so maybe that's difficult to remedy.
🎤 Lissar
26. Aug 2014 · 08:52 UTC
Vinhuman - Yes, that was something I noticed and had planned to look into but it got lost in the shuffle of a million other things I had to attend to. Perhaps I'll look into it in a few days when I try to make my updated non-LD build!
creative630
26. Aug 2014 · 09:16 UTC
Damn - I'm dumbstruck! This a phenomenal entry.

So much to praise. To start, it's a brilliant interpretation of the theme that develops and escalates fantastically. Art couldn't be better - really really adore the character design for most everyone (especially the protagonist). Great mood and a rock solid build. Good use of sound.

If I can offer any constructive criticism, it's that the typeface could have been more legible. Cool from a style point of view, but not the most easy to read, which in a game like this, should be the first priority. But this is just a small thing, overall this is big 5 stars from my side!
Cosmonautas
26. Aug 2014 · 09:36 UTC
Nice Job xD
capsizedmoose
26. Aug 2014 · 10:24 UTC
this game looked really nice, but there isn't that much gameplay. That does not at all mean that it's bad tho! I loved it!
BoaHeck_ArtGent
26. Aug 2014 · 12:31 UTC
The graphics are great the mood is great. I think I missed one of the items but it still let me through. I loved the idea of the train connecting worlds inside itself when trains usually connect places outside of themselves. That little paragraph at the end was really nice and the constant train noise constantly reminds you that you are still on a train even if you are looking at magnificent birds in cages or a tall library.
Hyoga-3D
26. Aug 2014 · 14:07 UTC
Art style is super nice, congrats!
rnlf
26. Aug 2014 · 14:45 UTC
Such a weird place. Really dream like. So nice to look at!
DustyStylus
26. Aug 2014 · 14:49 UTC
Surreal and very very classy. Wonderful imagination.
desu
26. Aug 2014 · 18:04 UTC
Very awesome art and feel. Loved the surreal atmosphere.
AdventureIslands
26. Aug 2014 · 20:14 UTC
Very pretty game, I like the surreal world inside the train.

I first completed the game by getting the mask, then talked to the fire guy and someone in library. On second playthrough I talked to library person first, then the fire guy and then the feather guy, but I didn't seem to get any items when I talked to folks after that and game didn't proceed anywhere, bug?
HellBlazer
26. Aug 2014 · 20:29 UTC
Amazing art, atmosphere and imagination! I would certainly plain a full-length adventure game set on that crazy train. Gameplay-wise, I wish there was more player agency though... puzzles maybe? But of course I understand the time constraints very well. :)
🎤 Lissar
26. Aug 2014 · 21:32 UTC
HellBlazer - Yeah, I had planned on having dialogue choices and that would determine what items you get for the endings, unfortunately I ended up having to cut that as I lacked time!

AdventureIslands - I've heard about this bug, but haven't been able to reproduce it myself! That and people ending up with a blank ending. Not sure what's up with it, I'll have to continue looking into it.
Cad
27. Aug 2014 · 00:04 UTC
I like this game quite a lot, its art style definitely brought things together. However, not that it's a necessity, the game wasn't TOO involved with the theme in my honest opinion.
Maxium
27. Aug 2014 · 01:44 UTC
What a pleasantly whimsical game :)
EndingChaos
27. Aug 2014 · 01:47 UTC
fantastic atmosphere.
ruerob
27. Aug 2014 · 01:55 UTC
The graphics where very nice and well done. Thank you for your game.
jackyjjc
27. Aug 2014 · 02:07 UTC
WOW it looks great and the atmosphere was wonderful. I'm not sure if I fully understand the story though maybe because the font is really hard to read for me.
ehtd
27. Aug 2014 · 02:22 UTC
Great art concept
sP0CkEr2
27. Aug 2014 · 04:04 UTC
That was quite well done. Really cool characters. Great job.
PeteGrammarman
27. Aug 2014 · 05:17 UTC
Really pretty and had a great mood.
LaFleur
27. Aug 2014 · 05:34 UTC
Haven't seen surrealism pulled off this well in a videogame since Kentucky Route Zero. Congrats on making a fantastic game!
Teejay5
27. Aug 2014 · 06:07 UTC
This was pretty mind blowing. A really interesting creative work! The sound design was superb as well.
🎤 Lissar
27. Aug 2014 · 06:08 UTC
LaFleur - Thank you! I absolutely ADORE Kentucky Route Zero. That's the best praise I've gotten this whole jam.
rojo
27. Aug 2014 · 06:30 UTC
The art was really fantastic, and did a lot to set the mood. I kind of felt like my choices were more or less randomly made because I could either talk to someone or not, and the choice didn't seem to have an effect until the game was already over. Also the font was a little tough to read at times. Overall, pretty cool, though!
Dans17
27. Aug 2014 · 07:54 UTC
I really loved this game; it reminded me a little of a Miyazaki film.
JetL33t
27. Aug 2014 · 12:10 UTC
Beautiful world to explore!
Franklins Ghost
27. Aug 2014 · 13:20 UTC
Love the style and really well done mood. The character design works nicely
Jakub Koziol
27. Aug 2014 · 16:10 UTC
Really interesting world that introduces surreal pieces in a good pace. It's a bit unfortunate that you can't swap items when your inventory is full and because of that there isn't much choice in the first playthrough. But it's understandable and next playthroughs fix that problem. :)
Cell
27. Aug 2014 · 20:06 UTC
Fantastic work. I thoroughly enjoyed everything
MerlijnVH
27. Aug 2014 · 23:03 UTC
Fantastic work, I really loved the style.
alvarop
27. Aug 2014 · 23:48 UTC
Very nice art style, sound and mood!
dickpoelen
28. Aug 2014 · 10:26 UTC
I think I got the musician ending. That was really cool :) (and kinda freaky)
Mase
28. Aug 2014 · 15:52 UTC
The art and writing are excellent. The creatures are very appealing.
nonetheless
28. Aug 2014 · 16:49 UTC
Amazing art! Great job :)
jsspiegel
28. Aug 2014 · 23:22 UTC
Probably my favorite entry this Ludum Dare. While it brings nothing new gameplay-wise, the art is beyond beautiful, on an emotional, more-than-aesthetic level. It feels like it should be a book. I want to explore this world. I want to meet its inhabitants. I want more! Bravo.
InfectionTeam
29. Aug 2014 · 01:09 UTC
A really nice game, I love the aesthetics, graphic and the art style, but as an audio guy I missed more soundtrack, but this game is really 5 stars!
villhest
29. Aug 2014 · 12:02 UTC
Just... Awesome....
igoramendola
30. Aug 2014 · 08:10 UTC
The concept is pretty cool! Awesome art/animations and the sounds are good. Also, the idea of having many different endings is really nice ;)
alvivar
31. Aug 2014 · 00:03 UTC
enjoyable, good mood.
puppymythril
31. Aug 2014 · 19:08 UTC
I'll be honest, I have no idea what I was doing. I just kept going left, interacting with anything I could, until the game said it was over. It looks pretty, but the writing felt like it was trying to be smart and... exoteric? but in the end it was just confusing and nonsensical.
Ted Brown
01. Sep 2014 · 19:16 UTC
I'm pretty much stunned. I've never wanted a game jam adventure to keep going SO BADLY. This was fantastic! Thank you!
gladers
02. Sep 2014 · 10:51 UTC
Game looks great, looking forward to seeing more of this game :)
MunkeeBacon
04. Sep 2014 · 01:33 UTC
I dig all the monster/alien things, they are well done!
Simplexcity
04. Sep 2014 · 01:38 UTC
what a beautiful art style.
very interesting and indeed surreal
bluemaroo3
05. Sep 2014 · 20:00 UTC
Really like the art style and the multiple endings. Great dialogue :)
pansapiens
09. Sep 2014 · 01:52 UTC
So very very freaky. Love it (and just now I re-read and see there are ten endings .. better play again :) ).
Frankus
11. Sep 2014 · 20:05 UTC
Nice artwork, it's a little bit difficult to read though. I think I've missed some important bits because of that. Overall nice style and artwork. Great job!
Lokarunith
11. Sep 2014 · 20:46 UTC
Very beautifull little game. It reminded me a lot of K. Miyazawa's tale, Milky Way Railroad. Great entry.
Pinktreeleaf
13. Sep 2014 · 01:41 UTC
Phenomenal pixel art and mood. The game felt short, but I see where your time went/ I also only got 1 of the endings. the one where I got all the items.
Cake&Code
14. Sep 2014 · 20:32 UTC
Amazing art! Really enjoyed how it looked, and it really contributes to the mood of the overall game. The fact you guys got multiple endings to be achieved in a variety of ways is really fun, and adds to the replayability. Great work!
mcapraro
15. Sep 2014 · 04:59 UTC
the visuals were really really nice, well done!