Connected Worlds by g_o

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made by g_o for LD30 (COMPO)
Overview:
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Comedy/mindfu*k game about a scientist desiring to explore
the neighbour world;
Yeah this comp was kinda weak for me but I still hope you
might find this funny and maybe entertaining :)
3 types of gameplay ^^

Warnings:
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*A bit of bad language for humor purposes [very light; some censored]
*Implied sexual jokes

If you're stuck
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1. The red things - these are lasers that push you away;
2. If you're about to get out of the screen - you won't
so just don't touch anything and you'll get back control
****SPOILERS****
3. The old dude - you have to ask the old dude question 3 and then ask again about 5 times
until he answers [you won't see any difference until he starts speaking]
4. Where are the golden wings? - In the left [where you started]
just kinda high.
5. How to reach them? - You can jump on the lasers ^^
[instead of pushing you aside they're keeping you from
falling - but you have to follow them when they escape from
the screen].

Easter eggs *SPOILERS*
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*If you get close enough to the turrets in a specific area
it reveals a joke about who they are.
*All the soundtracks are the same track edited differently:
The first track is the second track slowed down + wah wah effect;
The second track is the original mix;
The third track is the second track reversed [Played as you arrive to the other
world]

Tools
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Visual C++ Express 2010
DirectX SDK (June 2010)
Gimp
MS Paint
Audacity
My new Yamaha keyboard and [unfortunately cheap] cables for recording music

Happy Ludum Dare #30 ^^!!!

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1204
Overall 2.64 1041
Audio 3.04 360
Fun 2.26 1096
Graphics 2.63 850
Humor 3.00 204
Innovation 2.35 1067
Mood 2.76 755
Theme 2.62 940

Feedback

McFood
25. Aug 2014 路 13:05 UTC
This was an odd one =)
I liked the hand drawn style, and the RPG type conversations.
The gameplay was a little glitchy though. But so was mine after only 48 hours.
Cool game, and nice soundtrack!
馃帳 g_o
25. Aug 2014 路 14:31 UTC
Thanks ^^
randomvideo.com
25. Aug 2014 路 17:06 UTC
nice story line, really enjoyed it. you got a good sense of humor mate.

nice work!
馃帳 g_o
25. Aug 2014 路 17:22 UTC
@randomvideo.com
Thanks ^^
OFF
25. Aug 2014 路 20:24 UTC
Hard to finish the game, but i'm fan of the start of the game, and the hand drawn style.
After that it's maybe too difficult because of the physics, and the collision, but still captivating, if it wasn't ludum dare (too many games to see) i will finish the game.
馃帳 g_o
25. Aug 2014 路 20:28 UTC
@OFF:
Thanks :)
Too bad I think the ending had the best track in the game ^^
skullum
26. Aug 2014 路 11:01 UTC
A pretty weird game, the movement isn't bad but when the lasers start pushing you back you can really get stuck on them.
馃帳 g_o
26. Aug 2014 路 11:22 UTC
skullum:
Yeah it's kinda wierd but it was meant to be light and funny;
Maybe went a bit too far there lol
About the lasers - yeah that's kind of the point you have
to fold back and jump over or jump the others in order to move against the direction of movement.
If you can't [there are 2 blocking you completely] you just have to let go and it'll pass through you cause I don't want you to get completely out of the world ... :P
klianc09
26. Aug 2014 路 14:11 UTC
It took me a really long time until I realised that my goal was *NOT* to go as far to the right as possible... that was a long walk back.
I appreciated the joke about the turrets.
And I was nearly stuck at the screen after you get the wings back, because I forgot that I had to press Enter to advance dialoge.
Music was loud, but fit the atmosphere really well.
A really strange experience^^
馃帳 g_o
26. Aug 2014 路 16:35 UTC
kliance09:
Sorry I thought this stuff was obvious ...
I'm glad someone noticed the turrets joke :P
Srry the music was a bit amplifyed , turning the volume down fixes it.
Yeah I agree; it is strange haha
hope you still enjoyed it =)
slowfrog
28. Aug 2014 路 20:12 UTC
Strange game indeed. Unclassifiable. It's difficult to understand the point of it.
馃帳 g_o
28. Aug 2014 路 20:42 UTC
slowfrog:
Haha
It's just for having fun ... the plot kinda comes accross the point and relation to the theme but it's mostly a light game - random 3 types of gameplay ... not one type as traditionally seen here XD
So yeah in that regard kind of "pointless", but who said gameplay has to be
consistent? I just wanted to have fun and while I'm doing it maybe giving a "different experience" to the player.
Actually this kind of games are classified as "mindfu*k" or "random" even though it got its plot [IDK if u got it XD] - the way of telling it is abnormal haha
Having some jokes about RPG guide conversations, being hit by a meteor cause why not ? And yeah ... it's not a complex consistent gameplay or traditional game but you shouldn't take everything about this game seriously that's all. [There are some parts you should actually think about, but most of this happens after playing cause I tried to give the game a comedic mood haha]
Nooner Bear
31. Aug 2014 路 06:46 UTC
Odd, but pretty enjoyable
馃帳 g_o
31. Aug 2014 路 09:24 UTC
Nooner Bear: Thank you ^_^
little-burrito
05. Sep 2014 路 17:56 UTC
I feel like I enjoyed this more than I should have! In it's extreme simplicity in gameplay and graphics, it has a lot of charm. Although I didn't feel much of a sense of achievement or being interested in what the goal was or how I was supposed to solve the problem, I really enjoyed it.
馃帳 g_o
05. Sep 2014 路 21:11 UTC
@little-burrito: Thanks I'm so glad to hear it entertained you ^^