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House of Clouds by Azzar

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made by Azzar for LD29 (JAM)
Control two characters - one trapped underground, the other exposed to the perils of the outer world. To survive they must cooperate and use various mechanisms to their advantage. For best experiance use the gamepad Controls(gamepad): Analog sticks - move characters L1/R1 - interact L2/R2 - jump Controls(keyboard): Top character: AD - move W - jump S - interact Bottom character Left/Right arrow keys - move Up arrow key - jump Down arrow key - interact To use control a turret, press interaction button near a terminal. Then use the analog stick to aim and interact button to fire. To exit this mode, press jump. Press interaction button near switches to turn lasers on and off. Step on pressure pads to switch platforms on and off. Avoid enemies. Get both charaters to the rainbow to win.
Windows https://googledrive.com/host/0B680fCSpgH8gNGk0YWp0OUpOWU0/HouseOfClouds.zip
Web https://googledrive.com/host/0B680fCSpgH8gNGk0YWp0OUpOWU0/HouseOfClouds.html
OS/X https://googledrive.com/host/0B680fCSpgH8gNGk0YWp0OUpOWU0/HouseOfClouds.app.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=29840

Ratings

Coolness 78% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.16 398
Audio(Jam) 2.86 458
Fun(Jam) 3.25 222
Graphics(Jam) 3.16 461
Humor(Jam) 2.44 417
Innovation(Jam) 3.27 261
Mood(Jam) 2.68 578
Theme(Jam) 3.36 271

Feedback

Stratovarius
28. Apr 2014 路 21:21 UTC
Doesn't seem to even be playable with keyboard
GlowingSnail
29. Apr 2014 路 00:28 UTC
Erm, is it a gamepad only, keyboard not supported, game? None of my keypresses seemed to have any effect.
馃帳 Azzar
29. Apr 2014 路 00:48 UTC
Thanks for feedback, fixed that!
Also added Web and OS/X builds
Nelly
29. Apr 2014 路 06:18 UTC
Sometimes it`s really hard)
myachin
29. Apr 2014 路 08:01 UTC
Great!
Please, add jump on W and UP
MonsieurS
01. May 2014 路 14:24 UTC
Quite short, but good. And has jumping bananas and watermelons (?). I liked how you had to kill the banana remotely.
mortus
01. May 2014 路 14:30 UTC
Nice game, a bit annoying sound though, but fun mechanics and can be played both alone and with a buddy.
CogComp
01. May 2014 路 14:31 UTC
Really nice idea!
blockbot
01. May 2014 路 14:40 UTC
Wow, yes. This is awesome, I love this game design. Two play coop on this too?! Nice!
Cirrial
01. May 2014 路 14:59 UTC
Short, but nice little proof of concept here. Good work!
wicht
01. May 2014 路 17:43 UTC
Interesting split screen concept. The main music loop is a little bit annoying.
GamerTaters
02. May 2014 路 08:06 UTC
Nice concept for a cooperative game. Worked well with keyboard controls.
Snicklodocus
04. May 2014 路 03:11 UTC
Enjoyed this one. It's nice you can play it by yourself or two-player. The input works well. Only confusion for me was I wasn't sure which turret I was controlling at first, and accidentally killed my partner haha. Good job!
Cosine
04. May 2014 路 03:12 UTC
Great idea for gameplay! It took me a little while to figure out the controls. I would have liked more checkpoints. Audio got slightly repetitive.
erdos
04. May 2014 路 03:22 UTC
Really cool little game, I could definitely keep playing this for a long time if there were more levels, very good interpretation of the theme, very impressive! It was cool when I got to the point that playing the two players could overlap, I knew where each guy had to go and I was controlling both at the same time
bob_fish
04. May 2014 路 04:29 UTC
Pretty fun, Couldn't move both characters with 360 controller for some reason. Nice music and art!
Chaoseed
04. May 2014 路 05:58 UTC
Not bad, not bad. Your basic Lost Vikings kind of game. ;) The graphics were a bit simplistic, but I liked the banana enemies. Sound, kinda the same. The scrolling and level layout was quite good. I noticed something where the turret control only caused one turret to fire, and it was initially offscreen, so at first I thought it did nothing. I don't know if that's a bug or a poor decision, I just thought I'd bring it up. In all, there's a lot of possibility here!
Acuity
04. May 2014 路 06:01 UTC
Pretty nice. I bluescreened after a while though...
gwa
04. May 2014 路 13:21 UTC
cool idea but its difficult you should have startet with a little easyer level :) but still a cool game
gre
04. May 2014 路 13:45 UTC
A mix between the theme "Two Worlds" and "Beneath the Surface".
Nice concept and cool different game mecanisms, love it!
馃帳 Azzar
04. May 2014 路 17:16 UTC
2 gwa
>>cool idea but its difficult you should have startet with a little easyer level :)

We did just a quick concept for ludumdate contest. And we will improve gameplay and we will develop more detailed prototype.
rorycooke
04. May 2014 路 17:40 UTC
it's cool
ccglp
04. May 2014 路 17:55 UTC
One of the best dual gameplay games I've seen this far!
SevenKingdomsSurvivors
12. May 2014 路 15:59 UTC
This is awesome. Such a cool idea, and really challenging to play by yourself.
loxo
12. May 2014 路 16:05 UTC
Good concept and graphics. It's a fun to play game with some nice puzzle elements. Only the music is a bit too repetitive and in-game instructions on how to use the characters would be nice, other than that I think it's a great game.
klianc09
12. May 2014 路 17:34 UTC
Nice little game. The music loop gets really annoying though. It felt like it was only scratching the surface of what is possible with this.
Blanky
18. May 2014 路 05:08 UTC
Really nice game and concept man.
PixelFeet
19. May 2014 路 22:34 UTC
I enjoyed this! It was short, but it shows promise. As a side note, the music got rather grating after a while.