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ENDLESS NIGHT by dsoft20

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made by dsoft20 for LD28 (JAM)
Endless night is a "survival" space game where you are a Captain of a Space Ship!
Unluckly an asteroid destroys the ship and you must find a crewmember to repair a rescue capsule, but remember you can only save one crewmember!
The only way to find a crew member is to use the SONAR!
It's Higly reccomended to play the game with a set of stereo speakers/headphones!!!

For more info select help on the menu.

CONTROLS:
ARROW KEYS-> MOVE THE ASTRONAUT
Z-> USE SONAR

If you find the game too difficult you can press E on the computer screen to play in easy mode.
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1050404/ENDLESS%20NIGHT/ENDLESS%20NIGHT.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1050404/ENDLESS%20NIGHT/ENDLESS%20NIGHT%20%28WINDOWS%29.zip
Osx https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1050404/ENDLESS%20NIGHT/ENDLESS%20NIGHT%20%28OSX%29.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1050404/ENDLESS%20NIGHT/ENDLESS%20NIGHT%20%28LINUX%29.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=8795

Ratings

Coolness 91% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.22 206
Audio(Jam) 2.70 315
Fun(Jam) 2.76 305
Graphics(Jam) 3.25 254
Humor(Jam) 2.24 293
Innovation(Jam) 3.36 100
Mood(Jam) 3.45 106
Theme(Jam) 3.15 154

Feedback

stephan_h
16. Dec 2013 · 12:50 UTC
Loveley game. I like the characterization of the crew members.
Mnemusyne
16. Dec 2013 · 16:34 UTC
Interesting game, it shows that a lot of dedication was put into it.
Zhrack
16. Dec 2013 · 18:43 UTC
Great game and great characters!
MaTX
17. Dec 2013 · 12:23 UTC
Deep and touching. Very good!
GBolt
17. Dec 2013 · 14:43 UTC
Loved it! A bit sad though. ):
popogames
18. Dec 2013 · 10:14 UTC
Lovely game, both the art and the mechanics.
supremefist
18. Dec 2013 · 10:47 UTC
Excellent mechanics and story!
Cake&Code
18. Dec 2013 · 11:05 UTC
Wow, it was incredibly atmospheric and sometimes felt like I was interacting with other people. Really well done, it seems to capture the feeling of being in space really well :)
jjc180
18. Dec 2013 · 11:31 UTC
Really enjoyable game with great characters. Good work on the art! Must have been a lot of work.
doctorscientist
18. Dec 2013 · 16:09 UTC
This game looks great. It is pretty fun just to fly around and explore. On my laptop keyboard I don't have up/down so I can't shuffle crew members. I will come back to this later when I'm on my desktop :)
sekaru
18. Dec 2013 · 17:16 UTC
Adding an element of story really makes this great, good work!
TeamFlare
18. Dec 2013 · 17:27 UTC
great atmosphere and game! respect to the team :D
AmmoreChicks
18. Dec 2013 · 19:17 UTC
Good game and nice pixel art!
MRvanderPants
19. Dec 2013 · 09:10 UTC
I really like the graphics and animations in this game.
Giovanni Cappellotto
19. Dec 2013 · 10:17 UTC
I love the atmosphere of this game but I miss music (even if in space there's no sound!), well done anyway!
cappelnord
20. Dec 2013 · 12:13 UTC
Pretty cool, dense atmosphere and interesting mechanic.
mortus
20. Dec 2013 · 12:31 UTC
Very cool and very atmospheric, but insanely hard too. Or at least I don't quite get how to play it yet.
jedt1201
21. Dec 2013 · 03:20 UTC
The controls are very solid and the pixel artwork is beautiful. Even it's pixelated I can feel that I am floating in space. The title page is stunning as it has a 3d pixelated spaceship model which you wish you want to play with. I just wish it wasn't too hard. I wish the sonar would ping back a circle so I can easily determine the location of the crewmembers or parts. Overall a wonderful game made in less than 72 hours.
🎤 dsoft20
21. Dec 2013 · 07:57 UTC
Actually if you press E when you are viewing the crew description the game will play in easy mode.
In easy mode the game is the same, but the sonar will ping back with a circle the locations of crewmembers/obstacles/material/rescuecapsule with different color for each one (green, red, cyan and blue) :P
Maple
21. Dec 2013 · 09:40 UTC
Ah man. I really like the premise behind this. Reminds me of the movie Gravity. I also thought the somewhat 3D effects you applied were well done too, such as the feet on the rescue shuttle. An extended, polished version of this would be really well received, I think.
Colapsydo
21. Dec 2013 · 11:00 UTC
You need a bit of luck to find a "good" crew member at the Beginning.
I succeed to repair the capsule to 100% but I didn't find what to do then, I tried to enter it. We result all M.I.A.
🎤 dsoft20
21. Dec 2013 · 11:34 UTC
mmm strange, if you are close to the repaired capsule the game should end with 5 M.I.A. and 2 Alive & Safe (captain and the crewmember who have repaired the capsule) mmm
kibertoad
21. Dec 2013 · 13:43 UTC
Reminds me Gravity - an awesome movie!
JohnnySix
21. Dec 2013 · 14:09 UTC
Really liked the concept, the graphics were nice and the cutscenes laid out the story nicely. I had trouble getting my bearings after a while though and couldn't find my way back to the module. :(
🎤 dsoft20
21. Dec 2013 · 17:51 UTC
There's a little trick to find the way back to the rescue capsule:
first you have to remember if you where left or right to the capsule, then go up/down to find a line of broken parts in the background (they have a little particle effect).
If you find the line go left or right (based on the diretion you've taken) and then you should be at the rescue capsule :P