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One Look by bluemanshoe

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made by bluemanshoe for LD28 (JAM)
You wake up to find yourself alone in a dark world. Try to make your way out with only one look at the entire level at your disposal. Avoid the monsters and obstacles in your way as you search for a way out of this creepy realm, relying on more than just your eyes.

WASD or arrows to move, number keys for items. M to mute music. SPACE to pause. Use headphones, as stereo sound implemented. Google Chrome browser recommended. Powered by JavaScript and HTML5 canvas. Web based.

External libraries: howler.js for sound, astar.js for AI. Everything else done from scratch. Sounds recorded on Zoom H4n, textures in GIMP/Inkscape. It was great fun rolling our own lighting algorithms.
Web http://mattbierbaum.github.io/onelook
Source https://github.com/mattbierbaum/onelook
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=31038

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.35 155
Audio(Jam) 3.22 164
Fun(Jam) 3.00 216
Graphics(Jam) 2.95 341
Humor(Jam) 1.50 440
Innovation(Jam) 3.30 118
Mood(Jam) 3.51 96
Theme(Jam) 2.92 219

Feedback

gene-z
15. Dec 2013 · 20:56 UTC
Congratulations, nice game, top art kkk... kidding, love the game.... keep the good work :-)
wespaugh
16. Dec 2013 · 04:48 UTC
Awesome lighting. Not sure what the colour differences were in the enemies. I suspect the answer is none, but if that's so, I think I'd rather them just be the same colour. I wasted a good bit of time looking for behavioural differences.
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 · 22:42 UTC
Not a bad effort I liked your approach to the top down it was simple and effective.
srimech
16. Dec 2013 · 22:58 UTC
Very nice. The lighting is really well done. The yellow guys are ones to watch out for, they seem much quicker than the others. I didn't get any sound here (Chromium/Ubuntu) so I had to leave that as N/A.
TFJO
17. Dec 2013 · 02:39 UTC
Nice! Although there's 2 parts where I wonder whether they were bugs or intentional:
1) The crumbs don't reset between restarts.. But now that I think of it, they wouldn't make much sense otherwise...
2) At least one of the monsters didn't lose its "target lock" after a restart/death, the red one in the second level started out patrolling the first time I entered it, but afterwards always immediately made a beeline for me, which made it probably more difficult than intended...
@TeddyNashor
17. Dec 2013 · 02:39 UTC
I love games that rely on light as a mechanic! way under used. Thanks for the game!
Unept
17. Dec 2013 · 03:09 UTC
Nice mood. Got a little freaked with headphones in. Well done.
blink
17. Dec 2013 · 03:29 UTC
I like it :D I was curious when you said where headphones, the fear came upon me! Fun!
Pixelfan Games
17. Dec 2013 · 03:41 UTC
good job but i dont enjoy
mcapraro
17. Dec 2013 · 04:13 UTC
neat idea for sure
SilentBunny
17. Dec 2013 · 05:04 UTC
Monster sounds were creepy. This idea popped in my head for this theme, happy to see someone take it and actually make it a game.
weazen
17. Dec 2013 · 05:05 UTC
Very good idea with the theme. Lighting is really nice. Audio was very well done as well. Good job all around!
mortl8324
17. Dec 2013 · 15:44 UTC
Awesome game. I really liked the idea, but movement felt a bit too slow.
Cawrtz
17. Dec 2013 · 15:53 UTC
Very nice. Creepy atmosphere, home-made noises, very challenging but a lot of fun. Congratulations !
Gravedrinker
17. Dec 2013 · 16:02 UTC
Very nice, but very touch. Slow and methodical is the way to go no, not like me trying to run past the monsters. They will get you sooner or later that way.
Good job and idea, I'll try and play it again for sure.
lasagnegames
17. Dec 2013 · 18:55 UTC
Really loved the lighting, one day you'll have to tell me how you pulled that off with Javascript and HTML (over a Whisky and a Cigar!) ;-) Good job! Guitar is very moody!
AaronGordon
18. Dec 2013 · 00:01 UTC
Loved the concept. Got very tense in some parts where the SFX really play a bit part. Revealing what killed you would have been cool as i died a lot without knowing why. Good job!
john_conder9
18. Dec 2013 · 04:33 UTC
Really cool game, but it kept locking up on me in level 2 and 3. The biggest gripe I had about this is the movement feels..wrong. I don't know, maybe it's because of the play on light but the whole rotating thing just made movement really hard for me. I kept running into walls and it didn't feel like I had tight control over the guy. Is that intentional? Maybe, I don't know, but I felt like the game was enough of a challenge just navigating the maze and avoiding the monsters personally. Anyway, cool game. I loved the atmosphere and the bread crumbs were really clever (although the first time I played it they bugged and didn't produce light? It was weird.)
Mekuri
19. Dec 2013 · 06:31 UTC
Nice game. I loved the idea. I liked that the crumbs stayed between deaths, nice touch. All in all a very good game. I found it quite entertaining.
grifdail
20. Dec 2013 · 20:46 UTC
Whaou ! The mood is ammazing... Realy good job ! I love it... Saddly I was only able to use the "light bomb". The other did'nt do anything.
Crowbeak
21. Dec 2013 · 10:09 UTC
This got my heart racing. Them monsters were scary. *slobbering noise* *red light* AH MAH GAHD