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The Library *Real Name: Welcome to the Library* by Capitals

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made by Capitals for LD28 (COMPO)
You are the most successful 'mage' in the world, you have come into knowledge of a great and holy book which lay in a library at the end of the corridor. It should be easy! If you can wade through the living slime in the corridor!

The game is unfinished, but I have had some much fun. This is my first Ludum Dare and I have learnt a great deal for my next one! Such as try and submit a semi-working version on the first day...

To play the game you have to download the game, extract it and run the shortcut inside the ludum dare folder. If your file 'Run the game' is a .ink your shortcuts are bugged out so click on natives and run Game.jar.

There is no end of the corridor and you may fall out. Currently there is no solution to this.

I'll port this over the next couple of days but I have a history mock exam tomorrow and I should probably get some sleep!

Please tell me what you think and if you have some tips for next time! I hope you enjoy.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/v827nyo4hds517s/LD28GameV1.1.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=28209

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall 2.47 889
Audio 1.47 755
Fun 2.47 759
Graphics 3.34 290
Humor 2.18 525
Innovation 2.40 804
Mood 2.42 737
Theme 2.13 872

Feedback

ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 路 03:09 UTC
.ink How to I run the game?
馃帳 Capitals
16. Dec 2013 路 08:04 UTC
You have to download the game and run the shortcut.
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 路 18:15 UTC
Good start, you should continue your idea. :)
kratorspore
16. Dec 2013 路 18:17 UTC
A good first attempt! Nice graphics and smooth motion. Would have been cool to see the thing in its finished state.
Zemmi
16. Dec 2013 路 23:27 UTC
Ditto the above, good start & the first Ludum is always the hardest.

Personally I don't like to develop graphics beyond just a bunch of colored squares until the core of the game plays as I want to. That why at least the game is done even if doesn't look like anything.
Binary Gambit
16. Dec 2013 路 23:37 UTC
Great for a first LD Jam!
HuntTheWumpus
16. Dec 2013 路 23:41 UTC
Press 'e' for infinite fun. (If you like the dwarf fortress kind of fun)
Great idea (I like shops and collecting money) Unfortunately I couldn't get my bought items to work. :( But I had fun killing all the green blobs!
馃帳 Capitals
16. Dec 2013 路 23:43 UTC
Shame about the bought items, I'll look into that and check if I am allowed to upload a fixed version.
ambi
16. Dec 2013 路 23:55 UTC
Neat idea. Just seems to have little in the way of implementation or end goal.
sudorossy
17. Dec 2013 路 00:57 UTC
You can feel that's it's unfinished, but it's an interesting idea! Upgrade mechanics in games are cool.
WhoaConstrictor
17. Dec 2013 路 01:09 UTC
I made it to the end of the library and was fascinated. The start of an interesting survival-runner-type game.
Kareemroks101
17. Dec 2013 路 01:23 UTC
Really good for a first LD, great start for a fun game.
Tanser
17. Dec 2013 路 12:30 UTC
Nice game, just the menu was a bit off for me at the start and I did not hear any sounds... Good job anyway, nice idea. :) I love the graphics too!
joserodolfofreitas
17. Dec 2013 路 12:43 UTC
Nice graphics!
Ekilibr
17. Dec 2013 路 12:44 UTC
Please continue with this project. Nice idea, wanna see it finished ! Nice job ! It was my first LD jam too, i'm pleased to see other games from beginners like me :)
Ditto
17. Dec 2013 路 12:51 UTC
This was fun in weird way, I have no idea what im doing, but shooting those slimes is pretty fun anyways ;o are those small books that drop the intellect? :P
馃帳 Capitals
17. Dec 2013 路 12:52 UTC
Yeah, and gold!
mortl8324
17. Dec 2013 路 14:07 UTC
Awesome game. I can cheat a bit by going all the way right. Also.. I pressed "E" while trying the controls and immediately regretted that decision.
Bcadren
17. Dec 2013 路 14:14 UTC
Got tired of the button spam rather quickly. Good low res sprite quality though.
GBolt
17. Dec 2013 路 14:23 UTC
Can't run the game.
Nichii
17. Dec 2013 路 14:38 UTC
I don't know what I am doing in this game... but yeah, I would love to see this game in its finished state ;)
LewisChaplin
17. Dec 2013 路 19:13 UTC
was great fun. i enjoyed playing it. first time LD here aswell was a great weekend
2HitAdam
20. Dec 2013 路 05:01 UTC
Falling off the world means I win, right? ;) I liked the upgrade mechanic and the way fireballs worked, think there's a lot of potential here! Also props for making a game starring a badass old man, beating up slime and reading tiny books. Games about old men kicking ass are my fav!
Gungnir
20. Dec 2013 路 17:30 UTC
Nice effort, even if you didn't get all your ideas in there. Tiny books.
errorage
20. Dec 2013 路 22:54 UTC
Very good for lwjgl :)
patrickgh3
03. Jan 2014 路 07:42 UTC
Fun! Spells gliding across the floor was a nice touch. The premise is very entertaining. Good luck if you decide to keep working on it!