When The Sun Sets by Ravetcofx

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made by Ravetcofx for LD27 (COMPO)
This game is not as complete at all, probably because this was my first Ludum dare and I didt get the hang of managing my time.
Any way your main charecter is going to die in 10 secconds (when the sun sets) and in that time he goes through his memories, and finaly says goodbye to his wife on last time.
I plan on continuing development of this; eg adding more levels a deeper story and so on. Please give your comments, it the whole reason I did this :)

I did rush, so please let me know of any stupid things.

Notes:
Space or enter to start
You need a minimum java 1.6
The Window size is stupid, I will fix soon
The Music released under The Creative Commons Lisence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Ratings

Coolness 69% 3
Overall 2.49 1038
Audio 3.51 83
Fun 1.91 1135
Graphics 3.72 141
Humor 1.96 735
Innovation 2.17 1057
Mood 3.15 261
Theme 2.58 997

Feedback

nintendoeats
26. Aug 2013 路 03:05 UTC
I don't feel like I can even rate this. Either I'm missing something or there is no gameplay. I can' even get past the first platform :(

Nice art and music though.
kevinAlbs
26. Aug 2013 路 03:08 UTC
Good idea. I hope you are able to finish it and add an ending.
Senevri
26. Aug 2013 路 03:12 UTC
Music is amazing.
Taylor
26. Aug 2013 路 03:13 UTC
Jumping and collision were weird, so much so that just jumping from platform to platform was frustrating
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:19 UTC
Sorry Guys for all the bugs, If you follow me here or on twitter @RavetcoFX I will do more updates.

Thanks for the comments :)
dalbinblue
26. Aug 2013 路 03:26 UTC
The music is great, and the art style is nice, but I'm having difficulty understanding what is happening in the game. Some symbols just disappear, the wife/daughter mourns (which does make sense), and you turn into a pulsating cloud when you are over the woman on the top, and even though the sun set you can still move around. I'm not quite getting what the game is trying to tell me.
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:29 UTC
The to people standing next to each other used to be your parents that you remember, and they died early in your life, the baby turned into your wife mouring sybolizing it was a silent birth, and the pulsating cloud it a bug...
Dark Acre Jack
26. Aug 2013 路 03:35 UTC
Couldn't get past the Mediafire puzzle.
Tork
26. Aug 2013 路 03:37 UTC
Same, mediafire didnt help with captcha + virus on the ads
caranha
26. Aug 2013 路 03:38 UTC
I really liked your art style and your music, you also had kind of a solid idea, but the game programming and polishing was lacking.

I will give you some of my impressions, I hope this help you next time:

* At the title screen, I tried clicking "start" but nothing happened. If you are not going to do mouse input, do not place a "button" like on your screen, and tell the player as soon as possible what are the commands (space for jumping?)

* The platforming needs work. The jump is really short, but the character can somehow glitch into the next platform, even though visually he cant reach it.

* Also, when I played the second time around (after dying the first time), the game did not end when the sun reached the bottom of the screen. Check if you are resetting all your variables!

Thanks for the game, and best of luck next LD :-)
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:38 UTC
I will fix sorry guys
namrog84
26. Aug 2013 路 03:39 UTC
I like the music
I can't jump?
I just got the jumping and made it to the top. I dont fully grasp whats going on though?

Jumping mechanic needs a lot of work. some more direction on the win/lose/gameplay?

I like the art/graphics a lot! good music!
Has potential for great mood and ambient game
ix
26. Aug 2013 路 03:40 UTC
Nice music, it's too bad you weren't able to do more.
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:41 UTC
thank you caranha, i was rushing at the last few minutes, It is a heaping pile of garbage atm, I will work on it some more...
Boodog
26. Aug 2013 路 03:44 UTC
Awesome game! I really liked it! Loved the music! :) (also my game has a linux version like you asked :D)
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:45 UTC
I will thank people individualy now:

thanks namrog84 for the feedback

and thank you ix aswell :)
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 03:47 UTC
Thank you Boodog
SpiralCodeStudio
26. Aug 2013 路 05:11 UTC
Move to dropbox!
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 05:43 UTC
SpiralCodeStudio Will do tomorrow
TheJackiMonster
26. Aug 2013 路 13:33 UTC
Looks awesome, but I don't understand the game really well...
TobiasW
26. Aug 2013 路 14:33 UTC
I can totally sign what dalinblue said: "Some symbols just disappear, the wife/daughter mourns (which does make sense), and you turn into a pulsating cloud when you are over the woman on the top, and even though the sun set you can still move around. I'm not quite getting what the game is trying to tell me."

That's my experience too. And I'm not sure what's up with the hunchback angel? And yes, the jumping needs a lot of work.

I like the graphics and the music though! It looks rough, but still pleasing, and the minimal animations work well.

Congratulations on finishing your first LD! I hope you'll be back for more later :)
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 16:55 UTC
Thank you very much JackiMonster and TobiasW, If you read up in the comments I explained a bit of what was going on :)
zanzindorf
26. Aug 2013 路 17:39 UTC
Do you have a direct download link? Media fire keeps crashing and won't let me download it. You're screen shot looks cool.
Cosrnos
26. Aug 2013 路 17:40 UTC
Love the art style but I'm not sure what the objective was and the game wouldn't fully display for me.
cwkx
26. Aug 2013 路 17:45 UTC
Beautiful music and artstyle, would be nice to have some more polished gameplay.
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 17:48 UTC
zanzindorf: will do very soon
Cosrnos: I will fix the large window Sillyness
cwkx: thank you, I will fix up the sillyness soon
tripleVisionGames
26. Aug 2013 路 18:22 UTC
I like the simple art style but I'd suggest working on the feel of the controls as they were a bit disjointed. Otherwise a good solid game though, the music was nice too.
Zerkruemler
26. Aug 2013 路 19:27 UTC
The graphics attracted me to play the game, but it seems to be buggy. I cannot jump higher than the first platform. After 3 sunsets the sun hangs and you can play forever.
kayupla
26. Aug 2013 路 20:15 UTC
great ! I specialy apreciate the graphical mood and music. the story telling elements are mature, even the purpose is classic. exellent work.
馃帳 Ravetcofx
26. Aug 2013 路 21:42 UTC
tripleVisionGames: Thankyou, I am working to fix the kinks in the next few days

Zerkruemler: Will fix

kayupla: Wow, thank you, I am amazed you didnt comment about the bugs.
nathanhoffer
29. Aug 2013 路 03:32 UTC
Media fire = blah.

As far as the game, I LOVED the artwork. I really was feeling it. Congrats on your first Ludum Dare.
rincewind_cz
30. Aug 2013 路 08:42 UTC
Music is really nice, but you should definitely distribute it in some lossy format (to reduce download size). The game itself was little bit confusing (at least for me) sometimes :-)
馃帳 Ravetcofx
30. Aug 2013 路 16:25 UTC
Thanks nathanhoffer :)
rincewind_cz, I made song smaller so I isnt so massive, I just need to fix a few more bugs and upload the darn thing.
GVmakesGames
10. Sep 2013 路 10:48 UTC
Nice graphics and music, but there is some bug. Also, the collisions are... argh, a bit strange.
Oxygamer
16. Sep 2013 路 15:18 UTC
What a puzzling game!