Erfingi by olafurw

made by olafurw for LD27 (COMPO)

You are stuck in a cave. An ominous sound can be heard in the distance. Can you explore the caves and battle the foes that roam the dark halls?

Have no worries though, when you die, your heir can continue your journey. There are a lot you can chose from. But you only have 10 seconds to select from one of your children, so make that choice count.

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- Randomly Generated Caves
- Mouse only controls
- Your children are generated via Genetic Algorithm based on you and a random mate.

Windows	http://murk.is/ld27/Erfingi.zip
OS/X	http://murk.is/ld27/Erfingi-osx.zip
Linux	http://murk.is/ld27/Erfingi-linux.zip
Web	http://murk.is/ld27/
Source	http://murk.is/ld27/super-secret/Erfingi-source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=25450

Ratings

Coolness	72%	3
Overall	3.02	596

Audio	2.08	785
Fun	2.55	858
Graphics	2.33	888
Humor	1.97	730
Innovation	3.40	257
Mood	2.81	489
Theme	2.88	806

Feedback

KristinnEs

26. Aug 2013 · 08:57 UTC

Good game. I lost quite a few minutes to it :)
I like the heir idea, it is a good twist on the theme.

Vectorious

26. Aug 2013 · 12:44 UTC

Interesting game. I wasn't sure if there was a win objective other than going through the door? Was pretty fun nonetheless. :)

🎤 olafurw

26. Aug 2013 · 14:59 UTC

No win objective, just to try to get as far as you can and try to select optimal heirs. Thanks! :)

Dark Acre Jack

26. Aug 2013 · 23:29 UTC

Heh, someone's been playing Rogue Legacy. Nice job simplifying that & adding a 10 sec timer to the choice.

cbear_wallis

26. Aug 2013 · 23:43 UTC

I really loved the atmosphere of this game. I'm a huge fan of the lighting! I would have liked some music ^_^ but it's cool nonetheless, good job dude

cafeine

26. Aug 2013 · 23:46 UTC

Interesting idea and implementation. Movement was a bit unwieldy around tight passages.

Ossi

26. Aug 2013 · 23:59 UTC

Great concept and execution! 10 Seconds is definitely not enough time to choose an heir and that makes it all the better! I like how you used sound to create direction for the player and the low view distance made it tense and suspenseful. Also, having almost max limp suuuucks haha! The game would benefit greatly with some completed art, otherwise great job!

Erkberg

27. Aug 2013 · 00:30 UTC

Nice game. The choice of a heir within 10s is an interesting take on the theme.

DanHayesGamer

27. Aug 2013 · 00:32 UTC

5/5 from me. Really cool design that would be nice to see a full, polished version of. :)

borden

27. Aug 2013 · 00:42 UTC

Pretty fun. Not sure what a lot of the stats were

27. Aug 2013 · 01:22 UTC

The movement felt odd to me, and the world seemed very empty.

Sanguine

27. Aug 2013 · 15:19 UTC

The concept is really cool, the genetic algorithm seems to work well. It was hard to pick a heir quickly due to the unclear overview it has because of the scrollbar. The spellcasting felt good, but I wasn't always sure if I was damaging the monsters.

N0_Named_Guy

27. Aug 2013 · 17:00 UTC

Will post video comment when done

noom

28. Aug 2013 · 00:41 UTC

That was fun, I like the concept and I'd love to see it expanded on with some more depth and graphics etc. As much as I understand the time limit on choosing your heir, it really goes against my style of play so I found myself getting flustered with the choices. There were many moments when I simply ran out of time and ended up with a terrible mutation!

KunoNoOni

28. Aug 2013 · 00:49 UTC

I really liked it! Neat use of theme. Good Job!

Kragnir

28. Aug 2013 · 01:04 UTC

Nice idea, some of the stats are a bit confusing.

N0_Named_Guy

28. Aug 2013 · 08:45 UTC

Live review available: http://www.twitch.tv/n0_named_guy/c/2831050

GaTechGrad

28. Aug 2013 · 19:55 UTC

Neat dungeon crawler. It started slowing down a bit on my system after I died a few times.

BlackBulletIV

29. Aug 2013 · 23:23 UTC

Nice concept with the inheritance. The lighting and sounds certainly lend well to the mood. I did find it a little dull, mainly to running into no enemies after the first level (if I remember correctly).

yagiz

30. Aug 2013 · 00:34 UTC

I could not get to kill any enemy no matter how strategic I attacked. As somebody who worked with genetic algorithms it is always interesting to see them in games.

Purplescape

31. Aug 2013 · 19:46 UTC

I like the idea of heirs and inheriting traits. More stuff in the world would be good. I liked the map revealing, it made exploration more interesting

Super Hamster

03. Sep 2013 · 02:15 UTC

Lighting was cool, but I don't really understand how to attack and what the red flashy thing is.

fdevant

04. Sep 2013 · 21:40 UTC

This was fun.

plop

07. Sep 2013 · 14:12 UTC

Cool! I love the idea of choosing a heir in 10 seconds. Controls are pretty good, but I'm not quite fond of the combat system, took me a while to figure out enemies can hurt you by being nearby. But other than that it was good! Innovative!