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The Adventures of Lars by Dan

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made by Dan for LD27 (JAM)
Lars is a zombie who has found himself sucked into the world of games. Help him escape by progressing through classic and well-known game worlds by completing a series of wacky minigames!

Known Problems:
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> The controls in the second level are really buggy and the game doesn't like multi-button presses.

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UPDATE:
We have decided, following your feedback, to continue development after the jam!
Cheers guys :)

For updates on how it's going you can follow us on twitter:
Black: @LanDucas
Blue: @VikkiBiggs
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef6a0r77n5uwzef/The%20Adventures%20of%20Lars.exe
Windows (Mirror) http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/221054-the-adventures-of-lars
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=25013

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall(Jam) 2.61 506
Audio(Jam) 2.23 440
Fun(Jam) 2.75 363
Graphics(Jam) 2.94 375
Humor(Jam) 2.72 219
Innovation(Jam) 2.24 550
Mood(Jam) 2.55 414
Theme(Jam) 2.81 431

Feedback

Larzan
26. Aug 2013 · 21:23 UTC
Couldn't play it, unfortunately Win7 64bit doesn't tell me what is missing...
Derbdale
26. Aug 2013 · 22:00 UTC
Nice concept, fun to play, but the key detection on the second level was annoying, I found myself pressing buttons and not moving a lot.
BradleySmith
26. Aug 2013 · 22:13 UTC
Really nice pixel art. :)
Jupiter_Hadley
27. Aug 2013 · 20:40 UTC
This game made me smile. I really, really enjoyed it (other than the key level movement being funny) I found the zombie going back to old styled games cool and unique. I loved it. I featured it in my comilation video of Ludum Dare 27 Games, if you wanna check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UJ96l2scE
ZYXer
28. Aug 2013 · 02:38 UTC
Really funny game idea. Too bad you only were able to complete two levels. I was looking forward to play more levels. Perhaps in a post-compo version? :D
kibertoad
29. Aug 2013 · 20:00 UTC
Controls on second level are really frustrating. Nice graphics, though.
Starspell
29. Aug 2013 · 20:12 UTC
An interesting, and very ambitious, idea but needs a little more polish. The platforming is a bit off and as you know the 2nd level has input issues.

Unless I am very much mistaken the Zelda sprites seems to been taken from the real games. Try to make your own graphics next time instead of using copyrighted sprites. This may be a jam entry but it's always better to make your own. :)

Look forward to your next LD game.
bvanschooten
29. Aug 2013 · 20:32 UTC
Well presented, the minigames are a nice idea. The game just needs more levels and a couple less bugs :-)
keyboardmonkey
29. Aug 2013 · 20:49 UTC
A fun play :) a pity that Lars did not have more levels to play through, and good work on the theme and graphics!
jprogman
29. Aug 2013 · 21:22 UTC
I like the variety that this game have, even if I chuckled at the two spoofs. :)
necmelt2006
31. Aug 2013 · 19:48 UTC
Nice idea, you need to tweak the controls (perhaps making them like the titles references) also give more personnality to Lars (graphically?) and univer(s) (introduce blood? i don't know ^^) this just to make the game unique :)
oxysoft
31. Aug 2013 · 19:49 UTC
Collisions are really weird on the top down level but I did like the pixel art on that level
PaperBlurt
31. Aug 2013 · 19:57 UTC
Lars is the best name on a main character yet in LD27!
Epiphane
01. Sep 2013 · 00:28 UTC
Fun, short little game. Controls in the second stage were extremely frustrating, I thought I was getting caught on the scenery (but I guess you know that already)
Toadpud
01. Sep 2013 · 15:34 UTC
I liked it, but it seemed very short. You should definitely make more levels in a post-compo version! Also, the movement in level 2 was extremely bugged.
Antidote
02. Sep 2013 · 17:34 UTC
I feel the 10 seconds thing was a bit too fast to complete the level, maybe could gain a few seconds with the Mushroom or something?
Jedi
03. Sep 2013 · 02:12 UTC
This game looks really cute! I love how well you recreated the look and feel of both mario and zelda. Unfortunately, the game crashes for me every time a chicken touches me in level 2 :(
zconnelly13
03. Sep 2013 · 19:27 UTC
loved it, would love to see the rest + bugfixes!
kirbytails7
04. Sep 2013 · 01:04 UTC
Definitely a good plan for the theme. Too bad there wasn't time for more content.
MuciojadPL
04. Sep 2013 · 16:16 UTC
Good game, level 2 is some irritating, but overall is quite good. Nice graphic :)
MrBenjaminBowman
04. Sep 2013 · 17:18 UTC
Overall, pretty cool :D (Wish there was more levels, it looked fun :P)
Taiters
04. Sep 2013 · 17:47 UTC
Cool game, well done. Though the controls on the second level don't seem to work well.
Tater_hater
04. Sep 2013 · 23:23 UTC
Love the nostalgia feel