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Min's Journey by acro

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made by acro for LD26 (JAM)
Min is one busy little dude, fully overequipped for his high-paced lifestyle.
But is there really meaning in his tasks? Actually, what are the important parts?
Is less... more?

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Two of us worked on this, starting from some base java code.

The idea was to explore the whole concept of minimalism, a bit through the player rather than explicitly taking things from it. Not sure how well we succeeded. Also, our first jam, so probably overblown the time... ;)

Hope you like it!

Edit 2:

We fixed a game crashing bug that happened when you were hit by too many enemies.

Edit:

Some people have encountered problems getting the game to start. In 100% of cases so far, it's because you need to update your Java to the latest version from java.com (the latest update of 1.7). It won't work with Java 1.6.

Controls:

WASD move, arrow keys fire.
Spacebar only starts the game.
Esc to quit the game at any point

Thanks for playing, to everyone who's done so already! :D
Jar https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33870926/ld26.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=21612

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.97 326
Audio(Jam) 2.71 326
Fun(Jam) 2.82 298
Graphics(Jam) 3.26 257
Humor(Jam) 2.44 199
Innovation(Jam) 2.56 394
Mood(Jam) 2.79 313
Theme(Jam) 2.91 393

Feedback

Alphonsus
30. Apr 2013 路 09:31 UTC
Nice little game! I loved the quirky graphics and the ending. Keep it up :P
TheAwesomeProgrammer
30. Apr 2013 路 13:28 UTC
Can't play on windows, won't detect spacebar press :(
Hyaku
30. Apr 2013 路 13:32 UTC
Nice game. I really love the character and the enemies sprites.

The ending is cute.
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 13:45 UTC
Despite what it seemed, it's a decent game ! Very funny !
馃帳 acro
30. Apr 2013 路 13:56 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys, really glad you enjoyed it :) TheAwesomeProgrammer, are you sure the game window had mouse focus, sometimes that can be the problem.
cinnamonmelonpig
30. Apr 2013 路 14:54 UTC
Cool game, the controls were a little akward and I didn't really like that all enemies "took a break" if the player stood still. Nice work tho!
daniel2357
30. Apr 2013 路 16:04 UTC
Cant open jar.
drstik
30. Apr 2013 路 16:06 UTC
Catchy music and nice artwork. I unfortunately couldn't figure out how to get out of the second room, pressing space doesn't seem to do anything for me?
pentaphobe
30. Apr 2013 路 20:21 UTC
alas the Jar won't launch for me either, I'm on Mac Osx 10.6

Looks really nice though, will come back and hope there's a solution
Dining Philosopher
30. Apr 2013 路 20:45 UTC
At first I tried to kill all the baddies, but then I found out they're just a nuisance because you can't be damaged. The moralistic part didn't appeal to me so much, but still a good effort to incorporate the theme. I like the maze at the end.
Blizzil
01. May 2013 路 14:13 UTC
I liked the concept, the idea of becoming minimalistic instead of already starting that way is nice! Also liked the transformation of the character and the ending.
Squared Muffin
02. May 2013 路 00:56 UTC
Well, I can definetly say I didn't understand what was going on, but somehow it made me play til the end. So good job i suppose :P
enzo
02. May 2013 路 06:02 UTC
Interesting art style! It almost looks like clay?

I have to admit I was unnaturally pissed at 'Cheevo' at the start, haha. Good game
zkenshin
02. May 2013 路 15:51 UTC
Game crashed on me when I stood still in a pile of purple monsters and got hit a multitude of times.
V0ID
02. May 2013 路 16:35 UTC
Very nice. The plot and the ending are very good, the music is nice, liked this game most until now : )
馃帳 acro
02. May 2013 路 19:28 UTC
Thanks for the continued feedback guys, we really appreciate it :)

@drstik you use wasd to move and arrows to fire, you need to find the end of level portal to progress. Space only works to start the game.

@pentaphobe, chances are it's the Java version, can you try download the latest version, 1.7.

@enzo, the sprites were pre-rendered in Blender, they do look a bit like clay :) I'm really happy with how they turned out.

@zkenshin Thanks for reporting that, I've fixed the crash bug and re-uploaded.
Prelucid
02. May 2013 路 22:56 UTC
Cool game, I didn't realize until a bit later that the purple guys were responding to my WASD presses, hahaha.
stqn
02. May 2013 路 23:07 UTC
Nice. I didn't have time to read all the text between the levels. Are the musics made with autotracker?
zinfandel
03. May 2013 路 05:36 UTC
Hey very cool entry! You did claymation too :D
The idea of losing a weapon every time is good and adds some stress. All those little concepts really add up to a good game.
avidgamerNino
05. May 2013 路 06:21 UTC
"The End" I guess it is impossible to die, which made the game really easy.
netmute
06. May 2013 路 15:25 UTC
I don't have Java installed. Sorry :(
MinionStudios
08. May 2013 路 00:54 UTC
I like the art!
sP0CkEr2
08. May 2013 路 03:56 UTC
quirky but nice -- like the theme with removing parts of the game -- cool idea -- nice job
Benjamin
11. May 2013 路 16:12 UTC
Reversed Megaman :D Like those sprites graphics. Are hulk dodging bullets ? Sometime they really seems too. The ssekers presence add tons of fun in the game, you have to alternate arcade and strategic sequences. Nice ending by the way, are you trying to say I should stop testing LD game and spend more time with my wife ?