One Chance by spacechase0

made by spacechase0 for LD26 (COMPO)

Get to the top of the tower!

Timelapse: http://youtu.be/7OhOusQ0484

Controls:
* WASD or arrow keys - move
* Q - drop items
* Space - interact, use selected item
* 12345 - select an item in the hotbar

The game has a kitten and a potato. :P

Strategy: If you keep dying, try briefly turning around to attack the monster and then keep running away. Make sure to use the weapon while facing the monster!

Note: Main gameplay part of the theme is at the end.

In general, keys unlock doors. They only work once, and only on certain doors.

General progression:
* Surface -> get dagger -> go to cave
* Cave -> get key -> go to dungeon
* Dungeon -> get key, weapon -> puzzle room -> boss -> surface
* Surface -> go to tower
* Tower -> get key -> get weapon, puzzle room -> final boss

Windows	http://spacechase0.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/OneChance1.zip
Mac	http://spacechase0.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/OneChance_Mac.zip
Linux	http://spacechase0.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/OneChance_Linux.zip
Source	http://spacechase0.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/OneChance_src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=10574

Ratings

Coolness	77%	2
Overall	2.91	835

Audio	3.17	271
Fun	2.65	864
Graphics	2.67	840
Humor	1.86	839
Innovation	2.41	1034
Mood	2.72	725
Theme	3.17	901

Feedback

lulzfish_4

29. Apr 2013 · 00:57 UTC

It's hard, the monsters keep killing me somehow

CogComp

29. Apr 2013 · 17:27 UTC

The "briefly turning around" trick, works. I think this could have a slightly higher pace.

TheSambassador

29. Apr 2013 · 17:32 UTC

I was pretty unclear what I was doing at first... when unlocking the "upper" building didn't work I went down, and then had no way of defending myself. It'd be nice if you had to pick up the knife before you went down into the cave.

Fighting seemed annoyingly difficult... it would have been much better if you could hit multiple stacked enemies with 1 swing, and if there was some sort of knockback when you hit the enemies.

Enemies that were at the doorway of a level that you left stay there when you try to go back... and kill you immediately.

The music and sounds were top-notch for a 48-hour game. Very well done!

Meep

29. Apr 2013 · 18:38 UTC

A fun little adventure. :) I liked the overall feel of the game; I felt it wasn't very clear what to do at the start, though. Good work, regardless. :)

TobiasL

29. Apr 2013 · 18:53 UTC

The music and sounds were really good. Though you could probably compress the music more, 23MB feels like a little much.
I couldn't figure out how to get out of the game over screen, just restarted the whole game instead.

Jellycakes

29. Apr 2013 · 20:23 UTC

Really nice, couple of problems with the dagger and the boss battle but other than that a nice solid well polished game. Nice job!

pighead10

29. Apr 2013 · 20:55 UTC

Tricky, I thought I had the hang of hit but there were not enough health powerups to keep me alive. Loved the music.

stqn

29. Apr 2013 · 23:14 UTC

Nice music! The game is confusing, I didn't know what to do. Only after reading the comments did I try again and find the key and knife. But then I killed a few monsters, found another key and that's it... No idea where I should be going or what the things in the scenery are.
(I played with Wine under Linux.)

🎤 spacechase0

29. Apr 2013 · 23:30 UTC

The key is for another dungeon. I'll post some more instructions in the description.

minism

30. Apr 2013 · 01:35 UTC

Like the item slot / drop system, and the cat follower. Game crashed for me unfortunately in the turqoise buildling. Combat could be greatly improved by implementing knockback.

rogueNoodle

30. Apr 2013 · 08:43 UTC

Loved the visuals, mood and sound :) Pretty cool little adventure!

hgouveia

01. May 2013 · 20:22 UTC

i love "rpg" so very nice done, it reminds me a Zelda for NES,

HelkeGames

02. May 2013 · 19:53 UTC

Nice game, well done :)

MuffinTrap

02. May 2013 · 19:53 UTC

The gameplay was simple and fluid. The cave level had lots of empty space, I would have enjoyed more direct guidance.
The green magic cucumber was a bit strange, was it a weapon.
It was fun to find the kitten.
I did not get to the end.

lanz

02. May 2013 · 20:05 UTC

Cool little game. I especially liked "hit" sound, it so cute .)

GranaDa

03. May 2013 · 15:22 UTC

Hard game but cool. Good job!

Prudiiarca

03. May 2013 · 15:45 UTC

Good job.

Pixelfan Games

03. May 2013 · 23:35 UTC

i like the dificult, good music, i think this is real good game for play and try and try all the time hehe nice job!