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The Tater Conspiracy by Korda

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made by Korda for LD26 (JAM)
What is the Tater?
Where did they come from?
Why do you care?

All these questions and more may or may not be answered in:
THE TATER CONSPIRACY

The Tater Conspiracy is a First Person Treasure Hunt
Find the clues, solve the riddles and discover the truth behind the Tater Conspiracy

WASD - Move
Space - Jump
LMB - Interact
RMB - Show Current Clue

Linux and Mac builds are untested.
Comments are welcomed.

*All versions have been updated to remove player blocking wall from the maze
*Added source files
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97122014/Win.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97122014/Mac.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97122014/Linux.zip
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97122014/TaterConspiracyWEB/TaterConspiracy.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97122014/Tater%20ConspiracySOURCE.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=14993

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.38 170
Audio(Jam) 3.03 233
Fun(Jam) 2.84 287
Graphics(Jam) 3.88 96
Humor(Jam) 2.10 282
Innovation(Jam) 2.77 334
Mood(Jam) 3.68 68
Theme(Jam) 3.67 133

Feedback

Prelucid
30. Apr 2013 路 01:18 UTC
Are these shapes Unity-made primitives? Nice shader... I had some trouble moving the character it I think when facing the majority of objects. Maybe there's no distance culling + the effects?
Merkoth
30. Apr 2013 路 01:22 UTC
Like the color palette and the ambience. Nice job!
馃帳 Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 01:35 UTC
@Preclucid Some primitives some export from 3D software. The distances are quite large but I didnt have any issues on my end with controls so Im not sure what the problem is.

@Merkoth Thank you!
qdowngames
30. Apr 2013 路 02:27 UTC
Well I absolutely loved the visuals. My biggest problem was the sensitivity of the turning of the mouse, but maybe that was because it was a tad laggy for me. Overall nice!
馃帳 Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 02:30 UTC
Thanks Qdowngames, I have my mouse sensitivity pretty low by default maybe that's the cause
tacograveyard
30. Apr 2013 路 02:31 UTC
Cool look and feel. The mouse moves very fast and I couldn't figure out where to go past the first clue though.
Aevek
30. Apr 2013 路 02:41 UTC
I was loving this game and desperately searching for the next key, when suddenly there was a huge inexplicable diagonal wall across the middle of the maze. :(
馃帳 Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 02:43 UTC
@ Aevek Haha sorry I thought I moved that damn
ilo
30. Apr 2013 路 02:46 UTC
This is brilliant, but I got stuck in the maze. I thought I followed the right path but there was a massive block in the way. Anyway, the visuals are great, the town eerie, and the puzzles clever (up to the point where I got stuck).
Jellycakes
30. Apr 2013 路 02:51 UTC
Nice ambient game, didn't make it to the end kept getting stuck on the maze. But nice job anyway!
馃帳 Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 04:12 UTC
@ ilo and Jellycakes Thank you! Its not your fault you got stuck in the maze the wall from above was intruding in on it
I have updated the webplayer with a fix for it. The stand alone versions are being updated now but take a while to upload
Andrewves
30. Apr 2013 路 08:58 UTC
I really enjoyed the visual style of this game, the gameplay was also quite smooth and enjoyable, though the mouse sensitivity is a little high.
raincole
30. Apr 2013 路 09:15 UTC
It's amazing that you made these primitives so well-looking
Royal Railway
30. Apr 2013 路 09:49 UTC
Amazing visuals that really set an eerie mood. The mouse was a bit too sensitive and laggy, as others have said. I got stuck after the third clue. I like it!
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 10:24 UTC
This town is really cool ! Fun fact: i have found a strange triangle in the ground but it was a pit to oblivion. Anyway good job !
Richard Matey
30. Apr 2013 路 16:12 UTC
Wow incredible job on the look, lightmapping, and mood of the scene, really love walking around and looking at your world. Kinda reminds me of a Brandon Chung game.

Embarrassingly I couldn't get past the first clue at the fountain. Arrived there just not sure what to do.
ataxkt
30. Apr 2013 路 18:13 UTC
Ambience was nice, but I didn't really get what was going on, which gave me little incentive. Got some clues, but they do what? A bit more agency would have gone a long way. Still, looked nice.
馃帳 Korda
30. Apr 2013 路 23:20 UTC
Thanks everyone! The lack of agency was actually intentional my aim was to see how far people could get with as little info as possible. @ataxkt Right Mouse Button displays the clue
Teejay5
01. May 2013 路 00:24 UTC
The windows link appears to be 404'd!
Teejay5
01. May 2013 路 00:25 UTC
scratch that, i just had to reload the page.
bbrown2
01. May 2013 路 03:34 UTC
Beautiful, playing this game is like walking through a De Chirico painting. A game this good deserves a better ending and title.
馃帳 Korda
01. May 2013 路 04:25 UTC
Thanks a lot bbrown2. I actually forgot about the ending until the last minute.
psychomonster
01. May 2013 路 16:49 UTC
Hey I reached the the end of the game with only 2 solved Clues :D I don't want to spoil... But this is a really nice game. Soundscape fits perfect to that simplified Design... Nice piece of work
SaintHeiser
02. May 2013 路 09:35 UTC
Not bad! I like your minimalistic design =)
I got three clues and got lost into underground =(
OrangeeZ
16. May 2013 路 13:57 UTC
Wonderfully executed. Soundtrack, a feel similar to Gravity Bone, great minimalistic design and a potato - I liked it all.