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DeaN by Sakuyan

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made by Sakuyan for LD26 (COMPO)
(To be honest I recommend you watch the Story mode video rather than play it ;-; *i'm sorry* it seems buggy to most people)

Controls are (Up Down Left Right) and Escape is to get out of the current game.

All of the things you see were done within the 48 hours.
;-; my wrist is red.

Second time competing in LD48, tried to put in as much as possible!

Sorry if the game mechanics feel clunky, I'm a really horrible programmer. >_<

Also if you get frustrated with the storymode please try to play the game mode, it's much better! (I think... >_<)

[Edit] Tell me your highest scores on the Game mode! :)
[Edit2] My high score is 1042

Web http://www.pwnscone.com/sakuyan/DeaN
StoryMode Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oN8JjMr09o
OS/X http://www.pwnscone.com/sakuyan/DeaN/DeaN_OSX.zip
Linux http://www.pwnscone.com/sakuyan/DeaN/DeaN_Linux64.zip
Source http://www.pwnscone.com/sakuyan/DeaN.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=13803

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.09 644
Audio 1.66 1018
Fun 2.59 922
Graphics 4.17 42
Humor 2.57 344
Innovation 2.64 908
Mood 3.21 291
Theme 2.96 1053

Feedback

StuStutheBloo
29. Apr 2013 · 03:35 UTC
Cute. You were right that the game mode was a lot more fun than the story mode, haha. Having to press enter while you're trying to play was very distracting.
saguaro
29. Apr 2013 · 03:36 UTC
I like the aesthetic. In both modes, I reached a point early on where I was no longer encountering any enemies.
gokuhd
29. Apr 2013 · 04:34 UTC
Beautiful graphics :), did you make the drawings by yourself?. For some reason at the begining I didn't know I could move back and forward. My highest score was 335 :) not so good :(. Nice game!.
andrewkennedy
29. Apr 2013 · 04:44 UTC
Why are the cars so big
jgnilka
29. Apr 2013 · 05:06 UTC
Those cars are gigantic
TrentSterling
29. Apr 2013 · 05:28 UTC
Is it bad that I just want to kill all the old people?

Also, at first, I thought enter/space was the only button and I was getting so confused! Helps to read I guess!
bobo72a
29. Apr 2013 · 05:35 UTC
I somehow bugged out and was no longer encountering anybody, but it was fun up until then!
chobrah
29. Apr 2013 · 06:11 UTC
Love the art, very well done.
householdutensils
29. Apr 2013 · 06:36 UTC
Oh man, those old people death animations xD
orangepascal
29. Apr 2013 · 07:11 UTC
game feels a bit empty, but the graphics are awesome
mushbuh
29. Apr 2013 · 18:47 UTC
cars so big oh gosh
Spanfile
29. Apr 2013 · 18:47 UTC
Sometimes the game spawns clusters of people you can't just avoid. But to think of it, so does my game :)
graytest
29. Apr 2013 · 18:48 UTC
Great graphics and good game play. Once the initial group of people were done there were only sporadic encounters making the game quite boring and easy.
free_napalm
29. Apr 2013 · 18:50 UTC
Great graphics, but I closed each game mode when no obstacles appeared for a long time.
NeverAutomatic
29. Apr 2013 · 18:51 UTC
The animations are really well done. Great job!
CogComp
29. Apr 2013 · 18:54 UTC
Very nice graphics. I too ran out of enemies in story mode.
Webravenz
29. Apr 2013 · 19:08 UTC
nice graphics, but I too ran out of ennemies, with (so) long pauses in story mode
Chman
29. Apr 2013 · 19:52 UTC
These graphics <3
I ran out of enemies as well.
tonic
29. Apr 2013 · 20:06 UTC
The game advances a bit slowly. Nice storytelling and graphics!
Tinco
29. Apr 2013 · 20:12 UTC
Very pretty game, but unfortunately there's a bug where after a while there are no more enemies, in chrome on linux it is rather soon.
Spierek
29. Apr 2013 · 20:21 UTC
The pacing in the story mode could've been much better, and the game lacks some audio in the background, but man...

Those adorable animations are making up for it nicely :)
ataxkt
29. Apr 2013 · 21:32 UTC
Deeeeaaan! Love the graphics! Animations are beautiful, and I love the little heart meter <3 This is cute. I wanted to get the girl, but playing with the cutscenes just takes too long, gets frustrating when you suck at games like me.
atraxgames
29. Apr 2013 · 21:59 UTC
It's a very original take in the runner category, also graphic is very nice.
Ray_Mickelino
30. Apr 2013 · 00:21 UTC
One-word- Awesome.
visibleatom
30. Apr 2013 · 00:55 UTC
Someone tell Dean that he could avoid a lot more people if he stopped walking :P
GameNacho
30. Apr 2013 · 01:09 UTC
Great art style!
daydalus
30. Apr 2013 · 02:25 UTC
Really great looking game. Love the smooth animation and style of the game world. Nice twist on Infinite Runner style gameplay. I did find one issue - when I played story mode, or game mode and got past ~300, no more enemies would spawn. Other than that, great work!
cwilloughby
30. Apr 2013 · 02:51 UTC
Cool. Wasn't sure about the difference between game and story modes. Liked the graphics a lot. Wanted some sounds. Like another, it reminded me of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BiMYjVvhxE
arrogant.gamer
30. Apr 2013 · 04:53 UTC
This is a really lovely entry. I was sad that the story mode just suddenly turned into an endless walk... was that intended? Game mode was innovative in the sense that the danger was not you being killed by an obstacle, but rather that you want to avoiding killing them.

I killed a little girl with a balloon... It was an accident!
qdowngames
30. Apr 2013 · 05:34 UTC
Strange...I never encountered anybody ever, but I did like the visuals!
multikorv
30. Apr 2013 · 11:18 UTC
Nice artwork and style! Not sure about the goals though.. All of the sudden nothing spawned.
oatsbarley
30. Apr 2013 · 11:26 UTC
The graphics are lovely. The game mode was a lot better than the story mode, since that seemed to take ages to get started. It would have been nice with some audio, since you can definitely feel that it's missing.
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 · 12:01 UTC
Very good graphics, cute little story !
JimmyLord
30. Apr 2013 · 12:21 UTC
Great endless runner story/concept, love the death animations, had to reset the game just to watch them all.
ReveLorenfield
30. Apr 2013 · 12:53 UTC
Nice pixel art and your animations are cutely good. You sure had focused on visual :)
Too bad for the game. Around 400, nobody spawned so I could let the little guy running forever and ever without meeting anyone.

Good job anyway :)

(oh, I was sure your graphic style felt familiar, I remember you from Limit. No wonder the animations are so great)
rujo
30. Apr 2013 · 13:02 UTC
nice alternative to classic autorunners
the pixel art is superb, in particular on the player and the choice of the limited palette.
very good entry.
Jubjub.
30. Apr 2013 · 14:59 UTC
Love the idea and the graphics. The gameplay wasn't too innovative, but still fun!
nintendoeats
30. Apr 2013 · 15:04 UTC
It bugged out on me as well, but I watched the video.

Gameplay: fine for what it is, but I feel like better hitboxes/more refined controls are in order to make it properly fun.

Story: that is really excellent use of gameplay/story integration! it gets a bit clunky waiting for the text to come up and then cycling through it slowly, but the way the story gives your actions varying context and goals that directly relate to the meaning of the mechanic is handled really well. Excellent job! I just wish it ran p_p
igrowbeards
30. Apr 2013 · 16:30 UTC
I liked the concept and art a lot but i got the "nothing to do here" bug very early on both modes unfortunately - please fix that after the judging ends, i'd like to give this one another try in a more complete form
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 · 16:48 UTC
You did some seriously job with the graphics and animations. Love it!
dasrkrain
30. Apr 2013 · 17:49 UTC
Cool concept, and I really like the art style.
Zed
30. Apr 2013 · 17:56 UTC
I liked it! Very cute. I got 3,053. Here, I took a screenshot for proof and everything. http://i.imgur.com/uVEl5YG.png
Stiju
30. Apr 2013 · 18:17 UTC
Nice and cute graphics, would have been nice with some audio.
Story mode had way too many "Press Space or Enter" moments but other than that it was good.

Highscore in game mode: 606.
Szedouu
30. Apr 2013 · 18:29 UTC
excellent graphic design!
Cryovat
30. Apr 2013 · 19:53 UTC
It looks gorgeous, you did a great job on the visuals. I'm very envious of your spriting skills.

Unfortunately, it's buggy on my machine (Chromium, Ubuntu). During the story mode, it seems to get stuck and in game mode, they stop spawning.

Thanks for the video, I'm glad I got to watch the story to the end. :)
BradleySmith
30. Apr 2013 · 21:13 UTC
Love the pixel art.
richtx
01. May 2013 · 02:25 UTC
I really like the style. The game is a bit slow in pacing, otherwise it was a great game.
DaanVanYperen
01. May 2013 · 02:50 UTC
Like the graphical style. Very polished!
Travis Irby
01. May 2013 · 03:22 UTC
Great backstory and art style! Really sucks you in :)
GreenPixelDev
01. May 2013 · 04:39 UTC
Love the Dean sprite! Very cute and well-animated :D The graphics set a nice mood but having to press Enter almost felt like pausing/interrupting the game. Great job!
PabloAlexandre31
01. May 2013 · 04:40 UTC
I liked the game. Some details could be added, like a font type in text skip ("Press Space or Enter") similar of a menu font type. But, in Overall it's a great game, i love the art style.
MaxSzlagor
01. May 2013 · 05:14 UTC
Awesome graphics! I was able to play game mode just fine but story mode had no enemies in it. Would love to hear some audio as well. Great job on making an interesting world. Thanks for sharing!
Crazi456
01. May 2013 · 06:12 UTC
Very amusing, great art!
ddionisio
01. May 2013 · 07:34 UTC
The sappiness and cuteness of this game overwhelmed me! I couldn't handle it! Beautiful pattern and artwork! The story was a bit cliche but it got interesting. Especially near the end!

I got stuck after I was told to kill 100 old men, do I really have to do that? I ended up just watching the vid :P

Needed some sort of audio, but the story and art felt more than enough for me.

Great work!
robotality
01. May 2013 · 09:01 UTC
That was nice, even if the story mode seems to be broken. No one was there to jump over...
Aceria
01. May 2013 · 09:13 UTC
Nice while it lasts, but I also suddenly stopped having anyone to avoid. Lovely visual style!
juaxix
01. May 2013 · 10:07 UTC
I love the graphics, looks like made in Paintbrush (WindowsXP) XD
I'm in a infinite loop of streets with the same things...
Skywilly
01. May 2013 · 11:01 UTC
Great concept & cute graphics. Very nice idea ;)
TheAwesomeProgrammer
01. May 2013 · 12:07 UTC
I like it :) It is an addictive fun game :)
WiseGAMER
01. May 2013 · 12:08 UTC
very good graphics and animation , the story is simple yet enough , I hated those flying girls :(
NuSan
01. May 2013 · 13:21 UTC
Sad story, but great mood and i realy like the art style. Controls seem fine to me, but after several second, the number of people to not touch drop a lot, until a point where ther is no challenge, and no fun at all ... This entry is realy great i think
caranha
01. May 2013 · 15:11 UTC
I really liked the graphics style, and the "la la la, I'm a cute little boy WITH THE TOUCH OF DEATH" was a cute twist.

Story mode is not working. After "he avoided as much as possible", nothing else happens. Game mode was a bit hard.

I liked the idea, hope you iron out the rest of the game :-)
BrothersT
01. May 2013 · 15:29 UTC
Very nice! but ran out of enemies after only 2 passed :(
Casino Jack
01. May 2013 · 16:35 UTC
Really beautiful graphics. I think the story mode might be bugged though: after the intro I came across one person, then absolutely no-one else (left it running for a good few minutes). Game mode seems to work fine.
Grouflon
01. May 2013 · 19:42 UTC
The game is a bit classic in the gameplay but the controls responds well and it's quite challenging on some obstacles. But I can't figure out why old ladies want to kill you... It's a bit strange :) I think the game is not finished surely because you focused so much on the graphics and the animation (superb) that you forget the core gameplay.
LizEngland
01. May 2013 · 19:53 UTC
Really excellent art - you managed to pull together a beautiful game while still staying true to the minimalist theme.
Celticraft49
01. May 2013 · 21:23 UTC
Great Game! The ending is so sad though.
Tozy
01. May 2013 · 21:35 UTC
5* on graphics! I love those animations. Also some of the deaths are funny xD
Well, enemies stopped spawning for me too :/
The story mode has this bug too, wich makes it anoying :P
Broxxar
01. May 2013 · 21:38 UTC
I felt this was more of an animated story, player input felt it had little to do with it, and it just sort of played out on it's own, at a slow pace.
rubapi
01. May 2013 · 21:48 UTC
I think it goes not with the theme "minimalism" but i really love the story and the graphics.
omaromeir
01. May 2013 · 21:54 UTC
At a certain point no more enemies appeared in story mode. I tried game mode and it's a cool idea. Amazing art btw, the bugs are expected and can be fixed but what's there at the moment is amazing ;).
Rafael Sales
01. May 2013 · 22:16 UTC
Awesome game. The art is fantastic and the reverse concept of death is interesting.
rzfmzn
02. May 2013 · 01:56 UTC
Loved your art, imo you could make things a bit more difficult overtime, like spawning more of those ballon guys. After a while (around 600 points i think) the game just became empty =O(
nice work tho =OD
Arcana
02. May 2013 · 02:57 UTC
NIce artwork, but story mode seemed to bug out on me. Gameplay seemed to be along the lines of "avoid the enemies", was that right? Seems like there's something really solid here though.
GaTechGrad
02. May 2013 · 04:18 UTC
Neat concept. I quit after about 600 points because it seemed like nothing was happening and it was stuck in a loop.
Tiago
02. May 2013 · 05:37 UTC
Nice graphics and animations! Hard game too, only got too 244 points! Just missing some sounds to give it the right mood but good job overall!
lotusgame
02. May 2013 · 06:47 UTC
Graphics are so cute ! I really like your design style :) The story is interesting but there is no obvious relationship with the theme. I did 828 but i've got a long run without any obstacles.
silentspartan72
02. May 2013 · 13:43 UTC
I love the story, starts off fun then gets sad, then gets really evil and then sad again. Ran into a bug where the enemies stopped appearing and then nothing happened. Great Job!!!
PhaZ90771
02. May 2013 · 14:44 UTC
Really cool concept. I wish there was a way to heal your character, like in the story mode. Maybe have a pet dog that will appear every once in a while that you need to survive, but could kill off if you get too close.
PhaZ90771
02. May 2013 · 14:48 UTC
Really cool concept. I wish there was a way to heal your character, like in the story mode. Maybe have a pet dog that will appear every once in a while that you need to survive, but could kill off if you get too close.

My high score so far is 928.
Andrei Barsan
02. May 2013 · 18:26 UTC
The animations were great. Sadly, I also encountered the bug that lowered the enemy spawn count dramatically.
Prelucid
02. May 2013 · 22:08 UTC
Good graphics. Story mode never went into game mode or anything. Just endless scrolling. Tried the gamemode and it was fine.
howieV (binarygirl)
02. May 2013 · 22:20 UTC
great gfx .good job :)
[-BipolarDesign+]
03. May 2013 · 01:08 UTC
Excellent story and graphics, well done :)
AaronYip
03. May 2013 · 04:08 UTC
The story was cute, and the animations were very pretty but felt kinda morbid to me. o_O Lol, great job. (:
MvT
03. May 2013 · 07:38 UTC
So cute game, nice job dude.
amodo
03. May 2013 · 12:05 UTC
Very "cutiful" graphics and nice story. Unfortunately, too few people showed up when I had to collect the souls, so i didn't sit through it. But still, awesome job.
lightnarcissus
03. May 2013 · 16:13 UTC
Lovable visual aesthetics and a pretty decent game to play. Won't complain since you had a limited time to make this and still it came out pretty well if you ask me.
mostley
03. May 2013 · 20:43 UTC
great Graphics!
zeelyndz
03. May 2013 · 20:48 UTC
This is absolutely adorable I love it. I like the story too :)
miotatsu
04. May 2013 · 02:29 UTC
really impressive for 48 hours and the artwork is really great
messiano
04. May 2013 · 04:09 UTC
Congratulations on the graphics, awesome work! Love the heart animation.
SmilingCat
04. May 2013 · 11:54 UTC
Like the Gameboy style graphics. I also ran out of enemies in Game Mode, at about 500 points, so I didn't get to play long.
omaha
04. May 2013 · 16:51 UTC
loved the art
Christina Nordlander
04. May 2013 · 20:28 UTC
Wow... that's a heartbreaker. Very original set-up, and as for the graphics: this is the first game in this compo I've given a solid 5-star ranking for graphics. I particularly love the balloon girl, and how the balloon bursts when Dean... does his thing.

Unfortunately, I can't give this game a very high Overall score, since it seems to be unfinished: Story Mode has no other sprites, and Game Mode just runs out of sprites after a while.

I really hope you keep developing this game after the compo. The graphics and mood in this piece are amazing.
mortl8324
05. May 2013 · 06:48 UTC
I just get a blank screen? Maybe it's my internet since it seems to work for everyone else....
Angerus
05. May 2013 · 07:41 UTC
Very neat game and interesting concept!
TheSarcastic
05. May 2013 · 18:29 UTC
Really good! Liked the art style and the story you made.
Infin8
06. May 2013 · 03:43 UTC
Nice aesthetics and great story
alcazar
06. May 2013 · 09:40 UTC
The visuals are cool, and i like that you made it on constuct2 gg
gosferano
06. May 2013 · 12:58 UTC
Nice game. I like mood, gameplay, graphics. Everything.
KunoNoOni
06. May 2013 · 21:34 UTC
Love the art style, Good use of theme.
ovenchips
06. May 2013 · 23:16 UTC
Graphics are the star of the show here. Beautiful - you have an awesome talent of which I'm very jealous! Please add some audio to this post-compo - it's a crime not to. Wasn't sure of the connection with the theme - but I'm probably missing something.
Catman
07. May 2013 · 07:27 UTC
Nice mood and graphics, simple mechanics in a novel setting. Good job!
ShellfishGames
07. May 2013 · 14:18 UTC
Lovely animations and a pretty cool story. I can't really play the game since "enemies" stop spawning after a while in both game modes, but judging from the video and my first few impressions it's really well done.
little_polygon
08. May 2013 · 06:01 UTC
Such cute exploding people!
mildmojo
08. May 2013 · 06:49 UTC
Beautiful art and animation. Gameplay's pretty simple, but that's okay.

I watched the video of your story mode, but it didn't match my gameplay. In both game and story mode, obstacles just stopped showing up after a little while and I could walk forever. FF 20, Linux.
deathray
08. May 2013 · 08:34 UTC
It was interesting... good graphics, dark mood. Dean always dies, huh?
xdegtyarev
08. May 2013 · 10:49 UTC
Looks very cute, but after a while there is now obstacles spawned
Make A Game
08. May 2013 · 11:41 UTC
It's a beautifull game, congratulations.
Poor Dean.
Fnkee
09. May 2013 · 01:44 UTC
Wow, top score on graphics. Lovely animation, and an entertaining story. Poor Dean. After 290 points I stopped encountering people btw. Would love to see more of this, with harder levels and perhaps new kinds of people. Once again, them animations were splendid!
angelk
09. May 2013 · 05:24 UTC
The graphics are outstanding. The motivation that you kill people by touching them, but you don't want to is very cute, and coupled with the art style starts to tell a nice story. Great job!
Nikteddy92
09. May 2013 · 16:46 UTC
Really nice graphic, but it lacks of audio and enemies.. little bit boring..
Zener
10. May 2013 · 14:29 UTC
Great idea and lovely graphics!!
euwaku
11. May 2013 · 05:16 UTC
Very cute graphics. The story mode did not work quite well for me (nothing to avoid?), so I played the game mode and it was pretty fun!
Good entry overall :)
Jod
11. May 2013 · 10:26 UTC
Sadly it bugs when I need to gather a 100 souls. Love the idea, very thematic. The gameboy graphics just rock :).
Martin_Monosys
14. May 2013 · 20:28 UTC
Sorry, but i have to get up early tomorrow, can't just wait until he kills 100 grandpas... Which is a shame, I would have liked to know the end...
theomnis
15. May 2013 · 22:32 UTC
Watching people die has never been so much fun!
Purplescape
20. May 2013 · 22:18 UTC
Interesting graphic style, and in greyscale. The people with balloons were especially difficult to avoid sometimes. Great story idea.