Out Of Light by Msquirrel

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made by Msquirrel for LD26 (COMPO)
Your are stuck in a Zombie infested building.
Your torch is on minimal power, your health is minimal after your previous encounter with the dark walkers. You have to collect supplies and travel from safe room to safe room. Collecting the keys for the next room.

Controls:
WASD and Mouse.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1236
Overall 2.71 1018
Audio 2.75 532
Fun 2.50 980
Graphics 3.00 569
Humor 1.95 768
Innovation 2.15 1181
Mood 3.00 455
Theme 2.93 1075

Feedback

GetFun
29. Apr 2013 · 07:23 UTC
Oh, zombies!
jerrre
29. Apr 2013 · 07:25 UTC
could you provide a java 6 version for OSX?
Xgor
29. Apr 2013 · 07:29 UTC
Great amosphere... but it feels really odd because you can't be killed and it really kills the game (pun not intended)
swizzcheez
29. Apr 2013 · 07:29 UTC
Can't seem to die...
Frib
29. Apr 2013 · 07:29 UTC
Nice entry! The levels were a bit large, though, and there lack of potato batteries made things difficult to navigate because I kept running out of light :D
semi
29. Apr 2013 · 07:35 UTC
Nice game! Not knowing the levels, the light slowly dimming was the biggest difficulty factor in making it to the next stage. I'm not sure how much zombie bites I can take, but it seems to be a lot. Having the feeling of almost dying would have made it even scarier probably :)

Good job, would play again!
SmallDeadGuy
29. Apr 2013 · 07:42 UTC
I didn't seem to die. And ammo was so scarce I killed like 6 zombies then just ran around looking for ammo.
poohshoes
29. Apr 2013 · 07:44 UTC
I liked the lighting affects, running around in the dark could be a little frustrating. The zombies didn't do enough damage to be scary, they were just annoying.
🎤 Msquirrel
29. Apr 2013 · 08:20 UTC
Oh, god, you can't die? Oops, typo, will fix now
🎤 Msquirrel
29. Apr 2013 · 08:20 UTC
Sorry about that :S
🎤 Msquirrel
29. Apr 2013 · 08:27 UTC
Uploading new files, with dying enabled now. Will be fixed in 1 minute.
MinionStudios
30. Apr 2013 · 17:44 UTC
Really fun and challenging. I kept running out of ammo and the walkers got me. Good game!
HelkeGames
01. May 2013 · 13:06 UTC
Nice game! Cool and very minimalist great job ;)
🎤 Msquirrel
01. May 2013 · 15:37 UTC
Java 1.6 version for OSX, is uploaded now!
f7f5
01. May 2013 · 15:55 UTC
Tried running on Fedora 16, got the following exception

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: uk/co/mutantsquirrel/minimalism/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:634)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:277)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:212)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
Could not find the main class: uk.co.mutantsquirrel.minimalism.Game. Program will exit.
🎤 Msquirrel
01. May 2013 · 16:07 UTC
f7f5, that error means you tried to run a file compiled in a later java version with an earlier version. So I could try making an earlier version, but, I think you need to update java...
EdoMiyamoto
02. May 2013 · 12:02 UTC
How to be afraid of tiny pixels !
Cognizant Game Studios
03. May 2013 · 01:59 UTC
@Msquirel for the problem with Linux and Mac you have to compile the jar on a Java 6, Mac users you can update to J 7
Boiúna
03. May 2013 · 12:09 UTC
I lked the graphics, but the game is a bit slowly.
🎤 Msquirrel
03. May 2013 · 16:14 UTC
@Cognizant Game Studios I have already changed the Mac version to compile with 1.6, do I need to change it for linux as well?
PixelIndigo
06. May 2013 · 09:42 UTC
Wow! Enjoyed it a lot. Zombie's sounds are annoying, but main music theme keeps you in fear. Very good work.
Ernyz
06. May 2013 · 11:12 UTC
Nice game, 5 stars for the mood :) altough supplies were a bit too scarce. Btw, I just realized our games look very similar, at least for me :D
Rialgar
06. May 2013 · 11:13 UTC
awesome horror when the light is almost empty and you start searching for a potato, but cant find one. Then you find one and see ZOMBIES ALL AROUND YOU!
Not sure if there are multiple levels or it just restarts after winning.
The bullet sound could use another design iteration.
I found the lowering light quite aprupt, maybe you can make it smoother.
🎤 Msquirrel
06. May 2013 · 11:42 UTC
I can confirm there are multiple levels, there is a key somewhere on the map, it is randomly spawning in set locations, you grab that, then the next safe room opens.

"Btw, I just realized our games look very similar, at least for me :D" - I'll check it out!