Deja vu by Oleg Zhurko

made by Oleg Zhurko for LD26 (JAM)

Post-mortem is here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/05/10/deja-vu-post-mortem/

In this game you are a cube, in a cubical world. Unlike other cubes, he has a dream. As the story unfolds, he gets closer and closer to making this dream come true.

Controls:
WSAD - move
Q, E - rotate the camera
Esc - go back to the menu

Left click mouse on cubes - restructure cubes
Right click in reconstruction mode - cancel

We hope you will enjoy this game!

P.S. Hooray, it's our first Ludum Dare entry! :)

Windows	http://cdn.fatestudio.org/fatestudio_dejavu_Windows.zip
OS/X	http://cdn.fatestudio.org/fatestudio_dejavu_Macos.zip
Linux	http://cdn.fatestudio.org/fatestudio_dejavu_Linux.zip
Web (Post-compo)	http://cdn.fatestudio.org/post/DejaVu.html
Post-compo builds	http://cdn.fatestudio.org/post/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=22220

Ratings

Coolness	67%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.68	73

Audio(Jam)	3.69	70
Fun(Jam)	3.30	129
Graphics(Jam)	3.86	102
Humor(Jam)	2.05	291
Innovation(Jam)	3.98	23
Mood(Jam)	3.71	63
Theme(Jam)	3.65	141

Feedback

Alex Shestakov

30. Apr 2013 · 12:15 UTC

Good job :)
Btw I've managed somehow to fall through the ground in the 3rd or 4th level.

aviktorov

30. Apr 2013 · 13:05 UTC

Thanks!
We aware of that issue, will upload fix soon.

IceCliff

01. May 2013 · 15:25 UTC

A slight bit buggy but omg am I a fan of the graphics and gameplay. Completely immersed and I will play a lot more later tonight!

Jesper Oskarsson

01. May 2013 · 15:26 UTC

I get a 404 trying to download the windows version.

fysx

01. May 2013 · 15:26 UTC

The windows link does not seem to work. :-(

aviktorov

01. May 2013 · 15:31 UTC

Sorry guys, we're fixing it now! Also, we fixed huge amount of bugs

🎤 Oleg Zhurko

01. May 2013 · 15:33 UTC

I'm sorry for broken link, now it's fixed!

Tokken18

01. May 2013 · 15:37 UTC

The link for OSX gives me a windows build.

🎤 Oleg Zhurko

01. May 2013 · 15:49 UTC

Oh, sorry again ;) That happens when you in hurry...

SirJson

01. May 2013 · 15:50 UTC

These cubes are kinda hard to control

Siewart

01. May 2013 · 15:51 UTC

Awesome game is awesome!

kreischweide

01. May 2013 · 16:06 UTC

Great game, this could actually be a good indie game with some smaller additions and more adictive puzzles :)

PPLo

01. May 2013 · 16:09 UTC

My cubes got stuck between other cubes.
I like the mood but I still need more play to figure out what to do.

brantkings

01. May 2013 · 16:10 UTC

Awesome, so immersive!!

JustinMullin

01. May 2013 · 16:24 UTC

Very cool. I didn't understand how to restructure the cubes at first, but once I figured out that concept it all clicked. It's an extremely interesting mechanic!

aviktorov

01. May 2013 · 16:29 UTC

Thank you guys! Your feedback makes us happy! :)

spriters2000

01. May 2013 · 16:36 UTC

My game always falls in a bug when I am in the room with the 4th cube

GetFun

01. May 2013 · 16:39 UTC

Great sound and cool game =)

Proch

01. May 2013 · 16:41 UTC

on of my preferite so far ;) great work

infinitedog

01. May 2013 · 16:44 UTC

Relaxing

Tozy

01. May 2013 · 17:03 UTC

I managed to collect many cubes, around 6 I believe, then I scaled that place in your main picture, pushed a button and didn't know what to do next. So I came back and it teleported me to the 4th room or so. And the connections between rooms are a little buggy and some times you just end up falling in limbo. Then I stopped playing, but the end felt so near :(

🎤 Oleg Zhurko

01. May 2013 · 17:08 UTC

Yeah, thats can be a little bit confusing, it's ok that it teleports you to the same rooms. In that way you can go to the 'room with tiny button and very tall columns' and push the button you wasn't able to push when you had three cubes, its just after the 'dreamy pink room with big cube in the center'

petrocket

01. May 2013 · 18:12 UTC

Really cool. I love the orthogonal perspective and the audio/mood was great too. My only suggestions would be to not let players fall off the levels - though maybe that was a bug? Very cool puzzles too.

qdowngames

01. May 2013 · 18:44 UTC

Wow, really innovative. This reminds me of the game "Blocks that Matter", but instead you change yourself instead of the environment. Nice work!

Snail_Man

01. May 2013 · 18:59 UTC

Awesome game, if a bit buggy

Felix20

01. May 2013 · 19:07 UTC

Wow, this is really cool. The graphics and sound are great, the gameplay is also fun, but the physics are really buggy. For example, riding on the moving cubes often gets you randomly pushed off. Another bug is, it only determines which direction you can modify when you start modifying, and doesn't check again if you move. This allows you to go into walls and stuff.
The atmosphere of this game is really cool, and it fits the theme fairly well.

Cybearg

01. May 2013 · 19:13 UTC

I really liked the gameplay mechanic here, particularly that you then wove it into the story, like in "Thomas Was Alone," or something similar. Great music as well--very chill.

Unfortunately, in the room where you see, "If I gather enough, can I become bigger?" or something like that, I apparently fell through the floor or the level vanished and I would spawn in pure blackness only to fade away and then spawn again.

kyyninen

01. May 2013 · 20:00 UTC

Restructuring yourself is really a novel mode of transportation! I particularly liked the parts with climbing high, they were tense as hell!

SaintHeiser

02. May 2013 · 03:45 UTC

Very good!
I impressed with your game mechanics!
Really nice entry. I'll return back to beat it on weekend =)

kannas

02. May 2013 · 14:33 UTC

Very good game! I like the music and the story a lot, good job on it ! i think though that you should have spent more time polishing the core gameplay, so to avoid situations where you can be stuck by a misplaced block, or worse where you don't know what's your goal. Working on these points i am sure you could pull out a great game ;)

Dark Acre Jack

02. May 2013 · 21:00 UTC

I'm a sucker for super-clean iso graphics. Really nice tone.

Spiridios

04. May 2013 · 02:56 UTC

Why are all the links to a post-compo version? It's not legal to rate post compo versions.

🎤 Oleg Zhurko

04. May 2013 · 05:48 UTC

Oh, I'm so newbie, sorry for this. I've fixed main links, now it's ok?

Spiridios

05. May 2013 · 02:33 UTC

Seems there are some bugs when it comes to teleporting from room to room. I frequently end up materializing in open space then fall fall fall.

That said, the concept looks great. I hope you continue working on it!

aviktorov

06. May 2013 · 06:05 UTC

Yeah, we've fixed that bug in post-compo version. You can play that version. See the links in description.

kibertoad

10. May 2013 · 09:56 UTC

probably the best unity-based game I've seen so far at this jam.

MinionStudios

10. May 2013 · 14:39 UTC

Absolutely great! The mechanics are original, intuitive and fun. The art is fantastic and the music is great! Bravo!

Sylvain.p

15. May 2013 · 14:59 UTC

Good job, the adventure puzzle sound like solstice NES, But I don't know if the narativ match totaly with the gameplay.

Christina Nordlander

19. May 2013 · 21:15 UTC

Very original gameplay, clever puzzles, and excellent mood. Unfortunately, I haven't beaten it yet. (I couldn't figure out how to progress from the level where you climb the wall: I pushed the button, but it didn't seem to do anything.) The music is perfect.

On the downside, while the story pulled me in, your English grammar needs a bit of work. It's the kind of thing that will come with practice.