Russian Blob by alcazar
You control a blob that can split itself into smaller blobs traveling across 3 levels.
Use your parts as platforms to travel. Try to avoid dangers.
We choosed to develop our game on a minimalist platform (compared to nowadays' technologies). You can download the sources. If you wish to compile, here are the tools:
- devkitadv (http://devkitadv.sourceforge.net/), compiler
- python, scripts for data conversion.
- tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/), level editor
- usenti (http://www.coranac.com/projects/usenti/), graphics
- audacity, converting sounds to raw 8bit PCM @32.768kHz files
The code is (very) dirty as we rushed...
HOW TO LAUNCH THE GAME :
Run the emulator and drag'n drop the .gba file on it
(or just use the "File" menu).
Android users : you can download the awesome Tiger GBA : http://www.apps.tigerplay.info/
Linux users : you know how to do it, right?
Mac users : sorry, you'll have to find a GameBoyAdvance emulator for yourself.
HOW TO PLAY :
Directional pad : go left or right.
A: jump
R: split yourself
L: regain your previous form
Select: retry from last checkpoint (if you get stuck)
Start: go back to title screen
Note : you should configure the emulator to bind the keyboard to GBA keypad
And for NERDs, use a Flash card to play on a real GBA !
CREDITS:
Game and Level Design: Ahmed Majdoubi
Sound: Swann Menage
Visuals: Miryam Houali
Code: Marc Gilleron & Alexis Payen de la Garanderie
We're all five students from the French video game school ENJMIN (http://enjmin.fr)
Use your parts as platforms to travel. Try to avoid dangers.
We choosed to develop our game on a minimalist platform (compared to nowadays' technologies). You can download the sources. If you wish to compile, here are the tools:
- devkitadv (http://devkitadv.sourceforge.net/), compiler
- python, scripts for data conversion.
- tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/), level editor
- usenti (http://www.coranac.com/projects/usenti/), graphics
- audacity, converting sounds to raw 8bit PCM @32.768kHz files
The code is (very) dirty as we rushed...
HOW TO LAUNCH THE GAME :
Run the emulator and drag'n drop the .gba file on it
(or just use the "File" menu).
Android users : you can download the awesome Tiger GBA : http://www.apps.tigerplay.info/
Linux users : you know how to do it, right?
Mac users : sorry, you'll have to find a GameBoyAdvance emulator for yourself.
HOW TO PLAY :
Directional pad : go left or right.
A: jump
R: split yourself
L: regain your previous form
Select: retry from last checkpoint (if you get stuck)
Start: go back to title screen
Note : you should configure the emulator to bind the keyboard to GBA keypad
And for NERDs, use a Flash card to play on a real GBA !
CREDITS:
Game and Level Design: Ahmed Majdoubi
Sound: Swann Menage
Visuals: Miryam Houali
Code: Marc Gilleron & Alexis Payen de la Garanderie
We're all five students from the French video game school ENJMIN (http://enjmin.fr)
| GBA rom | http://freeforall.fr/russian_blob.zip |
| GBA rom + Emulator (Windows) | http://freeforall.fr/russian_blob_and_emulator.zip |
| Source | http://freeforall.fr/russian_blob_source.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=12772 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 63% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 4.11 | 10 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.83 | 49 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.56 | 68 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.77 | 125 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.36 | 55 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 4.22 | 6 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.41 | 133 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.52 | 184 |
@ilovepixel - we'll make a video of the game on real hardware asap (once we have taken some sleep :)
@Daniel H - you're welcome. However, I warn you we didn't comment much, hardcoded some - ehm many - stuff, and didn't spent to much time on clean code
I love the audio! I had a good laugh for the silly voice-over on every action. Also the music is great.
Great game mechanics too! I enjoy this type of puzzle!
I got stuck at this part, unfortunately: http://i.imgur.com/NSLyXpC.png
When I saw the screenshot I had to play it. The SP is my favorite system!
Only thing I'd say is that a nice end screen would've brought satisfying closure.
Hope that you enjoyed
Thanks guys for comments
@nuransal: the game is really better on GBA :)
A GBA rom!!!
What can I say, you rock!! :D
It seems back now, sorry for the inconvenience.
What I don't get is that you report error 404 when in fact, the server was simply unjoinable and didn't return any error code.
The level design is good and the game is fun. Very good take on game mechanics.
I didn't expected the sound effects to be so funny. I had a good laugh when I first died!