The Silent by TheMrDakotaWood
Hey guys,
This is my first Ludum Dare and my first completed game that I programmed from scratch. In the game, the player must escape from the darkness threatening to swallow him up by collecting Light Orbs to repel it. You die if the darkness reaches you :) The map is 100% randomly generated, and the grid that the rooms are generated onto is 63x63, which means that you can get more than 4000 rooms! (Although that's highly unlikely) This is what jumped into my head when I hear the theme, because it is a very minimalistic art style; minimal colours and gameplay. I also got the idea from minimalistic interior design, since the rooms themselves are very bare and often empty.
NOTE: There are a few known bugs, such as occasionally the Title and Death screens are rendered intersecting with the walls and floor, and that the map generation will sometimes spawn a very small number of rooms. This can easily be remedied by restarting the game (Tab out of the game any way you like and close the console window, and then launch it again)
NOTE 2: Mediafire is being a pain and keeps saying that the download won't work. Don't worry though, just hit restart on the page or wait for the countdown and it should work.
This is my first Ludum Dare and my first completed game that I programmed from scratch. In the game, the player must escape from the darkness threatening to swallow him up by collecting Light Orbs to repel it. You die if the darkness reaches you :) The map is 100% randomly generated, and the grid that the rooms are generated onto is 63x63, which means that you can get more than 4000 rooms! (Although that's highly unlikely) This is what jumped into my head when I hear the theme, because it is a very minimalistic art style; minimal colours and gameplay. I also got the idea from minimalistic interior design, since the rooms themselves are very bare and often empty.
NOTE: There are a few known bugs, such as occasionally the Title and Death screens are rendered intersecting with the walls and floor, and that the map generation will sometimes spawn a very small number of rooms. This can easily be remedied by restarting the game (Tab out of the game any way you like and close the console window, and then launch it again)
NOTE 2: Mediafire is being a pain and keeps saying that the download won't work. Don't worry though, just hit restart on the page or wait for the countdown and it should work.
Ratings
| Coolness | 22% | 1828 |
| Overall | 2.87 | 882 |
| Fun | 2.40 | 1054 |
| Graphics | 2.53 | 957 |
| Innovation | 2.20 | 1153 |
| Mood | 3.73 | 76 |
| Theme | 3.33 | 759 |
Game got old really quickly though :( Not much to do.
But visuals and sound makes it really creepy expirience :)