Dr. Maleficent's Doom-Ray by pelton

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made by pelton for LD25 (JAM)
Blast! The damned Superfriends have stolen your Doom-Ray! You must get it back!

You play as the evil Dr. Maleficent as he attempts to recover his stolen weapon. Sneak into the complex, avoiding guards, and then blast your way out once you have your sweaty hands on your precious laser. Good luck!

Tony and I created this game from scratch using C++, SDL, and OpenGL. One really feels the time pressure when you have to program the game engine as well. There's definitely some bugs here and there, the art could be better, and the "guards" are not much more than lobotomized superheros: they have x-ray vision and can walk through walls, but are as dumb as bricks.

All art made using GIMP
Sound effects created with Bfxr
The music loops are from Partners in Rhyme

Known bugs:
* On Windows, the game crashes on exit.
* The guards are idiots.

Ratings

Coolness 24% 1027
Overall(Jam) 2.67 248
Audio(Jam) 3.42 62
Fun(Jam) 2.42 244
Graphics(Jam) 2.58 251
Innovation(Jam) 1.75 321
Theme(Jam) 2.50 277

Feedback

TheSheep
17. Dec 2012 路 22:34 UTC
$ ./doomray
bash: ./doomray: No such file or directory
馃帳 pelton
18. Dec 2012 路 02:46 UTC
@TheSheep
Turns out zip files don't preserve file permissions. You can chmod +x the binary and/or download the new tarball.
recursive frog
18. Dec 2012 路 06:42 UTC
main.ogg is one of the neatest songs I've heard in a while! I would put it in my regular rotation!
Gazok
18. Dec 2012 路 07:06 UTC
Ah, another engine programmer! I'm rating you a little higher just for that :P. The graphics are really nice.
recursive frog
18. Dec 2012 路 22:08 UTC
Okay this is a really crazy request, but seriously, would you guys make a long form version of main.ogg and release it as a bonus track? I can't believe how many times I've listened to this short little clip today.
馃帳 pelton
19. Dec 2012 路 03:09 UTC
@recursive frog
Both music loops are were created by Partners in Rhyme, and are available freely here: http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/free_music_loops.shtml
(main.ogg is track 4: Analog Boys)
zenmumbler
20. Dec 2012 路 23:05 UTC
The external music gives this short game a longer lease on life but it's quite simple. The visual style is good and consistent. Music choice is fun but not yours so only rating the effects.
Martin Vilcans
20. Dec 2012 路 23:12 UTC
Got the "./doomray: No such file or directory" error. Tried "make". Installed libsdl-dev and other dependencies. Still not working. :-(
recursive frog
22. Dec 2012 路 01:33 UTC
Thanks for the link pelton!
kibertoad
03. Jan 2013 路 22:41 UTC
Nice music and art.