Renegade Theologian by rpgwhitelock

made by rpgwhitelock for LD25 (JAM)

"Renegade Theologian"
Collect (steal!) the 8 books. Avoid the guardian angel. Look to the sky.

Best played full screen in a dim environment with speakers or headphones.

Completed solo in 48hours using Unity 4, Blender, Photoshop, Ableton Live and a Piano. However I just realised I can not submit to the 48 owing to a piece of code I am not permitted to redistribute. Maybe next time. Was a great learning experience!

OSX tested on Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
Windows tested on Windows 7 64bit.
Web tested on OSX & win7 chrome Unity Player.

Windows	http://www.richardwhitelock.com/ld/renegadetheologian/renegadetheologianLD25(win64).zip
OS/X	http://www.richardwhitelock.com/ld/renegadetheologian/renegadetheologianLD25(mac).zip
Linux	http://www.richardwhitelock.com/ld/renegadetheologian/renegadetheologianLD25(Linux).zip
Web	http://www.richardwhitelock.com/ld/renegadetheologian/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=18014

Ratings

Coolness	57%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.40	86

Audio(Jam)	4.03	6
Fun(Jam)	2.77	171
Graphics(Jam)	4.17	33
Humor(Jam)	2.15	226
Innovation(Jam)	2.55	237
Mood(Jam)	4.39	2
Theme(Jam)	2.41	287

Feedback

Scott McBee

17. Dec 2012 · 03:20 UTC

I collected all the books but nothing seemed to happen

angelk

17. Dec 2012 · 05:26 UTC

I also collected all the books and wasn't sure what to do from there. I was checking out the constellations, but again nothing; maybe I didn't look long enough?

Very atmospheric, a good feeling.

🎤 rpgwhitelock

17. Dec 2012 · 08:44 UTC

Gosh, hope it's working, I was able to 'finish' it on each platform test I did.Tthough occasionally I would think myself sure I had them all only to realise I had one more to get. I wanted to avoid showing numbers but perhaps it's too mysterious - the number of books to collect is 8.

Glad it's atmospheric!

juaxix

17. Dec 2012 · 14:01 UTC

This game mood is wonderful, like other people, I enjoy the atmospher, i think i got the 8 books but nothing happens, the guardian hits me and i go round the groun, roflmao
Are you inspired in Slender, no?

🎤 rpgwhitelock

17. Dec 2012 · 14:08 UTC

I just tested it again on windows and web, 8 books reveals the secret in the sky. Keep loooking for books!

I think if I updated it, I would ensure that every time you collected a book it revealed the secret gradually rather than all at once. Better feedback from actions that way.

I haven't played Slender, but I have heard of it.

SaintHeiser

17. Dec 2012 · 15:22 UTC

I can't understand what I need to do after books. But visuals are beautiful.

🎤 rpgwhitelock

17. Dec 2012 · 18:10 UTC

After the books are collected you bask in the knowledge of what you have achieved! Also look at the sky goat. :)
Other than that there's no endgame. Enjoy the forest!

Edocentrique

17. Dec 2012 · 18:14 UTC

Very good ! Moving the character feel natural, good mood, nice rendering, i like it very much !

Mousseto

17. Dec 2012 · 18:22 UTC

Great game. Very beautiful too.

Xavier

17. Dec 2012 · 18:31 UTC

Very amotspheric game. Pretty nice!. On the same line of those: http://christianhuberts.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/betweenworlds-list-of-atmospheric-games.html

impulse9

17. Dec 2012 · 21:17 UTC

Beautiful game. Great music. Just perfect.

🎤 rpgwhitelock

17. Dec 2012 · 23:26 UTC

Ah. I might have replicated the issue some have described. If you are sure you have found all the books, and nothing seems to change, be -sure- to look up and around at the sky!

Winterblood

18. Dec 2012 · 00:15 UTC

Beautiful and slick, if a little simple. Love the camera wobble as you move, and the superb atmosphere.

rylgh

18. Dec 2012 · 06:38 UTC

whoa! now, finally, i know what the 'mood' category is for.

ramoncb

18. Dec 2012 · 22:21 UTC

perfect mood, very mysterious =O

good job! ^^

timtipgames

19. Dec 2012 · 17:55 UTC

too bad its so short. I love the atmosphere and shivered when I heard the deep bass sound from "activating" a book for the first time. Also it has no goats. ;) Nice work!

CMaster

19. Dec 2012 · 22:12 UTC

Nicely atmospheric.
Not sure hot it ties into the theme though.
Also, was the skybox/ground texture really created in the 48 hours?

Codexus

20. Dec 2012 · 21:58 UTC

Nice atmosphere, not sure why I'm the villain, though.

🎤 rpgwhitelock

21. Dec 2012 · 13:58 UTC

Maybe it should have been 'stealing the books' rather than collecting. It is all very thinly referencing Charles Darwin.

The base of the sky is a Unity default augmented with FX and particles. In retrospect I should have set Terragen2 running overnight or something to make an original one. The ground, tree & enemy textures are original, compared to the game logic & music they really didn't take long to make.