The Chamber by yajtheman

made by yajtheman for LD24 (COMPO)

Well this didn't exactly get done, but I suppose that's what I get for trying to make my second game ever during Ludum Dare... The game seemed to follow the theme a bit more when I considered it... Oh well enough apologies. It is a puzzle game with ( what I hope is ) an interesting back story. Not that the story got finished. It was worth a shot and I learned a good deal, such as: Next time the game is going to be randomly generated so I don't have to worry about making levels. Hope you enjoy whats there!

Oh and by the way, if anyone read my post during the comp I didn't actually have a partner. Turned out he couldn't do it. So since I won't be able to work on it tomorrow anyway I may as well submit it now.

P.S. Did you notice the spaces around the parenthesis up there? I guess I've been coding too long.

NOTE: The web link is a zip download. I don't have anywhere to host the game, but it is in HTML5/JavaScript so you can just open it in Chrome, Firefox, or Opera (Not Safari). I wouldn't recommend Opera though, because it doesn't let you hold down an arrow key to move faster.

Web	https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnfcsaoeqz0x6qj/LD.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=16537

Ratings

Coolness	26%	932
Overall	2.60	573

Audio	1.77	538
Fun	2.60	476
Graphics	2.13	654
Innovation	2.93	336
Theme	1.73	714

Feedback

pbdiode

29. Aug 2012 · 19:59 UTC

I think with a bit more work this could be a fun premise for a game. I enjoyed the atmosphere you started to create with the dialog, but wished it was pushed a little further.

The movement could have been, maybe, a little faster -- I felt like I was moving for most of the game.

Overall, good job. Nice animation on the particles, and I think the combination of growing/shrinking + buttons/doors could go a long way.

ConflictiveLabs

30. Aug 2012 · 02:00 UTC

Very interesting idea... i couldn't pass the purple box level, though

panda

30. Aug 2012 · 02:01 UTC

Is the "web" version supposed to work? I get a ".zip" to download instead of a web page.

Peltast

30. Aug 2012 · 02:03 UTC

Hey, not bad mechanics/ideas! Of course the pity is that the game ends before they're used in really interesting ways. D:

🎤 yajtheman

30. Aug 2012 · 21:31 UTC

@Panda No, the Web version isn't actually hosted. The Windows version had a little required * by it when I submitted the game, so I thought it was required. But I didn't want people on Mac or Linux to not try it so I put the same link under Web. I'll look and see if there is a better way to post it. @ConflictiveLabs I'm not sure which level you mean since I made the color of the boxes random, is it the level with two buttons or one?

zatyka

30. Aug 2012 · 22:27 UTC

Fun concept, but the game ended before it got interesting.

DaveDobson

30. Aug 2012 · 22:29 UTC

An interesting start; I liked the personality of the guiding textbot or whatever it was. The puzzles weren't too intricate yet, but with more time you might be able to do that. I liked the sounds and the clean appearance.

johnfn

30. Aug 2012 · 22:30 UTC

Good start to the game. Reminds me of some of the puzzle mechanics from the last LD, actually ;) Would like to see it developed more. Nice particle effects!

Gidaio

30. Aug 2012 · 22:30 UTC

Interesting idea. The movement and collision detection were a little weird, though.

Zelen3d

31. Aug 2012 · 01:18 UTC

I hoped the dialogue continued and actually did something in the game.

🎤 yajtheman

31. Aug 2012 · 13:28 UTC

@Gidaio Yes, the idea was that you move based on the size of you box (the motion is actually calculated like this: x = x + person.width) So if the next movement takes you into a wall then you can't move there. I was also thinking about some kind of alignment wall that when you collide with it, it lines you up with the wall rather then just not letting you move there like the other walls do.

MurrayL

01. Sep 2012 · 22:34 UTC

Damn, it finished just as it was getting good! ;)

I liked the text narration - it set a good tone.

Andrew

03. Sep 2012 · 21:24 UTC

I'd have liked to see a bit more done with the puzzles.

Cipher

12. Sep 2012 · 05:15 UTC

It was pretty fun. try to expand on this!

Orni

16. Sep 2012 · 17:26 UTC

as you second game ever this looks quite promising - I'm looking forward to play more games you make

:)

Haette

16. Sep 2012 · 19:37 UTC

Nice start, you actually had me disappointed when it ended. It was just starting to get interesting!

With some more levels and smoothed out movement this has some real potential.