being a Vampire Is Not Very Fun by Brian Corr

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made by Brian Corr for LD24 (COMPO)
It's not an easy life for a vampire these days....

being a Vampire Is Not Very Fun at all. I (a vampire) want to change that, and so i seek to reanimate the corpse of Charles Darwin (rumoured to be a vampire, like me!).

being a Vampire Is Not Very Fun is a grapple-platformer wherein a lonely young Vampire (ME!) aims to find Darwin's grave by running (WASD to move, and Shift to run), Jumping (Space), Wall Jumping (Space on a wall), and grappling (use the mouse, point and shoot). I can adjust zoom with the mousewheel. In the event that I am stuck, or the screen goes white, I can kill myself with the Escape key, and thereby 'escape' my immortal coil (har, har).

I'll need to be careful if I'm to unlock the secrets of Vampire-kind's evolution!




Just unzip and run 'Vamp-Ire' to get moving. sound is a MUST as this game has no subtitles.

Made in xna game studio. Keyboard and mouse required, nothing graphically fancy. Should run fairly well on just about anything.

NOTE: XNA/.net redistributables required! I will try to sort out an 'installer' version that will download them for you but I have to go to work now.

Source in zip file on the off chance you actually want to look! Special thanks to Michael Pauley for Jamming with me on this. Check out his submission 'Astronomical Affray' if you get a chance!

Feedback

BMacIntosh
27. Aug 2012 · 20:26 UTC
This game is awesome :). The platforming works very well, and the grappling hook is sweet. I love the story and the voice-over. This could be something cool some proper cartoony graphics and more content.

But it doesn't have much to do with the theme.
Rabbits...
28. Aug 2012 · 20:19 UTC
I like the grapling and all the pen-like graphics but the game randomly white screened while grapling under something
ameliayn
28. Aug 2012 · 20:27 UTC
I think the graphics are adorable in this game. I had my volume turned down a bit, so I couldn't really hear the voice-over, but it seemed like it fit with your game's theme. I don't really understand why the dogs can kill you, and I don't really know how this fits into evolution (other than when you start talking about Darwin).

I couldn't figure out where I was supposed to go or what I was trying to do, but otherwise it was a really cute game.
patrickgh3
05. Sep 2012 · 06:46 UTC
The gameplay was pretty solid and fun. The whole time I was playing I was thinking along the lines of "wtf is going on. wtf is this guy saying. None of this makes any sense." But I think that was part of what made the game feel good, if that makes any sense haha. Nice job!
Misfit
15. Sep 2012 · 13:37 UTC
Awesome game! Gameplay is great. Good Job!