Plan M by MurrayL
NOTE: The 'Original Jam Version', rather than being made of strawberries, simply has no audio. That's right, NONE.
If you're just looking for a fun game to play, get the Enhanced Edition. Your ears will thank you.
To be fair, though - if you're rating Plan M for the Jam, please rate according to the Jam version, NOT the Enhanced Edition (which includes substantial changes and additions).
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=== CONTROLS ===
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* Move your mouse to the top of the screen to view the items you are carrying.
* Left click - Look
* Right click - Interact
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=== DESCRIPTION ===
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From the makers of subAtomic (Murray Lewis & David Blake) comes a brand new point & click adventure. It's bigger, bolder, and funnier!
The evil Dr. M has used a nefarious machine to devolve everyone back into monkeys, so he can become their master!
Fortunately, he didn't count on Detectives Vandall and Hopkirk - two survivors who will stop at nothing to put things back the way they were.
* Full-length point & click adventure!
* A story so packed with comedy it's liable to explode at any minute, covering you and anyone watching in a disgusting-yet-amusing goo!
* Stephen Hawking gives a conference from the ceiling!
* Meet a monkey pretending to be the president!
* Electrocute a small child!
* And much, much more!
The Enhanced Edition includes a soundtrack and audio effects, as well as several re-written and completely new scenes.
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=== ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS ===
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If you have any questions, please contact myself or Dave on Twitter at @GameDevIdeas and @GameDevDave, respectively.
If you enjoyed this and subAtomic, please also check out @HungryPlanetGS (http://www.hungryplanetgames.com/) - we're coming up to our first commercial point & click release and we'd love to get your interest.
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=== FAQ ===
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Q: How do I leave the playground?
A: Interact with the car.
Q: How do I play in fullscreen?
A: Run 'winsetup.exe' (you may need to right-click and select 'Run as administrator' in Windows Vista/7).
Uncheck the box marked 'Run in a window instead of full-screen'.
Q: I get a graphics error when I try to run the game!
A: Run 'winsetup.exe' (you may need to right-click and select 'Run as administrator' in Windows Vista/7).
First, try changing 'Graphics driver' from Direct3D 9 to DirectDraw 5. If that doesn't solve the problem, experiment with different 'Graphics filter' options - it may be that the game is trying to run in a resolution too high/low for your graphics adapter.
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=== SPECIAL THANKS ===
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* Members of the Freesound project, for providing quality audio samples:
alister667, Andreas.Mustola, avakas, CJ4096, D W, digifishmusic,
engreitz, Flasher21, FreqMan, joedeshon, JoelAudio, junggle,
kineticturtle, KNO SFX, Lunardrive, mattwasser, Nathan Lomeli,
nmscher, NoiseCollector, Percy Duke, roper1911, RutgerMuller,
sagetyrtle, sandyrb, shawshank73, Slanesh, SpiderJerusalem,
Srehpog, suonho, thedapperdan, Tomlija, TreasureBoxFilms,
tweeterdj, wildweasel, YvesSch & Zoltan Csengeri.
* Kevin MacLeod, for giving away thousands of amazing music tracks for free.
* Chris Jones, for creating the Adventure Game Studio engine.
* Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, Charles Cecil, and other industry luminaries, for creating some of the classic adventure games which inspire us.
If you're just looking for a fun game to play, get the Enhanced Edition. Your ears will thank you.
To be fair, though - if you're rating Plan M for the Jam, please rate according to the Jam version, NOT the Enhanced Edition (which includes substantial changes and additions).
----------------------------------------------------
=== CONTROLS ===
----------------------------------------------------
* Move your mouse to the top of the screen to view the items you are carrying.
* Left click - Look
* Right click - Interact
----------------------------------------------------
=== DESCRIPTION ===
----------------------------------------------------
From the makers of subAtomic (Murray Lewis & David Blake) comes a brand new point & click adventure. It's bigger, bolder, and funnier!
The evil Dr. M has used a nefarious machine to devolve everyone back into monkeys, so he can become their master!
Fortunately, he didn't count on Detectives Vandall and Hopkirk - two survivors who will stop at nothing to put things back the way they were.
* Full-length point & click adventure!
* A story so packed with comedy it's liable to explode at any minute, covering you and anyone watching in a disgusting-yet-amusing goo!
* Stephen Hawking gives a conference from the ceiling!
* Meet a monkey pretending to be the president!
* Electrocute a small child!
* And much, much more!
The Enhanced Edition includes a soundtrack and audio effects, as well as several re-written and completely new scenes.
----------------------------------------------------
=== ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS ===
----------------------------------------------------
If you have any questions, please contact myself or Dave on Twitter at @GameDevIdeas and @GameDevDave, respectively.
If you enjoyed this and subAtomic, please also check out @HungryPlanetGS (http://www.hungryplanetgames.com/) - we're coming up to our first commercial point & click release and we'd love to get your interest.
----------------------------------------------------
=== FAQ ===
----------------------------------------------------
Q: How do I leave the playground?
A: Interact with the car.
Q: How do I play in fullscreen?
A: Run 'winsetup.exe' (you may need to right-click and select 'Run as administrator' in Windows Vista/7).
Uncheck the box marked 'Run in a window instead of full-screen'.
Q: I get a graphics error when I try to run the game!
A: Run 'winsetup.exe' (you may need to right-click and select 'Run as administrator' in Windows Vista/7).
First, try changing 'Graphics driver' from Direct3D 9 to DirectDraw 5. If that doesn't solve the problem, experiment with different 'Graphics filter' options - it may be that the game is trying to run in a resolution too high/low for your graphics adapter.
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=== SPECIAL THANKS ===
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* Members of the Freesound project, for providing quality audio samples:
alister667, Andreas.Mustola, avakas, CJ4096, D W, digifishmusic,
engreitz, Flasher21, FreqMan, joedeshon, JoelAudio, junggle,
kineticturtle, KNO SFX, Lunardrive, mattwasser, Nathan Lomeli,
nmscher, NoiseCollector, Percy Duke, roper1911, RutgerMuller,
sagetyrtle, sandyrb, shawshank73, Slanesh, SpiderJerusalem,
Srehpog, suonho, thedapperdan, Tomlija, TreasureBoxFilms,
tweeterdj, wildweasel, YvesSch & Zoltan Csengeri.
* Kevin MacLeod, for giving away thousands of amazing music tracks for free.
* Chris Jones, for creating the Adventure Game Studio engine.
* Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, Charles Cecil, and other industry luminaries, for creating some of the classic adventure games which inspire us.
| Windows - Original Jam Version (1.6MB) | http://www.murraylewis.co.uk/games/Plan M - LDv1.zip |
| Windows - Enhanced Edition (16.3MB) | http://www.murraylewis.co.uk/games/Plan M - Enhanced Edition.zip |
| Enhanced Edition Trailer | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NgJZqGfjw |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=7835 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.96 | 9 |
| Audio(Jam) | 1.70 | 195 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.91 | 5 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.54 | 91 |
| Humor(Jam) | 4.53 | 1 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.85 | 133 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.57 | 28 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.82 | 126 |
Madpew - Thanks for the feedback! I had a feeling the intro might be a bit on the lengthy side, even for adventure game veterans. I'll look into breaking it up with some gameplay in the post-compo version.
Eniko - Sorry about the passphrase thing. I didn't really want to make it impossible to use it until you find the phrase, but I realise it may be confusing if you accidentally do things out of order!
I can only imagine the amount of work that went into this. Bravo, thoroughly enjoyed.
You should make the controls more apparent for adventure game noobs like myself. Other than that, a well-produced game.
The game is great, I don't know which I prefer between this one and subAtomic, I suppose it's a good thing. It makes me smile, and was challenging enough for a point & click lover. Some sound would have been great, but I know that problem ^^
If that doesn't work, try changing 'Graphics driver' to use Direct3D 9 instead of DirectDraw 5.
And maybe figure out what the link with the evolution theme except apes ^^.
@repstyle - I'm afraid the 'devolution' theme is as close as we get ;) Hope you find the time to finish the story, though!
@demonpants - Sorry; the AGS engine doesn't have a recent official MacOS port. The community is making strides towards a Mac compatible engine at http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/?title=AGS_Engine_ports , but I can't vouch for how reliable it is. Sorry!
@Gidaio - You may be pleased to hear that the post-compo version is nearing completion. It's got sound and music, as well as several brand new/rewritten scenes and a whole bunch of small fixes.
@creative630 - Try using Nixon's nose (right-click)!
You're not the only person who has had trouble finding it, though - it's been made easier in the post-compo version :)
The Enhanced Edition has a 'Load game' button on the main menu :)
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You just raised the bar for Double Fine Adventure.
My first suggestion would be to run 'winsetup.exe', and check the box marked 'Force alternate letterbox resolution'. This will force the engine to use a 4:3 aspect ratio.
An alternative route would be to try running it using WINE in a virtual desktop mode.
Thanks for this!
The size of Nixon's nose was increased in the Enhanced Edition.
this reminded me of the good old monkey island times ... great times indeed
your game manages to re-capture that essence perfectly. well done. loved it