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Shrink Force by PaperCutDoom

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made by PaperCutDoom for LD23 (JAM)
This was our fun little weekend project made by a few high school kids. Unfortunately, I'm about to head of to school now, so I can't give a detailed description. The game is called Shrink Force and you enlarge shrunken, floating, rocket propelled life rafts people created before their tiny demise. You must get to the giant grow ray on the moon to destroy the expanding shrink force and save the universe.

CONTROLS:

- WASD to move
- Space bar to jump
- Left click to shoot grow-ray

I'll improve this post and post the source when I get home. It was written in C++ using a game engine I wrote myself that uses Irrlicht, Bullet, and irrKlang. It's based off of Unity.

Windows http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17256312/Shrink%20Force.zip
Source http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17256312/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=4069

Feedback

gritfish
24. Apr 2012 路 11:15 UTC
Your idea was great, but I feel like you ran out of time before you could add the bits of polish that would have made this really fun. Jumping straight in, I had no idea what I was doing (help in the main menu didn't do anything), or which objects were growable (a color change on the mouse cursor would be perfect).

That first jump is fairly unforgiving, and landing jumps in 3d without some sort of shadow is REALLY hard. This is still miles ahead of the stuff I was making in highschool. You guys should be really proud of yourselves. See if you can find some game design books (The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses is definitely worth the money) and look at ideas like "feedback" in games - you're gonna make some great stuff.
h12nakala
25. Apr 2012 路 01:50 UTC
I was one of the students who worked on this game and I must agree with gritfish. Our idea was solid but unfortunately we had a lot of distractions (like sleep and a trampoline) and couldnt manage time well. I cant even beat this one (and only) level and I'm the one who scripted it. It's ridiculously hard.
馃帳 PaperCutDoom
25. Apr 2012 路 05:16 UTC
Yeah, we were definitely rushing towards the end. Thanks for the feedback.
pythong
25. Apr 2012 路 18:06 UTC
the first jump for me was also like RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
PabloAM
28. Apr 2012 路 12:44 UTC
Perhaps it麓s needs more polish.
evilseanbot
29. Apr 2012 路 08:51 UTC
Fantastic intro, but could only see a black screen and a red circle when the game started.
Gremlin
09. May 2012 路 18:21 UTC
Yeah, I can't even make the first jump. That's a common problem in Ludum Dare games, of course: most of them are way too hard. The idea sounds interesting, anyway, even if I can't play long enough to experience it.
tomhunt
14. May 2012 路 00:52 UTC
a 3D moving platform on the first jump?? that's harsh, man. the opening story was pretty funny. i really wanted to play the game, except it wouldn't let me past the first jump!