Tiny Room by chaosBrick

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made by chaosBrick for LD23 (COMPO)
Made with DirectX9.0c (managed DirectX) and Visual Basic 2010
Note that if you install the project into a Directory which you can only access with adminitrative rights, you'll have to launch the game as an administrator as well.

Also, here's a link to a stand-alone version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74880983/TinyWorld.zip

Ratings

Coolness 22% 980
Overall 2.57 681
Audio 3.00 216
Fun 2.64 531
Graphics 2.79 489
Innovation 2.29 720
Mood 2.17 732
Theme 2.57 654

Feedback

VDZ
23. Apr 2012 · 17:10 UTC
The game does not run for me. I get http://i.imgur.com/SkIFM.png twice, then http://i.imgur.com/ompmc.png, then the game just closes. Using Win7 64-bit, dual core 2.8 ghz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M.
mattchu
23. Apr 2012 · 17:24 UTC
A bit basic, but it works. However, it felt like I couldn't kill the spiked ball enemies, and it seemed almost impossible to dodge all of the bullets they were shooting.
vigrid
23. Apr 2012 · 17:29 UTC
The game doesn't work for me. The music started to play, but the game crashed with this exception:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\LD23\Models\Player2.mdl' is denied.

Hint: make your game a standalone download, not requiring to be installed.
AlwaysGeeky
25. Apr 2012 · 04:38 UTC
Quite simple, but it worked, I wasnt entirely sure what was happening though. well done though :)
Superyoshi
26. Apr 2012 · 20:55 UTC
I think the powerups are really small, making it hard to see the icons on them, and there are some missing sound effects (like hitting and killing enemies) but it's a nice simple game.
RHY3756547
29. Apr 2012 · 20:42 UTC
Pretty cool, the number of bullets was absurd but that's what made it great. Good job.
DaveDobson
30. Apr 2012 · 14:02 UTC
I tried to install the game three times, but it did not show up in the directory it said it was going to go (weird). I speak a little German, and the installer didn't seem to report any errors. The stand-alone version worked; I'd avoid installers if possible for this competition. The 3D graphics are cool. The game was a little hard to play, and it wasn't at first clear that I'd killed anything, or what was hurting me. The options to move seemed very constrained by the square (I guess that was the theme, though). The music is very nice, and I like the powerups.
Jonny D
30. Apr 2012 · 17:12 UTC
An installer... and it's in German? :-/
It could have been asking me to agree to installing viruses for all I know. Also, it should definitely not be trying to write data into its own directory, especially since the default installation path is administrator-only.

The effects were decent, but trouble came with the exploding fire shots. My GPU is pretty good and it couldn't handle it. There's no limit on how fast you can fire, either, adding to the slowdown. The powerups were too small to differentiate.

493,390 pts. I dunno if that's good?
Pacifist Games
30. Apr 2012 · 20:12 UTC
Good game, but the fire effects killed my frame rate, and I have an Alienware! I like how the menus are built around the game mechanic, and the music was pretty cool. I wish the bullets and powerups didn't go through the floor though, and it could've used some more sounds.
Lucas Tiridath
30. Apr 2012 · 21:06 UTC
Fun game. Crazy number of bullets. Plays well. Well done.
roundcrisis
03. May 2012 · 21:11 UTC
Sorry installer in german really puts me off :/
Robert Swan
03. May 2012 · 21:38 UTC
Cute menus and lots of bullets and powerups which was nice. The sound effects and music were decent. I also got massive slowdown and wasn't sure if it was deliberate or not! I wished it was at times to give me a better chance of dodging. I only have manged to get 6th in the high score table so far.
demonpants
03. May 2012 · 21:53 UTC
Mac please!
ExciteMike
03. May 2012 · 23:14 UTC
It really didn't feel like dodging was doable with the crazy bullet density/player size and jumping didn't seem useful, but I could easily see the game working well if, at least early on, dodging bullets was way more manageable.

The background was cool! What's going on there?
Evil Sandwich Studios
04. May 2012 · 09:53 UTC
I can't play your game because I don't have Windows. Perhaps another member of my team will find and rate your game.

- Inês Almeida from Evil Sandwich Studios
someone
04. May 2012 · 15:22 UTC
Didn't get it working on Linux.
Beerman
09. May 2012 · 13:07 UTC
Needs way more manoeuvrability if you're gonna be chucking that many bullets at me, also feels really hard to aim with the mouse, particularly without autofire.
Daz
13. May 2012 · 23:38 UTC
Heh yeah ran into some of the same problems as others. Game ran smooth as butter until the explosions. I also felt the tank was a little bit too big for how small and close together the bullets were. Still a pretty fun game.