A day in your Life by superstu

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made by superstu for LD23 (COMPO)
R-Key to reset
Arrows or WASD to move (your choice) :)
SPACE for actions
Don't let your hunger or warmth hit zero!
Enjoy A day in your Life :)

I believe in you all!

All actions you do cause something to happen so be sure to check out all of the corners of the map. Goodluck!


Added a walkthrough in case anyone really really wants to complete it but just can't. :)

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall 2.78 549
Audio 1.35 729
Fun 2.55 584
Graphics 2.82 469
Humor 2.41 340
Innovation 2.50 640
Mood 2.72 404
Theme 3.22 329

Feedback

SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 路 04:48 UTC
The link seem to be dead?
馃帳 superstu
23. Apr 2012 路 04:54 UTC
Works for me on both computers :( try doing a hard refresh of the page maybe? not sure what happened
RandomOutput
23. Apr 2012 路 05:18 UTC
I feel very hungry. Wasn't able to figure out how to stay warm. Enjoy the core concept though. Good work!
Tulrath
23. Apr 2012 路 05:19 UTC
That was really fun - of course, I died a few times before walking down and finding food :) Got as far as making the bridge, but kept falling off the edges after that. I think you probably didn't need the insta-death at the map edge, just having a fence would have been fine.
PacifistGames
23. Apr 2012 路 05:21 UTC
I wasn't sure what to do after planting the first seeds... I enjoyed the dialogs about not being able to fly or swim though.
馃帳 superstu
23. Apr 2012 路 05:28 UTC
Just as a heads up, there is a clear end to the game!

All actions you do cause something to happen so be sure to check out all of the corners of the map. Goodluck!

Sometime tomorrow I'll post a walkthrough for those that keep getting stuck and really want to finish.

@RandomOutput
I believe in you!

@PacifistGames + @Tulrath
Be careful of the edges!

Thanks for playing! :)
aaronsnoswell
23. Apr 2012 路 08:57 UTC
Y U WALK SO SLOWLY!!!!
Daniel
23. Apr 2012 路 09:00 UTC
Finally finished it! What a cruel little world! :P
eburn184
24. Apr 2012 路 02:06 UTC
So simple, yet so fun. Too bad I keep freezing to death. Nice job with the game
TyrusPeace
24. Apr 2012 路 02:16 UTC
The time limits put on the player make this a frustrating exercise in repetition rather than an exploration game. I couldn't consistently get the seeds to grow, either. I was a bit confused by that.

I almost made it to the top of the ice ladder at the end, but froze and then couldn't get my seeds to grow again, so I starved repeatedly after that :'(. You kept me wanting to play, but I couldn't quite make it to the end. Good atmosphere, and a solid execution of the theme.
maxman43
25. Apr 2012 路 03:13 UTC
so cold....
Good game, the graphics were very nice. Ran a bit slow, but that's probably just because my computer sucks.
jfroco
25. Apr 2012 路 03:13 UTC
Nice game, deserves a fine tune :)
Dracir
25. Apr 2012 路 03:17 UTC
:( I want to fly
馃帳 superstu
25. Apr 2012 路 03:42 UTC
Currently I'm working on my post-compo version of this game :)
will be trying to optimize it so everyone can enjoy it not being too slow. and adding in sounds along with fixing so bugs :)
cjke.7777
25. Apr 2012 路 06:05 UTC
Great effort man
kirbytails7
25. Apr 2012 路 06:07 UTC
I'm definitely a fan of the concept.
jrasmussen24
25. Apr 2012 路 06:08 UTC
Took me a bit to understand the gist of the game (I hadn't read your comment about returning to the map corners), but it's a fun little game. Thanks for submitting!
davidllanos22
26. Apr 2012 路 04:04 UTC
So funny! Good work :)
Evil Sandwich Studios
26. Apr 2012 路 23:59 UTC
Got to the end! yeyyy
emongev
29. Apr 2012 路 20:04 UTC
I liked the entry overall, seemed like a great game, even though i got frustrated and stopped playing it. Which leads to one of my complaints: you should never leave a player blind, you should at least give him hints on what to do. I thought i should build a bridge, and pressed space on the border and could never build it, and when i saw the walkthrough it said "build a bridge". And also, dont kill me when walking towards the darkness, just because there is no sense of depth. But regardless of the complaints, i love the fact that theres a quick restart (even thought it lags a bit when you do it) and the narrative. =) Good job!
mmarcati
29. Apr 2012 路 21:45 UTC
Awsome game! It's really fun trying to figure out the order of the actions, reminds me a bit of the Grow series ( http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/RPG/index.html#more ).
Made me want more!
machinas
30. Apr 2012 路 05:03 UTC
interesting concept. I think you could probably shrink the world size down a bit to reduce the backtracking and make it so you can see when things on the opposite side of the world change. Some of the actions like bridge building were pretty hard to discover without using the walkthrough. nice original idea though! would be cool to see where you could go with this one.
Rybar
01. May 2012 路 02:15 UTC
Interesting idea, some broken ideas that have already been mentioned. To have building a bridge not require hitting the action key when every other event does is misleading. The game begins with a challenge that should allow more exploration time, if you go any direction but straight down you'll die before getting to the fruit. This kind of 'trial by death' challenge wore out its welcome for me in games like Dragons Lair, but even then you were given a visual indicator of what to do, given you had superhuman reflexes.
I really like the idea in general, its just not executed the best.
azurenimbus
03. May 2012 路 02:27 UTC
That was cool and rather unique. It was also charming. You can't fly!
chinchang
04. May 2012 路 18:10 UTC
that dead face was really cool! nice game..it was fun to roam in dat cute world.
tripleVisionGames
07. May 2012 路 19:23 UTC
You can't swim! I like the concept and it kind of made me hungry playing it...
summaky
08. May 2012 路 07:10 UTC
I finally finished it, but I find it very frustrating that I need to die again and again in order to understand the "rules". It certainly fits the theme, but I didn't have much fun with all the re-starting needed.

Liked the simple graphics and the humor when drowning and falling off the world, although I would prefer for the player to say the same without dieing.
Datamosh
08. May 2012 路 13:23 UTC
I died a hundred times. I like the concept but felt a little lost retrying all.
orangepascal
11. May 2012 路 17:08 UTC
simple gameplay, but it works surprisingly well, very nice!