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Below by OddOneOut

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made by OddOneOut for LD22 (COMPO)
Made with C# and XNA. A puzzley game set in mysterious building below the earth. I didn't

have the time to make it as long as I wanted but I'm still happy of how it came out.

Updated the game to use the Reach profile for better compatibility.

Controls:

Mouse: Look
WASD: Move
E: Pick up/use
LMB: Throw
RMB: Drop
R (hold): Retry
Alt + Enter: Fullscreen
Esc: Quit

Dependencies:

.NET Framework 4
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851

XNA 4.0
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914

Hope you enjoy

Windows http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1267706/Below_LD22_Reach.zip
Source http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1267706/Below_LD22_Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=3129

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall 3.14 144
Audio 2.71 196
Community 2.14 479
Fun 2.90 143
Graphics 3.43 122
Humor 1.25 587
Innovation 2.14 453
Mood 2.80 198
Theme 3.10 191

Feedback

Beerman
19. Dec 2011 路 10:23 UTC
Nice job - very atmospheric. Could really do with an invert mouse option though - very frustrating when a puzzle needs quick reactions and I end up moving the wrong way.
Falkreon
19. Dec 2011 路 16:58 UTC
"LD2202.exe has stopped working." on startup.
Reading back on the description I see now that you have some dependencies not included in the download. This is why I hate XNA.
CplMustard
19. Dec 2011 路 18:40 UTC
hmm, XNA problems for me too, It says "no suitable graphics card found". Im using an intel graphics card on my laptop though, so that might have something to do with it.
馃帳 OddOneOut
19. Dec 2011 路 21:45 UTC
@Falkreon:
Yeah I hate XNA for that reason too, I used it for this project since it's extremely fast to develop in.

@CplMustard:
I updated the game to Reach profile so that may help. Also if you have multiple graphics cards try starting it using the other one.
spinydelta
20. Dec 2011 路 14:50 UTC
I was really impressed by this. Great job.
saint11
20. Dec 2011 路 20:35 UTC
The Atmosphere reminded me of Portal and Cube (that awesome Canadian movie :D) Sadly is very short, this makes you want to play more. Great job!
ziomorti
21. Dec 2011 路 13:21 UTC
Amazing atmosphere there, great job!
QXD-me
21. Dec 2011 路 14:32 UTC
Nice, it's like the cube bits of portal just without the portals.

The lack of music and sterility of the visuals also work very much in it's favour and help set the mood appropriately.

Good job!
Gregory
30. Dec 2011 路 10:43 UTC
Impressive! I like how the instructions are written on the walls. Nice job with the fading in/out when holding R and a nice clean font. Did you write your own physics engine? If so, kudos!!! That's a difficult task to pull off in a weekend. Where's the cake? You should apply to Valve!
馃帳 OddOneOut
01. Jan 2012 路 23:07 UTC
Glad you all liked it

Gregory:
No way I could write a physics engine in a weekend, so I used an open-source one called BEPU physics. There is no cake but there is a kitten hiding somewhere.
Ghostik
03. Jan 2012 路 13:37 UTC
I love 3D logic based games and this one is really great!

You should keep working on this one ;)
Cosr
09. Jan 2012 路 12:08 UTC
Very simple mechanics, but reasonable little puzzles. It's very complete feeling, though maybe it's a bit too simple in the long run. As is the mechanics fit the length well.
Odra
09. Jan 2012 路 12:14 UTC
Would be much less lonely if there was a sarcastic killing robot talking to you, or a cube with heart decals on it.
ratking
09. Jan 2012 路 12:30 UTC
Very nice style, sound and pace. It's really a shame you didn't implement a more innovative gameplay. A bit more story would have been cool, too. ;)
MurrayL
10. Jan 2012 路 00:59 UTC
Sadly this didn't run too well on my machine! I would've liked some graphics options.