Alone with... things! by Hazard
The game is a puzzle-jump&run about a boy who wakes up all alone. After initial fear he discovers that he has the ability to bring inanimate things like furniture to life. Supported by his wooden companions he ventures into the dangerous world to find out whats going on.
Hint: There is a specific end point you have to get to. You will have to use the abilities of your companions to get there.
Keybord controls:
Arrow keys for movement
D to animate furniture
Gamepad Cotrols:
DPad for left and right
A for Jump
B to animate furniture
You can run the included CheckPrerequisites.exe to check whether all required Prerequisites are installed already. Run it if the game won't start or causes an error.
Prerequisites:
- Microsoft .Net Framework 4 ( http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851 )
- Microsoft XNA 4 Runtime ( http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914 )
Development Tools:
- Visual Studio 2010 with XNA 4
Hint: There is a specific end point you have to get to. You will have to use the abilities of your companions to get there.
Keybord controls:
Arrow keys for movement
D to animate furniture
Gamepad Cotrols:
DPad for left and right
A for Jump
B to animate furniture
You can run the included CheckPrerequisites.exe to check whether all required Prerequisites are installed already. Run it if the game won't start or causes an error.
Prerequisites:
- Microsoft .Net Framework 4 ( http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851 )
- Microsoft XNA 4 Runtime ( http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914 )
Development Tools:
- Visual Studio 2010 with XNA 4
| Windows | http://www.hazardx.com/hazard/ld22_awt.zip |
| C# Source | http://www.hazardx.com/hazard/ld22_awt_src.zip |
| Timelapse | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwLer_i6Xg |
| Playthrough Video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5qPOtLk6I |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=7512 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.42 | 65 |
| Audio | 2.48 | 262 |
| Community | 4.03 | 8 |
| Fun | 3.46 | 33 |
| Graphics | 3.24 | 159 |
| Humor | 3.31 | 41 |
| Innovation | 3.57 | 45 |
| Mood | 2.63 | 248 |
| Theme | 2.92 | 249 |
I found the kitty and then found the ending exactly when I was starting to get bored. Which is a good thing : the game length is perfect. Not too simple, not to difficult, riding chairs is pure awesomeness.
My only reproaches would be that the game doesn't fit the theme perfectly (yeah...the kid is alone...easy) and the wake up ending. I don't want to get up! This world is too fun!
I'll be very happy to play a bigger version of this game, with more furnitures/objects (and less dogs...brrrr).
Great idea - you know you're doing right when people reviewing your game ask for more of it, and I certainly would like to play with more objects. It felt extremely fun galloping around in that chair.
The controls are really solid, and the pixel art works, so all in all a great game.
Thanks for the 220 ratings and the nice timelapse :-)
The controls are indeed not optimal in this version. Especially in-air its far too responsive. I already improved it in my dev-version by lowering the acceleration when in the air.
@Randomasta: You can jump on the trees to get over the building. You'll also need the help of some of the furnitures for that. :)
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
It won't start though. No suitable graphics card found.
But hey there's a video! Double kudos!
Ahh this game is soo awesome! It seems I need to buy a new vidoe card or a life...