the dream forest by mes
this short abstract exploration game is my first LD entry. i spent most of my time making sprites and music so there is not really much gameplay. there is a lot of atmosphere however. :) a playthrough will only take about five minutes.
controls:
LEFT, RIGHT - go left and right
UP - use umbrella
R - if limping around the forest is not your style (or you just don't like the anim), press this to engage beast mode
i developed the game with the love2d library, so it works on windows, mac, and linux. i've only included a standalone version for windows though; if you want to play it on another platform, download love from http://love2d.org/ and grab the .love file. the source is also in the .love file--just change the extension from .love to .zip and you can open it up to get at the lua files inside.
i had some more grandiose plans for this game but i ran out of time so i had to keep it pretty simple. if time permits, i'd like to do a bit more with it in the future.
update: timelapse added!
controls:
LEFT, RIGHT - go left and right
UP - use umbrella
R - if limping around the forest is not your style (or you just don't like the anim), press this to engage beast mode
i developed the game with the love2d library, so it works on windows, mac, and linux. i've only included a standalone version for windows though; if you want to play it on another platform, download love from http://love2d.org/ and grab the .love file. the source is also in the .love file--just change the extension from .love to .zip and you can open it up to get at the lua files inside.
i had some more grandiose plans for this game but i ran out of time so i had to keep it pretty simple. if time permits, i'd like to do a bit more with it in the future.
update: timelapse added!
| Windows Standalone | http://queklain.undev.org/ld21/dreamforest0.zip |
| Cross-platform + Source (.love) | http://queklain.undev.org/ld21/dreamforest0.love |
| Timelapse | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u98UnCVB4Y |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=4975 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 4% | 144 |
| Overall | 3.83 | 17 |
| Audio | 4.33 | 3 |
| Community | 2.85 | 173 |
| Fun | 2.88 | 181 |
| Graphics | 4.11 | 25 |
| Humor | 1.56 | 323 |
| Innovation | 3.06 | 182 |
| Theme | 3.00 | 230 |
The best entry I've played so far. :)
It would have been cool to have more events or some branching for other walkthroughs though (unless I missed something in the cave ?).
Very cool for a solo 48h LD, hope you'll be able to add more content/story later !
Stunning.
@superflat and anyone else having trouble running it: try upgrading your graphics drivers. doing that fixed the issue i was seeing on my other computer.
@TurboDindon: nope, you didn't miss anything. the cave is just scenery.
@d_m: i think you will like what i'm doing with the extended version. i'm keeping it pretty cryptic while trying to introduce some story through non-textual means.
Btw, I've been making retro styled posters for some of the games that were made for LD. I did one for this game:
http://bit.ly/pI3SDm
an update on the extended version: at this point i'm not extending this so much as turning it into a proper game. so it will probably take me a while. i'll post some stuff about it on the blog when i have more figured out.