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(Escape from) The Temple of Nepenthe by ButtercupSaiyan

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made by ButtercupSaiyan for LD21 (-)
I made this using the Ren'Py framework, a handle of 3D resources available from http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php and http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/mowais/freestuff/freestuff.html and the fractals are made with the Mandelbulb 3D program, music with Ableton Live, sound effects using increpare's excellent bfxr download (please play his http://www.increpare.com/2010/11/activate-the-three-artefacts-and-then-leave/ it was an influence on me!) and Photoshop for postwork.

Thank you for taking the time to play my entry! Please let me know if you have any problems!

Windows http://www.mediafire.com/?3mm0mw1uue2q538
Mac http://www.mediafire.com/?jx9oo9x4na1lau9
Linux http://www.mediafire.com/?dd65r6e534fpbjd
All http://www.buttercupsaiyan.org/The%20Temple%20of%20Nepenthe-all.zip
Source https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzeSQO8VAtpINDA3YTcyZmUtMjU0Zi00MmNmLThkYWYtNTExNmExZmViNWQ2&hl=en_US
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=4948

Ratings

Coolness 0% 418
Overall 2.58 346
Audio 3.08 93
Community 2.00 336
Fun 1.67 454
Graphics 3.67 61
Humor 1.82 261
Innovation 2.00 415
Theme 2.92 259

Feedback

馃帳 ButtercupSaiyan
21. Aug 2011 路 21:22 UTC
Crappity crap, I forgot the timelapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMQnel0_ka8
kevglass
22. Aug 2011 路 11:38 UTC
Won't download from mediafire for me :(
Meedoc
22. Aug 2011 路 19:56 UTC
I just download it with chrome. Yesterday I had a problem with firefox (in order to download, you have to accept first a popup... It was strange)
Meedoc
22. Aug 2011 路 20:29 UTC
Your graphic design is really great! I'm impressed about what you drew in less than 48h... However I'm not fan of the gameplay and there are too much text for me ^^
Bloodyaugust
22. Aug 2011 路 22:36 UTC
Okay. Way too much text though. Very nice looking!
N0_Named_Guy
26. Aug 2011 路 01:35 UTC
It's good to see a female as a main player, and a man as a sidekick. That's always good. About the game: it was a nice game, but not many choices... I felt it like an interactive story with little choices. Because there is so much text to read, I wouldn't backtrack (it was boring to me). The story was good, the background images great and you've got the best UI I've ever seen so far in this LD. Keep it up!
Jedi
27. Aug 2011 路 01:51 UTC
This seems like a very good entry overall, my main gripe being how linear the story feels and that I couldn't tell how my decisions affected said story (both very common with this type of game).
I couldn't find a combination of choices that didn't result in my death. After seeing each of the final choices killing me, I had no inclination to go back and just try different choice combinations.
The story is cool (so far). You do a very good job of immersing the player in this alien world with just text and pictures. I was impressed.
I was sucked into the story and kinda sad I won't see it end. Just not enough so to want to keep playing.
I REALLY like the way you made mandelbrot 3D images into an alien landscape and especially liked how you wrote the program's operation into the story! :)
The music is kinda groovy but it's made with annoying sounds (hope that makes sense), it's too repetitive and it gets old fast.
p.s. Your captain is missing the wrong eye; the text says it's her left while her picture shows it intact.
matthias_zarzecki
30. Aug 2011 路 21:13 UTC
The framework is quite polished. I like the extensive menu-structure, and it even takes and saves screenshots!