Shapechanger (incomplete) by Goldendice

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made by Goldendice for LD21 (-)
I "escaped" from finishing this game - not because I didn't have time, but because it was going in a direction I didn't like. The introduction is still fully functioning and the game mechanics work properly (although they lack the later content to be able to demonstrate such).

Escape is used in both a literal sense (the very beginning) and a metaphorical sense (escape from the physical self) although I did not fully flesh out the second.

Note: source is included in downloads under the game folder

Mostly this was a learning experience for me - as my first LD, I found it very different from a miniLD. In the future, I plan on brainstorming ideas for ALL themes before the competition, doing art by hand and scanning it, and not giving the player effectively over 1 billion options per encounter (1,889,568,000 to be precise - the main reason I ended up scrapping this project)

Ratings

Coolness 0% 418
Overall 2.19 427
Audio 3.44 53
Community 1.75 410
Fun 1.88 434
Graphics 2.88 208
Humor 1.83 257
Innovation 2.44 335
Theme 2.27 411

Feedback

none
21. Aug 2011 路 16:26 UTC
It says "You need permission to access this item." on all three of the links.
馃帳 Goldendice
21. Aug 2011 路 16:33 UTC
Should be fixed now.
SusanTheCat
21. Aug 2011 路 22:41 UTC
Interesting concept. Nice to see more Ren'Py games.
Mstrp2ez
22. Aug 2011 路 19:27 UTC
Cool concept. Sad to see that you didn't finish it. Graphics looks good, music is sweet. Polished interface. Good job overall.
dramble
23. Aug 2011 路 01:22 UTC
It must have been a good game because I was kind of sad to see it end so abruptly. Could make an interesting puzzle game out of this concept.
Hempuli
23. Aug 2011 路 20:58 UTC
There's not much gameplay here, at the moment it's more of a story narration. I like the idea behind this, though!
tgijsola
24. Aug 2011 路 21:10 UTC
Nice musical accompaniment!
nuria
25. Aug 2011 路 02:38 UTC
I hope you can finish this up someday, I think you have something going on, it just needs lots of more time to be developed. Keep it up! Nice music btw
summaky
27. Aug 2011 路 07:45 UTC
It has potential. I liked the music.
ratking
05. Sep 2011 路 07:23 UTC
I think it would have been more than enough of a game if I could see the changes I make as a shapeshifter. :-) Nice music, of course, and the story begins promising.
So don't stop, continue working on it!