Escape from Dorf Bay by KavuDX

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made by KavuDX for LD21 (-)
This is Escape from Dorf Bay, a mix of two ideas, where none got the appropriate attention as I actually had only about 20 hours to create this submission.

I hope someone gets the idea and the soul of the game and create something worthy of it, as I think it could still have a long way to go ahead.

The dorf part was made in paint, the one a capellaing is me using Windows Sound Recorder from XP, the font used is Symbol.
The scary house part was done using the following:
-Music: Mi chord on my crappy and broken guitar, recorded using Windows Sound Recorder
-Sound effects: Random noises recorded and distorted on windows sound recorders
-Graphics: My Nokia N8 Camera, with some messing in the light sensivity settings, all the pictures are from my house.
-Coding: Everything done in processing.

I've included the source code, but not the actual data files, such as the graphics or the sounds, if anyone want them, just send me an e-mail at NicholasPassy@gmail.com


edit (23/08/11 04:30AM):

Postmortem version is up, I've switched the download links for the v2, where the arrows ALWAYS appears, so you guys won't need to pixel hunt anymore.

Ratings

Coolness 5% 115
Overall 2.38 392
Audio 2.62 162
Community 3.40 52
Fun 2.08 399
Graphics 2.62 276
Humor 1.56 323
Innovation 2.85 223
Theme 1.77 482

Feedback

馃帳 KavuDX
21. Aug 2011 路 23:27 UTC
Day1 timelapse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeUnoghhAg
demonpants
22. Aug 2011 路 22:10 UTC
There is a permission error when trying to run on Mac OS X. I tried chmoding everything but that didn't help.

8/22/11 3:14:14 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.1080[236] ([0x0-0xa56a56].escape_from_dorf_bay[22173]) posix_spawn("/Users/edelventhal/Downloads/application.macosx/escape_from_dorf_bay.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub", ...): Permission denied
demonpants
22. Aug 2011 路 22:14 UTC
NVM I got it to run with the following:

chmod +x /Users/me/Downloads/application.macosx/escape_from_dorf_bay.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub64
demonpants
22. Aug 2011 路 22:17 UTC
Well, you did a good job setting up atmosphere. I was ready for something to kill me in the house, that's for sure. But then I couldn't go anywhere. I just couldn't find where I was supposed to put my mouse in order to make the up arrow appear, and I became trapped after hardly starting. I suggest removing the hover mouse and just leaving the buttons there at all times.
馃帳 KavuDX
22. Aug 2011 路 23:07 UTC
I'll take on it. A lot of people complained about that, so I guess it's my fault.
localcoder
23. Aug 2011 路 11:26 UTC
I liked the photos - your friend is right, your house _is_ scary! The sound was great too, I wish there was more of this.
馃帳 KavuDX
23. Aug 2011 路 14:44 UTC
Thanks for the compliments, I really got proud of what I did in under 1 hour with the sound.
Messing with windows sound recorder is awesome!
Monastery
23. Aug 2011 路 19:38 UTC
well.. tried the windows version: "Java Virtual Machine Launcher - Could not find the main class. Program will exit!"
馃帳 KavuDX
23. Aug 2011 路 20:05 UTC
Have you extracted everything to their correct folders?
This error usually happens when the .exe cannot find the path of the /lib/ and the /source/
marudziik
24. Aug 2011 路 16:26 UTC
This reminds me a little of some old games with digitalized photos (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6m7bYlGPq4 ). I like the atmosphere, but painted parts are... well, just bad. Especially compared to the rest, which is cool (a pity it's so short). Not bad!
jonbro
25. Aug 2011 路 12:29 UTC
I couldn't get past the fridge, there wasn't an arrow there... was this something I should keep clicking on?
馃帳 KavuDX
25. Aug 2011 路 16:16 UTC
How do you open a fridge?
Rudy
26. Aug 2011 路 09:03 UTC
A great atmosphere setup, but fell flat soon without any actual action/progress. I like the idea though, the photos are a bit too dark though.
馃帳 KavuDX
26. Aug 2011 路 18:47 UTC
I'm sorry, I couldnt manage to think about a proper ending nor draw anything that would indeed be scary, I'll keep deving it now that the restrictions from the LD are gone.