The Accidental Adventure of Jim by MattRB

made by MattRB for LD21 (JAM)

Windows and Linux binaries available, or download the source and run it with Love2d :)

The Accidental Adventure of Jim is a pong RPG... thing. It was rushed and I really didn't have time for much combat, I hope you can look at what is there, though.

FAQ:

The art sucks.
Yup.

There's no sound/music.
Yup.

The dialogue is trite and childish.
Mostly.

I wish I had been able to do a couple more of my ideas :(

Windows	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5796327/taaoj_win.zip
Linux	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5796327/taaoj_lin
Source	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5796327/Ludum%20Dare%2021.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=5498

Ratings

Coolness	0%	418
Overall(Jam)	2.50	53

Audio(Jam)	1.73	56
Fun(Jam)	1.83	68
Graphics(Jam)	2.17	71
Humor(Jam)	2.73	18
Innovation(Jam)	2.50	44
Theme(Jam)	2.00	72

Feedback

ratking

23. Aug 2011 · 18:26 UTC

The idea of playing a mini game in order to defeat an enemy is nice, but the game itself (Pong) is just too slow. Also, the ugly endboss(?) is unbeatable, more or less. Dunno, I stopped trying, sorry.
First I thought you have to escape the dungeon, but then the ugly guy said something about a princess, so I think you missed the theme. ;)
Fazit: It would have been nice if you had some more polish in it, it just feels incomplete as a whole. Which is said, because I like Dungeon Crawlers. :)

Shigor

24. Aug 2011 · 15:22 UTC

I'd add "it's too slow" to your self criticism. But you've scored with "It's too dangerous... errr" line :)

pdyxs

26. Aug 2011 · 08:16 UTC

I was so happy when the first type of bad guy was 'bat', coz it fit the pong metaphor really well... I woulda liked it if you took the use of the minigame a bit further in story.

Agreed that pong was too slow, especially once you started having to win a number of times...

angrygeometry

27. Aug 2011 · 02:25 UTC

i thought the graphics were quite charming.

FireSlash

13. Sep 2011 · 00:20 UTC

Cannot skip cutscenes... text is slow, cannot skip. Combat pong is an interesting idea but gets old very fast. Loved the tie in for the old LD theme.