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Stranded by Catmoo

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made by Catmoo for LD35 (COMPO)
The aim of the game is to recover from the unfortunate incident by gathering the required part to get your ship up and running.

But in order to find the part you need to blend in so they don't suspect you of being an outsider. Luckily your ship is well equip.

The controls while on the ship are just left click on the mouse at the start to choose your alien pieces, and in the last bit they're W,A,S,D/Arrow keys or left click (currently not working) which isn't explained, my apologies for that.

Some bugs in the current build which I'll try to iron out.

Bug fixes so far:
Removed the ability to click in the starting scene
Tried to fixed the mouse controls in the last bit (still broken)
Windows http://www.catmoo.co.uk/gamejams/ld35_stranded/catherine_woolley_ld35_stranded.exe
Zipped exe http://www.catmoo.co.uk/gamejams/ld35_stranded/catherine_woolley_ld35_stranded.zip
Source http://www.catmoo.co.uk/gamejams/ld35_stranded/catherine_woolley_ld35_stranded-source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=1396

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1666
Overall 3.00 636
Audio 4.06 22
Fun 2.89 627
Graphics 3.61 204
Humor 3.56 68
Innovation 3.39 300
Mood 3.53 129
Theme 3.56 331

Feedback

pixlark
18. Apr 2016 路 03:02 UTC
So the first time I opened it, none of the buttons worked.

Second time, there were subtitles (which there weren't the first time), but they were partially under the green guy. And then when I got to the brown screen, none of the keys worked again.
馃帳 Catmoo
18. Apr 2016 路 06:52 UTC
Sorry Pixlark did you click on the console? I think I left some very old script on it. The first bit is just a little scene of what's happening. Then you pick your disguise with the left mouse button. And then in the final bit you use the keyboard to move. Are you saying you couldn't move at all in the final section?
Pietdagamer
18. Apr 2016 路 07:47 UTC
Nice audio and mood.
DesignerNap
18. Apr 2016 路 18:11 UTC
Great audio, love the mood and love the crash sequence!
cptalbertwesker
23. Apr 2016 路 18:38 UTC
The audio is awesome, I want to guess that the sound when you have your ship up and running is a microwave???

I love the different alien parts you can come up with, I made my disguise awful on purpose cause I couldn't resist a big brain with eyes and a tophat :D though the indigenous aliens didn't seem to mind me too much, they just crowded around me :)

Great little game :D
davor10105
09. May 2016 路 20:26 UTC
yep, as said already, audio is amazing, but big props to character design too!
morrilet
09. May 2016 路 20:49 UTC
Loved the little intro! The game was pretty simple but the art and sounds made it work for me.
Markus Brand
09. May 2016 路 21:26 UTC
the story was nice told, intro and outro well polished, but the actual gameplay was not that intense :)

nevertheless a nice game

the character design was a cool feature
General
09. May 2016 路 21:56 UTC
Video: https://youtu.be/_Thj5TbXn0Q
Good idea! Just needs bug fixing.
I wonder, what are the phrases which you reverted to create aliens speech :)
Jeff0029
09. May 2016 路 23:02 UTC
Considering this is a compo and you had to create all of these assets / audio in a short time. Hats to you!

Entering key inputs at the starts makes the game do all sorts of bugs. Creature creation was neat.
brgarnet17
09. May 2016 路 23:07 UTC
Love the Microsoft Paint-like graphics!! Looks like my game, but better!
TriSquare
10. May 2016 路 00:08 UTC
This reminds me of all the old space quest games, verys similar artwork.
srakowski
10. May 2016 路 00:13 UTC
Absolutely awesome! I had to whip out Audacity, record the audio and play it backwards because I knew there was a hidden message in there. You put your thing down flipped it and reversed it :-). The hunt of figuring out what the alien was saying was quite enjoyable. Well done!