Caveman In Time by Mine10blox
This is my first Ludum Dare, and I made this game in 48 hours. I've only been doing pixel art for a month and sounds for less than a week. If you are going to say your opinion about my game, please make it constructed so I can learn what to do better next time.
Caveman in Time is an infinite runner, where you play as a caveman running on a timeline. It's a one button game, using the space bar to jump over boulders and spears thrown at you. The twist is the screen starts rapidly moving faster, so if you find it easy, just wait till you reach 2500 points. Press escape to quit at any time.
Tools:
Language/Engine: Python and pygame
Graphics: Gimp
Music: Bosca Ceoil
Sfx: sfxr
Caveman in Time is an infinite runner, where you play as a caveman running on a timeline. It's a one button game, using the space bar to jump over boulders and spears thrown at you. The twist is the screen starts rapidly moving faster, so if you find it easy, just wait till you reach 2500 points. Press escape to quit at any time.
Tools:
Language/Engine: Python and pygame
Graphics: Gimp
Music: Bosca Ceoil
Sfx: sfxr
| Windows | http://gamejolt.com/games/caveman-in-time/183845 |
| Source | http://gamejolt.com/games/caveman-in-time/183845 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=107822 |
That said, definitely some design and tech issues here.
I encourage you to keep working and keep jamming.
Windows 7
Intel i5-2500K
8 GB RAM
PyGame can be tricky - good luck getting it fixed! Let me know if you figure out the problem and release a new build.
2.The game crashed upon launch. Too bad,but its not the end of the world. I took the liberty of snipping the error message:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxP0WpNPOymfRi1teTByYTJYbkk/view?usp=sharing
Good luck next time,and Im sure I would have enjoyed your game!
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description.
Windows 10 64 Bit
This is a pity, I had a look at your graphics, they look cute, I would have loved to watch that caveman's head explode ;-)
Fixed the crashing error! Re download it if your still interested.
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main.exe - Unable To Locate Component
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This application has failed to start because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
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If you want to fix it, all you have to do is go to your C:\Windows\System32 folder, locate the MSVCR100.dll and just pack that along with the rest of the game. This is your Visual Studio's C-runtime, which I do not have installed on my system because I do not have any Visual Studio currently installed and never installed a program that shipped with the DLL.
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main.exe - Bad Image
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The application or DLL C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Caveman in Time\MSVCR100.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette.
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OK
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I guess you have a 64 bit system so your MSVCR100.dll is 64 bit only... this is getting better, though :)
At this fast speed background is not so smooth and it tickles your eyes - not good (probably it is due to pygame).
A small warning before the spear appears - nice move.
Runners is a quite specific thing and some people simply don't like it. It requires only skill and there is no decision making process (jump or not jump, huh?).
But overall implementation feels complete.
Keep practicing and making games. Good start.