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Ash Dash by DevOrc

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made by DevOrc for LD 39 (COMPO)

Ash Dash is a command line game written in Rust! The backend is a custom game engine (called cannon) and is also written in rust.

Description

In a world far in the future a series of events causes massive volcanic events. Nearby a volcano, Kuklonfusta, you hear an eruption begin ! Kuklonfust puffs out smoke covering the sky, disabling all solar panels in the area. You must keep on collecting energy to stay alive! But beware! The volcanic magma is starting to fall...

Source Code:

Game

Game Engine (Cannon)

Downloads

Windows:

Make sure to have your terminal big enough or else the game will have wierd formating. It must be bigger than 140x50 characters. Also If your monitor is big enough you can increase the font size to make the game easier to see. Tutorial. I use size 20 on my 1920x1280 monitor.

Images

MainMenu.png GameOver.png Game.png

Notes

  • Due to this being a command line game, I have opted out of the audio catergory.
  • Currently cannon only supports the Windows! Sorry!
  • If your monitor is big enough you can increase the font size. Tutorial. I use size 20 on my 1920x1280 monitor.
  • I have only tested cannon on my computer so hopefully it works on others too!
Source code https://github.com/DevOrc/ld39
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/zymwmmxn9b23ck1/Ash%20Dash%20LD39%20Build%202.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/ash-dash

Ratings

Overall 586th 2.75⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 597th 2.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 261th 3.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 516th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 638th 1.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 585th 2.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Falk Bruskeland
31. Jul 2017 · 13:58 UTC
Very basic and simple! The graphics could have been something other than characters, but a fun game!
🎤 DevOrc
31. Jul 2017 · 14:38 UTC
Yeah.. I tried to add in emojis but ran into problems with the winapi...
PixelFormedStudios
31. Jul 2017 · 18:14 UTC
Cool little game. Sometimes the screen would continually flash when updating, but I am sure that is because I did something wrong.
player2point0
31. Jul 2017 · 20:49 UTC
A fun game to play, I like the retro graphics and the power ups. Especially the clear one and how it made you decide whether to should pick it up or not.
kleinzach
31. Jul 2017 · 22:14 UTC
I certainly like the conceit of the power up which you may not want to pick up. That added an interesting layer of strategy over the game which made me want to think about where I went rather then rush directly for the nearest thing. Also, I always like when people can bend something to their will like you did hear with the command line, i didn't realize something like that was possible to do in this amount of time!
Chris Coe
01. Aug 2017 · 22:45 UTC
Hey, that's a pretty neat concept of a game. Not the best-looking, but I like how there's trade-offs for the power-ups. I thought the game itself was pretty easy to get into and understand.
atridas
02. Aug 2017 · 17:13 UTC
Nice entry!
The game seems a little uninviting at first, being a console game, but it does have it's charm. The different symbols are a bit not intuitive, I whould try some rare characters for each of the things, but it was accessible enough (after the first "wow, a console game" xD)
TheCodeFactory
15. Aug 2017 · 22:16 UTC
Nice and simple game. I like the power ups.
Valphera
15. Aug 2017 · 22:46 UTC
I actually liked the graphics, it's a style you know and eveything was coherent, so, it had something.
The gameplay is cool too, nice concept, good work
Timps
16. Aug 2017 · 08:58 UTC
This was fun. But the screen would refresh the entire thing again and again, just wipe blue all over the screen for seconds at a time. It got really frustrating and was insanely hard to play when it happened.

Great work on the chosen ascii characters! After a little while it just made sense on it's own.
joebeard
16. Aug 2017 · 21:08 UTC
This brings back memories of writing games for the console, it works and does exactly what it says on the tin!
LuckyFeathers
16. Aug 2017 · 21:16 UTC
At first I encountered some weird windows bugs where it wouldn't display the game properly. Once I got the game to worked I actually enjoyed it quite a lot. Simple, yet fun. I have no idea how that programming language works, but is there any way you could add sound? Would have made the game a lot better. Still, neat game!