Burgeon by matthewd673

made by matthewd673 for LD34 (COMPO)

Navigate a world full of doors, monsters, and amulets to reach your ultimate goal of... well... who knows? Navigate the increasingly difficult levels to reach the end.

I hope to work on this game more in the future to add more mechanics I just didn't have time for as well as a level editor. I'll keep you guys posted!

Your hero can switch between 3 sizes - small, regular, and large
Small hero can fit through small door, regular hero can fit through regular door, etc.

Use blue and red amulets to grow and shrink

Defeat frightening monsters (or lose if they're bigger than you)

Don't die.

NOTE: A game like this requires very clever level design, something that is hard to do in 48 hours. I apologize in advance.

Win/OSX (Java)	https://www.dropbox.com/s/jd8g1jjcn3o0b2k/Burgeon-Download.zip?dl=0
Source	https://github.com/matthewd673/Burgeon
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=38850

Feedback

Taffaz

14. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC

Enjoyed this game a lot. It really fit the growth theme.

jachepe

14. Dec 2015 · 19:13 UTC

A very fun game, good work!

Brandondyer64

15. Dec 2015 · 00:34 UTC

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: burgeon/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:800)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:278)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:56)

thirteenthspiral

15. Dec 2015 · 00:37 UTC

No clue on how to run the .jar files

Ben Allen

15. Dec 2015 · 00:40 UTC

Can't run the game. I open the .jar and it gives a blank screen.

Fervir

15. Dec 2015 · 00:42 UTC

Pretty good puzzle game, nice puzzles.
The music was pretty spooky.

mukult

15. Dec 2015 · 00:42 UTC

Good level design!

jigalx

15. Dec 2015 · 00:43 UTC

Don't know how to run jar files :(
This game is too hard!

Move127

15. Dec 2015 · 00:46 UTC

Very nicely designed puzzles

Red_Fan games

15. Dec 2015 · 00:48 UTC

Really fit the theme, but i'm sorry to say the music was a tad annoying.

Evannex

15. Dec 2015 · 00:54 UTC

This was really cool! I hope you continue this afterwards. The puzzles were challenging enough to be interesting without being too hard. Job well done!

🎤 matthewd673

15. Dec 2015 · 22:47 UTC

To those who were wondering about blank screens/not being able to run the .jar: To run the JAR you need to have Java 8 installed. Once you have it installed from Oracle Software you can double click the file for it to run. IF YOU ARE GETTING A BLANK SCREEN: Make sure you have kept all the folders bundled together. Extract everything from the zip (including the "res" directory). If "res" is not included, the game will not run. I hope this clears up any issues you guys have had.

aare

16. Dec 2015 · 17:43 UTC

Interesting mechanics, but a bit un-intuitive? What is exactly the difference between amulets and monsters? It looks like they work the same.
Also the tutorial text is very hard to read - I almost missed it the firt time I played.

Aelius

18. Dec 2015 · 17:11 UTC

Cool game but the puzzles are really easy if you start from the back.

UrbanHelsing

22. Dec 2015 · 21:44 UTC

The level design was great, maybe some harder levels would be good.

Gordy

27. Dec 2015 · 22:14 UTC

Very nice game bro ! ;) (y)