Dendrite by bitdecaygames
Friends become foe as you race through the dark and treacherous caverns in search of the magnificent Grow Diamond, rumored to change the life of anyone who finds it. Treasures can be found that may enhance your abilities, or hinder other would be spelunkers.
Gather coins to purchase abilities between rounds.
All art in this game is done in the NES color pallet
This game best played with 4 people using Xbox controllers.
Suggested drivers below.
Controls:
Keyboard > When selecting players, on Keyboard use Q, W, E, R to select players 1, 2, 3, or 4 respectively. A, S, D, F to de-select.
WASD = Movement
Q = Punch
E = Projectile
Space = Jump
Xbox > When selecting players, use A to select and B to de-select.
Joystick Controls
A = Jump
X = Punch
Y = Projectile
Xbox control driver -> https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/xbox-360-wireless-controller-for-windows
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Known Bugs:
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- Game does not end (infinite rounds)
- A.I. players can get stuck in certain map elements
- "Turtle" speed nerf sometimes gives super speed.
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*******Resolution Issues?*******
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The game is meant to be run at 1600x900, however, that might restrict the people who have lower resolution monitors from being able to enjoy the game. If you need to run the game at a lower resolution, you can run the jar from the command line with either the "medium" or the "small" argument which will render the game at 1200x675 and 800x450 (respectively). Here is the command that you type in to your command prompt:
java -jar medium
Be aware, that some of the menu screens will be slightly distorted or zoomed in, but the game should play the same.
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******* Too Dark to See? ********
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Press the 1 key to turn off the shader.
Or press 2 to turn off shadows.
Or press 3 to draw normals, just for fun :)
Gather coins to purchase abilities between rounds.
All art in this game is done in the NES color pallet
This game best played with 4 people using Xbox controllers.
Suggested drivers below.
Controls:
Keyboard > When selecting players, on Keyboard use Q, W, E, R to select players 1, 2, 3, or 4 respectively. A, S, D, F to de-select.
WASD = Movement
Q = Punch
E = Projectile
Space = Jump
Xbox > When selecting players, use A to select and B to de-select.
Joystick Controls
A = Jump
X = Punch
Y = Projectile
Xbox control driver -> https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/xbox-360-wireless-controller-for-windows
*************************************
Known Bugs:
*************************************
- Game does not end (infinite rounds)
- A.I. players can get stuck in certain map elements
- "Turtle" speed nerf sometimes gives super speed.
*************************************
*******Resolution Issues?*******
*************************************
The game is meant to be run at 1600x900, however, that might restrict the people who have lower resolution monitors from being able to enjoy the game. If you need to run the game at a lower resolution, you can run the jar from the command line with either the "medium" or the "small" argument which will render the game at 1200x675 and 800x450 (respectively). Here is the command that you type in to your command prompt:
java -jar
Be aware, that some of the menu screens will be slightly distorted or zoomed in, but the game should play the same.
*************************************
******* Too Dark to See? ********
*************************************
Press the 1 key to turn off the shader.
Or press 2 to turn off shadows.
Or press 3 to draw normals, just for fun :)
| Java 1.8 (win/mac/lin) | https://github.com/bitDecayGames/LudumDare34/releases/download/0.2.4/LudumDare34.jar |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=52796 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 65% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.64 | 223 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.55 | 214 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.06 | 186 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.70 | 482 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.03 | 589 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.30 | 443 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.47 | 1051 |
Other than that it was pretty cool.
My only concern is that I didn't understand the link to the themes.
Anyway,good job!
But I couldn't seem to control any of the characters :(