Water by agrdev

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made by agrdev for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

”You find yourself lost in the desert having nothing... Except for a chest buried in the sand.”

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What is this game?

An exploration puzzle adventure where you are playing as an explorer lost in the desert. Desperate for the water you encounter a chest buried in the sand and something mysterious start to happen...

Recommendations

  • Play with sound turned on.
  • Set lower resolution for better performance.

How to play

Start with arrow keys and follow the hints.

Screenshots

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Tools used

  • Unity
  • Rider
  • MagicaVoxel
  • Audacity
  • Trello

Authors

Credits

  • Music and sound effects from https://freesound.org
  • Fonts (yoster)

Ratings

Overall 431th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 772th 3⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 246th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 351th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 297th 3.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 623th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 211th 3.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

bobotast
08. Oct 2019 · 03:31 UTC
looks cool! review some other games and leave comments so that people will see it!
drtizzle
09. Oct 2019 · 19:50 UTC
Nice! Cool graphical style, and technically well done! I kept on digging, and some story unfolded, but I don't really know what happened. Am I missing something?

Overall a very nice entry!
BytingGames
09. Oct 2019 · 19:59 UTC
I couldn't move the character. Restarting the game also didn't help :(
🎤 agrdev
09. Oct 2019 · 20:03 UTC
@bytinggames Was it Mac or Windows build?
Oune
09. Oct 2019 · 21:13 UTC
Cool graphics. Reminded me of Lego. Could I please have this guy's shovel? :D

Overall, you did a nice job. Keep it up!
theomaniacal
09. Oct 2019 · 21:26 UTC
Cute game! I wish the characters moved a bit faster. There also seems to be a bug where if jump and hold TAB, the character keeps flying.
Arcus
09. Oct 2019 · 21:33 UTC
Awesome game! I love the graphics.
GoupixM
09. Oct 2019 · 22:03 UTC
I couldn't move the character, me too. I'm really sorry :(
🎤 agrdev
09. Oct 2019 · 22:06 UTC
@goupixm Oh, that's sad. Which build was that?
ModdingMachine
09. Oct 2019 · 22:25 UTC
Awsome Game! I love his nose XD. My favorite 3D art style is voxel so I found this game really cool.
GoupixM
09. Oct 2019 · 22:26 UTC
@agrdev the one on windows but I tested HTML5 and it works ! The game is interesting and I like the concept of discovering the map ! : D

The graphic style changes other games, it's cool! Really good job ! :D
zgragselus
09. Oct 2019 · 22:28 UTC
Congratulations on making game!

I enjoyed playing this one and played it until the end.

Few notes:
- Character moves slowly, it would be nice if he could sprint for a bit, and therefore lowering time when running around searching for items.
- Items are not easy to recognize (they could be animated or having more contrast), especially the rope ... I pretty much noticed the rest right away, but I went 2 times next to rope before realizing something is there (or I might be just blind, that is also possible)
- Z-fighting, at the edge of map, sand hill z-fights with the floor, try moving it up little bit (or use polygon offset, or any other solution), which will remove the flickering


Anyways, I enjoyed this entry. Keep up the good work!
ashashza
09. Oct 2019 · 23:05 UTC
This was a really cool way to explore a world! I can't recall playing anything where I get to experience a current time environment and instantly switch back to the past.

Like others have commented, I loved the visual style too. Especially the details that went into the buildings and how they were eroded over time. The missing head on the one statue was such a lovely touch.

I also wished the characters moved faster (although I can understand why you wouldn't want to rush the experience) and that the rope was easier to distinguish (a different colour maybe?).

Overall I enjoyed this entry.
Asimov
15. Oct 2019 · 19:31 UTC
you made a fool of me by searching for a bucket and a rope to get water from the well! Shame on you!
but it was a nice experience ;)
maybe a bit to slow paced
someone
15. Oct 2019 · 19:34 UTC
Nice game. Great use for voxels. I really like the past viewer artefact idea.
Struggled a to find the rope - I thought it was a tree.
A run button would have been nice.
kuro
15. Oct 2019 · 19:41 UTC
Neat concept AND execution. As others have said, character movement was really slow. Also I kept falling through the floor in the web version, so I downloaded win version - no porblems there.
oddarock
15. Oct 2019 · 20:31 UTC
I really enjoyed the experience, the graphics and the mood.

A few personal comments: the character movement was a little bit irregular and the collisions during the jump stopped the movement which was a little bit disturbing.

Other than that a really good submission !
smbe19
16. Oct 2019 · 19:31 UTC
The game looks quite nice. However, I didn't really understand the story. I didn't find the rope, and with this really slow walking speed it was a bit annoying to search for it. However, I found the stone and then could somehow open a door and then the game ended...