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Escape A Curved World by Feraligatr

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made by Feraligatr for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Summary

Welcome to "Escape A Curved World". You play as a character who tries to reach a wizard's tower to escape the world he is caught in. His journey to the Wizards turret is full of dangers and hazards, which he has to defeat or to avoid. Will he ever be able to escape or will he be just stuck in a loop?

This game is offered as a playable Web Version or you can simply download it for Windows.

Controls

WASD - Movement

Spacebar - Jump

Left Shift - Sprint

Left Mouse Button - After collecting a green sphere you can shoot once with it

Team

In general for both of us it is our first game jam we participated in. Milmalissa, 3D Artist and Level Designer, heartfully took care of the character and environment models. She also designed the levels 1 and 2.

Feraligatr, Programmer, took care of implementing the game and the architecture within Unity. He designed Level 3 with the help of Milmalissa.

Looking for Feedback

Since this is our first Game Jam we kinda look forward to every type of feedback. Even if it is the design and makeup of this page, just let us know.

Foreign Assets

Animations: Kevin Iglesias (Basic Motions FREE Pack), Several Mixamo Animations

Music: CasualGameBGM05 SoundEffects: CasualGameSounds

Skyboxes: Customizable Skybox

Textures: I will add them later since these are kinda hard to find again

Youtube https://thepeat.itch.io/escape-a-curved-world
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/escape-a-curved-world

Ratings

Overall 1270th 3.158⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1069th 3.105⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1476th 2.575⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1276th 3.082⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1208th 3.081⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Humor 406th 3.28⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1189th 3.009⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Given 81🗳️ 100🗨️

Feedback

WatermelonAndMe
05. Oct 2020 · 22:19 UTC
I think this is nice game idea, really cool.
ZEST_is_BEST
05. Oct 2020 · 22:23 UTC
Hehe, really enjoyed it. Nice one guys! Sound effects were amazing :P
Yeomsley
05. Oct 2020 · 22:24 UTC
I enjoyed the derpy main character and his well done animations. The looping world effect was neat! Oh and the zombie monster sounds made me laugh haha
Boaz
05. Oct 2020 · 22:25 UTC
I loved the game, but a run into a bug when a fall off the map beside the bug I really loved the game
HungryCatGames
05. Oct 2020 · 22:27 UTC
I really wanted to like it. The concept is good and I was hoping to enjoy it... but... looks like you can sprint and jump at the same time. When holding shift the space bar doesn't register (on WebGL). So, I can barely make the first platform and unable to make it to the second. Am I doing something wrong? It just doesn't seem possible to make that second jump. If I'm doing something wrong, let me know, otherwise with a bit of a controls tweak I think this could be really fun.
Tristan10Cats
05. Oct 2020 · 22:28 UTC
Great game, super cute, controls are super smooth. Love the green dude that goes Hruughhehhururhh
🎤 Feraligatr
05. Oct 2020 · 22:36 UTC
Thanks so far! Glad to read the positive feedback :)
@boaz I'll take a look at that later, can you tell me at which level you encountered this bug? I'll fix that in a newer version :)
@hungrycatgames Yes, that's true, you should be able to sprint jump. Which browser are you using? I tried Chrome, Opera GX and Firefox, where the Sprint Jump worked for me. Alternatively theres a windows build available :)
Boaz
05. Oct 2020 · 22:48 UTC
I think level one @feraligatr
oneiromancer
05. Oct 2020 · 22:56 UTC
Nice game. But I don't see why you wouldn't set sprint as a default movement, holding Shift all the time is kinda tiring.
mohmehdi
05. Oct 2020 · 23:25 UTC
first of all controls was a little weird . and character could be better "head specialy", and maybe music gets boring after a while
very cool and funy animations, very weird and funny zombie guy( he screames at us and we die XD )
i realy liked it
also i guess u shouldnt do development build for web its larger .im not sure.
Glayson
06. Oct 2020 · 02:51 UTC
Sound effects where great! the curve world was beautifull too. Jump and run also good, but changing directions needs to be improoved.
3mpty
06. Oct 2020 · 04:46 UTC
Bright and colorful, wish there were more obstacles maybe

Not sure why sprint is on a key when you always want to sprint, maybe just have the character always run next time?
GammaRomeo
06. Oct 2020 · 04:52 UTC
I had a chuckle playing this game. The animations, sound effects and characters are quite charming. Good control over the character. Overall, fun and quirky
Kevin Meissner
06. Oct 2020 · 16:18 UTC
Simple, cute and fun.
It was better to think of something simple and finish/polish it
Good job.
Ericbolseiro
08. Oct 2020 · 00:07 UTC
As you asked for feedback, I’m actually going to give you some advice: go ahead! It's been a year since I participated in my first LD (if you want to see my first game, from last year, and compare it to what was done in this LD). So keep developing!
PixelMoose Studio
08. Oct 2020 · 08:27 UTC
Cool concept, i liked the angry zombie guy.
Dmitry Kaidash
08. Oct 2020 · 08:39 UTC
Quite a fun game! Not a bad dynamic runner, I think it would be nice for mobile devices!
Bredera
08. Oct 2020 · 08:52 UTC
Awesome little game, loved the implementation of the theme, and the sound effects of the zombie were really funny. Great job
TureGrappa
08. Oct 2020 · 10:07 UTC
Nice, good job :smile:
doomshmuck
08. Oct 2020 · 14:00 UTC
I liked it! The levels got pretty repetitive after awhile though. It seemed like there wasn't really any downside to running all the time, so I just held that down... Which also made it easy to just run past the zombie instead of hitting it with the pellet (which is always given right in front of the zombie, which doesn't give any challenge). Maybe have situations where you have to save a shot for a tricky zombie to get past, like narrowing the path or something, and then having you run past a zombie that is easier to get around? It also seems like the running mechanic should either have a stamina bar or something, or just have it always on instead of needing to hold a key down. I would also say that the animations at the beginning and end were cool to start with, but after a few levels, it would have been nice to be able to skip those animations, as they were pretty long. Overall though, this was a really good entry. Nice job!
🎤 Feraligatr
08. Oct 2020 · 19:34 UTC
Thanks so far for all your feedback! Milmalissa and I will take that feedback and continue developing the game after the jam and will gladly consider it for further development :)
Dizzy
09. Oct 2020 · 13:24 UTC
I loved the graphics and sounds haha, i think the little battle could be more explored, but in general, i really liked!
alpharock6
09. Oct 2020 · 18:32 UTC
A lot of great pieces coming together here! Nice work :)
PhindieGames
09. Oct 2020 · 19:49 UTC
I loved the quirky characters (main and zombie), animations and sound. Great job for a first game jam!
Some feedback:
- bullets are always given right before a zombie, so there is not really a point to saving bullets
- you can't save more than one bullet at a time (?), I was saving up some bullets and then found out I could shoot only one!

Is there an end to this game? I tried a couple of different things (e.g. shooting the tower, shooting the angry guy to the left of the path by the darker grass level, killing all the zombies), but... I was stuck in a loop!
LTyrosine
09. Oct 2020 · 19:59 UTC
Nice little game here. Cool music, I must be on drugs bet felt some 80's/90's cartoon vibe here 😁

Fun gameplay, to be honest didn't find any major flaw.

Good job!
zgragselus
09. Oct 2020 · 20:11 UTC
The game was nice and idea was great.

There are few bugs - like sometimes you can't avoid zombie, no matter what you do; or animations can't be skipped (when you restart multiple times it seems too slow).

Other than that, I enjoyed the game!

Keep up the good work.
Chukwuebuka_racer
10. Oct 2020 · 02:08 UTC
Fun!
Tero Pulkkinen
10. Oct 2020 · 08:30 UTC
animated characters, curved world, shadows, nice colours, good music. It looks like everything has gone right with this submission. The gameplay was difficult. But your process of creating assets and content must be very amazing for the end result to be this good in such short amount of time.
gamechoy
10. Oct 2020 · 14:47 UTC
Nice entry! I liked how the levels changed in theme throughout. Initially I thought this game was going to be the first level but with a different theme with new obstacles for each (Icicles or maybe a the zombie guy is frozen etc). The flamethrower turning into a snowthrower(?) kinda toys with that idea. Since it's your first jam it would be cool to see you guys expand on it and release a post jam version. Good work though! Excited to see if you expand on it in the future!
alpacalypse
10. Oct 2020 · 17:13 UTC
Good job with the lively animations and cute character models.

I have one quibble with the controls. I'm using a laptop with a touchpad right now, which makes it awkward to reach for the left 'mouse' button at the same time as using keyboard controls. An alternate control for shooting (right shift, maybe?) would have made the controls more flexible for people with different setups.

Also, there's no reason to move left or right, if you expand on this that'll be an obvious route to go.
Dark Prince Zen
11. Oct 2020 · 06:57 UTC
Like the art style of this world and I like the nice little animations including the macarena for winning. One thing that stood out for me was the feedback of the audio and visuals (aka the platform shaking for the fall or the zombie growling in close range). Amazing work.
Snotax
11. Oct 2020 · 17:33 UTC
It's really hard to rate after I've seen that you had some prepared online assets in use. Now I don't know really what you've done in this 72h. The concept of the game was pretty interesting, but the implementation lacks quite some things. The sidewards movements feel kind of "whackey". Don't know how to describe it. So does the shootin / attacking part. It gets boring quite fast. I like the graphics and the artstyle of the game. With a bit more time this could be beautiful. The audio was awesome, but I think you didn't do this yourself.
So were the animations, same thing here.

I think it was ok for a gamejam project, but it needs some big improvements.
Corentin Benoit-Gonin
11. Oct 2020 · 17:44 UTC
A solid plateformer! I feel that the character should skip the get up animation when he die. It is a little bit too long in my opinion.
sanojian
11. Oct 2020 · 17:53 UTC
Simple and charming art style and solid gameplay. It got a bit repetative after the second level or so. I was hoping to see something new but it never game. Solid little game, could be great for small kids.
🎤 Feraligatr
11. Oct 2020 · 18:23 UTC
@snotax I cannot fully relate to what you say. It is clearly stated what we've been making and what we've been using from foreign sources (see "Foreign Assets"). We even opted-out of "Audio" because we largely used assets from other sources here (except for the zombie guy SFX).

Just to clarify: Every other asset was made by ourselves, the tower, the turret, the character model, the environment props, the concept, the coding, level design, ..., you name it. So I don't really see what cannot be rated. The game offers enough impressions to rate every category.
Snotax
11. Oct 2020 · 19:31 UTC
@feraligatr Because you wrote about textures, skyboxes and animations. So it's a bit difficult to see what exactly you meant. Bit thats no problem at all :D
GameDev and Architecture
11. Oct 2020 · 20:43 UTC
Great job making this game for your first jam. It's a solid platformer. The animations are very good!
sacredbacon
13. Oct 2020 · 23:41 UTC
Love the rolling pin world and the platforming, rigging was exceptional on the character and zombie. Great work!
wizard sino
17. Oct 2020 · 19:54 UTC
Those are tremendous animations!
tweedle
19. Oct 2020 · 04:08 UTC
the curved world was a nice touch! bonus points for including a funny victory dance
Noah100
20. Oct 2020 · 03:43 UTC
I really enjoyed it!
Some small details: -the shaky platforms shook a little too much, considering they also moved the character, and therefore the camera
- Gameplay-wise, I didn't enjoy or see the appeal of the green balls, since our targets (the zombies) were always placed right ahead.
- the "reset" animation felt long to me. I feel if it was shorter that would be nice?
Otherwise, nicely built game! I enjoy the feel of the music, the vibe is real nice, the character dancing the macarena at the end is a fun touch. I do feel like it would have been cool if, instead of generic stages, the game was looping around a world until certain things were unlocked, or conditions met, that make the tower available or make it appear, allowing for a looping spherical world that you keep going through but adding more and more as you go
Nicely done!
TheGreenWorm
20. Oct 2020 · 19:11 UTC
Quite good for a first jam. I could nitpick on a lot of things but i feel like they've already been brought up by previous players.
Chris Fagan
22. Oct 2020 · 12:04 UTC
Cool idea and great effort! I really enjoyed the animations and the music. As others have mentioned it would have been cool to put the zombies further in the level instead of right behind the green balls. Nice job!
Roka Josh
22. Oct 2020 · 12:22 UTC
Good job for a first jam entry, for me I would personally like to be able to control my direction in the air after jumping just to get a greater sense of control. Overall though, a good effort and a funny entry!
Stefan B.
27. Oct 2020 · 13:57 UTC
i simply ran besides the zombies and never killed any :)
KRYSH
27. Oct 2020 · 14:00 UTC
This dude's little victory dance is the best thing ever! Animations in general were very good, solid game for your first jam!