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A Loop to Save The World by Crazybot

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made by Crazybot for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Can you save the world and break the loop? If so, how fast? I spent a lot of time trying to make many different models. and I think the game looks pretty good! take a look for yourself below :smiley: Menu.jpg

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The game has not only action but also some puzzles :)

I took a lot of notes from the comments people had on my previous LD game and tried my best to fix the mistakes I made last time.

I also made the game entirely by myself, all the models, textures, programming. I didn't reuse anything either

Unfortunately I once again aimed too high and had to give up on doing any audio... that's why I turned off audio voting.

Ps, I also didn't have time to try and reduce file size :-/

Youtube https://crazzybot.itch.io/loop-to-save-the-world
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/a-loop-to-save-the-world

Ratings

Overall 408th 3.783⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 244th 3.85⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 922th 3.233⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 609th 3.793⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 419th 3.968⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 639th 2.907⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 831th 3.367⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

N8Dev
05. Oct 2020 · 23:19 UTC
I unfortunately couldn't play this, as it UE4, like you said, asked for extra perms or something like that, but I still gave you a fair rating and such. This game looks incredible, and I'm sure is also really fun to play. Keep up the great work :)
🎤 Crazybot
05. Oct 2020 · 23:30 UTC
@n8dev thanks, I really need to find out what causes it to ask for extra permissions before the next jam...
N8Dev
06. Oct 2020 · 00:12 UTC
@Crazybot if I knew I would help, but I'm a Unity dev. Mind rating my submission?
Peace Of Cake Games
06. Oct 2020 · 05:23 UTC
Really good for only three days of development!
CookieNoir
06. Oct 2020 · 11:00 UTC
Good visuals, story and time traveling on defeat. Once the game literally stuck in a loop with trying to spawn me under the ground.![timeout.png](///raw/a93/43/z/38ece.png)
Enemies' behaviour is different: some don't miss at all, some don't shoot. Idk it's a bug or a feature. Overall it's a fine entry for 3 days :thumbsup:
🎤 Crazybot
06. Oct 2020 · 11:04 UTC
@cookienoir thanks, but which ones didn't shoot? because the ones in the armor room are supposed to not do anything untill you kill one of them and even then be pretty slow since at that stage you still only have one life :)
TheKrane
06. Oct 2020 · 11:11 UTC
I like the visuals and the rewind mechanic. However, I think the game would be a lot more fun if you wouldn't go back all the way when you die. There's also no sound at all.
Minus
06. Oct 2020 · 11:13 UTC
Game looks nice, lack of audio is making it harder since player not always looks in corner of the screen to check health and no other thing is telling the player that there was something that dealt damage. Because of that it is very easy to die without knowing why (enemies shoot quickly), but it also makes game much more interesting to play, because you have to find how to avoid all those bullets.

Also not sure how I did that, but managed to get stuck in time rewind. It never got back to 3 minutes and allowed some inputs. Also because of that I was under terrain.
I think I hit space when rewinding.

Overall pretty good game.
negdo
06. Oct 2020 · 11:16 UTC
Its a very good game! For next time i suggest you to add some sound, it would really make it even better!

And I have no problems running the game on windows, i believe the other guy didn't realiye he has to click the more information button on the blue window that pops up at launching. Clicking that allows zou to launch it. Its not just unreal engine problem (example: godot), its just windows trying to keep you save from installing viruses.
batlen
06. Oct 2020 · 11:18 UTC
Really enjoyed playing this game, the time travel animation is really smooth and the puzzle were a bit easy but still interesting
Good job !
sergei201613
06. Oct 2020 · 11:19 UTC
Hi! Great work, cool graphics, especially fog. It's a pity that there are no sounds, and once after rewinding I fell under the map.
Bredera
06. Oct 2020 · 11:20 UTC
This is great! Awesome implementation of the theme. was fun to figure out all the puzzles.The rewind effect was also great. Good job only thing I missed indeed where some sounds.
CookieNoir
06. Oct 2020 · 11:21 UTC
@crazybot yes, these guys. Thanks for response :)
🎤 Crazybot
06. Oct 2020 · 11:42 UTC
@batlen last time people said they only saw like 20% of my game because it was way too difficult so I'd rather it be a bit easier than harder from now on 😃
Eldelhas
08. Oct 2020 · 14:26 UTC
Alone in three days ? good job really !! I went through the entire game, it was fun, with some collegues to help you implement some sounds and more pieces of story, could have been one of the best games of the jam, lot of potential, good job on it !
🎤 Crazybot
08. Oct 2020 · 14:48 UTC
@eldelhas thanks so much! that's the nicest review I've gotten so far, I really appreciate it!
nsadie
08. Oct 2020 · 19:31 UTC
Very nice art for three days! The rewind animation was very nice. I did manage to fall through the world on one occasion when I rewinded.
VPhyre
09. Oct 2020 · 16:35 UTC
Your game really interesting. I liked the experience in general. The graphic style is pleasant, and the controls work very well. Level design very well elaborated. Congratulations.
Eugenik
09. Oct 2020 · 17:59 UTC
Nice game! One of the few I willed to replay :)
Raphiell
09. Oct 2020 · 19:51 UTC
Great job on this game! It was fun, but I found having to wait for the game to rewind all the progress I made was a bit tedious, if it were a bit faster that would be nice. Besides that, it looked good and was interesting.

Well done!
Sesca
09. Oct 2020 · 20:21 UTC
I like escape rooms and so does this game. I found the graphics solid and the rewind effect impressive. I missed the sound a bit. Otherwise really good work!
Honest Dan
09. Oct 2020 · 22:50 UTC
Really proud of your effort! I found the R button a bit unfortunate, as I kept pressing it to Reload, which would then reset the level. The speed they shot and lack of "tell" before they fired made the combat feel a bit less enjoyable. but lovely little puzzle-combat-escape room game, keep working hard on game dev!
🎤 Crazybot
10. Oct 2020 · 13:50 UTC
@honest-dan thanks and will do!
Zachary Granger
11. Oct 2020 · 06:25 UTC
This was absolutely awesome. It was really fun figuring out the different puzzles and the combination one at the end felt really clever. I'm surprized by how much you managed to put in here considering it was just 72h. The 3D models are great all around, the simple physics and item swapping works great, and the rewind mechanic was really cool.

The fighting was a bit easy to "cheat" by hiding around a corner, but that's a minor complaint considering how much fun I had playing this.
dxk2294
11. Oct 2020 · 08:07 UTC
This was really good, and really ambitious for a 3 day project! Great job putting all this together yourself in such a short time. I enjoyed the puzzles, and the rewind effect was really nice, I wonder how you acheived it :smiley: Great job!
ZebraInFlames
11. Oct 2020 · 09:11 UTC
Nice rewind effects and a great idea!

Some sort of audio cues would be super useful, now it was at times quite hard to say what exactly had happened (for example if a button press on the keypad had registered).
Beatrice
11. Oct 2020 · 10:13 UTC
OMG! So challenging! Good job!
Lyrcaxis
11. Oct 2020 · 12:55 UTC
Had fun playing this! I reached to the end (2-3 times or so) but didn't manage to put the proper password.

I'll take it on me for not solving this, so good job completing this game :P
rytisruk
11. Oct 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Wow, very nice for a game jam! Kept restarting my progress by pressing 'r' to reload out of habit though, guess I've been playing too many shooters haha. Would love to see a version with audio, but awesome job on the rest!
🎤 Crazybot
11. Oct 2020 · 13:03 UTC
@rytisruk Thanks! and no it's not your fault lol, I honestly have no idea why I decided to implement that "feature"
TheCrittersCove
15. Oct 2020 · 13:29 UTC
It does look like a lot of work was put into this for 3 days. There are a nice variety of graphics, though it did seem the character was prone to getting stuck on some objects. One time I must have cut the fence too far to the back of the level and couldn't get free.

Some audio would have obviously added some much needed feedback, but I think that some visual feedback could really help as well. Like the times I was shot, it was hard to tell that anything even happened until the rewind started. Some kind of flash or comic looking boom effect could have worked. Nice job overall, just needs some polish and audio.