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However, the performance\/controls\/falling to void and needing to relaunch kept me from poking at it more.\n\nWindowed mode is basically not playable since there is no mouselock (I tried that first), but fullscreen works enough. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":248309,"author_name":"Iamsodarncool","author_uid":"iamsodarncool","epoch":1534370586,"text":"Despite the huge number of issues with the game, the aesthetic is really cool. If you are going to continue developing this, I'd encourage you to further pursue that white-black look. Make the shadows darker, maybe, and play around with some ambient occlusion.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":249461,"author_name":"mjgood","author_uid":"mjgood","epoch":1534384944,"text":"@crefossus @iamsodarncool thanks for the feedback! :D Glad to hear we're on a good track with the atmosphere \/ feel... sometimes I get into a rhythm as I'm working on something and think it's way cooler than it actually is in the heat of the moment lol. The white tiles are actually not intentional (that's what the default Unity cube looks like with no texture mesh), but I can picture what you're getting at... we'll have to tinker with that some.\n\nNo, it wasn't just you missing interactions with the environment... there's a lot of stuff we want to put in to this yet. I'll post an update once we have something more playable created :)\n\nThanks for pointing out the mouselook issue! I'll have to check to see what's going on there","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":250112,"author_name":"NotLivingPool","author_uid":"notlivingpool","epoch":1534395315,"text":"Very lit game! I love the designs of the maps!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/e0\/e0d5df72dd005b58c93aa9be14a20fdee3e0cf5d0500c8b31d6df34625ba85ba.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_ld42.zip","text":"Newer, buggier, more features"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_demonstration.zip","text":"Older, working better, emptier"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"74127","g_author":"1101376","g_event":"LD42","g_eventkey":"73","g_subevent":"UNFINISH","g_urlkey":"331861","g_title":"Unlit","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"4","g_site2_node_id":"101377","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"101377","n_urlkey":"331861","n_parent":"97793","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/unlit","n_slug":"unlit","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"unfinish","n_author":"101376","n_created":"1533264994","n_modified":"1778532356","n_version":"343647","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":101376,"body":"So, I'm going to be upfront before anybody attempts to evaluate our work...\n\nWe *mostly* failed this jam.\n\nIn the state that it's in right now, the menu doesn't work properly, most of the artwork hasn't made it in, and it's just not fun. Sometimes these things happen.\n\nHowever, I wanted to post this anyway, as a few of us have a lot of interest in building this concept out more. There's an idea here that could create some really fun and unique gameplay, and if we get it working right, it'll be fun to pull this up so we can laugh at ourselves for the stupid weekend we had here in August.\n\nNewer, *extremely* buggier version: https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_ld42.zip\nOlder, more stable version (way less features, but more playable): https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_demonstration.zip\n\nThat said, here's what we're trying to do.\n\n***************************************************************************************\n\nUnlit\n\nThe Void is a very large, very empty space. It is very dark, there is a lot of nothing inside of it, and not much else. Oh, except the Unlit Bugs.\n\nWhat, you've never seen a Unlit Bug before? Well let me tell you about them! They're pretty peaceful, they like sticking to themselves, they do. Most folks never seen them, \u2018Course, most folks never been to The Void neither... they don\u2019t even think it\u2019s possible critters can live in The Void, but they can.\n\nHow you make a Unlit Bug mad at you? Well, that\u2019s not easy, given they\u2019re in The Void and all, and most folks don\u2019t know how to even get there, but you can. Oohh, you can. See, Unlits live in The Void on purpose... They like how much nuthin\u2019 is in there! They cozy right on up to it, they do. Best way to make one hoppin\u2019 mad? Take away it\u2019s nothing... Oohh they get real riled up then!\n\nSure, might not look like it right at first... You put somethin\u2019 in The Void, first thing they do is get real scared of it... They run away, they do. But after a little while they\u2019ll be back. And once they\u2019re back, they\u2019ll be hoppin\u2019 mad you bothered \u2018um too, so ya gotta keep moving! That\u2019s the key if you ever go to The Void... Don\u2019t ya dare ever, ever run out of space. Second you run out of space is the second them Unlits got ya.\n\n\u2018Course, don\u2019t know why you asked. 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Sometimes these things happen.\n\nHowever, I wanted to post this anyway, as a few of us have a lot of interest in building this concept out more. There's an idea here that could create some really fun and unique gameplay, and if we get it working right, it'll be fun to pull this up so we can laugh at ourselves for the stupid weekend we had here in August.\n\nNewer, *extremely* buggier version: https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_ld42.zip\nOlder, more stable version (way less features, but more playable): https:\/\/github.com\/mjgood\/ld42\/blob\/master\/unlit_demonstration.zip\n\nThat said, here's what we're trying to do.\n\n***************************************************************************************\n\nUnlit\n\nThe Void is a very large, very empty space. It is very dark, there is a lot of nothing inside of it, and not much else. Oh, except the Unlit Bugs.\n\nWhat, you've never seen a Unlit Bug before? Well let me tell you about them! They're pretty peaceful, they like sticking to themselves, they do. Most folks never seen them, \u2018Course, most folks never been to The Void neither... they don\u2019t even think it\u2019s possible critters can live in The Void, but they can.\n\nHow you make a Unlit Bug mad at you? Well, that\u2019s not easy, given they\u2019re in The Void and all, and most folks don\u2019t know how to even get there, but you can. Oohh, you can. See, Unlits live in The Void on purpose... They like how much nuthin\u2019 is in there! They cozy right on up to it, they do. Best way to make one hoppin\u2019 mad? Take away it\u2019s nothing... Oohh they get real riled up then!\n\nSure, might not look like it right at first... You put somethin\u2019 in The Void, first thing they do is get real scared of it... They run away, they do. But after a little while they\u2019ll be back. And once they\u2019re back, they\u2019ll be hoppin\u2019 mad you bothered \u2018um too, so ya gotta keep moving! That\u2019s the key if you ever go to The Void... Don\u2019t ya dare ever, ever run out of space. Second you run out of space is the second them Unlits got ya.\n\n\u2018Course, don\u2019t know why you asked. 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