Club U.G. by kr0s

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made by kr0s for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Welcome to another world, that is, a cave in another world. You are the Little Dude, on his way to a target only he knows about. We don't speak of the target. Oh, and there's a treasure somewhere.

Club UG is a puzzle platformer that uses logic gates. There is a small level and a big level. If you get stuck, move further away from grabbable things and try again. Saving is not implemented, so try not to break the game too much.

Controls:

WASD/Left Stick - Move

Shift/Left Bumper - Sprint

Space/Gamepad (A) - Jump, sprinting makes longer jumps.

E/ Gamepad (X) - Use, stand before a switch and press this to activate it.

Left mouse button/Right Trigger - Pick up item, put the cursor over an item and then drag. The first puzzle will make sure you know how to pick up items.

Made in Unreal Engine 4. Software used: Unreal Engine 4, Voxel Plugin for UE4, Blender, TreeIt (Tree generator), Affinity Photo, Substance Painter, Quixel Mixer (for ground textures), Amazon Polly (Narrator voice).

Known bugs:

~~Music doesn't loop~~ Fixed, because it was bugging me.

The grabbable objects are a bit hard to grab under certain circumstances - just move a bit away from the object and try again.

Screenshots:

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Ratings

Overall 673th 3.652⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Fun 700th 3.479⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1264th 2.957⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1205th 3.417⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 917th 3.677⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Humor 237th 3.681⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Mood 752th 3.609⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Given 44🗳️ 77🗨️

Feedback

IkerNoya
27. Apr 2021 · 02:57 UTC
Loved the gameplay and the charm the game has. Great job!
Loowees
27. Apr 2021 · 03:13 UTC
I really liked the tutorial VO :O
somnolentPumpkin
27. Apr 2021 · 03:40 UTC
Loved the Stanley Parable reference
Cam Moore
27. Apr 2021 · 04:58 UTC
That was a funny graphical game. Well done. I went for the treasure, as I am sure most did...
Whysguy52
27. Apr 2021 · 05:23 UTC
I didn't feel like looking up logic gates online. Maybe a pic next to them to explain them? Really cool though. Fun and engaging.
Dyp54
27. Apr 2021 · 12:09 UTC
nice game, good job
Michael Harris
27. Apr 2021 · 13:41 UTC
This was really cool! Love the Stanley Parable style :-). Has a good level of charm. Good job!
HPA97
27. Apr 2021 · 21:43 UTC
Getting some "The Stanley parable" vibes from this which is nice. I like the music it feels like it fits well for the style of this game. I think it would've benefited with a little less floaty movement, it was hard to get on the green moving platforms since they moved so fast. Overall good job!
jk5000
27. Apr 2021 · 21:55 UTC
An interesting and well made little game. I rally had fun playing it and I liked the story. And it do look amazing. Well done.

It's fun when I heard the voice over I felt something was wrong with it. Okay it sounds pretty good, but the words used was kinda wrong for the voice. And then I can read that you used some kinda text to speech, and for that, it's actually sounds really good.
ClevRaven
27. Apr 2021 · 22:16 UTC
Pretty cool game for a jam. I wanted treasure... but treasure was the friends we made along the way... or the first energy core thingy, which I took with me on an adventure, since the first door doesn't close instantly and you can take that first core :P
sockpuppetcow
28. Apr 2021 · 03:34 UTC
The narration is great, reminds me a lot of the stanley parable. Almost lost it at the Sorting Hat of Hogwash :laughing:. The puzzles were fun but I'm pretty sure I cheesed it a bit.
katamary
28. Apr 2021 · 08:59 UTC
Nice game! But I could not figure out how to solve the puzzle with the throwing box.(
Good luck!
🎤 kr0s
28. Apr 2021 · 09:17 UTC
@katamary You can just pick up the box and run through wall, it will break anyway.
Staber
28. Apr 2021 · 10:08 UTC
Loved it! it was super fun good job
Dimonoider
28. Apr 2021 · 20:31 UTC
Awww so cute visual!
Mighty Mufflon Games
29. Apr 2021 · 08:06 UTC
Cool game. Like the voice acting and how the narrator nags. xD
Shone
29. Apr 2021 · 09:34 UTC
The nod to the Stanley Parable at the start was 👌
LDJam user 242054
29. Apr 2021 · 12:24 UTC
funny

too dark though and dont like button puzzles
Rick2112
01. May 2021 · 18:17 UTC
Great job and dialoges. I was collecting as many coins as possible^^
Kripakov
02. May 2021 · 17:21 UTC
Nice! Cool graphics and textures! The coin taking and the effects in general are very cool! And the music is pretty atmospheric! Great job! Notable bugs - the camera easily passes through walls, but these are trifles =)
LRVStudios
02. May 2021 · 17:27 UTC
I loved the music, the concept and the character. In addition, the game's progression looks incredible - but unfortunately, on my pc I had a drop in fps, and the character's movement sometimes actually becomes a teleport to me - makes it impossible to reach the platforms.

I couldn't play 'till the end, but I really liked what I could. Especially, the soundtrack and chracter model.Great work!
Conduit
11. May 2021 · 16:55 UTC
I don't know if my rig might be out of date or what but it kept freezing on me and not responding either almost immediately during the intro dialogue or after I enter the caves :( not sure what I'm doing wrong but I really enjoyed the graphics and the dialogue set a really good tone for the game, kinda reminded me of a future version of National Geographic ;p
🎤 kr0s
11. May 2021 · 21:36 UTC
@conduit This game wasn't optimized much, and I suspect that Voxel Plugin, especially its latest version, is causing the frame drops for people. I might come back to the game in the future and fix the performance, but now I have a lot on my plate.
Conduit
13. May 2021 · 23:41 UTC
@kr0s its no problem! I didn't mean anything ill by my comment, just wanted to let you know what happened :)
Roka Josh
18. May 2021 · 09:19 UTC
This is really ambitious and well done for such a short space of time, great job!