Lawrunner by Jarnero

[raw]
made by Jarnero for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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Lawrunner is a sidescroller with a deep narrative on a legal topic.

How do copyrights work in the virtual world of the future?

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Mechanics - Sidescroller, Quest, Puzzle.

World setting - cyberpunk, distant future, virtual worlds. Synopsis: Virtual reality has evolved so much that people have almost completely moved to live in it. But along with it came new legal problems.

We are the main character, an employee of Legal Digital - corporation, specializing on solving legal problems in the digital world. In particular, the problems with copyright, directly communicating with the global neural network "RUS_LAN", which has recently centralized the operation of these issues.

Our recent order leads us to Trinex-city. This city is one of the oldest virtual cities, so it is particularly affected by the loss of copyrights on parts of the code and their consequences. There are so many legal problems with the city, that its owner decided to hire our corporation to solve them. If we fail, he would consider full shutdown of the city as the next most valid option.

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In virtual cities, the violations of copyright can lead to disturbance of the structural integrity of the city. For instance, houses, roads and other infrastructure may shutdown completely due to legal problems. Ordinary people who live there suffer from this particularly, as they cannot communicate with the neural network directly.

The main quest is to convince the owner of the city to leave the city running. To do that we must solve few legal cases that bother him the most.

WARNING: Updated: ENG version is already ready at POSTgam version. Try it out!

How to open game:

  1. Open the link down below
  2. Found Lawrunner ENG, download it.
  3. Open .exe file in foulder - congratz, you are awesome:3

CONTROLS:

A & D - movement

E - interact

SPACE - progress dialogue

PUZZLE CONTROLS:

LMB - select the cube, change the cube position (after selecting the cube, click on the space where you want to move it)

E - rotate the cube

Another feature: if you click on the cube once more, it will glow. It doesn't do anything for now, but it looks fancy ^_^

PUZZLE TIPS:

GREEN CUBE - Puzzle START position

PURPLE CUBE - Puzzle END position

Now with English localization!!! Check out new version - "Lawrunner ENG" - Link down below:

Ratings

Given 1🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

kenster
06. Oct 2021 · 01:02 UTC
Looks great but the folder is empty!!1
oneiromancer
06. Oct 2021 · 10:41 UTC
@kenster For those who want to play this game, I found the link to itch.io (although I still couldn't really play the game): https://jarnerogd.itch.io/lawrunner

@hexkritor Ребят, пофиксите ссылки или хотя бы в описание ссылку на Итч добавьте.
🎤 Jarnero
06. Oct 2021 · 14:45 UTC
@kenster Sorry. there was a wrong link. Already fixed. v1.1 - some raw build so if you want to try some more static, pls wait till Postjam version.
🎤 Jarnero
06. Oct 2021 · 14:46 UTC
@kenster - по ссылке на итче - менее свежая версия. На гугл диске выше - самый последний билд. Ещё обновляем постджем версию. Спасибо, что обратил внимание.
Morhailen
06. Oct 2021 · 20:58 UTC
Ребята, у вас исполнительный файл ссылается на несуществующую папку. Пришлось "а_Data" в "Lawrunner_Data" переименовать и тогда игра запустилась. Не знаю, был ли в игре звук - у меня не было. Концепт занятный, но войти в первый дом не получилось. Просто ничего не происходит, когда на "Е" нажимаешь после поднимания осколка стекла.
sammot
06. Oct 2021 · 21:51 UTC
Unclear how to solve the first puzzle, and sound is broken for me, it's completely mute. But really nice art tho.
🎤 Jarnero
07. Oct 2021 · 15:34 UTC
@morhailen Да, там оказывается исполнительный ссылается. Никак не привыкну к юнити. Круто, что ты догадался. Дом нужно освободить от глитча. Сейчас накатили патч - можешь протестить постджем версию.
🎤 Jarnero
07. Oct 2021 · 15:37 UTC
@sammot we will add some tips for puzzle. W8 for postjams build. It will be soon:3
Morhailen
07. Oct 2021 · 16:08 UTC
@jarnero, ну, это был самый простой квест - "запустить игру". =9
Надо будет попробовать, да. Спасибо.
Hekateras
21. Oct 2022 · 20:27 UTC
Even though this is for an older gamejam, I had to give this a try, especially seeing that there's a postjam version available. I love cyberpunk stuff and you used the setting really well, it even got surprisingly intellectual for such a short game. Art is fantastic too and immediately drew my eye. As an artist, I also have to admire how economical is.

Молодцы, понравилось)