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Exogorth by Will Edwards

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made by Will Edwards for LD33 (JAM)
I have certainly never seen a game which mixed a ray marching scene with traditional 3D models drawn with triangles before... wouldn't it be cool if its a first-ever? :D And don't forget you saw it here first on Ludum Dare, folks :)

Tunnel adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XlXXWj by http://extern.com/ I made quite a few tweaks and ported the ray march to javascript. Spaceships borrowed from my LD24 entry and sound track by Kevin MacLeod; effects from freesound.org.

Its easy to fly down a ray marched scene, but walk... working out where the ground is and navigating on it is a royal pain and I wasn't happy with it. So the game turned into ... exogorth http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Exogorth
Web http://williame.github.io/LD/33/index.html
Source https://github.com/williame/LD/tree/gh-pages/33
You may also like my mosaic of every LD33 game? http://williame.github.io/LD/Mosaic/index.html?ld=33&img=monster1.all.kuhn-munkres&tw=48&th=33
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=10313

Ratings

Coolness 37% 1713
Overall(Jam) 3.01 713
Fun(Jam) 2.20 1051
Graphics(Jam) 3.67 386
Humor(Jam) 2.16 838
Innovation(Jam) 3.09 454
Mood(Jam) 3.44 285
Theme(Jam) 3.55 455

Feedback

increpare
24. Aug 2015 · 12:19 UTC
not sure what interactions i could do/the controls are - realized on my second playthrough space did something (But i'm not sure if it has any effect beyond the visual). didn't realize that colliding is what killed me, or that i got killed at all (I thought initially that the giant explosion was a distant star exploding, that that was it).

didn't work on safari, works on chrome ok. nice work :)
Clurect
24. Aug 2015 · 23:32 UTC
The control is a little off... but fun game and good graphics
zuurr
24. Aug 2015 · 23:53 UTC
Controls have a bit of wonk to them but overall pretty cool.

Wouldn't have thought to render the caves using raymarching (i generally think of stuff like that as a bit too impractical) but it ran well even on my laptop. Nice.
GAFBlizzard
25. Aug 2015 · 07:03 UTC
Thanks for the comment! I'm thinking of something like you describe, with player interaction or player personalities providing depth in a more complete game.

For your game, the controls are rough (hard to know when you can bite, and biting blinds you) but the graphics are neat!
Demy
25. Aug 2015 · 07:17 UTC
Very good thriller mood and visual effects. But controls are too complicated.
Pusty
25. Aug 2015 · 07:23 UTC
looks nice :D
Rongon
25. Aug 2015 · 07:39 UTC
It has that space loneliness feel to it, and I really wanted to eat (rggghh, just to say hi to them) that ship.
Controls are a bit clunky, so I didn't manage to do it :(
chuckeles
25. Aug 2015 · 09:20 UTC
Interesting idea. The controls are a bit weird and it's hard to tell when you're about to collide with a ship, so I just kept jamming the spacebar and that helped :P. The sound is cool and creepy, and I think you good the mood of the game very well done. Thumbs up ;)
Raspadsistema
25. Aug 2015 · 10:18 UTC
Great work on atmosphere and the looks of caves. Very little gameplay though. Btw the mosaic is awesome but it hurts my OCD and I still didn't found my game.
Sunflower
25. Aug 2015 · 10:32 UTC
At my best I managed to chomp down 4 spaceships. ^^"

The yay:
- interesting mood
- original gameplay

The nay:
- troublesome controls
- hard to tell when to bite
- highly detailed cave contrasts a bit with spaceships

Pretty original entry, might be an interesting setup for something bigger and more polished.

On unrelated note: yay, mosaic!
fullmontis
25. Aug 2015 · 10:33 UTC
I am not sure I get the controls. I try and move and I move somehow but I don't really get how. The atmosphere is sick though!
Mossy Frog
25. Aug 2015 · 11:08 UTC
Pretty cool, definatly feels like your are wriggling through the tunnels. Awesome entry and great job with the mosaic!
BuffaloPhil
25. Aug 2015 · 19:19 UTC
This is no cave! Nice job
tweedle
25. Aug 2015 · 20:20 UTC
Cool setting! I only managed to chomp a couple ships... but I saw the stars at the end! -T
Zerkruemler
25. Aug 2015 · 20:38 UTC
What a strange perspective. Cool graphics. Gameplay could be more straight forward. Or at least some instructions what is good and what not.
walaber
25. Aug 2015 · 21:10 UTC
interesting control scheme... a bit hard to get used to. nice technical implementation though!
Picking a username is hard
25. Aug 2015 · 21:46 UTC
Cool game. Controls were confusing at first but I got them after the first attempt. The music really made the game immersive. I know you didn't make it but good choice. Also the animation of biting really made me feel like I was the worm. My only problem with the game was the lack of response from the other ships when
I took one out. I understand it probably would've been complicated to add a visual and game changing one, but I think if you could've hear radio chatter from the other ships starting to freak out, that would've been really awesome, and really made you feel like the monster. BTW your mosaic brought me here. Awesome job on that.
GeorgeBroussard
25. Aug 2015 · 22:22 UTC
Slithered through caves, at ships. What else is there in life? Got Game Over twice as I was about to exit, and could see the stars? Assume this was the end of level as I got a score? Nice work.
Shackhal
26. Aug 2015 · 04:25 UTC
The controls are very difficult to control and the gameplay is very simple and a bit dull. Still, the graphics looks great and the music helps to keep the mood high.

Overall, the game passes.
Ybalrid
26. Aug 2015 · 11:06 UTC
Well, the mood and graphics are good, The controlls are hard. I didn't manage to chew on any spaceship...

I quite like it tho, the ambiance is definitively here! and +1 for the Star Wars reference
collaboration
26. Aug 2015 · 11:18 UTC
Wow, it's really atmospheric. Graphics is really cool, love the jaws effect, music is 5/5. Would love to see it more polished, great job!
hexagore
26. Aug 2015 · 11:37 UTC
The raymarch shader is brilliant. I just wish there were mouse controls for this, I just couldn't stop myself crashing into things!

Your mosaics are brilliant btw. Thank you for doing those :)
madalaski
26. Aug 2015 · 12:15 UTC
Reminds me of the worm scene from Empire Strikes Back. Well made, good look with a fantastic atmosphere that really fits in to the game.
MrMordem
26. Aug 2015 · 12:54 UTC
The controls are a bit strange, other than that the graphics are very nice, the music really sets the tone, and it's a nice concept overall, and of course +1 for the star wars reference even in the opening title
WizzardMaker
26. Aug 2015 · 15:54 UTC
Interesting game I must admit... the controls are a bit wonkie though.
Chris M
26. Aug 2015 · 16:26 UTC
Really chilling, I like how alienating the controls felt but found it hard to make any meaningful interactions with the world.
DinnerInTheDark
26. Aug 2015 · 17:19 UTC
I can't seem to get the game to start, i see the intro text and the controls, but it won't go any further. Is there a button i have to press?
godjammit
26. Aug 2015 · 20:23 UTC
One of the most nitemarish scenes from Star Wars made into a game. I like how controlling the worm requires wiggling with WASD, but I felt it was too hard to gauge distance from ships- you have to be close to eat, but not too close, or you lose outright. A bit too punishing. Also, I think the control schemes lend themselves well to outmaneuvering/tricking the ships, rather than trying to simply catch up with them. Good concept!
ZzCalvinzZ
26. Aug 2015 · 20:52 UTC
great graphics, fit the theme really well.....came here from the mosaic, which is amazing!
Divitos
26. Aug 2015 · 22:24 UTC
This game was absolutely amazing and you did a great job pushing the boundaries of what's possible in a game jam game.

Why the Mosaic though? D:
I'm going to spend all day looking for my game in it, there goes my productivity.
NikB
27. Aug 2015 · 11:51 UTC
Definitely atmospheric and beautiful, but incredibly hard to control.
pi_pi3
27. Aug 2015 · 13:19 UTC
It's not a bad idea, but the bad and awkward controls made it really hard.
yuigoto
29. Aug 2015 · 04:02 UTC
Interesting and fun concept, but controlling the monster felt a bit strange. :P

The graphics are really nice, the cave rendering is beautiful but the ships give some kind of contrast, though.

The mood is quite nice and the chosen soundtrack certainly helps establish the atmosphere. :3

Controls, as said, felt a bit strange. I didn't understand, at first, how they worked also. I could only bite one ship and collided with another, I found a bit hard to define when is the right time to chew.

But I'd like to see something more like this! :D

Cheers!
lkpridgeon
29. Aug 2015 · 20:25 UTC
I rather liked the game however experienced multiple issues within firefox such as the switching of resolution crashing the browser. It was an interesting experience and theme.
Andrew Deem
29. Aug 2015 · 20:40 UTC
I like the graphics and the atmosphere, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. This would be cool if this was expanded upon.
panda
29. Aug 2015 · 22:29 UTC
The cave's beautiful, great mood, the sound helps! I found the controls a bit difficult, though. Hard to accelerate to catch up to the ships! Perhaps a different control scheme for the post-compo version.
MinionStudios
31. Aug 2015 · 04:54 UTC
That was... breathtaking. The mood and scale of the game was extraordinary! Not a huge fan of the cartoon teeth, but wow
hdong
03. Sep 2015 · 00:35 UTC
Controls were clunky
Great music and mood!
valid4life
03. Sep 2015 · 00:36 UTC
You did a great job of creating a nice intense atmosphere. Visuals were great as well!
DrZanuff
03. Sep 2015 · 13:56 UTC
Terrifying. i would love to see a finished version of this game. How everybody said, the controls are a bit difficult. I couldn't eat any spaceship. Well, i know the game is more a tech demo than a game itself, but you have a good idea here that could lead to a great game.
Linus123xbb
03. Sep 2015 · 14:26 UTC
Amazing graphics I really like the bump mapping which make the game look really cool. The controls was somewhat strange and hard to control. Great work with the mosaic by the way, I found my game in there :)
Eldan_Knight
03. Sep 2015 · 15:04 UTC
Fantastic atmosphere and good idea. But I had also a problem with gameplay, I don´t know if controls react ok because I couldn't catch any spaceship! It runs a bit slow but I don't know if the problem is my Internet...
wooltech
05. Sep 2015 · 18:35 UTC
It looks and sounds great, but the controls make it very tricky.
MAnimal
14. Sep 2015 · 14:06 UTC
Hard to control. Nice models.