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They Came in the Night by kakuremino

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made by kakuremino for LD33 (COMPO)
A game where you play as a captured monster. The goal is to learn some human language and escape your captors. To play (Windows) download the zip-file, unzip in desired location, and run game.exe. If you are not running Windows, the game needs Ruby 1.9.3 and some recent version of the Gosu gem.

The game was made using Ruby with Gosu. Ocra was used to create the executable. Gimp and Paint for graphics. Audacity and MilkyTracker for sound.

Tips:
If you are stuck, compare correctly guessed words with their garbled counterparts.
Controls: Mouse, enter to advance some messages, arrow keys (up/down) to jump backwards and forwards in time.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/yusnzm8k8coagta/game_kakuremino.zip?dl=1
OS/X (source) https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcrkzq24ossemov/source_kakuremino.zip?dl=1
Linux (source) https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcrkzq24ossemov/source_kakuremino.zip?dl=1
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcrkzq24ossemov/source_kakuremino.zip?dl=1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=8853

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1415
Overall 3.58 167
Audio 3.43 155
Fun 3.39 223
Graphics 2.52 744
Humor 2.68 475
Innovation 3.78 76
Mood 3.65 104
Theme 3.57 345

Feedback

jlnr
27. Aug 2015 路 18:39 UTC
Absolutely loved the music on headphones, great atmosphere! I'm not sure if I understood all the mechanics - pulling words out of the aether or answering the question didn't do anything, but I decoded all the human talk and finished the game anyway :)
shawn42
28. Aug 2015 路 16:27 UTC
Nice to see another Gosu submission! I really liked the puzzle aspect of the game. I completed all the text (I think) but couldn't figure out how to escape. Very cool game!
TackoramaLtd
29. Aug 2015 路 19:16 UTC
Please compile for other platforms. Pretty please.
Waterman7
29. Aug 2015 路 19:17 UTC
Really interesting concept, I enjoyed it very much! Also loved the mood set by the abstract graphics and music. Well done!
I didn't finish it though, having to wait for a whole minute for each word got tedious pretty quickly. :/
馃帳 kakuremino
29. Aug 2015 路 19:29 UTC
Thanks for playing everyone!

TackoramaLtd: Packaging up Ruby applications for non-Windows systems has been problematic, though I might look again for a solution.

Waterman7: No need to wait to find words, the once a minute ability is simply there to help if you are stuck. It it is possible to figure out words without using it.
HolyBlackCat
29. Aug 2015 路 19:53 UTC
Can't launch it, getting `This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.`. Windows 7 x64.
UrbanHelsing
29. Aug 2015 路 20:10 UTC
I only get runtime error for windows
cynicalmonkey
29. Aug 2015 路 20:27 UTC
well it took me 3 rooms to get a pen and paper out, most unique game I have played yet
GraciCebola
29. Aug 2015 路 20:31 UTC
Cool music, but about the mechanic, didn't quite get it...
Empyrealhell
29. Aug 2015 路 23:21 UTC
Fantastic use of ciphers as a game mechanic. Absolutely love it, just wish there was more.
ZYXer
30. Aug 2015 路 23:48 UTC
Really fun game, quite an atmosphere you create with the music and the story. I was really disappointed when it ended, I could have gone on for a few more "times".

This is a great way to tell the story. Having to decypher all the things being said gets you quite hooked to the story.
michael.meadows
31. Aug 2015 路 10:02 UTC
Innovative game - certainly different for a Ludum Dare. Enjoyed playing it and got to the end!
Darkflint
13. Sep 2015 路 18:57 UTC
Great! Just like cynicalmonkey i took out pen and paper. That were some really unique minutes of the LD for me!
schnerble
13. Sep 2015 路 19:07 UTC
This is an awesome idea! I enjoyed figuring out the puzzle. Great work!