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Small things by SID37

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made by SID37 for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

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You are trapped on a spaceship with hostile creatures. You need to activate the door to get out of there.

Controls

| | | |-|-| |Mouse| to look around| |[LMB] | to fire| |[E] | to interaction| |[WASD] or arrows| to move|

Development

All objects in the game are made physically and shot on a phone camera. st-dev.png

Animations are made in stop motion technique (I've never done this before, so I'm surprised that it came out))))) thing.gif

HTML5 web build https://sid37.itch.io/small-things
Source code https://github.com/SID37/small-things
Windows build https://sid37.itch.io/small-things
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/small-things

Ratings

Overall 77th 3.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 143th 3.438⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 18th 4.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 25th 4.229⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2th 4.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 77th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 124th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 3th 4.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

imai_Time
06. Oct 2024 · 21:15 UTC
Visually, it's just great, but the spawn points of the enemies should be changed
Kateryna
06. Oct 2024 · 21:35 UTC
I agree with the comment above. It's both incredibly beautiful and annoyingly difficult. I don't mind the difficulty per se, it makes the end screen more rewarding, but when enemy spawn right under your feet there is no time to react. Overall, however, a great entry, with beautiful art and a creepy mood.

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🎤 SID37
06. Oct 2024 · 21:51 UTC
@imai-time, @kateryna thanks for the tips!!! I updated the spwnpoint logic, now enemies don't spawn when the player is close enough.
SHAKIROVICH
06. Oct 2024 · 21:55 UTC
Visuals are great, and gameplay even though minimalistic very satisfying, only the duration was a bit too short, couldnt fully grasp the game before it ended.
dooskington
07. Oct 2024 · 05:36 UTC
Super short, but dang this is a cool game. Very creative, I love how it looked. Satisfying weapon as well
candlesan
07. Oct 2024 · 05:51 UTC
This is awesome! Love the modelling using real world setting and the stop motion animation. What a brilliant idea for a Ludum Dare. Absolutely love how it's all put together. I also love the VFX you have on shooting and the movement on the gun with every shot. The creatures are creepy - it's all fantastic.
The Floating Brain
07. Oct 2024 · 19:02 UTC
Super cool! I use to love stop motion as a kid, I felt like digital is an alternative to that, cool to see them combine!
MateusBoga
07. Oct 2024 · 20:16 UTC
WOW! I LOVE THIS! I haven't seen a stop-motion game in soooooooooooooooo long, and this looks beautiful! Really is a shame that the game is so short, I want a full game like this now.

Some of the shots seemed to miss the target when it looked like they should hit, idk if I'm just bad.
ROBOWARRIOR1982
08. Oct 2024 · 06:30 UTC
The game is very short, we need more ! But the art is amazing i like this kind of technics, that's so original. The gameplay need more feelings, (when you hit more effect etc), the animation of the gun is a bit confused too, that need adjustement. But you made a great work and a longuest version can be really promizing ! 'thanks for playing"
Ansible
08. Oct 2024 · 13:11 UTC
The stop motion animation is fantastic! Along with the buzzing and clicking sounds and quick gameplay it has a great rattling mood.

You could be a little more forgiving to the player - an ability to get away when over-run or to beat enemies back please!
johnnysix
08. Oct 2024 · 13:15 UTC
Wow , that's super impressive - really cool seeing a real-world set-build! :yum:

If you continue beyond the compo - it would be fun to see more environments, and interactions , maybe even using gaussian splatting / photogrammetry to bring it into 3d ( along with the characters ) .
lethargic
08. Oct 2024 · 13:21 UTC
Oh wow this is RAD. The gameplay is just serviceable but the vibes are off the charts (also loved the shotgun sound, very juicy). Fantastic job!
mrspeaker
08. Oct 2024 · 13:43 UTC
Looks so great, I'm stealing this idea for next LD (though, it's not going to look that cool - it's just amazing!)

The LED world needs to be expanded into a cinematic universe.
cagibi
08. Oct 2024 · 19:42 UTC
Very interesting art style, stop motion is a lot of work, so that's pretty impressive for the compo!
Untitled Studios
08. Oct 2024 · 22:04 UTC
Visuals are *awesome*! As someone who uses physically made art for my own games, I know how tedious and difficult this is to pull off. Gameplay is fine, but not the focus here.
dhim
08. Oct 2024 · 22:14 UTC
Making physical assets is such a cool move! I want to do the same now! Great prop building skill!
Snory
09. Oct 2024 · 05:09 UTC
Great idea about the diodes! You managed to use to to create visually interesting game.
jk5000
09. Oct 2024 · 06:51 UTC
Too difficult for me, but I love the visuals and the sound effects. Overall a really well made compo game. Well done.
LDJam user 387548
09. Oct 2024 · 10:18 UTC
WOW? stop motion so cool
dhim
09. Oct 2024 · 11:58 UTC
Beautiful game, short but challenging enough, partially due to the bug appears inside your personal space, too close to really shoot them.
D_Indie
09. Oct 2024 · 23:14 UTC
This's soo adorable. I really like your approah! Truly uniqe
Skleembof
10. Oct 2024 · 15:28 UTC
Very creative art style! My only issue with the graphics is that they are too dark. I think a brighter scene would have shown off the unique look a bit better.

Gameplay wise, I think the only problem other than the obviously too short gameplay is that the enemies should probably spawn off screen because having them materialize right in next to you is awkward from both a visual and gameplay standpoint
ping78
16. Oct 2024 · 16:21 UTC
I just can't stop imagining a swarm of these LED bois just swarming the ever-living everything out of whatever they are swarming. Oh, and the game is cool, i guess.