Ok so just found out about this Jam, think i will revisit Twine and build something in that, as I only have 13 hours. Possibly GameGuru or Unreal Engine. hmmm I think I will attempt to build something in Unreal Engine yeah.....

Ok so ideas coming now, the player plays as a wizard who has to explore a forest are, exploring to look for as many mushrooms as they can find, to then take back to his castle. A simple story but given the short time frame that has to be the way it goes. Game Guru will suffice as Unreal Engine will take too long to make anything of quality so next step is to get building! Which I begin now! If the game is good I will be releasing on my itch - https://drnoir.itch.io/

Levels?? 1 probably, possibly 2.

Title - Shroom Hunter

https://gaming.youtube.com/user/crispygodber/live

Live streaming the creation of 'Shroom Hunter' here

work is going well, should be done in about 4 hours maybe less

Zombies patrolling the forest now

LKive stream here https://gaming.youtube.com/user/crispygodber/live

Had some AI issues, apparently the GameGuru engine update brings with it some AI issues but think I've almost got a workaround wprking now

https://youtu.be/mBEDuWT3jW4

About to submit. Happy with this, although the GameGuru AI engine issues have made it so that the game is not as bug free as I would of liked. Will update once GameGuru update (hopefully fixes the AI issues)

Here it is , all glorious 5+ hours of it hahaha. COFFEEEEEE

https://youtu.be/Qy_rMIJQNgA

Trailer

Shroom Hunter

Shroom Hunter is a game I made in 6 - 7 hours for the jam with GameGuru.

The objective of the game is to collect the magic mushrooms that grow in your forest and whack zombies and the evil forces that linger nearby.

It's a mix of an FPS and a chase / collection game with somewhat of a fantasy / Gothic feel.

Press E to begin in game, should of made that more obvious I think ahah

Any reviews will be returned, just going through other game at the min too

Peace and enjoy.

https://youtu.be/_w6Ch9KDI1Y

Damn Bugs

It's always annoying when you build something and one bug affects the gameplay, in Shroom Hunter it appears this issue is enemy AI, I picked this up just before the end of the Jam during playtesting , as can be seen at about this point;

https://youtu.be/Qy_rMIJQNgA?t=5h1m10s

Frozen Zombies to be fixed in 1.2

The issue seems to be tied in with how the zombie scripts function and move through the world - it seems that sometimes if one zombie gets stuck the rest tend to follow and then they all pause or glitch. There are some issues apparently with Zombie AI in GameGuru which I think are lined up to be fixed in the next update, so hopefully all going well Shroom Hunter should be patched to 1.2 within the month. So hoping this will automatically fix the issues. Did experiment with some scripts last night and applying some different AI scripts messing with the path in the engine, but still AI seems to eventually break under certain scenarios. Still learning is good and I would like to say thanks to anyone who has left me comments and reviews, I've had quite a lot and it is nice to receive generally warm feedback from people. Shroom Hunter was a bit of a last minute - fuck it I'll go for it idea, but it was good to work under such pressure, and I found the entire experience of developing and sharing with others, really fun and inspiring.

Looking forward to getting stuck into something, probably going to use Unreal Engine this time just waiting on the theme and then going to get cracking from 2am, do a bit of a late shift. Have coffee haha. Might livestream it on twitch or YouTube as I did last time, though Live Streaming was blocked on my YouTube last time I checked so maybe not that.

Well psyched for this, the last LDJam was really enjoyable and actually really helped me develop as a Indie Games Dev I think. I am thinking I want to do something that is less action focused and more based around a narrative. But depends on the theme. If not Unreal other ideas are to possibly use Twine to create an interactive fiction but heart is more or less on Unreal at this point as I have more confidence with it now.

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb1lDokKkEnboJ5o-z8MgdA Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/noirvortex Website - www/noirvortex.co.uk Twitter - @rationalchaos

Game I made first time here - http://noirvortex.co.uk/uncategorized/shroom-hunter-ludum-dare-jam/

Tornbyperma_fried.jpg Torn - old art piece from a few years ago that has inspired this

Incompatible genres - Horror and dating sim using unreal engine. Explore an environment and interact and explore a HR Giger inspired landscape whilst you visit different nightmare suitors in hell.

Mixing traditional horror elements and environments with basic conversations? Some form of basic immersive dark comedic game?
Going to crack on just prototyping a landscape in Unreal Engine and see if any lightbulbs form. Might fall back to twine if the original concept feels too complex for Unreal, but aiming to build in Unreal.

So the idea for the game has become more concrete now and in theory will mix using two game engines Torn will be a Horror / Surreal dating sim, you start off in a bizarre 3d environment and then you can talk to a series of suitors in a kind of David Lynch meets speed dating game. The 3D environments will be built in Unreal and then the conversation elements I am going to build in Twine and then see if I can utilise the web widget in Unreal, which is unknown territory so should be interesting...

Screengrabs of build / textures so far

This is getting somewhere now, not onwards to test the web browser widget in UE !

https://clips.twitch.tv/EntertainingFitLapwingHotPokket?tt_medium=create

Clip from Live stream on Twitch composing the spooky music for Torn - my in progress spooky / weird dating sim idea for the Jam.

https://youtu.be/kGYWsVqvkWI

Torn

Torn is a Horror and dating sim made with unreal engine.

You died, you woke up in Hell and that's not even the worst part, you are required to have a mate....

Explore an environment and interact with 4 potential bizarre suitors in Hell , choosing finally who you will be forced spend all eternity with.

A absurd and surreal dating sim - Lynch meets love.

Contains Adult and Disturbing themes. Made for Ludum Dare 41 - Incompatible Themes

Download Torn here https://drnoir.itch.io/torn

TORN

Horror Dating sim

You died, you woke up in Hell and that’s not the worst part, you are required to have a mate….

Explore an environment and interact with 4 potential bizarre suitors in Hell , choosing finally who you will be forced spend all eternity with.

A absurd and surreal dating sim - think David Lynch meets love.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/torn/

https://drnoir.itch.io/torn