«Good news — we still have one tesla-generator. Bad news — it’s half dead… »
Defence your broken tesla-generator by streaming it’s power to the turrets.
PLAY HERE → https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/pray-for-tesla
I have made some gameplay gifs!
PLAY HERE → https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/pray-for-tesla and tell what you think.
At first I thought it would be interesting for player to explore how the game works by interaction, but it didn't worked well because the game was balanced to be hardcore and players are forced to be very tactical from the start.
Thats why I decided to update the game post with this detailed tutorial. So if you missed some mechanics, you can try to experiment with structures again :)
PLAY GAME HERE → https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/pray-for-tesla
And share your thoughts!
I don't know why they are glitching so hard after optimisation, but it's kinda fits the theme and artstyle :)
And let me know what is on your mind.
Good news — we still have one tesla-generator. Bad news — it’s half dead…
Defence your broken tesla-generator. Stream its pulse-power to the turrets in the most effective way. Survive.
Hey!
I made game on LD Compo about the difficulties of teamwork (what an irony). Check it out!
CTRL FRK is an experimental compo game about teamwork and control.
I really wanted to make it speak through game systems and the way how you play it.
Hello guys! :)
This is my first post on #LD41 so you'll be the first ones to check out the game.
I made a three short stories (or a single solid story) each one combined different poles of game genres.
Hope you'll find it fun to explore and to think about :)
Three short experimental stories and solid single narrative.
Each story is unexpected mix of game genres.
Don't want to spoil first impressions so hope this teaser is enough :)
Three short experimental stories and solid single narrative.
Each story is unexpected mix of game genres.
Don't want to spoil first impressions so hope this teaser is enough :)
My game is built around 3 short stories.
Each story mixes 2 incompatible genres.
This is teaser for one of them :)
Hi, this is a postmortem for ACCIDENTAL EXISTENTIAL This part doesn't contain any spoilers, so go ahead even if you haven't played it yet.
So I came up with idea to make not a single game but a set of mini-games each one mixes 2 truly incompatible genres. Fun. Fast. Grotesque. Ironic.
I made a list with ~10 nice ideas. Explored gameplay features. And even prepeared graphic assets!
Chess + Drag racing
Dress Up + Stealth
Bullet Hell + Text Adventure (tragicomedy where you got into actual hell as an actual bullet that killed someone)
Educational Game + Unreliable Narrator
Aaaand here comes the twist.
What?!
I prototyped gameflow and realized two things: 1. I can't make that many games in time so they will be polished enough. 2. Whole experience doesn't feel consistent because games don't work with each other. There were no synergy, no underlying idea that holds it together.
So I started reviewing everything once again and cutting off concepts one by one (believe me it was tough!!).
End of day one.
Hi, this is second part of a postmortem for ACCIDENTAL EXISTENTIAL
→ Go to Part 1 - Brainstorm and dramatic cutoff
There are 3 different stories in the game. Each one is unique genres mashup so is visual layout.
I'll tell the story behind art of the one of these mini-games.
One of the ideas was adult game but for kids. I didn't had much time because I threw most of the assets away, so I decided to make it different. Fast and childish like a kids drawing.
Assets for this layout. Mostly done in one take :)
Paper texture made with old vynil record.
Artstyle like that isn't that time consuming and (more importantly) perfectly contrasts with the heavy adult theme behind it!
Also there is a visual contrast with two other stories that has more grayish realistic look so the game gets an interesting visual rythm as well.
It was the first time when I purposely tried to communicate not a single message with the game, but a space of ideas to interpret.
*And it worked! *
I can't explain how happy I was after reading first reviews. You guys got it and in a such different ways! Some see it straight and heavy, some get it very personal, some read dark humour or ironic meta on life and industry.
This is a mind shift for me personaly. All of my life before I was sure that piece of art should be about clear message or experience communication.
Before I'd rather be upset if players won't get it the way I put it there. And now it's just amazing to see what players will build with this forms and how personal they will make it.
This is no longer a dictate of the meaning but the real co-creation. It requires more effort from both dev and the player but it totaly pays off.
Thank you :)
thank you @samusoidal @silkworm-sweatshop @ryan-bishop
Do you like one of these?
I'm so thankful for your feedback! Still extremely interested in your impressions and stories cause they are so unique and this is just awesome. Feel free to share and discuss!
The first part contains some early concepts and arts that didn't make it to the final game.
This gamejam changed a lot for me personally and I wrote about it in the second part.
Hello!
First anounce from compo participant here.
I made a little game about the story from my childhood (with a twist).
Looking forward for your feedback and thoughts :)
