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August 19th-22nd 2011 :: Theme: Escape
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Escape from Dorf Bay - KavuDX - 48 Hour Competition Entry
Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source
This is Escape from Dorf Bay, a mix of two ideas, where none got the appropriate attention as I actually had only about 20 hours to create this submission.
I hope someone gets the idea and the soul of the game and create something worthy of it, as I think it could still have a long way to go ahead.
The dorf part was made in paint, the one a capellaing is me using Windows Sound Recorder from XP, the font used is Symbol.
The scary house part was done using the following:
-Music: Mi chord on my crappy and broken guitar, recorded using Windows Sound Recorder
-Sound effects: Random noises recorded and distorted on windows sound recorders
-Graphics: My Nokia N8 Camera, with some messing in the light sensivity settings, all the pictures are from my house.
-Coding: Everything done in processing.
I've included the source code, but not the actual data files, such as the graphics or the sounds, if anyone want them, just send me an e-mail at NicholasPassy@gmail.com
edit (23/08/11 04:30AM):
Postmortem version is up, I've switched the download links for the v2, where the arrows ALWAYS appears, so you guys won't need to pixel hunt anymore.
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Ratings
| #52 | Community | 3.40 |
| #115 | Coolness | 5% |
| #162 | Audio | 2.62 |
| #223 | Innovation | 2.85 |
| #276 | Graphics | 2.62 |
| #323 | Humor | 1.56 |
| #392 | Overall | 2.38 |
| #399 | Fun | 2.08 |
| #482 | Theme | 1.77 |
Comments
There is a permission error when trying to run on Mac OS X. I tried chmoding everything but that didn't help.
8/22/11 3:14:14 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.1080[236] ([0x0-0xa56a56].escape_from_dorf_bay[22173]) posix_spawn("/Users/edelventhal/Downloads/application.macosx/escape_from_dorf_bay.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub", ...): Permission denied
NVM I got it to run with the following:
chmod +x /Users/me/Downloads/application.macosx/escape_from_dorf_bay.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub64
Well, you did a good job setting up atmosphere. I was ready for something to kill me in the house, that's for sure. But then I couldn't go anywhere. I just couldn't find where I was supposed to put my mouse in order to make the up arrow appear, and I became trapped after hardly starting. I suggest removing the hover mouse and just leaving the buttons there at all times.
I'll take on it. A lot of people complained about that, so I guess it's my fault.
I liked the photos - your friend is right, your house _is_ scary! The sound was great too, I wish there was more of this.
Thanks for the compliments, I really got proud of what I did in under 1 hour with the sound.
Messing with windows sound recorder is awesome!
well.. tried the windows version: "Java Virtual Machine Launcher - Could not find the main class. Program will exit!"
Have you extracted everything to their correct folders?
This error usually happens when the .exe cannot find the path of the /lib/ and the /source/
This reminds me a little of some old games with digitalized photos (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6m7bYlGPq4 ). I like the atmosphere, but painted parts are... well, just bad. Especially compared to the rest, which is cool (a pity it's so short). Not bad!
I couldn't get past the fridge, there wasn't an arrow there... was this something I should keep clicking on?
A great atmosphere setup, but fell flat soon without any actual action/progress. I like the idea though, the photos are a bit too dark though.
I'm sorry, I couldnt manage to think about a proper ending nor draw anything that would indeed be scary, I'll keep deving it now that the restrictions from the LD are gone.
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