Cosplay Chase by Finn Stokes

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made by Finn Stokes for LD32 (JAM)
You are excited to wear your new cosplay for the first time at ConventionCon, but things don't turn out as you might have hoped.

Instructions:
Use the arrow keys to move.
Avoid the blue guards.
Survive for as long as you can.

NOTE: I was busy running our local real-world venue, so wasn't able to dedicate as much time to this as I would have liked, so the game is rather incomplete. The original submission had some serious performance issues, so I have made some post-jam optimisations that do not change the gameplay but drastically increase. The Windows executable shouldn't have any dependencies. You can run it on Mac or Linux using Python, as long as you have PyGame (http://www.pygame.org/news.html) and PyTMX (http://www.pygame.org/news.html) installed. Just run src/main.py from the root directory.

Ubuntu step-by-step instructions (courtesy of frnknstn):
* sudo apt-get install python2.7 python-pygame python-pip git
* sudo pip install pytmx
* git clone https://github.com/FinnStokes/cosplay-chase.git
* cd cosplay-chase
* python src/main.py

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1901
Overall(Jam) 2.84 826
Fun(Jam) 2.71 751
Humor(Jam) 2.40 743
Innovation(Jam) 2.29 921
Mood(Jam) 2.40 899
Theme(Jam) 2.59 916

Feedback

Liam :D
21. Apr 2015 路 21:19 UTC
Please create an executable as soon as you can. Leaving this comment here to remind me to check back.
peecestudios
22. Apr 2015 路 21:01 UTC
Please make a windows like that has a .exe.
frnknstn
23. Apr 2015 路 21:20 UTC
Ubuntu step-by-step instructions:

* sudo apt-get install python2.7 python-pygame python-pip git
* sudo pip install pytmx
* git clone https://github.com/FinnStokes/cosplay-chase.git
* cd cosplay-chase
* python src/main.py
frnknstn
23. Apr 2015 路 21:21 UTC
Nice idea, real pity about the slowdowns. I got to 18 seconds, but with some big gaps in the action.

I hope the local venue went well.
馃帳 Finn Stokes
27. Apr 2015 路 06:37 UTC
I have added a windows executable, and optimised my view calculation code so it should be much less laggy.

frnknstn: Thanks for those more detailed instructions, I probably should have written something like that up in the first place. Our local venue went pretty well, not quite the turnout we might have hoped for, but the people that came along seemed to have fun and made some cool games.
gv1351
04. May 2015 路 09:07 UTC
I don't know what to do in the game
cmayhem
04. May 2015 路 10:31 UTC
Simple but fun and addictive! It could use some sort of goal and a ramping up difficulty, but well done nonetheless!
Linkigi
04. May 2015 路 12:47 UTC
I love how the game can switch from being all sneaky to action so quickly. The themes a funny one too =D. The game would benefit from extra objectives other than being caught (optional pickups or something).
blubberquark
07. May 2015 路 16:16 UTC
Really unconventional take on the theme!
blubberquark
07. May 2015 路 16:24 UTC
Please make a blog post so I can give you a trophy!