Dimension Runner by Kraosu

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made by Kraosu for LD32 (COMPO)
Jump between parallel realities as you run to save earth!

Use the differences between parallel realities in order to move
from ship to ship to finally reach the alien core and destroy it.
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GOAL OF THE GAME:
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Earth is undergoing a full scale invasion by virus infected aliens.

After the intro, you start on-board one of the Earth Forever ships
with the Xiolous in hand you can travel to other parallel dimensions.
The placement of ships are different in each dimension thus allowing you
to essentially end up in a different ship when jumping to a different dimension while still being in the exact same spot (enabling you to close empty space or pass breached hull). The goal is to reach the last ship.
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Understanding the Xiolous:
(just some random lore)

1:
The Xiolous cannot accommodate any change of time.
So, time resets every time you jump.(Why aliens are back in their starting positions when you jump back again (without having killed them).

2:
Anything that is effected by the Xiolous is permanently effected as if it had always been in this state. (An alien ripped to shreds by a jump is wiped away from the memory of existence for that particular dimension it was in)

3:
Its sentient.

4:
Its inter-dimensional, in this case that means it can travel between dimensions.It also allows your contentiousness to travel with it, between dimensions. Everything else "transported" by the Xiolous is simply eliminated from one dimension and reconstructed in the new dimension according to the rules of that new dimension.

5:
Its quite attached to you.



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UPDATES:
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-fixed the crash bug.

NEW UPDATE!
-fixing the second crash bug!
-it is now slightly clearer how to play the game

NEW UPDATE!
-fixed more bugs!
-even more slightly clearer how to play the game
-end game music! by Werner Potgieter!



BIG THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS! =D

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1856
Overall 3.21 512
Fun 2.84 738
Graphics 3.95 121
Innovation 3.16 511
Mood 3.95 39
Theme 3.21 660

Feedback

el_kloklo
20. Apr 2015 路 11:49 UTC
I've got this error message :

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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Mouse Event for Glob Left Pressed
for object o_char:

Unable to find any instance for object index '142879'
at gml_Object_o_char_Mouse_53
############################################################################################

Anyway I liked the fast pacing of the game, fitting with the music, but well, I don't understand anything what was happening (went to dimension 22 I think).

Liked it tough.

Anyway aren't the battleship in background from FTL?
Marek Lis媒
20. Apr 2015 路 18:26 UTC
Crashed after the message, but the graphics is beautiful, very atmospheric, so I put you 5 stars there :)
馃帳 Kraosu
23. Apr 2015 路 16:14 UTC
Yeah, what a bastard re-spriting ftl battleships and using it in his game... I did put effort into making them look different though, I will create ones from scratch soon :)
Squidtank
23. Apr 2015 路 20:07 UTC
A bit confusing at first and I'm not entirely sure I understand what's going on yet but nice game nonetheless.
ProjectX593
23. Apr 2015 路 20:08 UTC
I have NO idea whats going on but this game is AWESOME
Butkeim
23. Apr 2015 路 20:08 UTC
It crashed one time for no real reason?? The Graphics are pretty good but a portal gun as a weapon? not really unconventional
snesgaard
23. Apr 2015 路 20:10 UTC
Some good, fast paced action. Music does a lot to build atmosphere. A shame that it crashed after a minute of gameplay.
ermrk
23. Apr 2015 路 20:14 UTC
Nice graphic, music and atmosphere. But I probably did not get, what is goal of game. Just run to right and jump to another dimension, if path is blocked?
runvs
23. Apr 2015 路 20:19 UTC
Alternate dimensions as a weapon? I like that idea.

I recognized the FTL battleships as well. I'm not quite convinced if you made all the graphics yourself. That's why I refrained from voting in that discipline. They do set a great mood though.
The music really drives you through the game.
jojocanard
23. Apr 2015 路 20:47 UTC
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Mouse Event for Glob Left Pressed
for object o_char:

Unable to find any instance for object index '152914'
at gml_Object_o_char_Mouse_53
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I got this around dimension 26

Great mood
Horsed
23. Apr 2015 路 21:38 UTC
Graphics and music create an awesome mood. Very well done!
Obvious Industries
25. Apr 2015 路 11:22 UTC
it's really hard to get what is going on, but that's part of the fun (for me at least)! nice graphics, nice sound(that adds to the confusion), good game. i enjoyed it
plams
25. Apr 2015 路 11:25 UTC
Like others say, I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's pretty captivating :) Thumbs up in the art department!
馃帳 Kraosu
27. Apr 2015 路 18:27 UTC
I realized that while the game is somewhat complex to grasp that seems to be a good thing too. In-fact you can get one of the three endings by not knowing what is going on and just going right and frankly that's intended. The third ending is very hard to get though not impossible.
TyrusPeace
30. Apr 2015 路 02:09 UTC
I really liked the atmosphere, especially in the prologue before the action got started.

(John McBryan)