To Continue by raincole

made by raincole for LD31 (COMPO)

**IMPORTANT NOTE**:
You have to fill the whole energy bar to advance next stage. The goal is not "living as long as possible".

By the way, this game has 6 stages. Yes, it has an ending and the final stage may surprise you. So don't give up so early please? :)

Description
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You overslept.
You hear a familiar voice, from far far away.
Then you open your eyes. All you see is one screen, with a mysterious waveform.
The entire game is on it.

Enjoy.

How to play
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Arrow keys/WSD: control the wave.
Any okey: skip conversation.

White glowing block is good. Red is bad.
Touch the horizontal bar to restore energy.
Turning around exactly on the bar gives you extra energy.
Fill the energy bar to go to next level.

Notes
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* You need Java(https://java.com/en/download/index.jsp) to run this game.
* It takes about 5~15 minutes to finish, depending on how quick your fingers are.
* Post combo version has better sounds and lesser harsh difficulty.
* Powered by: LibGDX, Adobe Illustrator, cfxr, Audacity, IDEA Intellij, Android's draw9patch tool, Believer font, etc.

Jar(all platform)	https://github.com/raincole/to-continue-ld31/releases/download/v0.1/To.Continue.jar
Post Combo Version	https://github.com/raincole/to-continue-ld31/releases/download/v0.1.2/To.Continue.jar
Source	https://github.com/raincole/to-continue-ld31
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=17708

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall	3.74	107

Audio	3.03	361
Fun	3.45	247
Graphics	3.69	210
Humor	2.20	760
Innovation	3.93	102
Mood	3.58	104
Theme	3.76	350

Feedback

Paperscraps

08. Dec 2014 · 03:18 UTC

Pretty difficult. Definitely adheres to the theme though.

internetspaulicy

08. Dec 2014 · 03:29 UTC

Cool idea. Its nice that I can continue. I find it to be fairly challenging. Maybe give us more white dashes at first.

taviandir

08. Dec 2014 · 03:30 UTC

Difficult game, but I love the concept to bits!! Is there a win screen in the end somewhere? To really nail the concept with "entire game on one screen" one could've included a frame around the game, to really make it look like you're playing on a heart rate monitor device screen. :)

GhostBomb

08. Dec 2014 · 03:30 UTC

Interesting game. There seemed to be some some sort of story going on about someone that got into an accident, but sadly the game was too unforgiving for me to finish without getting frustrated and quitting.

DevWouter

08. Dec 2014 · 03:32 UTC

Took me a second to learn the commands, but the game is nicely done and works quite well. Didn't like the fact that I had to install Java (points are not affected by this). The eye closing and opening didn't seem to match for some reason, but the rest is nicely polished

Somfunambulist

08. Dec 2014 · 03:33 UTC

Great work! Crazy fun, very challenging, and innovative. The text sound is a bit grating, but the game sound is perfect. I wasn't able to beat it. Is there an ending, or do you just go for as long as you can?

Mixer

08. Dec 2014 · 03:34 UTC

This game is fun! I really like the concept. I think it gets a little repetitive after a few rounds, so maybe you could mix it up with a few more elements. Overall its pretty good!

sam101

08. Dec 2014 · 03:39 UTC

I really love your take on the theme ! Your game is really fun to play, I didn't expect that at all.

🎤 raincole

08. Dec 2014 · 03:44 UTC

@Somfunambulist @Mixer
The game has an ending. It has 6 stages.
(but I admit some of them are too difficult)

Gaspard_

08. Dec 2014 · 04:12 UTC

Great Theme interpretation!
I here there are six stages, but sadly the first one is already to hard for me :(
I also liked the atmosphere!

lekochen

08. Dec 2014 · 05:33 UTC

Excellent take on the theme. Great mechanics with well-designed visual/sound effects. Really fun to play from start to end. The pillar level is too hard; others are okay. Very well done.

JohnGalt

08. Dec 2014 · 05:44 UTC

Interesting! Simple but very cool!

🎤 raincole

08. Dec 2014 · 05:56 UTC

@lekochen
I agree with you. Actually I just decreased the difficulty of 5th stage("pillar" one) in post combo version.

@those who can't beat first stage:
You have to fill the entire energy bar. Just 'keeping alive' doesn't bring you anywhere.

Ian Morrison

08. Dec 2014 · 07:40 UTC

A neat concept well executed. Graphics and sound are minimal but serve the game's theme very nicely.

rincewind_cz

08. Dec 2014 · 07:48 UTC

Very minimal, but I like it really much! Unfortunately it's too hard for me. Nice adaptation of the theme!

Wakka

08. Dec 2014 · 07:52 UTC

Cool game with neat graphics and fun gameplay. I really like the idea. I only would have preffered an endless style game where you're going to die a lot faster and your goal would be to stay alive as long as possible. But all in all a great game!

BlackBulletIV

08. Dec 2014 · 07:55 UTC

Interesting concept and gameplay, but too hard in my opinion. Try as I might, I couldn't get past the first level.

erik

08. Dec 2014 · 08:05 UTC

This is a great demonstration of what can be done with an LD48 game. Very impressive.

furriKira

08. Dec 2014 · 08:12 UTC

I played the harder and more challenging original compo version and I made it!
Wow, that's really a good interpretation and wow this is a miracle for an ending~ I love it!

fil00dl

08. Dec 2014 · 13:35 UTC

nice entry, really addictive, score is missing

Andrea

08. Dec 2014 · 14:38 UTC

Loved the game! Very hard very quick, but it would definitely be my kind of game with a better learning curve!

oskardevelopment

08. Dec 2014 · 17:05 UTC

Innovative, good looking and generally fun! A bit too hard at the start, so it could been good to be given a little more health at the beginning. :)

frondeus

08. Dec 2014 · 17:28 UTC

For a moment I felt like I can really save someone.

Aden Manson

08. Dec 2014 · 18:11 UTC

11/10!

SketchyGalore

08. Dec 2014 · 18:40 UTC

Very clever! I really like this use of the theme!

Cyros

08. Dec 2014 · 18:41 UTC

Great use of the theme!

CatOnMars

08. Dec 2014 · 18:42 UTC

Nice idea and fun gameplay! Also the mood is good. Well done!

Pfilzweg

08. Dec 2014 · 18:45 UTC

Nicely done! Quiet challenging, love the music!

Iak

08. Dec 2014 · 18:48 UTC

Great Idea and well executed. Much like.

Legiion

08. Dec 2014 · 18:57 UTC

simple and addictive

CryoGenesis

08. Dec 2014 · 18:59 UTC

Very cool mechanic

CryoGenesis

08. Dec 2014 · 19:00 UTC

Very cool mechanic, great job!

Doubstract

08. Dec 2014 · 19:09 UTC

So clever game! I think it's very innovative.

AmyDee

08. Dec 2014 · 19:41 UTC

Tough until you get the hang of it, really love the concept. Worthy of expansion!

jmborden

08. Dec 2014 · 19:50 UTC

I like the simplicity of this game. Nice work!

johnbrynte

08. Dec 2014 · 19:50 UTC

Truly interesting game that quite surprisingly puts you in a quite tense emotion. It makes you feel a bit bad when you lose. Nicely done!

LabOne

08. Dec 2014 · 19:57 UTC

Very well, I think it is hard to survive with the heartbeat I made.

Halleflux

08. Dec 2014 · 21:10 UTC

INSANELY difficult, even the post-compo version I tried I could only get to level 2 after about a dozen tries.

cbear_wallis

08. Dec 2014 · 21:40 UTC

I really really enjoyed this ^_^

Hellequin

08. Dec 2014 · 21:55 UTC

I really like the mechanics! Congrats!!

Groydis

09. Dec 2014 · 00:45 UTC

Great interpretation of the theme, I love it. The whole concept is just really really cool. The game it's self is quite hard though. Great Work!

rabbit

09. Dec 2014 · 01:17 UTC

Multiple times I died as soon as it restarted. :/

RyanNielson

09. Dec 2014 · 01:28 UTC

I really like the concept, it's super tough and it's interesting how you have to plan your route far ahead to succeed. It also looks amazing, to stuck with an aesthetic and everything looks great and not out of place. The sounds, as simple as they are, are also fantastic.

I'd like to see a slow ramp-up to give the player some time to figure out the mechanics.

Overall, fantastic work!

MiniBobbo

09. Dec 2014 · 02:12 UTC

Echoing the "fun but tough" comments.

Divitos

09. Dec 2014 · 03:54 UTC

Challenging, but not punishing.
Very well done!

harley77

09. Dec 2014 · 04:10 UTC

The mood is great. The game reminds me of a sane version of WaveWave. I think this would work REALLY well as a single tap control mobile game.

Chris Delta

09. Dec 2014 · 04:12 UTC

So sad, and so good for being so sad :(

Antworks Studio

09. Dec 2014 · 04:18 UTC

Totally awesome!!!!

cmdr

09. Dec 2014 · 04:22 UTC

Very good game. I love the graphics. I wish there was a background music to build up more of the tension. I think it's a pretty original idea and very well executed. Congrats!

el-pepi

09. Dec 2014 · 05:23 UTC

Very good. I like the idea. It's hard but good.

alvarop

09. Dec 2014 · 06:44 UTC

Very nice presentation and quite difficult I found.

puppetmaster

09. Dec 2014 · 19:49 UTC

I like the mood and the idea.
It's very difficulty because of having to many red line at the startpoint. Well done!

hypnoticbytes

09. Dec 2014 · 19:55 UTC

Crazy game and idea! Love it! 10/10

Team Flashlight

09. Dec 2014 · 20:38 UTC

The idea is simple but work! Simple mechanism but it works. I really want to see it on mobile platform!

Troilk

09. Dec 2014 · 22:35 UTC

Awesome game, very addictive, though very hard. I was only able to get to level with gates. Nice adaptation of the theme :)

ENDESGA

09. Dec 2014 · 23:43 UTC

awesome game! :D I love it

Xanjos

10. Dec 2014 · 01:29 UTC

Took me a while to work out how to play this but once I did, it suddenly became ridiculously addictive. Really interesting concept and a good take on the theme.

barryrowe

10. Dec 2014 · 02:49 UTC

This is a great game. This is my favorite entry so far. Also, if there was a category for rating "Rage Inducing" I would vote 5 stars there :). I finally gave up on the barrier level. I just couldn't make it through. So hard, but very very fun. Great entry.

SoulGame

10. Dec 2014 · 11:24 UTC

5/5 innovation and theme. How the hell did you manage to make both an original gameplay and a such engaging concept... Very cool. Maybe having a very small zoom out, letting us see the border of the actual monitor screen, would be even more powerful and engaging.

NicePenguins

11. Dec 2014 · 01:14 UTC

Very very cool, the gameplay fits perfectly with the story of the game and different gameplays for each level is also very cool !
Maybe this need a little bit music (something minimalist) and voice acting (respirating et etc..) But this is a jam right ? :)

Milktoast

11. Dec 2014 · 01:22 UTC

Really difficult, but you can get into a flow. Simple and addictive. Well done.

Lynx

11. Dec 2014 · 02:34 UTC

Interesting concept, it would be more fun if it was sped up a bit, but then again I'm just a fan of twitch games (hence mine)

Anyways, great concept!

Geckoo1337

11. Dec 2014 · 06:32 UTC

The game is nicely done and works quite well. Well done ++

Devark

11. Dec 2014 · 07:24 UTC

Really enjoyed this. Great idea for a game.

oranebeast

11. Dec 2014 · 07:37 UTC

Wow. I would totally buy the app for this

dcolgan

11. Dec 2014 · 07:57 UTC

Awesome game, really nice graphics and a very cool concept. And a compelling story to boot. Fairly challenging, but definitely a good experience.

kirbytails7

11. Dec 2014 · 08:21 UTC

Very nice, and cute ending. =)

InHelli

11. Dec 2014 · 08:37 UTC

Very good game! Minimal and intresting, cool idea =)

regisRquoi

11. Dec 2014 · 08:46 UTC

15 mins to go really? Ahah, took me almost an hour!(played the compo version)
It's so difficult sometime, specially first phase I think (which is bad, cause it makes the goal less clear.)
I love how you got the theme. This is really interesting. The gameplay is really cool, it feels fun and the idea is so clever...

Good use of audio feedbacks too, that was important and you did it super well!!
It looks really cool also. Simple and clear for the player, but still coherent with the story. Good!
I love it really! :)

spotco

11. Dec 2014 · 10:15 UTC

Was fun, but stages are a bit too long without any variation.

rottenmage

11. Dec 2014 · 12:18 UTC

This is really difficult! I like how the level changes as you get closer to the end. Good work!

OFF

11. Dec 2014 · 13:28 UTC

Really nice idea, i had the exact global idea but didn't figure out how to make a game with. Your basic is really nice.
It's a little bit difficult, and there is not enough variation but it's defintevely a great idea to make a bigger game, maybe with more audio, people speaking around the person or with an hospital noise.
Really perfect for the theme.
Great job.

renatopp

11. Dec 2014 · 13:41 UTC

Nice! Very innovative game. Good Job

Elemental Zeal Games Studios

11. Dec 2014 · 13:43 UTC

Really fun entry. I might suggest giving a second or two at the start of each level without obstacles to give the player a second to see what the new obstacles are, but really well done. :)

udo

11. Dec 2014 · 14:34 UTC

Wow, this was pretty hard. But excellent job and great concept!

Dokthar

11. Dec 2014 · 17:27 UTC

Great job. Interesting mechanics !

Sh1rogane

11. Dec 2014 · 20:03 UTC

It is fun but I still couldn't beat it. I like the gameplay even when it is a bit too hard for my tasting.

Backterria

13. Dec 2014 · 03:23 UTC

Very cool!love it!