Enjoy The View! by Frenchie
My first real Unreal Engine 4 project and my first Ludum Dare entry! Scale the mountain in a challenging, yet beautiful platformer in an attempt to get the entire view on one screen!
Controls:
A / Q / Left arrow - move left
D / Right arrow - move right
W / Z / Up arrow / Space - jump
Timelapse (36 hours recorded, 3 min video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_On3F51t-h8
Developer's best score:
133 seconds, 0 falls. Can you beat it?!
BREAKING NEWS!
HTML5 version now available! For all non-Windows users, you can now play "Enjoy the View!" online! PLEASE NOTE: I don't recommend the web version. It has no dynamic lighting, the physics are glitchy, the framerate is lower, and the game is prone to crashing. If you run into any of these issues, please do not count them against my score; HTML5 is an "experimental" build target from Unreal Engine. I've had the best luck playing it in Chrome 64-bit. Firefox 32-bit and Firefox nightly both crash. Also note that the game requires ~1.5 GB in web mode (versus 200-400 MB in desktop mode).
Controls:
A / Q / Left arrow - move left
D / Right arrow - move right
W / Z / Up arrow / Space - jump
Timelapse (36 hours recorded, 3 min video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_On3F51t-h8
Developer's best score:
133 seconds, 0 falls. Can you beat it?!
BREAKING NEWS!
HTML5 version now available! For all non-Windows users, you can now play "Enjoy the View!" online! PLEASE NOTE: I don't recommend the web version. It has no dynamic lighting, the physics are glitchy, the framerate is lower, and the game is prone to crashing. If you run into any of these issues, please do not count them against my score; HTML5 is an "experimental" build target from Unreal Engine. I've had the best luck playing it in Chrome 64-bit. Firefox 32-bit and Firefox nightly both crash. Also note that the game requires ~1.5 GB in web mode (versus 200-400 MB in desktop mode).
| Windows 64-bit (recommended, must download entire folder) | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/36uyguwhz05nk5p/AACge-QIsh99VNHvkjbmvlo6a?dl=0 |
| Windows 32-bit (must download entire folder) | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vgomtlerqbdmr1a/AABgi3ZiifJ3OTl9-IIK0iC3a?dl=0 |
| Web (experimental, barely works, use 64-bit Chrome or it will crash) | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23137627/enjoy%20the%20view!/Enjoy%20the%20View!%20HTML5/LD31-HTML5-Shipping.html |
| Video Playthrough (in case you're stuck) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqnMx27ab6Y |
| Source (GitHub) | https://github.com/Frenchie14/EnjoyTheView |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=43979 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 55% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.25 | 500 |
| Audio | 2.82 | 498 |
| Fun | 3.03 | 621 |
| Graphics | 4.06 | 67 |
| Humor | 2.55 | 508 |
| Innovation | 2.55 | 925 |
| Mood | 3.22 | 313 |
| Theme | 2.48 | 1163 |
Doh! I was busy trying to get HTML5 compiling to work and moved the project out of DropBox because it filled up. I've moved the Windows project back in.
@Team Flashlight: Thanks! Yes, Unreal's graphics are great after working in Unity for so long! I never considered adding a progress indicator, but that could be a good idea.
Unreal's graphics are great and you did a good use of them, but they make the character's lack of animation and weird collision box be even more noticeable.
anyway, good job for a compo entry!
Congratzz for the game!
@Marcellus: woah! Two hours?! I'm glad you enjoyed it, except for the whole, way too hard part.
@BarrensZeppelin: I agree the controls could have been better. If I were to make another platformer I would make you stop mid-air when not pushing a direction. That would have made things easier
@DefectiveMelon: I'm glad you tried a few times instead of giving up right away!
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It seems like I've made this game too difficult. Since the game is beatable I can't patch it per LD rules. However, I did add a video playthrough to give some ideas on how to win.
It is below average configuration I think.