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One Screen Story by BK-TN

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made by BK-TN for LD31 (JAM)
!NOTICE! If the movement is really slow, try running an external FPS counter, like Fraps. if the FPS is lower than 30, you're experiencing an annoying bug.. try using fullscreen (F4) and waiting a bit, might get it working.

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An odd little game about finding a secret buried deep inside a mountain. Everything takes place in a single 640x480 window.
There's some spelunking and adventuring, and some obstacle avoiding if you get far enough. Hope you enjoy it.

All music in the game is by Mr Sunshine - https://soundcloud.com/mr-sunshine23
Windows http://bk-tn.com/dump/LD31/OneScreenStory.exe
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=4419

Ratings

Coolness 44% 1605
Overall(Jam) 3.59 214
Fun(Jam) 3.35 277
Graphics(Jam) 3.12 573
Humor(Jam) 2.75 408
Innovation(Jam) 2.92 582
Mood(Jam) 3.96 44
Theme(Jam) 4.04 120

Feedback

RonnyEGT
09. Dec 2014 路 09:56 UTC
Very interesting concept, although it felt very slow paced, I understand it was necessary for the dungeon at the end, but even though, going around the land before it was a bit of a pain for how slow it felt xD, but great game overall!
馃帳 BK-TN
09. Dec 2014 路 10:28 UTC
That's odd, I was just testing the game on a slower PC and it ran more than twice as slow as it's supposed to - maybe you're having the same bug? If anyone else finds it slow, try running the game with an fps counter, like Fraps, and tell me what it shows.
HuntTheWumpus
09. Dec 2014 路 20:57 UTC
Haha :D That ending :D Really liked the graphics and the mood of this game. I like discovering landscapes like this.
flegmatical
09. Dec 2014 路 21:01 UTC
I love how managed to cram so much adventure into such a small space! I almost quit because of the controls at first, I wanted the arrows to correspond to where I was travelling :P But after I got over that, I loved the mood and the exploratory nature of it. Bit of a dissapointing ending, but also a bit funny :)
Aglavra
09. Dec 2014 路 21:50 UTC
I liked the mood of the game, although the movement was too slow.
prymidion
10. Dec 2014 路 00:20 UTC
Pretty cool concept here, but your control scheme was a bit frustrating. Why not just let the player control with the arrow keys?
Tifu
10. Dec 2014 路 00:24 UTC
I really liked this! I love the exploration, and the challenge area at the end was a good conclusion. Kudos!
el-pepi
10. Dec 2014 路 00:40 UTC
Looks like you put a lot of effort in this. I like the sound. the movement is a bit slow for me, but I think it fits wll for this game.
Zimennik
10. Dec 2014 路 12:04 UTC
Nice game overall. But the controls. controls are could be better. It is difficult to figure where're u facing at the moment. Especially if u have some vision problems
lurumdurum
10. Dec 2014 路 12:10 UTC
The mood and story were really interesting. As soon as you hear more people talking about secrets, I wanted to know what it was :D

On the other hand, that part inside the mountain was a bit off in my opinion. I had fun exploring and trying to find stuff in order to complete quests, and then it changed in.. more of an obstacle course.

Great entry though. :)
MomoyoSeiso
10. Dec 2014 路 12:57 UTC
Excuse my french but that was fucking awesome. I loved the almost everything about it, the desolate feeling, the exploration and the puzzling bit at the end. Also the music was epic, great job guys. :D
Verz
10. Dec 2014 路 17:43 UTC
A bit slow, but with a really good mood :)
ciaodavinci
10. Dec 2014 路 17:54 UTC
Neat game! good use of the theme to create an interesting world to explore. I found the controls difficult to get used to, why not have each arrow button take you in that direction instead of turning. Also I had the inventory panel open without realizing it and kept thinking I was walking off the side of the map because the panel and the background are both black. Music and subtle wind sound sets a great mood.
馃帳 BK-TN
10. Dec 2014 路 17:57 UTC
@ciaodavinci: I made the controls like that because I made sense to me when I started out... then I got used to it, and didn't realise how counter-intuitive it is x)

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Glad you all like it.
BlueTheLemon
10. Dec 2014 路 19:02 UTC
Congratulation for making this game ! \o/
I had an awesome time ! Thanks for making this experience : The one and only bad thing i can find is the Weird control scheme. (And i was a little disapointed by the end)? But the rest is great ! Awesome music, Cool feeling of discovery, Nice minimalistic graphics. Great Job Guys !
alvarop
11. Dec 2014 路 02:29 UTC
The fog mechanic really makes the game. Good sound and ideas you put into this one. Cool stuff man.
nassi
12. Dec 2014 路 15:11 UTC
Played through it, but still couldn't get used to the "tank controls". You managed to build a cool atmoshpere with such minimalistic elements. Not something I would've expected from the theme.
YourNerdyJoe
13. Dec 2014 路 17:43 UTC
Great story but the controls took a little getting use to. Good game overall though.
Benjamin
18. Dec 2014 路 03:06 UTC
Hey everything about this game is cool. First I was surprised with the control but I got used to it pretty fast. The story part is nice. I was also surprised when I saw the "arcade" part but here again it ended to be pretty fun to play. Just one negative point. Usually when you press action during a textbox with letter spawn fx it just jump to full-text display, in your case you jump back to the text fx start which is a bit annoying.

I like the minecraftesque mood of it :) surely come from the music.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 路 22:19 UTC
nice game and art