Mind Traveller by Ogniok

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made by Ogniok for LD31 (JAM)
What is our game about?
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What happens to us when we are in a coma? Are we trapped inside our own minds? Try to answer this questions as you embark on a sad journey through the mind of a man you have had hit with your car. Will you be able to bring him back?

NORMAL MODE AND HARDCORE MODE
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Press SPACEBAR in menu to start normal mode(With checkpoints)
Press ENTER in menu to start hardcore mode(Without checkpoints)

PERFORMANCE
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Don't run the game on "Low" settings. "Medium" is the lowest setting which should be used.

Story Explanation
(DO NOT READ BEFORE PLAYING THE GAME)
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As character travels through a mind of a man he have hit with his car he encounters both his and the man's thoughts represented as yellow and red texts. He has to go through the obstacles and riddles created by the man's imagination. At the same time he is being attacked by the man he is trying to save, because he wants to show him the pain he feels, hence the scene with a car crash. All the man's thoughts shouldn't be treated literally, as he can't fully control his subconsciousness and he can only hide real messages inside thoughts that the player sees. Character uncovers the real meaning behind those thoughts when he finally finds the man. They all showed on one screen make a real message: "You brought me back".

GAMEPLAY
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If you can't run the game or finish it you can watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEjvfWcZ9EA

TEAM
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Ogniok - Programming & Music
derko666 - Art

FEEDBACK
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Please, leave your feedback about the game and report bugs if you've found any. We appreciate it very much.

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Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.30 420
Audio(Jam) 3.43 196
Fun(Jam) 2.75 724
Graphics(Jam) 3.97 174
Humor(Jam) 2.04 760
Innovation(Jam) 3.03 509
Mood(Jam) 3.71 111
Theme(Jam) 2.14 997

Feedback

Kuupu
08. Dec 2014 路 23:46 UTC
unfortunately i think my pc is to weak to run unreal game =/
it stays for several seconds on a black screen after the main menu
with a laggy music

gonna rate by the screenshots and your text ;)
馃帳 Ogniok
08. Dec 2014 路 23:47 UTC
@Kuupu Have you tried playing on Medium?
RougeRogue
09. Dec 2014 路 13:49 UTC
This was simply awesome. It looks great with the whole darkness surrounding everything. I like the messages, like the music, I like everything about this.
SojaBird
09. Dec 2014 路 16:23 UTC
Super cool astehtics! Looks very nice
Snuux
09. Dec 2014 路 16:24 UTC
Graphics and gameplay - really well!
SusanTheCat
09. Dec 2014 路 16:36 UTC
This sentence is strange: "a man he have had hit with his car"
The mood is awesome: good music and lighting effects.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it past the second "room". I am very bad at platformers.
I really liked the inner messages.
Hellequin
09. Dec 2014 路 16:36 UTC
I really liked graphics ... Neat concept!
馃帳 Ogniok
09. Dec 2014 路 16:41 UTC
Thanks for all the nice comments :D
@SusanTheCat I knew there was something off about this sentence, but I'm not a native english speaker xD
Manou
09. Dec 2014 路 16:44 UTC
Loved it, the moment you are on the turning plate trying to reach the second door, with the music going up in atmosphere is epic.

Couldn't go to the end coz azerty here and I'm bad at fps :D
Forge
09. Dec 2014 路 16:51 UTC
Had to jump through some hoops to play, but very nice game, ncie concept , art and fluid gameplay, shame it doesnt fit within the theme but great effort!
Antworks Studio
09. Dec 2014 路 22:58 UTC
I like the idea very much, but the platforms on the snow were too hard and I couldn't get past them to continue the story :(
Jyrkface
09. Dec 2014 路 23:25 UTC
Wow, this looks great, really wish it would run on my PC :P Any chance of getting a video up?
ShadowStryker
09. Dec 2014 路 23:30 UTC
Amazing gameplay, however it was incredibly difficult in my opinion. Good game regardless, and it really set a nice mood!
DiegoHenriquez
09. Dec 2014 路 23:31 UTC
But did I brought it?
馃帳 Ogniok
09. Dec 2014 路 23:38 UTC
@Jyrkface We are working on it ;)
Rothens
10. Dec 2014 路 00:10 UTC
This... was something different from the ones I saw so far.. but... This just touched me... my laptop couldn't really handle the new unreal engine, so it was a bit laggy, but.. really, I love this...
Croze
10. Dec 2014 路 03:49 UTC
It was unnecessary how difficult it was for a game that's supposed to have some sort of message, not a good kind of a difficult, a "Why am I playing this level over and over again?" kind of difficult. I would like to see the story and graphics as they seem like they'd be nice but the theme doesn't quite fit the genre.
Gungnir
10. Dec 2014 路 15:12 UTC
Too demanding for my laptop :(
bobombe
10. Dec 2014 路 22:05 UTC
Cool graphics and music, but way too hard for me, i couldn't pass the spinning platform :/
Crushenator
10. Dec 2014 路 22:54 UTC
I enjoyed that. I've always liked custom levels for FPS games were you have to jump on narrow platforms etc. Fun game one of favourites so far.
EquipeJAM
10. Dec 2014 路 22:57 UTC
I really liked graphics
becker929
10. Dec 2014 路 23:14 UTC
5/5 would get stuck in the room that says *spoiler spoiler* again. They really mean it.

Graphics and audio are excellent. Really dramatic, I like it!

The only thing I question is whether it fits the given theme.

Great job! Makes me want to try Unreal.
馃帳 Ogniok
10. Dec 2014 路 23:29 UTC
Thanks for all the comments. :D
@Crushenator We're glad to hear this! :D
@becker929 Unreal Engine is awesome. I definitely recommend it! :D
ShellfishGames
10. Dec 2014 路 23:50 UTC
That's just stunning. Beautiful art, the soundtrack reminds me of Clint Mansell's work to some extent.
Jupiter_Hadley
11. Dec 2014 路 01:36 UTC
Beautiful game,but challenging. I included it in part 40 of my IndiesVsPewdiepie compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/dFVnkTjSN10
Jupiter_Hadley
11. Dec 2014 路 01:38 UTC
* I Included it in part 7 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/bpNoFf0QyBM
Sorry bout that! XD
Yarek
11. Dec 2014 路 07:13 UTC
Wow! This game is impressive, though I'm not sure if it fits the given theme. Aside from that, it's great!
lukepilgrim
11. Dec 2014 路 18:09 UTC
looks great, but very hard
Mr MadCat
13. Dec 2014 路 11:39 UTC
The general idea of the game is quite interesting. However I don't really see the connection to the theme. And what is actually a problem is the difficulty of the game. For an emotional/mood game you need a difficulty that keeps the player from just running through the game while at the same time doesn't slow down the progress of the story. I was stuck in the last room for over 20 minutes. In the end I couldn't remeber much of the mood that was there before because I was frustrated by the unfogivingness of the controls and the level. But of course designing the difficulty for a mood game is one of the hardest things in game design in my opinion, so hats off for what you did. On the performance of your game you should work however. My PC is capable of playing some current AAA games, yet it just shut down after 20 minutes in the last room.
Wertle
13. Dec 2014 路 20:12 UTC
The game crashes for me after I choose a quality setting :( There wasn't any useful info in the dump.
rzuf
15. Dec 2014 路 21:52 UTC
This was created in 72 hours? Kudos!
It's well-designed, super-moody and completely incomprehensible. :D
Ale do tematu to ni diab艂a nie pasuje. :P
馃帳 Ogniok
16. Dec 2014 路 16:12 UTC
@rzuf Jeste艣my 艣wiadomi, 偶e troch臋 jest to naci膮gane. Dopasowanie do tematu lepiej wygl膮da艂o na etapie designu. xD A 72 godziny to za ma艂o, by potem co艣 zmienia膰.
kipelovets
17. Dec 2014 路 19:37 UTC
You should really add a Mac build
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 路 21:19 UTC
nice work