Not-your-average-pacman by jfreax
It's like good ol' pacman. But with only one level. Sounds boring? Appearances are deceptive!
In every round the rules get bend.
And in the end... its absolutly not like pacman.
How to start:
- if you have a relative up-to-date webbrowser use the web link
- for desktop version (running on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, ...) install Java (jre) and start with: "java -jar ld31-nyup-4.jar"
How to play:
- use wasd / arrow keys to move
- press enter or space to restart lost level
- if there are too many ghost to win a level, try to get rid of them
hint: you can eat ghost under special circumstances
Technology used:
- libgdx
- aseprite
- tiled
- gwt
- bfxr / jfxr
Level *SPOILER*
Level 0 - Classic pacman.
· mostly classic pacman rules
· get all coins, ghosts will kill you
· eat mushrooms and you can eat ghost (8 seconds long)
· green beans will boost your speed for a second
Level 1 - Classic Pacman. Difficulty++
· same as level 0, except a litte bit harder
Level 2 - Attention! Attention!
· beware of the lasers! contact will kill you instantly
Level 3 - Goal!
· go to the goal in the middle of the map
Level 4 - I need energy!
· you have 25 health (see top left status line)
· you lose one health point every second
· get energy to get healthier (energy? laser!)
Level 5 - Secret key!
· get the red key to shutdown the red laser
· then get the yellow key for the yellow laser
· go into the goal
Level 6 - 42
· collection exactly 42 coins
· go into the goal
Level 7 - 20 Step to Haven
· you die on step 21
· go to the goal
· use a secret "door" in the wall left to the goal
In every round the rules get bend.
And in the end... its absolutly not like pacman.
How to start:
- if you have a relative up-to-date webbrowser use the web link
- for desktop version (running on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, ...) install Java (jre) and start with: "java -jar ld31-nyup-4.jar"
How to play:
- use wasd / arrow keys to move
- press enter or space to restart lost level
- if there are too many ghost to win a level, try to get rid of them
hint: you can eat ghost under special circumstances
Technology used:
- libgdx
- aseprite
- tiled
- gwt
- bfxr / jfxr
Level *SPOILER*
Level 0 - Classic pacman.
· mostly classic pacman rules
· get all coins, ghosts will kill you
· eat mushrooms and you can eat ghost (8 seconds long)
· green beans will boost your speed for a second
Level 1 - Classic Pacman. Difficulty++
· same as level 0, except a litte bit harder
Level 2 - Attention! Attention!
· beware of the lasers! contact will kill you instantly
Level 3 - Goal!
· go to the goal in the middle of the map
Level 4 - I need energy!
· you have 25 health (see top left status line)
· you lose one health point every second
· get energy to get healthier (energy? laser!)
Level 5 - Secret key!
· get the red key to shutdown the red laser
· then get the yellow key for the yellow laser
· go into the goal
Level 6 - 42
· collection exactly 42 coins
· go into the goal
Level 7 - 20 Step to Haven
· you die on step 21
· go to the goal
· use a secret "door" in the wall left to the goal
| Web | http://ld31.jdsoft.de |
| Win/Lin/OSX | http://ld31.jdsoft.de/ld31-nyup-5.jar |
| Android APK | http://ld31.jdsoft.de/android-release.apk |
| Android Play Store | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.jdsoft.nyup.android |
| Source | https://github.com/jfreax/LD31/tree/master |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=45949 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 66% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.02 | 744 |
| Audio | 2.41 | 714 |
| Fun | 2.90 | 735 |
| Graphics | 2.81 | 721 |
| Humor | 2.48 | 559 |
| Innovation | 2.79 | 792 |
| Mood | 2.76 | 706 |
| Theme | 3.57 | 604 |
Lots of levels
Good take on the theme, I did have to ragequit not very far in though.
Nice concept!
You could have made us explore the level a little more.(I nearly never went to the right of the screen...)
The controls were fluid too.
A suggestion: you can do small changes to the pitch (up and down) to make a variation of the sounds (you can do that with audacity, it is very easy), so it wouldn't be so difficult to hear a sequence of them. You can also limit the maximum number of sounds you play at the same time, for example the lasers.
Good job.
ate everything but the walls
judging from the description pretty funny game, tho!
Nice concept, although the laser sound effect should really be much shorter if you wanted to set it off so many times, because when they overlap and become much louder it's a little annoying...
Also the idea that lasers gave you health in that one level was a little too cryptic. I beat it but I didn't even know that happened. A sound effect would have helped, because I still had to mindset of "laser's kill me". I ended up beating it because I was lucky and the lasers never blocked my path