Cranesym by Gametery

made by Gametery for LD30 (JAM)

Hello Folks,

It's our first LD entry and first finished game.
It was lot of fun but we are also glad it's over now :)

Theme : Connected Worlds

Interpretation : Symbiosis, Somehow the Anemone and the Hermit Crab lives in 2 different worlds but by connecting this 2 worlds both can benefit from each other and increase their survivability.

Programming : Erdem Sen
Art : Jennifer Sen

Tools used : Game Maker Studio, Photoshop and Sfxr
Music : freemusicarchive.org

There might be still some bugs but we didn't encounter any game breaking bugs.

Hope you guys will have fun playing it :)

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/xbq5gdgt84rdl29/Cranesym.rar?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=41092

Ratings

Coolness	62%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.09	473

Audio(Jam)	3.00	401
Fun(Jam)	2.94	435
Graphics(Jam)	3.30	419
Humor(Jam)	2.64	287
Innovation(Jam)	3.13	330
Mood(Jam)	2.97	445
Theme(Jam)	2.18	691

Feedback

Phaix

26. Aug 2014 · 11:16 UTC

Nice Sim!

LexGear

26. Aug 2014 · 12:41 UTC

#lonelyMac

MechanicMoon

26. Aug 2014 · 12:43 UTC

Not bad game, but it's boring

WebFreak001

26. Aug 2014 · 12:56 UTC

Best ocean game ive ever played :D But it doesnt match with connected worlds :C

Literal Games

26. Aug 2014 · 13:04 UTC

Really fun game, though difficult to survive the first couple of runs. Fun graphics and music!

🎤 Gametery

26. Aug 2014 · 13:20 UTC

@Phaix , Thanks!
@LexGear, I'm sorry, i dont own a MAC OSX , i had no chance to test it there
@MechanicMoon, Thanks for reply. But i wish you explained further to make me understand why it's boring(Thats what feedbacks are supposted to do)
@WebFreak001, Thanks!Glad you enjoyed it! Its actually does match with connected worlds, just not literally :)
@Literal Games, Thanks! I am happy that you played it more than once :)

Elendar

26. Aug 2014 · 13:22 UTC

Look great in 70 hours pretty nice work !! I belive you both do much more better work in the future..I want to say something also for a game nice, i like to play im having a lot of fun for playing thanks a lot for good work :))

🎤 Gametery

26. Aug 2014 · 13:38 UTC

@Elendar, Thanks for the Feedback! Yeah we will do our best to improve the quality what we do :)

01101101

26. Aug 2014 · 14:20 UTC

Cute game ... don't understand the theme relation. Anyway welcome !

Kep

26. Aug 2014 · 14:23 UTC

I enjoyed it. Well done!

puppetmaster

26. Aug 2014 · 15:38 UTC

+ fights
- goal?

🎤 Gametery

26. Aug 2014 · 16:18 UTC

@puppetmaster , everything is explained when you press P in the game. After eating enough food your exp bar will glow(top right) , so you have to search the next level shell(You cant pick level 4 shell if you are lv2 or 1). Shell locations are always the same . when you get last level shell you beat the game. Thanks for playing :)

Vallar

26. Aug 2014 · 16:54 UTC

Nice game. It was quite nice to walk around and trying to eat and survive. I haven't felt any particular danger throughout my playthrough and felt that the player character is moving slowly but it was a nice game.

I liked the graphics and the premise of the game. Though I don't know why two sea creatures would be separated between worlds? :)

All in all though a nice game and perhaps if there was no time limit this would have been a better game :D

Satyre

26. Aug 2014 · 17:04 UTC

Nice game. The relation to coevolution is nice.

puppetmaster

26. Aug 2014 · 22:33 UTC

I have played the game with my son (6), He loved the fights and the scary octopus. He felt nearly from the chair from hearing the dead sound the first time. :-)

🎤 Gametery

26. Aug 2014 · 22:45 UTC

@Vallar, Thanks for the feedback! Yeah we had really more stuff planned but the time wasn't enough :)
@Satyre, Thanks! I'm glad you did like it !
@puppetmaster, it's great your son loved it, i'm happy that also the little ones get the chance to play our game :)

nerd burglars

27. Aug 2014 · 13:02 UTC

I love sea life, so I thought this game had a very unique concept! Good luck :)

Z.B.G.E.

27. Aug 2014 · 21:35 UTC

Fun little game :)

pmrsco

28. Aug 2014 · 17:21 UTC

I understand the connection to the theme, and it may be a bit of a stretch, but I enjoyed the game. Finding the right shell was frustrating at first, but overall it was a fun, vibrant game, and finally having a hermit crab sim was just what I needed.

grillaface

03. Sep 2014 · 17:44 UTC

no mac :(

MaesK

03. Sep 2014 · 20:02 UTC

Nice crab simulator :D I liked both the music and graphics, but the movement is slow and the goal isn't very clear, nor the type of shell that you can carry. Somehow, it matches better with the last theme "Beneath the surface" than "Connected worlds", but anyway, it´s fun and... GET YOUR TENTACLES OFF ME!

Rehacked

15. Sep 2014 · 12:03 UTC

Good job