Dreaming of Revenge by oxysoft

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made by oxysoft for LD30 (JAM)
DISCLAIMER 1: The game is in an unfinished state :(
DISCLAIMER 2: The game doesn't have very optimized memory management
DISCLAIMER 3: Only tested on the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome

You are a man who was banished onto an island for becoming too influential by the Evil CORP, the shady and corrupted government of your city. Many weeks have passed since then, but the man has never cared to wander on the island, but what secrets might lie within?

After uncovering the magical relics of the island, the man discovers that whatever happens in his dream, will realize itself during the next day.

Difference from the real (theoretical) game:
- You begin with all dream powers unlocked
- Only the bottom section of the map has anything spawning in it
- There is no scoring
- Powers have no usage delay
- There is no lucidity counter
- There is no cool radio that announces what has happened during your dream (though the sprites are made)
- Fissured road remains fissured forever
- Lightning strikes have no screen shake (thank you phaser!)
- Earthquakes have no screen shake (thank you phaser!)

The game will more likely than not be finished as a post-compo game!



Keys:
(ISLAND)
Z - slash/go to bed
Arrow keys - move the hero

(DREAM REALM)
1 to 6 - set active power
Z - use selected power (if applicable)
Arrow keys - move the pointer, lock onto entities
W - wake up the hero



Team:
Me, Programming
Roy Nathan de Groot, Pixel art & mapping



Credits:
Phaser.js, the source of much frustration :@
Live.js
Bfxr

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1265
Overall(Jam) 2.88 604
Audio(Jam) 2.08 602
Fun(Jam) 2.32 699
Graphics(Jam) 4.44 39
Humor(Jam) 2.40 390
Innovation(Jam) 2.80 512
Mood(Jam) 2.91 486
Theme(Jam) 2.88 506

Feedback

tbamberg
26. Aug 2014 路 05:34 UTC
Little too much walking for my tastes, but the game looks great and its a cool idea
Xeke_Death
26. Aug 2014 路 12:06 UTC
Graphics are cool, but that sound when picking things up was annoying...
Needs more people exploding when hit by lightning...
Victory Garden
26. Aug 2014 路 18:29 UTC
Hey, this is neat! I couldn't figure out when to use most of the powers, though, and I think it could have really used some music to back my cathartic rampage of revenge. I liked the graphics and the concept a lot, and your UI is pretty damn good. Thanks for the game!
馃帳 oxysoft
26. Aug 2014 路 19:35 UTC
I had to give up on polishing towards the end or you wouldn't even had been able to go to bed :(

Instructions for each powers:

1. Uncoded, would have been to cause citizens to throw themselves under vehicles
2. Lock onto a vehicle, press Z
3. Lock onto a fire hydrant, press Z (no animation for them blowing up and shooting water though)
4. Lightning, press Z anywhere
5. Lock onto a road fissure spot, press Z (indicator isn't done, but there's a spot on the road at the very bottom)
6. Earthquake, press Z anywhere (no screen shake added yet :( )
馃帳 oxysoft
26. Aug 2014 路 19:38 UTC
And yeah, I did have a feeling the walking would be a bit too much. The initial idea was to have kind of like a survival game outside of the dream world. The thing is that you would die and lose the game if you were not back to your hut by night, so powers farther away from home such as the one on the mountain would have been harder to get. Definitely making a post compo of this game though!
BitOfGold
26. Aug 2014 路 20:14 UTC
So nice tile set and mood! Please make a post compo version, with much-much more action and less walking :)
capsizedmoose
26. Aug 2014 路 21:33 UTC
a little glitchy haha
RawboSaurX
26. Aug 2014 路 23:48 UTC
A lot of awesome artwork in here, man. As you pointed out in the description, there's still a lot of work to be done. The dream realm is also a little confusing. I don't know what I'm doing or why I'm doing it, but there's a lot of potential here. Hoping to see a finished version one day, I'd definitely check it out.
borgi
27. Aug 2014 路 14:02 UTC
Nice idea, awesome graphics! Pls finish it :D
Hyoga-3D
27. Aug 2014 路 14:39 UTC
Nice entry, cool little game.
villetou
27. Aug 2014 路 17:06 UTC
Awesome graphics and nice idea! Definately worth finishing :) Needs a bit of story/tutorial/tips inside the game to know what's going on.
IAmSpencer
27. Aug 2014 路 19:54 UTC
man the graphics are really amazing. I ended up just walking around on the island looking at all the pretty things lol. I would recommend setting pixel smoothing to false to help with the blur/jittery look the player gets when moving, but otherwise this is really cool, would love to see a more developed version! :)
eatsleepindie
27. Aug 2014 路 20:35 UTC
I agree with IAMSpencer, it felt a little jittery to me which was a bit distracting. Art was great, but I felt a bit lost without a story or direction in the level.
barryrowe
27. Aug 2014 路 23:02 UTC
I was really intrigued, but couldn't play much since the dream scene would fade to black and never come back after 2 seconds. :/ The island mode seems like a solid start, and I like the concept.
RFMTeam
29. Aug 2014 路 11:44 UTC
shows promise! I hope you continue to work in it
Dohan
01. Sep 2014 路 18:11 UTC
It lacks a lot of elements, but the idea seems interesting.
Retr0spectrum
05. Sep 2014 路 19:54 UTC
Is the server down at the moment?
Scott Baker
05. Sep 2014 路 20:15 UTC
web link isn't available.
frogcheese
06. Sep 2014 路 19:36 UTC
The link seems to be down for me. I might check back later, this game seems interesting.
Patacorow
06. Sep 2014 路 20:04 UTC
Wish I could play it! Website is offline :(
OrangeeZ
06. Sep 2014 路 20:45 UTC
Agreed with the previous four gentlemen.
ra4king
06. Sep 2014 路 20:48 UTC
Link is dead :(
IsaacL.Balogh
06. Sep 2014 路 21:00 UTC
website no longer available
vividhelix
06. Sep 2014 路 22:26 UTC
I just walked around for a few minutes and nothing happened...The I pressed Z a few times, then W and I saw some building and a truck for a few seconds and the screen went black...
Aglavra
06. Sep 2014 路 22:28 UTC
Great idea, it would be very inteersting to see a finished game.
Shmackson
13. Sep 2014 路 19:28 UTC
Some awesome graphics and animation. Game shit out as soon as it switched into the truck stage, probably more my computer's fault though. Good job!
DrCicero
13. Sep 2014 路 20:58 UTC
Well there is not really any point of doing anything, currently. looks good though.

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馃帳 oxysoft
15. Sep 2014 路 22:49 UTC
I probably should have removed the W key when you are on the island. It was a debug tool to immediatly switch to the dream world and since the W key is also assigned to waking up in the dream world, the result is quite broken