Over and Under by Joseph Roque

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made by Joseph Roque for LD30 (JAM)
--IMPORTANT--
Let me preface this submission with THIS IS A PROTOTYPE. The characters are in the game, there's one object to move and that's it (look at screenshot). I'll explain below.
*Edit: I moved the link up a folder, so it doesn't go directly to the jar. Instead, look for "Over and Under.jar"

--ORIGINAL PREMISE--
You play a man who has had a near-death experience, but he isn't out of danger yet. His soul has been torn and trapped in the worlds known as Over and Under. The two WORLDS are CONNECTED and you will find the two halves of our hero's soul cannot be separated from each other. You must traverse the levels, knowing that where one goes, the other must be able to follow. If either piece of the soul fails to escape, or the two ever meet, then they will become trapped for the rest of eternity in the between.

--CONTROLS--
Arrow Keys / WASD to move
Space to jump
Walk into a crate for a second to begin pushing it.

--EXPLANATION FOR LAMENESS--
I ended up not really having much time to work on my game this weekend. On saturday I had a race that I had signed up for sometime in March, so I couldn't reschedule that. Sunday I had committed to volunteering as well, around the same time, at the same race (it was a two day event). And monday I was visiting friends who I wouldn't be able to see again until possibly Christmas because I'm leaving for University next week.

All of that aside, I did have a lot of fun coding and at least planning this game. I had hoped to get a lot more done but when I finally sat down sunday night after sporadic coding throughout the weekend, I had a lot of bugs to fix. So the characters are in the game, there's one object to move and that's it.\

In the end, I had originally decided to not submit my game, but I really wanted to be able to participate in the voting, even if nobody plays my game (which I do not expect of anybody - it's only a jar available to download and it's literally the main character jumping around on one screen, the one in the screenshot). But I have fun commenting and rating, so I figured I would upload what I got done.

Feedback

Boberro
26. Aug 2014 路 07:58 UTC
I liked your graphics, even though main character is dancing instead of running :)
Boberro
26. Aug 2014 路 08:01 UTC
The link is going to empty folder. I think it should go one step up, so "download zip" button would be available.
馃帳 Joseph Roque
26. Aug 2014 路 13:20 UTC
I updated the link, so people should be looking for "Over and Under.jar" and edited the description.
And yeah, I knew his walk was a bit silly, but I had worked too long on it and decided to just leave him in the end :P
ponywolf
26. Aug 2014 路 14:05 UTC
That's funny. We had the same concept... Heaven and hell connected.
RobotFriend
26. Aug 2014 路 14:40 UTC
Nice concept!
Spencer Alves
27. Aug 2014 路 22:45 UTC
Not bad! The idea could be worth expanding, though the controls felt a little inconsistent.
nerd burglars
27. Aug 2014 路 22:53 UTC
Very original! Good luck :)
dunin
28. Aug 2014 路 16:20 UTC
not work for me (windows): "a java exception has occurred"
but nice sketchbook!
JangoBrick
09. Sep 2014 路 10:44 UTC
It's unfortunate you didn't have more time to work on this, as I'm sure it could've ended great. I like the graphics.
Also, you seem to have had an idea similar to mine... splitscreen, with each half representing a world, and the bottom one has inverted gravity. :D
ForeignGuyMike
15. Sep 2014 路 22:24 UTC
You should put Java 8 required. A lot of people still have 6 or 7. Or you could compile for lower versions.
masterhyjinx
15. Sep 2014 路 23:02 UTC
Could not be launched (OS/X) :(