Outer Body by vanZeben

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made by vanZeben for LD30 (COMPO)
Built in pure Java in 48 Hours

Instruction:

Going into cover will make your spirit invisible on the other side. You can temporarily reverse your polarity to move your spirit out of limbo... But this takes a lot of stamina to control, which you can replenish by hiding. Baddies will attempt to eat your spirit so watch out!


Controls:
- Space Bar to start game... Tap space bar to hide in open doors/go invisible
- W or Up to reverse your polarity...


I streamed most of the game over on my twitch page @ http://www.twitch.tv/vanZeben

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 3.57 218
Audio 3.55 125
Fun 3.55 178
Graphics 4.03 88
Humor 2.83 273
Innovation 3.43 350
Mood 3.42 217
Theme 3.93 92

Feedback

Lacaranian
25. Aug 2014 · 03:15 UTC
Another ghost game, cool! Hitting the least popular final round theme as well as the chosen one, a great way to go. Made it maybe 1500, then died a terrible spirit death.
fissionmoon
25. Aug 2014 · 03:18 UTC
Fun game, I really like the artstyle and music. One thing though, after I closed it the music just kept playing until I found the process in the task manager and killed it. You might want to add a quit button or something that closes the game properly.
ViliX
25. Aug 2014 · 03:44 UTC
I've seen this concept before, but the graphics and mood is awesome :) Good job!
francoisvn
25. Aug 2014 · 03:45 UTC
For some reason it's not working for me on Linux. Throws exception: "javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException: line with format PCM_SIGNED 44100.0 Hz, 16 bit, stereo, 4 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported."
ruthiepee
25. Aug 2014 · 03:50 UTC
Fun little game with some unique gameplay. I like the simplicity in the controls and the pixel character's walk cycle. The music has that perfect "spooky" vibe. I think if there was one thing that could be improved, it's the interface. There's text going off the screen, aligned funny, etc. But overall I enjoyed it, got around 1800 points!
Boodog
25. Aug 2014 · 22:00 UTC
Sweet job! The graphics, idea, and sound are all awesome! Pretty fun too :)
ob6160
26. Aug 2014 · 11:11 UTC
Great game! Solid concept and graphics are awesome (:
SgtGorm
28. Aug 2014 · 04:48 UTC
Nice simple game :), great graphics and the music adds that nice "spooky" tone. Great job! Although the game does not close properly, music still plays but thats only a minor complaint
NiceAlexanderAS
28. Aug 2014 · 22:50 UTC
I scored 2000, great work! the concept is original! it would be awesome if you added more stuff but its ok :D Nice!
MarekkPie
28. Aug 2014 · 23:13 UTC
Fun little runner. Could have been a bit more challenging up front.
entropyofchaos
04. Sep 2014 · 21:35 UTC
Clever game, great use of the theme!