Beneath The Surface by Kaoin

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made by Kaoin for LD29 (COMPO)
**WEB PLAYING FIX**
*IF PLAYING ON WEB AND MENU IS UNCLICKABLE RE-SIZE THE WINDOW AFTER IT LOADS AND IT WILL WORK*

*LOOKS BEST WITH HUD, BE SURE TO CLICK THE [>] BUTTON AT THE TOP LEFT IN GAME*
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Beneath The Surface

Is a (highly unfinished) puzzle/platformer game that involves discovering words to solve each level. Each level(1 and a half to be exact) takes you deeper down the surface. On the way you will encounter challenging puzzles, traps, dead ends and hidden treasure (All coming soon!). A correct word will be required to complete each level. Subtle hints are provided that may help you detect the correct word or correct route to take.

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Controls:

Mouse - Left Click
Keyboard - W S A D or Arrow Keys
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This is my first ever Ludum dare entry and the first time using Unity and all the tools listed to make a 2D game. I couldn't implement a lot of puzzle game mechanics due to time constraints and lots of learning but I learnt a lot. I spent a larger portion of time with the menus and animations that I should of spent on the game mechanics but they turned out well. I wasn't going to submit this but I'm happy to participate, please tell me what you think.

Tools:
-Unity3D
-C#
-LOTS of Unity tutorials
-Scaffolding Unity
-Otomata
-sfxr

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1409
Overall 2.63 1060
Audio 3.20 282
Fun 2.31 1102
Graphics 3.00 654
Humor 2.37 606
Innovation 2.85 713
Mood 2.67 836
Theme 2.12 1179

Feedback

Suese
28. Apr 2014 路 04:56 UTC
Crashed when I click 'next'
mrexcessive
28. Apr 2014 路 18:10 UTC
Hey well done for entering. Good job on look and feel of graphics and control. The camera is a bit hyperactive, might need some damping or hysteresis circle of no movement IYSWIM.
馃帳 Kaoin
28. Apr 2014 路 18:50 UTC
Hey all thanks for playing! I have added new links to hopefully fix the crash! The camera is pretty hyperactive it does have smoothing but the variable was just set too high :)
Lrnk
29. Apr 2014 路 18:52 UTC
Great look and feel. Love the in-game apologies! Haha. The start of something good.
Jools64
29. Apr 2014 路 18:54 UTC
The menus were really nice and the little bit of game-play was neat, there just wasn't really very much of it. It's a shame you weren't able to finish it, I hope you keep working on it though. The idea seems really cool. Good work!
Snoother
29. Apr 2014 路 18:55 UTC
The music gave it a nice mood that fitted the minimalist, digital graphic style. Definitely way too short (!) but you admitted that and intend to expand it, so that really isn't much of a problem. The foundations are there, and it looks promising.
Stepperz
29. Apr 2014 路 19:18 UTC
I like the idea keep it up!!
aaronjbaptiste
29. Apr 2014 路 19:43 UTC
Haha, great stuff. Wish you had more time to finish it off, was starting to get into it. Loved the messages inside.
madalaski
30. Apr 2014 路 19:45 UTC
Good game with some beautiful UI. Obviously not a lot of content but I think we all know the hassles of the jump key getting broken. =D
馃帳 Kaoin
03. May 2014 路 13:25 UTC
Thanks for the comments! I decided to add those messages inside 10 mins before submitting after noticing there was a humor criteria, I knew some things were broken but I wanted to submit it anyway and get a few laughs. ^_^
Glad you all enjoyed the (albeit short) experience.
I will continue developing my game to better present the game mechanics!
ElStevo
03. May 2014 路 16:46 UTC
Good first game ! Continue your hard work !
wdebowicz
03. May 2014 路 16:56 UTC
I like the idea!
SimianLogic
11. May 2014 路 04:08 UTC
Physics feel a bit floaty, but it's a good start to a platformer.
Dutchess Games
17. May 2014 路 10:07 UTC
Like the concept. The controls were a bit on the floaty side. The game has a nice color pallet.