Diamond quest by MSaul

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made by MSaul for LD29 (COMPO)
You have to collect at least 200 diamonds and avoid walls for 120 seconds.

Control : MOUSE (!)

C++/SFML(2.1)
editor : emacs/gimp/
sound : bxfr

It's my first Ludum dare, i hope you will like the game. Thanks for trying it.

Have fun !

For linux users, you need to install SFML2.1 (http://www.sfml-dev.org/). Don't forget to type :
$export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/.../lib/ <- where SFML is installed
before launching the game.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.06 681
Audio 2.48 704
Fun 3.27 358
Graphics 2.52 972
Humor 3.00 241
Innovation 3.02 591
Mood 2.78 748
Theme 3.37 459

Feedback

okkolobr
28. Apr 2014 路 12:40 UTC
My best score is 263 / 200 diamonds. Looks like some ending condition are missing. The depth changing is a bit harsh : when you go down at the bottom of the screen, the witch to other screen make you go really fast and kind of lose control (not sure if I'm really clear here).
Otherwise, nice game :) !
nonentheless
28. Apr 2014 路 12:41 UTC
I've checked every key on keyboard before I realised I am supposed to use mouse :) I like the shaking. I think going deeper could be solved little better
馃帳 MSaul
28. Apr 2014 路 12:43 UTC
@okolobr You have to survive 120 sec. I understand, i don't take the time to make the camera smoother in transitions. I'm happy you like it.
zinfandel
28. Apr 2014 路 12:44 UTC
Very nice! I had a lot of fun. Not sure why sometimes the location of the character jumps up or down? And also, I reached over 200 Diamonds but the game went on, so what is the goal?
Liked it a lot overall
馃帳 MSaul
28. Apr 2014 路 12:53 UTC
@zifandef If you survive 120 sec and have 200 diamonds you may have the "good" game over. I'm glad you like it.
myachin
28. Apr 2014 路 13:45 UTC
well done

i like it. my best score is 616!
Balint197
28. Apr 2014 路 18:08 UTC
Going deeper could have been made a bit less irritating, but great game overall, enjoyed it! :)
CiderPunk
28. Apr 2014 路 18:17 UTC
500/200 diamonds! ...he seemed to stop collecting them after 500 :)
Nnnnneeeedddd
28. Apr 2014 路 18:25 UTC
Best game yet :D
SuperIzzo
28. Apr 2014 路 18:26 UTC
There are pictures of fish on the wall :O
Fun and humorous game, I like it :)
I only got to 183 but still had the/a happy ending.
@myachin How? O_O
thephantom
28. Apr 2014 路 18:28 UTC
cool idea .
it just need to be a little harder
馃帳 MSaul
28. Apr 2014 路 18:59 UTC
Thanks, everyone. I'm really happy you appreciate it.
@SuperIzzo It's not a fish it's a ... well ok it's a fish. You did't got the happy ending (the girl is sad). Try to go deeper to get more diamond.
@thephantom Yeah i have some struggle to balance game, it's always too easy or too hard.
DesignerNap
28. Apr 2014 路 19:23 UTC
has that "just one more go!" feel to it. Good work!
SenorDiablo
28. Apr 2014 路 20:38 UTC
ahaha what was going on there. I liked it but the opening cutscene was so confusing
Ellian
28. Apr 2014 路 20:38 UTC
Wish the camera would be smoother, but this works pretty well.
okeedokeben
28. Apr 2014 路 20:47 UTC
The mouse works really well for this game. Cool idea. I enjoyed it!
hexabeast
28. Apr 2014 路 22:21 UTC
The "drawed" graphics are really fun!
I love the game over screen!
voidqk
28. Apr 2014 路 22:48 UTC
fun simple game... the animation when damange is high is nice.
frankbsad
29. Apr 2014 路 08:28 UTC
that game was a little weird
xensky
29. Apr 2014 路 14:32 UTC
A quick fun romp into diamond infested red stuff. Highly enjoyable.
Kwrky
29. Apr 2014 路 15:15 UTC
This game rules =D
Intro story is well told (I didn't quite get the last bit, was one guy smoking a joint?), game itself is fun, nice job!
馃帳 MSaul
29. Apr 2014 路 15:27 UTC
Thanks everyone for feedbacks, i appreciate it a lot.
@Kwrky *spoiler* Actually yes, it's a super joint (at the begining I want to do a super "energy drink" but joint is more fun. May be it will have been clearer if i have add some "super" effect arround it. (sorry for my bad english)
pinion
29. Apr 2014 路 17:24 UTC
Really felt the screenshake, nice job.
Covenant
29. Apr 2014 路 18:31 UTC
Cool idea, only complaint is that going down is a bit "jaring"...
ccglp
30. Apr 2014 路 12:04 UTC
Really like that the history uses no words, and the gameplay is simple and addictive
ZeppelinCaptain
30. Apr 2014 路 16:35 UTC
Haha, that was great, loved the little cut-scene at the beginning. The mechanics themselves were actually also surprisinlgy good. I really liked the risk-taking part of it when going downwards in order to get more diamonds.

Moral of the story: weed solves everything?
馃帳 MSaul
30. Apr 2014 路 18:01 UTC
Again thanks for feedbacks.
@ZeppelinCaptain I prefer : "Diamond solves nothing" :).
cr2crstudios
30. Apr 2014 路 18:01 UTC
Cool quest for diamonds! :D
arrogant.gamer
01. May 2014 路 01:01 UTC
Linux download needs installation instructions? I ran make, but got the following error:

CC src/Entity.cpp
In file included from src/Entity.hpp:4:0,
from src/Entity.cpp:1:
src/Utils.hpp:6:29: fatal error: SFML/Graphics.hpp: No such file or directory
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [.obj/Entity.o] Error 1
馃帳 MSaul
01. May 2014 路 01:18 UTC
@arrogant.gamer yeah sorry for that, you need to install SFML 2.1. If you want to give a try this tutorial seem pretty simple and should work : http://sfmlcoder.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/building-sfml-2-0-with-make-for-gcc/ . It will compile and work when you have it for sure (I do it on Linux).
Dreii
01. May 2014 路 02:18 UTC
lol are those...BLUNTS? that give you...ENERGY? haha! well then. nice intro graphics :)
VictoryGarden
01. May 2014 路 08:33 UTC
... Are the characters in some kind of blackface? I don't know if that's your intention or not, but, um... it kind of looks that way.
terraco
01. May 2014 路 08:48 UTC
Hey very cool
dertom
01. May 2014 路 09:03 UTC
I like it! Starting with the prehistoric painting in the beginning :p which brought you in the right mood to shoot yourself through the earth! Good job
berareu
01. May 2014 路 17:45 UTC
Is he giving a joint the girl at the ending? Made me laugh, good work!