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Not All Of Them Died (And They had Beef) by gapgen

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made by gapgen for LD29 (COMPO)
A game celebrating industrialised warfare

Move - WSAD
Look - Mouse
Escape to Quit

The total number of graves in the game is around 150,000. The names of real people were not used and any similarities with people living or dead is a coincidence.

NOTE: The competition version is called "theyhadbeef_windows_compo.zip"; the other versions contain an image and sound file taken from the internet. If you are interested in judging the game, please play this version, otherwise play the non-compo version. Thanks!

(Sound effects taken from https://www.freesound.org/)
Windows http://samgeen.itch.io/theyhadbeef
OS/X http://samgeen.itch.io/theyhadbeef
Linux http://samgeen.itch.io/theyhadbeef
Source http://samgeen.itch.io/theyhadbeef
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=26933

Ratings

Coolness 26% 1930
Overall 2.67 1036
Fun 1.50 1259
Graphics 1.89 1213
Innovation 3.61 199
Mood 3.25 332
Theme 3.35 473

Feedback

flrn
27. Apr 2014 · 23:48 UTC
I'd really like to try your game — Could we get an OS X version too then?
mtrc
28. Apr 2014 · 01:32 UTC
+1 on the Mac version if possible
🎤 gapgen
28. Apr 2014 · 09:59 UTC
OK, will try to compile it tonight. Thanks for the interest!
mess110
28. Apr 2014 · 13:27 UTC
which python libraries do I need for this?
🎤 gapgen
28. Apr 2014 · 13:58 UTC
To run the compiled version, you shouldn't need anything. For the source, the latest dev version of pyglet and numpy should do it (I think...) - for the music you might need pyglet to install AVBin.
🎤 gapgen
28. Apr 2014 · 20:38 UTC
Mac version up!
Snoother
28. Apr 2014 · 20:45 UTC
A very effective and unimposing polemic against industrialised war (specifically WW1 I'm guessing). The minimalist style -- both in terms of gameplay and graphics -- is perfect for the message.

Really good game and fantastic use of the theme. Best so far.
Colthor
28. Apr 2014 · 23:22 UTC
The Great War.

I think the silence suits it.
🎤 gapgen
29. Apr 2014 · 11:22 UTC
Thanks for the comments so far!
TheExGenesis
29. Apr 2014 · 20:04 UTC
Am I missing anything? Is the game just a piece of critic or is there trully an objective?
Linus Lindberg
29. Apr 2014 · 21:18 UTC
Mac version doesn't work.. but I'll try the windows version tomorrow, looks interesting!
🎤 gapgen
30. Apr 2014 · 09:44 UTC
TEG: there's nothing that's not obvious from just playing. I ran out of time to add some features I wanted, but put it up anyway.

Linus: Boo, it worked fine on my machine, but I have an old-ish (Snow Leopard) Mac so maybe there are differences with the new version. If any error logs came up then feel free to ping them to me and I'll take a look!
copain
01. May 2014 · 16:45 UTC
nice idea.
But a little collision system would be nice (just to really walk around the graves)...
ZYXer
06. May 2014 · 12:32 UTC
And that's why most people play CoD or Battlefield. Shooting nameless characters is just so much more fun than being reminded of how devastating war is...

The grave generator is very good, the inscriptions are very believable. I first wanted to say that there is not enough things to do, but I think adding features would have ruined the experience. Walking along the graves and imagining the lives of those people (even if they are fictitious) is quite saddening. Well done!
BMacIntosh
06. May 2014 · 17:10 UTC
The Educational Corps and Military Accounting seem to be particularly lethal...
🎤 gapgen
07. May 2014 · 11:48 UTC
ZYXer: I did have ideas for, well, an actual game mechanic, but I didn't spend that much time on LD during the weekend so ran out of time to implement it. Maybe something for another jam...

BMacIntosh: Those pens are very sharp.
jsmars
19. May 2014 · 06:40 UTC
I agree with the post about FPS games.. this should almost have been put together with a quick mindless shooter for 10 secs where you manage to kill a few hundred incoming soldiers.. and then go to this screen, could have quite the effect.. this is a bit similar to http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=33841
Lucariatias
19. May 2014 · 16:09 UTC
OS X version doesn't seem to work.
🎤 gapgen
20. May 2014 · 08:49 UTC
I think the problem with the OSX/Linux versions is that you need AVBin installed: https://code.google.com/p/avbin/ - the Windows version includes the DLL but the others don't. At some point I'll try to make a better version that fixes this bug.