Return To The Surface by Flam

made by Flam for LD29 (COMPO)

Etno entered the wrong coordinates on his teleporter on the way to a Ludum Dare meet-up. His teleporter is now out of juice and he's stranded below the surface. Find the way to the power stones and help Etno reach the meet-up!

I'm pretty satisfied with what I've managed to build. This was my first Ludum Dare and I'm quite happy with the amount of knowledge I've gained on these two days.

Known bugs:

The jumping is a bit buggy. If you fail to jump, use the jet pack.

Mac/Windows/Linux	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20682531/LD29-Return%20To%20The%20Surface.jar
Source	https://github.com/simengangstad/LD29-Return-To-The-Surface
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34713

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1851
Overall	2.95	775

Audio	2.61	637
Fun	2.89	668
Graphics	3.21	525
Innovation	2.28	1085
Theme	3.37	459

Feedback

uprightpath

28. Apr 2014 · 06:46 UTC

I had an issue with the jump attempts failing until after I used the thruster.

manabreak

28. Apr 2014 · 07:31 UTC

I get "Error: Could not find or load main class LD29-Return To The Surface.jar" when trying to launch.

🎤 Flam

28. Apr 2014 · 07:42 UTC

@manabreak Could you update your Java (might be a problem with JREs < 1.7)?

thristhart

28. Apr 2014 · 07:53 UTC

Jetpacks automatically add a +1 to the fun rating. I explored for a while but never found a power stone. I would do very poorly in Etno's situation, apparently. No issues with running it, although I did run into the known jumping bug. Not a big deal.

micdoodle8

28. Apr 2014 · 07:57 UTC

Nice job! I like the aesthetic, with the lights from bullets and the gun, as well as the pixel art. I feel like the enemies bunch up too easily though, I get overrun very quickly.

AestheticGamer

28. Apr 2014 · 07:57 UTC

I had fun with the jetpack (and a broken element if you jumped and then immediately pressed jetpack you'd fly a lot faster), and it looked nice, but the enemies got too easily cluttered with the looping stage so I wouldn't see one for ages, and then suddenly meet a bunch all at once. Also I did not find a single Power Stone.

Aomeas

28. Apr 2014 · 08:07 UTC

Same there, error (Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: LD29-Return To The Surface.jar).
Fixed after updating my JRE.

I've beaten it after 3 retries and the game is in the theme :3
Not too hard, not too easy, maybe too short.
An ambient music should've been good too.

lief

28. Apr 2014 · 09:13 UTC

Nice mood, loved the torch. I would not reach the meetup healthily.

I had the jump bug also.

rincewind_cz

01. May 2014 · 11:52 UTC

I didn't find the exit and the best way of dealing with these ghosts seems to simply escape. Some music, even simple would be great next time ;-)

blockbot

01. May 2014 · 13:19 UTC

Loved the art on this, great feel.

atombrot

01. May 2014 · 19:08 UTC

I like the idea of your game very much and also the creepy bugs look very cool. A bit more variety would have been nice. Also sometimes jump would not work (I had to use the jetpack first to be able to jump). For a first ludum dare entry it's great ;)

NoTrueSpaceman

07. May 2014 · 02:53 UTC

Fix the jump bug and how the gun doesn't seem to shoot where you aim, and this would be really solid!