Small Town by louiscarl

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made by louiscarl for LD29 (COMPO)
-- Description --

On the surface, Under Dale is a simple and small town. But what mysteries are hiding in this, it seems, peaceful town? The Stranger (you) is about to find out... In Small Town, you get to sleep one night - or many more - in a mysterious town named Under Dale. Controls are simple (LEFT, RIGHT, UP to enter houses, SPACE to jump).

-- Visit Under Dale! --

Also, tune-in to Under Dale's public radio, visit the town during the day and enjoy the view of the mountains! I hope you'll enjoy your stay in this small town!

-- Developer stuff --

Small Town was written in TypeScript (so compiled to JavaScript), using VS Express for Web. The audio was made using cgMusic. The graphics are pen and paper (also GIMP for color).

It was tested on Windows and Mac (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari).

EDIT: It looks like the game was unbeatable for some people, due to the keyboard configuration. This really sucks, but I had to make the corrections, because you really need to jump. Instead of Z, SPACE is now the key to jump. Big thanks to people in the comments.
Also corrected 2 typos.

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall 2.83 895
Audio 2.71 590
Fun 2.42 1036
Graphics 3.12 592
Humor 3.37 130
Innovation 2.89 679
Mood 2.88 665
Theme 2.20 1155

Feedback

tiffi_gaming
28. Apr 2014 · 02:04 UTC
Love the art style!
Jeffalisk
28. Apr 2014 · 02:08 UTC
Enjoyed the art, and the radio joke on the way in was fun. Couldn't seem to get into the bedroom at the motel, so didn't get very far.
SmilingCat
28. Apr 2014 · 02:09 UTC
Like the pen-and-paper style artwork. Great job!
Dreii
28. Apr 2014 · 02:13 UTC
Couldn't seem to get past the motel either but i like what you did with the cars and the radio joke :)
ENDESGA
28. Apr 2014 · 02:26 UTC
The art is pretty cool! I really enjoyed this game :D
zacaj
28. Apr 2014 · 02:26 UTC
couldn't get into the room
🎤 louiscarl
28. Apr 2014 · 02:28 UTC
Thanks to all the comments! The game was unbeatable due to a change I made just before submitting :). I fixed it now. Thanks for the warning everybody!
Galvus
28. Apr 2014 · 03:08 UTC
The music was pretty okay but overall found the game lacked real purpose.
SFBTom
28. Apr 2014 · 03:09 UTC
Very striking art, great stuff. Really liked the idea too!
Joseph Miller
28. Apr 2014 · 03:31 UTC
The art style and parallax scrolling were very nice. I liked the narrative style of floating text which integrated physical movement and narrative development. The enemies killed me instantly each time I walked outside, so I didn't see much of the game besides the intro.
terraco
28. Apr 2014 · 04:06 UTC
It felt like it was going somewhere.
Neonlare
28. Apr 2014 · 04:13 UTC
Digging the art style, couldn't get very far sadly with this.
alvarop
28. Apr 2014 · 04:20 UTC
Loves the art style and the story telling. Weird gameplay tho.
Brian Stegmann
28. Apr 2014 · 04:38 UTC
The intro was very entertaining!
GAFBlizzard
28. Apr 2014 · 04:41 UTC
Some minor notes: There's a typo (instead of "magnificent") in the sky text, and if you press left/right/left/right the car seems to jump ahead.

I couldn't get Z to jump either inside or outside of the car. I also got stuck after sleeping in a building and nothing seemed to let me back out. Neat style, but seems a bit buggy right now.
🎤 louiscarl
28. Apr 2014 · 05:12 UTC
Thanks for your feedback everyone! I had to make the change for this Z issue. Unfortunately, it looks like it's due to keyboard configurations... I'm using the 'My game is unbeatable' exception again to change Z to SPACEBAR. SPACEBAR is the same everywhere, I hope :).
Lacaranian
28. Apr 2014 · 05:17 UTC
Went into town. Saw that it became night. Got outta Dodge as fast as possible 10/10 would play again.
Slader16
28. Apr 2014 · 06:06 UTC
I loved the art style!
Techblogogy
28. Apr 2014 · 06:32 UTC
Oh, wow! Just wow! (In good way)
jtpup0
28. Apr 2014 · 06:53 UTC
trippy, but unnervingly enjoyable and interesting.. I like how you made the player engage in mystery or rather decide to leave the town at any time.
micdoodle8
28. Apr 2014 · 07:45 UTC
Awesome, love the cartoony art style!
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 · 08:03 UTC
I think I'm missing some gameplay elements here? As others said, the radio joke was great.. just finding trouble to see the gameplay and theme elements in it ;( sorry
qntnm
28. Apr 2014 · 08:05 UTC
Really nicely done, and some good humor in there too!
Celt
28. Apr 2014 · 08:23 UTC
The joke at the beginning with the car is brilliant in a way. Sadly it can't keep up this originality and humor throughout. Instant kill madness!!!
Kimba
28. Apr 2014 · 09:13 UTC
I need more action, still the game is ok.
Lars Faust
28. Apr 2014 · 09:25 UTC
"it looks like somebody stops frequently on Main street for no reason"

10/10.
puckers
28. Apr 2014 · 09:26 UTC
I love the way you did the text in the sky! Very cool. And the art style is unique I like it
tchem
28. Apr 2014 · 11:48 UTC
The artwork is great.... the game idea is cool and intelligent,, congrats man!!!
Otrora Interactivo
28. Apr 2014 · 14:53 UTC
Cool graphics. Simple and cool
Elforama
28. Apr 2014 · 16:23 UTC
Loved the humor in this game. Great job!
Reinkout
28. Apr 2014 · 16:34 UTC
The ending dialogue was great! :)
atlantian
29. Apr 2014 · 09:53 UTC
A lot of good humor
mollymus
29. Apr 2014 · 12:16 UTC
I loved the initial text where the radio speakers said 'it looks like someone's stopping all the time on the main road' or something similar - extra humor points for details like that!:D
howieV (binarygirl)
29. Apr 2014 · 16:07 UTC
loved the art ..music was good too :)
waveformmodulations
08. May 2014 · 03:53 UTC
like the unique style of the art for sure, the sky & mountains are cool, I like the way the perspective changes as you drive or run, fun & original.
King_Mew
12. May 2014 · 00:34 UTC
Very interesting art style. I didn't really know what to do. I liked the joke though :P
Zccc
15. May 2014 · 22:21 UTC
I was expecting more from this, but it was pretty cool :)