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Introspectrum by solkar

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made by solkar for LD29 (JAM)
Beneath the threshold that divides conscient and subconscient lays a whole new world with different planes and strange characters that are all part of yourself. This is the world that Introspectrum explores.

Note about Android version: The game is designed for 1024x768 so if you have a smaller device you might find it difficult to play.

========Post-compo updates========

[v1.1] improved controls and some graphic aspecs, fixed missing library problem
Android https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z08glf8t9ymgrk/Introspectrum-ld29-android.apk
Windows (not W8) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8782570/Introspectrum-w32-v1.1.rar
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8782570/Introspectrum-mac-v1.1.zip
Postcompo http://gamejolt.com/games/puzzle/introspectrum/25920/
Source https://github.com/solkar/LD29
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=9271

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.71 633
Fun(Jam) 2.18 699
Graphics(Jam) 4.00 143
Humor(Jam) 2.24 503
Innovation(Jam) 3.08 338
Mood(Jam) 3.05 379
Theme(Jam) 2.93 485

Feedback

conormn
28. Apr 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Some very nice quotes and character design. Wish you could move around a bit faster.
LittleBlueFrog
29. Apr 2014 路 17:30 UTC
Nice graphics and nice quotes, but the movement is rather difficult on a high-resolution device. It takes many taps on a field to move the character one square.

negative points: menu button is displayed but doesn't do anything and the back button seems to be blocked :(
馃帳 solkar
29. Apr 2014 路 19:48 UTC
Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, the controls need a major rework. It's my first priority for the after-jam version.

About the menu: you mean that the menu is not animated at all, right? Where do you see a back button? I can't remember adding any, but maybe then I was already too tired. Hahaha
sandbaydev
29. Apr 2014 路 19:53 UTC
"cant run because MSVCP120D.dll is missing"
runvs
29. Apr 2014 路 20:29 UTC
Nice graphics but it's quite frustrating to click every time for each step. :/
Sound (even simple one) would be great too!
kristof
29. Apr 2014 路 20:32 UTC
Nice graphical style. As the others said, the character moves a bit slow. Also I managed to get of the path once. It was like if the graphics and the collision of the level where offset by one row. But it fixed itself after a level change.
pfeyffer
29. Apr 2014 路 20:38 UTC
I like the graphics. Unfortunately I was unable to to anything but move the guy around (very slowly).
KevinWorkman
30. Apr 2014 路 02:19 UTC
I feel like there's an interesting game here, but like others have said, the movement makes it pretty hard to get into.
馃帳 solkar
30. Apr 2014 路 05:33 UTC
Seems clear that I must update the controls. I'll be back soon with an update.
馃帳 solkar
01. May 2014 路 10:55 UTC
I have updated the controls. Now it's much easier to walk around.
flavio
01. May 2014 路 12:27 UTC
that was interesting experience
I'm sending it to my shrink ^^
Danvil
01. May 2014 路 12:27 UTC
I like the psychological theme. Moving around is annoying.
tenpn
01. May 2014 路 13:14 UTC
nice artwork, good concept. would love to see it taken to its fullest.
馃帳 solkar
01. May 2014 路 15:51 UTC
@Danvil, how would you improve the controls?
flavio
02. May 2014 路 07:02 UTC
Arrow keys maybe ? Even if it's moving in diagonal, a convention could be fine like down = down left, left = down right, up = up left and left = up left ?
Or clicking somewhere he could go on his diagonal may move him n times untill the place you clicked ?

(BTW, our game works on Mavericks now :) )
馃帳 solkar
02. May 2014 路 09:02 UTC
@flavio, I implemented something like that. It's available in the post compo. Not the keyboard though.
馃帳 solkar
02. May 2014 路 13:22 UTC
@Danvil, how would you improve the controls?
pinkmonkeyhead
02. May 2014 路 21:24 UTC
The graphics are great! but the controls are not... make it playable with keyboard
Thorig
03. May 2014 路 14:55 UTC
Too bad this doesn't have audio, that would help to set the mood. If I was playing this on a table, I would like to have to press just to make the man move. Still enjoyed it.
Jupiter_Hadley
03. May 2014 路 15:12 UTC
I cant play your game because I have a windows 8. Sorry. :/
Jason Lay
13. May 2014 路 01:37 UTC
I liked the graphics a lot. Movement was very annoying.
Jezzamon
17. May 2014 路 10:02 UTC
The controls were too frustrating on my Android. It'd be nice they were explained somewhere. I assumed to tap where you wanted to move, but moving one square is very annoying. Maybe if you just tapped in the top right to move diagonally upwards it'd work better.

I couldn't get very far in it because of the dodgy control and bugginess. :/