Hrytz's Sunday by ezolotko

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made by ezolotko for LD28 (COMPO)
Walk around your village to see how you can spend Sunday.
Use arrow keys to move, Enter to use items.

The game was made using C++, Visual Studio, SDL, Tiled, Paint.NET, Pickle, Sunvox and Bfxr.
I used my open sourced "base code" called Bleed which can be found here: https://bitbucket.org/ezolotko/bleed.
The repository includes my "Attribute Blocks Editor" - a ZX Spectrum-like art creation tool. It was also used for the game art.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.76 702
Audio 2.38 561
Fun 2.43 779
Graphics 2.94 493
Humor 2.48 395
Innovation 2.42 795
Mood 3.09 291
Theme 1.89 947

Feedback

TheLemonKing
15. Dec 2013 路 16:58 UTC
D:
ColonierGames
15. Dec 2013 路 22:30 UTC
I have to say, I absolutely love it! I love this graphical style, I took a look at the "engine" code(Bleed) and it looks pretty neat.
There are SOME issues however: I think you could've done a better character thing and the movement is tile based, but should should be done smoothly, because it's weird with the motorcycle sprite and the man sprite. As soon as I can rate I will rate it, but it looks very good to me!
:)
ColonierGames
15. Dec 2013 路 22:31 UTC
Also, I'm going to start learning C++ in the close future, could I take your code, understand it and base my own engine on some of its features?
馃帳 ezolotko
16. Dec 2013 路 01:31 UTC
@ColonierGames Thanks, about the character sprites and the tiles movement - I did it partially on purpose to better mimic ZX Spectrum. But the characters could look better, you are right.
About the code, of course you are welcome to use it :D
Somfunambulist
16. Dec 2013 路 05:48 UTC
Love the enormous map, and the graphical look of the game
kewry
16. Dec 2013 路 12:20 UTC
Apart from the graphics hurting my eyes and they do look great, I loved it
Suese
16. Dec 2013 路 12:27 UTC
Those glitchy graphics are a real eye-sore, but it brings me back to a time when I'd type cd\hrytz then hrytz.com and get a glitchy weird game with no explanation, wondering if it's supposed to look/sound that way or if that's just some kind of compatibility layer.

If nostalgia was a category you'd get 5. Unfortunately your game kinda gave me a headache.
lincore
16. Dec 2013 路 12:29 UTC
If I had to describe the game in one word I'd probably go with "interesting". The music, eye bleeding inducing graphics and gameplay blend together in a somewhat psychedelic mix, creating suspense. I finished the game, but can only assume what actually happened. I think that is good :~) For what it is, I think it's well done.
background_nose
16. Dec 2013 路 12:36 UTC
Not sure I really get it. I found an ending by talking to a man, other than that I was a bit directionless. The sound was kinda abrasive to my ears, I had to mute it with the bike sounds.

You have a strong graphical theme and stuck to it well. But it's not for me.

Love the size of the map though.
tiffi
16. Dec 2013 路 12:48 UTC
Didn't quite fit the theme, but you implemented a motorcycle, so i loved id!
OhFiddleDiddle
16. Dec 2013 路 12:50 UTC
I don't know what to rate you for graphics to be honest. My brain loves them, but at the same time they make my eyes burn.
You have me very conflicted, but overall I like it. :D
Jhelle
16. Dec 2013 路 12:56 UTC
I want to play this but somehow winrar won't let me extract the .exe file from the .zip :(. I't looks awesome though
OriginalBigDan
16. Dec 2013 路 13:08 UTC
The visuals took me back to the day where my dad brought home our first computer, a C64.

Couldn't find the last guy, but you get awesome points for the inclusion of a sidecar!
meek
16. Dec 2013 路 13:09 UTC
Like a fever dream, I couldn't escape it. Really great and atmospheric, though unfortunately I don't know if there was some kind of end goal, I ended up in a graveyard transfixed.

Nice job!
kyyrma
16. Dec 2013 路 13:25 UTC
The mirror doesn't work. I really want to play this, the screens look really interesting.
ShellfishGames
16. Dec 2013 路 13:30 UTC
Oh wow. My eyes... funny idea though, and it made me laugh quite a bit (even though I'm not too sure if that's intentional). :D
馃帳 ezolotko
16. Dec 2013 路 13:33 UTC
Thank you for all the responses!
@ShellfishGames - it was intentional
joserodolfofreitas
16. Dec 2013 路 13:41 UTC
At the end I found the 3 guys I was suppose to talk, but besides the exploration I don't really know if I was suppose to interact with other objects, it seemed it lack a little bit of gameplay. But I loved to explore the map with the bike and I liked the mistery created by the music, too.
I just did't get what the mistery was about, since the dialogues wasn't clear enough.


I bet it was a huge amount of work to do everything you did from scratch. Congratulations.
Marcellus
16. Dec 2013 路 13:58 UTC
http://prntscr.com/2bl24c

Graphics are very nice but they hurt eyes a bit. I still like them tho.
I like the way you spend your sunday afternoon, are you finnish or something ?
馃帳 ezolotko
16. Dec 2013 路 14:02 UTC
@Marcellus Ukrainian
DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 路 14:09 UTC
If David Lynch wrote a ZX Spectrum game, this would be it! I had an.. 'ending' with a blue bloke and no idea what was going on. Aweseome. :D
Katamori
16. Dec 2013 路 14:13 UTC
Bizarre...also, made my eyes hurt. But not bad!
turnA
16. Dec 2013 路 14:13 UTC
Looks great and unique! The gameplay a bit short and I don't quite sure the backstory/setting.
The motorcycle is awesome!
YellowLime
16. Dec 2013 路 14:34 UTC
My antivirus is giving me a (false?) positive and automatically deletes the .exe
howieV (binarygirl)
16. Dec 2013 路 14:55 UTC
loved the gfx and loved the music.. my 'other' self is saying the gfx nearly gave him a seizure and his ears are bleeding... btw i had no idea what i was supposed to be doing..good job man :)
Cbeed
16. Dec 2013 路 14:57 UTC
Sorry, but the graphics were hurting my eyes, the sound was annoying after some time driving.
I was like "WTF!?!" at the first guy but then nothing real happened until I found the second guy. Then nothing real happened until I found the graveyard I lost my bike and gave up.
The first 20 seconds of gameplay were good and I think there is potential in this "game" but it lacks content.
I also could not find the theme in this game.
Gravity Games
16. Dec 2013 路 15:11 UTC
Well, music aside, this one's actually pretty solid. For a Spectrum-esque style, the graphics for the most part actually look pretty good, and its also pretty immersive. I couldn't really make head or tails of the endings, but it was still pretty interesting. Its kind of sad the music is so out of tune though. The Spectrum was actually capable of some pretty sweet tunes if Beepola is accurate to the system. Well, at least it added to the unsettling atmosphere (assuming that's what you're going for), so that's why I rated the music higher than I normally would.
lordjosephdeburg
16. Dec 2013 路 20:32 UTC
VERY WEIRD. I like it in a kind of 'what the hell did I just play' kind of a way
Christian S.
17. Dec 2013 路 21:09 UTC
:) I really enjoyed this one
magicdweedoo
19. Dec 2013 路 02:54 UTC
whoaa
Almax27
21. Dec 2013 路 15:55 UTC
I don't even...
ChrisMingay
21. Dec 2013 路 15:55 UTC
I'd love to see a full size map of this game, the level seems huge! I find the different scroll styles intriguing, specifically when you first find the bike, it seems a bit laggy and smoother.
馃帳 ezolotko
22. Dec 2013 路 04:39 UTC
@ChrisMingay - You can open World.tmx file with Tiled and see the map "from bird's eye".
Calciumtrice
24. Dec 2013 路 18:10 UTC
Ha. This was surreal and I really liked it. Definitely nailed the Spectrum aesthetic, both in appearance and the strange, kind of inscrutable gameplay. Excellent atmosphere.

Managed to find all three endings. What a fine Sunday.
murilo
25. Dec 2013 路 16:27 UTC
What have I just played???? Hahaha I won! The motocycle was really cool! And so was its sound.
jerombd
26. Dec 2013 路 16:54 UTC
I didn't found the 3rd ending but it 's still fun to play: riding the roaring bike is cool or wandering in the graveyard... typical boring sunday into a countryside village^^
A windowed screen option could have be cool, by the way.