{"author_link":"\/author\/taro\/","author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","comments":[{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:41am","epoch":1461033360,"text":"Really cool idea!! It could have used more time to fully develop but you did remarkably well. The cutout effect is really well done and it's fun to use the camera to "reveal" more of the level."},{"author_name":"tppr2046","author_uid":"20432","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:44am","epoch":1461033540,"text":"Great concept!! Love the idea, please continue to make it as a product. I want to buy it!!"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:15am","epoch":1461035400,"text":"@Evergreen Games: Ahaha! Yeah, I was very short on time. If you want the full story, there was a hackathon going on at the same location, and the same time I usually organize the Ludum Dare real-world meeting. So I was pulled right and left with Unity VR questions, and really difficult ones to boot. Anyway, it's amazing I got anything done, really."},{"author_name":"AnaGF","author_uid":"56020","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:56am","epoch":1461052260,"text":"Awesome game. Please develop it further!"},{"author_name":"MeritLeave","author_uid":"91661","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:01am","epoch":1461052560,"text":"Wow, this is really novel! I dig the idea of being stuck on a different plane of existence like this. It's kind of mind-bending to play, and you could do a lot of interesting puzzles with lots of moving parts! I really hope this gets expanded into something larger in scope. Great work!"},{"author_name":"Baknik","author_uid":"22088","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:11am","epoch":1461053160,"text":"Interesting idea! It is a bit difficult to see where you're going. Also, the acceleration on the camera movement makes the controls a bit frustrating to use."},{"author_name":"serp","author_uid":"86299","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:15am","epoch":1461053400,"text":"That's a pretty awesome concept."},{"author_name":"APantaloni","author_uid":"92148","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:27am","epoch":1461054120,"text":"Very interesting concept! Nice visual effect for the main character. Cool game."},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:35am","epoch":1461054600,"text":"Wow, what a cool idea! The cutout effect was well done. I could see a very cool full game come out of this idea, no problem.\r\rThere were a couple areas where the two "worlds" were the exactly the same and it was hard to judge jumping distances since you couldn't see the character at all. I think some play testing to find those areas and adding more variation of textures could fix that."},{"author_name":"02fc.exe","author_uid":"18626","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:25am","epoch":1461057600,"text":"This game is breaking my brain"},{"author_name":"ObsessiveNotion","author_uid":"92905","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:14am","epoch":1461060540,"text":"Very interesting concept! I have no idea how you achieved that effect but it is what made this game what it is!"},{"author_name":"codeartisticninja","author_uid":"90061","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1461088020,"text":"Really cool concept! It took me a while to fully figure out what was going on and didn't really know where I was supposed to go, but a lot of potential to be had.. :)"},{"author_name":"omlette.du.fromage","author_uid":"92371","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1461092460,"text":"Really nice concept, using the camera as mechanics. Also, nice music. Feels very Anime-Urban.\r\rWhat I felt was immersion-breaking, though, was that the crowds and the sterile test chamber-like (I'm thinking Portal) environment with all the huge blocks and buttons didn't quite mix, so at the end it seemed like it wasn't important that the protagonist was a human girl or that the crowds were crowds, I would just play the game mechanically.\r\rStill, the puzzles were interesting and fun. Kind of felt like a mix between the block pushing in a Zelda game and the different kind of thinking that Portal requires."},{"author_name":"sndr","author_uid":"90735","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1461094200,"text":"Interesting idea! It's quite impressive that you were able to do all that in those 72 hours, with all those other things going on around you.\rSometimes it was kinda hard to see where I was going, though, hehe."},{"author_name":"pirate_shell","author_uid":"56787","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1461100920,"text":"This is a brilliant little showcase for a very strong concept. I love the idea of it! I believe that with enough time and development this can be a triple A game some day. Fantastic job!"},{"author_name":"Polyknight_+_dragonGlitch","author_uid":"29173","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1461109200,"text":"Tons of good things here - cool idea to layer the shaders like that, to unveil things you haven't seen before. The menu and levels of content and tutorial all speak of a person who has done a few game jams before.\r\rI highly recommend continuing on this idea, and finding a few 3d artists along the way to expand on what you have. Could be really cool with a vaporwave color pallete. Thanks for doing the stream on twitch. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1461109260,"text":"Very innovative !"},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:20am","epoch":1461118500,"text":"@Omita Games yeah I've seen your games and stream in the past and I saw the post about the vr thing. Hope you are streaming this year!"},{"author_name":"subpixel","author_uid":"66707","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:33am","epoch":1461119280,"text":"Really nice work, it started becoming second nature looking around the level through the keyhole for new features. There were a few places where it wasn't super clear to me what the form was on the other side, but experimentation always yielded the answer.\r\rIt would be great to try this out with really disparate, detailed scenes on both sides of the divide. Would it still read, or do you think you need these simple planes and clear colors to disambiguate the view?"},{"author_name":"mikeware","author_uid":"272","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:33am","epoch":1461137280,"text":"Amazing graphical effects. Understanding the environment of what was invisible at times was a little challenging, especially with the people wondering around.\r\rCurious about where to see this going in the future."},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1461242820,"text":"Whoa, this is super trippy. Really cool mechanic. Finding switches and crawlspaces was especially interesting; with the platforming i usually found it easier to just feel my way through it. Interested to see how you could expand it further. Great work!"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1461274920,"text":"This is amazing! 5\/5"},{"author_name":"Hempuli","author_uid":"491","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1461279480,"text":"Amazing concept! The platforming physics were a bit awkward but that didn't matter most of the time. Some really sweet ideas here and I could definitely see this turned into a "full" game! Good work."},{"author_name":"calzep","author_uid":"24878","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 4:09am","epoch":1461297840,"text":"really neat idea, never seen or could imagine something like this before. Definitely innovative"},{"author_name":"bytegrove","author_uid":"11939","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1461351960,"text":"Really cool idea! Unfortunately I think it crashed when I crouched."},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1461353580,"text":"@bytegrove Is that the webGL having the problem? If so, does the PC\/Mac\/Linux versions work any better?"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1461356400,"text":"Woah this concept is trippy. Extremely clever how you achieved that effect. Annoyingly my mouse pointer wouldn't lock to the screen so controlling the camera felt awkward, but I really enjoyed playing the first few levels!"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 11:25am","epoch":1461410400,"text":"Wow, this is such an original concept! I really like this game. A little confusing, but very interesting!"},{"author_name":"SpringCabal","author_uid":"52862","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 4:39am","epoch":1461472440,"text":"A really great idea and implementation as well.\rI wish my character had a slightly different animation when she was pushing crates, as there's no real indication otherwise.\r\rI think the choice of music and having crowds of people walking around was a good way to set the tone of the game, giving a hint to the player that it's a completely safe puzzle\/explore game."},{"author_name":"fin_nolimit","author_uid":"86340","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 1:34am","epoch":1461547740,"text":"That was a cool idea!!! It would be nice to see this one as a full game! Nice work!!!"},{"author_name":"seitnerk","author_uid":"90878","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 8:50am","epoch":1461573900,"text":"Wow great concept!! :)"},{"author_name":"Nomys_Tempar","author_uid":"44631","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 9:28am","epoch":1461576180,"text":"Nice polished game, really fun to play !"},{"author_name":"ijona","author_uid":"89781","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1461612000,"text":"Wow! The mechanics is definitely interesting. It seems to me that mood could less joyful and more mysterious in such a game. But maybe it would be a different game then:)"},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1461615900,"text":"very cool concept and the puzzles are really fun. keep it up!"},{"author_name":"LukeZaz","author_uid":"36267","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 3:52am","epoch":1461642420,"text":"Bit difficult to see the character, but the mechanic was really interesting and fun to work with, and the levels were all on an even enough difficulty to make it fun without being too easy. Oh, and the music was excellent!"},{"author_name":"knason","author_uid":"65229","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1461694560,"text":"Great concept! very out of the ordinary. I really liked the audio it really added to the mood. I hope you keep on working on this. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Fabraz","author_uid":"50665","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1461697380,"text":"Very interesting concept! Hard to wrap your mind around. The music feels very Naruto-esque, shame it doesn't translate to the visuals. That being said, a fantastic concept with pretty good polish in terms of implementation! (Even got a tutorial!) Awesome stuff guys!"},{"author_name":"mike.cullingham","author_uid":"49890","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 1:57am","epoch":1461721920,"text":"Neat idea. Great accomplishment getting this innovative tech done for the Jam."},{"author_name":"BitDare","author_uid":"91893","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 3:44am","epoch":1461728340,"text":"This game is so beautiful. The gameplay is innovative and fun. And the Mood felt amazing."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1461773700,"text":"Cool idea. The various layers and how they inverted visibility was a bit disorienting but I got through in the end. Nice."},{"author_name":"SHLFStudios","author_uid":"20984","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1461862680,"text":"very nifty idea, but also really confusing. guess i would like to see more visual contrast between the two dimensions"},{"author_name":"medidog","author_uid":"89905","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1461877800,"text":"It is definitely an innovative idea, but it was not fun with the current game mechanics."},{"author_name":"WERT Studio","author_uid":"55091","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1461933840,"text":"Cool idea but i dont like the game it just feels strange"},{"author_name":"BSODDevTeam","author_uid":"44628","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1461956100,"text":"Amazing concept! I think you can get this somewhere and it'll be the best to see on market."},{"author_name":"Aaranos","author_uid":"51253","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1461967920,"text":"I don't feel like the audio added to it. Interesting mechanic with the way you have to look around."},{"author_name":"zondarg","author_uid":"92506","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 1:01am","epoch":1461977760,"text":"Very interesting idea, the cutout effect is very special. For some reason I got stuck in midair twice, but entertaining nevertheless :D"},{"author_name":"Frederika and Patrick","author_uid":"89951","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1462041120,"text":"This is a really cool idea and was very well executed."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1462045920,"text":"Pretty interesting puzzle platformer. I really liked the silhouette\/cut-out effects."},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 6:53am","epoch":1462517280,"text":"Cool idea! \r\rI would suggest to add some helpers to help player locate himself, and the lighting is a little dark."},{"author_name":"Brightstar","author_uid":"46680","time":"May 7, 2016 @ 3:08am","epoch":1462590180,"text":"Nice. -_^"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 1:49am","epoch":1462671840,"text":"Very polished, with a very unique concept.\rI didn't see the theme, but that's not a big deal.\rYou should have added a fullscreen for the emebed game though."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1462721100,"text":"Really clever concept! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/IgqbHpL7wxo"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1462737660,"text":"@TheCain: I didn't add fullscreen due to the code not accommodating for changing screen sizes. Perhaps at some point, I'll add the code in, but it would have to be a post-compo entry."},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1462744380,"text":"Awesome game concept, great idea with the camera layering effects. I hope you take this game further!"},{"author_name":"geekguy100","author_uid":"76055","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 1:15am","epoch":1462756200,"text":"Very interesting and unique. Cool game! I'm glad you added in a tutorial!"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1462826100,"text":"HOLY CRAP! This is really really amazing Taro! Platforming segments felt strangely good (with the combination of 3D and semi-visible character, I was really worried about it :P) and the concept is super interesting! Might be one of my favorite games from you! Good work!!"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"May 10, 2016 @ 12:07am","epoch":1462838520,"text":"@01010111 Many thanks!"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"May 10, 2016 @ 12:08am","epoch":1462838580,"text":"@01010111 Oh, yeah, I made the character extra-floaty, figuring the platforming was going to be hard for most people. Glad you liked it!"}],"images":["ld35\/20557-167e0a6ef8738977af880447cc95b20e.jpg","ld35\/20557-4123682948a9281bff6772d72fb7668b.jpg","ld35\/20557-8f9ba462c17a0bcd3aecb19f26f71289.jpg","ld35\/20557-270d0cf66f638186a42919bcaf1cefbd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/through-oneself\/142011","text":"GameJolt (Windows, OSX, Linux)"},{"url":"https:\/\/omiyagames.itch.io\/through-oneself","text":"Itch.io (Windows, OSX, Linux)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/673587","text":"Newgrounds (WebGL)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/OmiyaGames\/Through-Oneself","text":"Kongregate (WebGL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/OmiyaGames\/ludum-dare-35","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2305","g_author":"20557","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"2242","g_title":"Through Oneself","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"341","g_commentcount":"58","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/20557-shot0-1461030483.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/20557-shot1-1461030710.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/20557-shot2-1461031129.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/20557-shot3-1461030834.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A lone woman finds herself stuck in-between two dimensions, and only you can help! Guide this person to salvation using environmental cues and your own smarts. Through Oneself is a unique puzzle-platformer where your character itself reveals a new hidden world. Use the visual cues in both the real and hidden to navigate through this treacherous world!\r\n\r\nControls: \r\n* WASD to move \r\n* Space to jump \r\n* Left-Ctrl to crouch and crawl \r\n* Move the mouse to look around \r\n* Use mouse scroll-wheel to zoom in and out\r\n* Esc to pause\r\n\r\nNote: a 3-button mouse (mouses with scroll wheels) vastly improves the game, but is not necessary to play.\r\n\r\nConfused? Here's a big hint! Your character can only interact with what's visible inside of her silhouette. So use that scroll wheel to zoom in and take a closer look at what the invisible world looks like!\r\n\r\nCreated in: \r\n* Engine: Unity \r\n* Graphics: a combination of Unity Standard Assets, Unity-chan (Candy Rock version) and Autodesk's free Character Generator. \r\n* Music: GarageBand, something I made a few days ago\r\n* Sound Effects: Unity Standard Assets and BFXR\r\n* Font: Fira-Sans by Mozilla\r\n\r\nThe team:\r\n* Taro Omiya (yup, only me!)\r\n\r\nThis game is funded through Patreon. Many thanks to the following:\r\n* Adam R. Vierra\r\n* Joshua Jennings\r\n* XanderHD\r\n* Tommy Pedersen\r\n* Jacob Clark\r\n\r\nMade in Tech Valley Game Space!\r\n\r\nEdit Logs\r\n#1: Attempted to upload a WebGL build. Doesn't play music on Chrome, and Firefox indicates security errors.\r\n#2: Took down the WebGL build. Need to look into more further, but when I'm not sleep-deprived.\r\n#3: Added hint for people who were confused with the game. I admit, I'm generally hands-off in explaining core concepts of the game.\r\n#4: Re-organizing description a bit, adding WebGL build created by Unity Cloud, and more hosting websites.\r\n#5: Actual changes made to the executables (but nothing gameplay related). Enabling the Quit button to exit from the game. These builds will be marked with a v1.0.1 version number.","title":"Through Oneself"}