UprightPath - It Came by uprightpath

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made by uprightpath for LD35 (JAM)
It Came- Was it from us or not?

Anyway, it's a semi-stealth based game where you play the part of a transforming monster who moves through space ships and attacks them.

Player Forms:
Sneaking- Small enough to pass through vents and the fastest form (the darker portions of the map.)
Hide- Transforms into a box that can attack (which is immobile but deals large amounts of damage when it attacks.)
Eating- Larger form that eats enemies when it attacks healing itself while dealing damage (slow, provokes attacks.)
Human- Has a ranged attack that deals a point of damage to yourself per attack (attacking may provoke attacks.)

Controls- Look at the Options in game (mostly keyboard control.)

Levels-
3 Currently, intended to do 5, to tell the story of the monster's escape.


TUTORIAL
The intent is for the player to navigate through the map performing some sort of action. The action is described in the text:
Dome: Get to the red square (It's at the opposite point of the level.)
Pod: Kill the single guard.
Shuttle: Killing all guards.

Moving
Moving is done by pressing forward and then turning with left/right. Movement doesn't create sound (unless the player is running) but might cause an enemy to see you. Vision is close to the extent of the map for a guard (much further than yours) but due to how few 'rays' I'm using they might not see you if you're in a blind spot.

Actions
Pressing A will swap which form you'll transform into next.
Holding S will cause you to swap forms after a brief 'charge' time.
Holding Z will cause you to run-- which doubles speed and causes 'noise' and may attract a guard.
Pressing X will attempt to attack if ready; hitting an object will cause sound. Hitting a guard will deal damage to them (For the 'Hide' form this is currently buggy due to 'range' considerations.)
Holding X will attack as soon as the attack option is ready.

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1754
Overall(Jam) 2.44 1138
Fun(Jam) 2.00 1142
Graphics(Jam) 2.41 990
Innovation(Jam) 2.06 1093
Theme(Jam) 2.81 881

Feedback

Drkr
19. Apr 2016 · 04:23 UTC
It's not opening, I tried opening it with .bat file as well. Nothing happens.
Fierceshadow
20. Apr 2016 · 00:22 UTC
Get stuck at the start screen
Jadernak
20. Apr 2016 · 00:34 UTC
Some sort of tutorial would be helpful :)
allstar602
20. Apr 2016 · 00:43 UTC
Interesting concept. I tried to transform multiple times but it would only let me turn into the eating guy. Maybe I missed something. Has potential to be great, needs some more polish :)
TeamScripta
20. Apr 2016 · 01:41 UTC
Good start, It could use some more work though.
starpixie
20. Apr 2016 · 04:16 UTC
"you died."

But nice dynamic lighting.
wg_phancock
20. Apr 2016 · 05:04 UTC
Took awhile to figure out how to play.
Drkr
20. Apr 2016 · 06:35 UTC
Glad you got it up and running. Intriguing mechanics, although it was a little hard to read the text sometimes.
11Schotter
30. Apr 2016 · 23:23 UTC
I like the flashlight graphics - but the gameplay is a bit slow in my opinion.