Nomad by tony.pe

made by tony.pe for LD26 (JAM)

Doesn't run in IE for some reason. Try Chrome or Firefox.

An Oregon Trail like. Live a minimalist lifestyle. Keep your basic needs in harmony with items you find as you travel to join your family.

Less of a "challenge" type game in its current iteration, more of a "relax and soak in the atmosphere" type game. We had a lot of mechanics planned like random events, the ability to control your pace and have it affect your stat degradation, items breaking down after a certain amount of time, etc. We had to cut a lotttt for time.

We'll be expanding this post-LD, for sure! Thanks for checking it out. Comment and let us know what you liked and didn't like!

Sounds are from freesound.org

Music used from freemusicarchive:

Chris Zabriske - Is That You Or Are You You?
Indian Wells - South Beach

Web	http://tonyperriello.com/Nomad/index.html
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11037

Ratings

Coolness	50%	3
Overall(Jam)	2.72	434

Audio(Jam)	2.90	275
Fun(Jam)	2.00	528
Graphics(Jam)	3.44	211
Humor(Jam)	1.95	319
Innovation(Jam)	2.53	402
Mood(Jam)	3.16	202
Theme(Jam)	2.84	411

Feedback

reverso13

30. Apr 2013 · 01:37 UTC

I can't play it, I only see a white screen. I'm using Chrome.

GertJohnny

30. Apr 2013 · 01:41 UTC

I made it to the end, but my guy must have been really tired - he was running on zero sleep for the entire second half of the journey.

🎤 tony.pe

30. Apr 2013 · 01:49 UTC

Hmm, I tried with a few computers here with Chrome and it's loading for me. :/ Clear cache maybe? Do you have Firefox on hand? Sorry about that.

Galan

30. Apr 2013 · 01:54 UTC

Love the style. With some more meaningful gameplay in the there, it could be really enjoyable.

Magewalkr

30. Apr 2013 · 01:58 UTC

It was pretty good, other than I had no idea what to do with the stuff

swizzcheez

30. Apr 2013 · 02:04 UTC

Very well done. I like the non-violence of it all.

🎤 tony.pe

30. Apr 2013 · 02:05 UTC

The items are passive, picking them up is all you need to do to start using them. They affect your stats. We'll need make this clearer in future versions, thank you all for the feedback so far!

Avrec

30. Apr 2013 · 02:13 UTC

Hmm... probably doesn't help that I've never played Oregon Trail, but not knowing what any of the icons means (aside from sleep) made it rather frustrating. Also, every time I was at a settlement, I'd choose sleep, but the sleep meter never increased.

Boiúna

30. Apr 2013 · 02:23 UTC

Very good game. Transmits in a pretty good way the feeling of lonely. The sound combine with the atmosphere of the game.

captainkraft

30. Apr 2013 · 18:30 UTC

I really like your game. The art style is fun and neat and it was an interesting concept.

If you do some polish and expand on it, it could be a fun little game

🎤 tony.pe

30. Apr 2013 · 22:39 UTC

Avrec: I hear ya, the intent was to stick with a minimalist UI just enough to get certain concepts across. Parts of it are a bit too minimalist. You're not the only one to mention the sleep meter not going up, been trying to pinpoint that bug myself.

Thanks for playing and leaving feedback!

berareu

30. Apr 2013 · 23:52 UTC

I liked it! I really want to see a post-compo version with all the features you planned!

MrShoestore

01. May 2013 · 00:00 UTC

the music was a good choice, and really set nice a mood. not understanding the passive item thing did make it feel like i did not affect the game interaction wise. am interested to see what you do with it postLD

Squared Muffin

01. May 2013 · 00:52 UTC

I really didn't understand what I was supposed to do. A little intro explaining the goal would be nice.
Also, the music is a bit too repetitive in my opinion.

nddrylliog

01. May 2013 · 18:32 UTC

Very nice ambience, fun contemplative game. I didn't find much to do except choose where to put items so I did really have time to sink into the whole thing. The game is beautiful, thanks for a moment of peace and wonder.

sharbelfs

03. May 2013 · 01:07 UTC

I like the concept, works for mobile.

TheSarcastic

05. May 2013 · 19:58 UTC

HUD could use some improvements. Top map and right HUD are waay to big. Great art and music though.

Cybearg

05. May 2013 · 20:02 UTC

Very nice music and animation!

It really doesn't have much in the way of gameplay, though. If some encounters or items that would have forced you to make some sort of choice were introduced, there would have been some danger or ability to strategize involved. As it stands, you basically just agree to everything you come across and wait until you win.

Very awesome visual style, though. Glad to haer you'll be keeping it up. Music choice is nice, too.

Fnkee

05. May 2013 · 21:59 UTC

Hehe, cute game! I played it on FF without any issues. Also, good implementing of the theme!

joe40001

08. May 2013 · 02:16 UTC

Not much challenge to it. Decent mood and graphics, though.

Purplescape

20. May 2013 · 22:03 UTC

I like this game, the ending is sweet. It's an interesting screen setup with 3 frames to look between. It could use more meaningful choices/challenges. Cool style!