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Paranormal Investigator by kwmx

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made by kwmx for LD35 (JAM)
Play as a paranormal investigator, and hunt the shapeshifer. But, be careful, you only have one bullet!

The game:
There are various objects around the house, and the shapeshifter is one of them. Every one minute the shapeshifter will change his location, and will transform to another object. So you need to memorize the objects and their location in order to find him. You have only on chance if you chose the wrong object, you will lose.
-Entropy Developments
http://entropyd.com

Programming:Faisal Al-Hisan @KwMx
Art: Khaled Makshoush @5ldo0on


Music: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500065
Sound effects:
http://soundbible.com/1988-Gun-Cocking-Fast.html
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Version 2:(Post-Jam)
Some minor bugs and glitches fixed:
Linux:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82l44atpbs2bp0b/Paranormal%20Investigator%20-%20Lin.zip?dl=0
Windows v1 (Original Jam) https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3bcamqco1oa2yx/Windows.zip?dl=0
Windows v2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/azd93ba3sf2q75k/Paranormal%20Investigator%20-%20Win.zip?dl=0
OS/X v1 (Original Jam) https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pu8u3mhs7suc02/Mac.zip?dl=0
OS/X v2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8dsosagi8rmrlh/Paranormal%20Investigator%20-%20mac.zip?dl=0
Linux v1 (Original Jam) https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zbbh8n98owneun/Linux.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=56156

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.35 431
Fun(Jam) 3.27 423
Graphics(Jam) 3.35 533
Humor(Jam) 2.95 309
Innovation(Jam) 3.39 283
Mood(Jam) 3.30 382
Theme(Jam) 3.71 252

Feedback

Draft
19. Apr 2016 · 07:33 UTC
Great game. Well realized. It's a good idea.
sftrabbit
19. Apr 2016 · 07:39 UTC
Nice game! Turned out to pretty difficult (and occasionally very simple when the shapeshifter appears in a previously completely empty space). I like the idea - good work.
Somnium
19. Apr 2016 · 08:10 UTC
Nice idea, I loved the concept!

The object descriptions was a nice touch.
Mr MadCat
19. Apr 2016 · 08:15 UTC
Simple idea, but I like the realization.
PulsorHD
19. Apr 2016 · 10:09 UTC
The game seems fun, but I couldn't finish it, because when I moved graphics seemed to glitch, there were some small details that caught my notice like the giant bathtub, but it didin't ruin the gameplay. You nailed the theme, but I think the black out should happen every 30 seconds instead of 60.
DevelopTech
19. Apr 2016 · 10:12 UTC
I love the concept.

At first it seemed to me very difficult. I like also the descriptions, it was a nice touch
taviandir
19. Apr 2016 · 11:11 UTC
Difficult! After 4 attempts I still have no idea how to tell what is the shapeshifter. Maybe I'm too tired after the Jamming ^_^;
monkeybit29
19. Apr 2016 · 19:28 UTC
Ha! took me 5 blackouts to catch the little doosh, i memorized the whole house lol pretty fun
kostik1337
20. Apr 2016 · 19:28 UTC
I didn't really understood, what's happening, but playing it was really fun
Karai17
20. Apr 2016 · 23:26 UTC
Great game! You could expand this by adding more progression. :)
El Cabaro
21. Apr 2016 · 00:55 UTC
This one is pretty sweet, the mood felt perfect with the investigator's little "backstory" and the creepy music. If you ever make a sequel you could make it more horror-y as the levels progress. Cool job!
ZeroFaction
21. Apr 2016 · 01:33 UTC
All in all I like this game. It was really difficult at first because there were so many things in the level that I had to try and memorize but I did eventually notice something out of place and caught the monster!
Broxxar
21. Apr 2016 · 05:49 UTC
HE WAS THE BOX THE WHOLE TIME I KNNNNEEEWW ITTTTT
batmanasb
21. Apr 2016 · 06:33 UTC
Ha, I learned the trick! You have to count all the "groups" in each room. (ex: 2, 2, 1 or 4, 2, 1, 1) And then after the first blackout, just walk by each room to find the disturbance in the pattern[force]!

Suggestions: Some objects stand out too much, like soda in the bathroom! GTFO soda, I know who you are! So maybe try to stick to bland items that fit the theme, like another sponge or something that belongs there. Also, and more importantly, the diagonal movement is broken, which makes scanning each room before the first blackout a little hard. In other words, pressing 2 directional keys at once does something different/unpredictable for each pair of keys.

But these issues are minor for an LDJAM, and the game and concept were really great!
ZpeedTube
21. Apr 2016 · 12:18 UTC
Really like that you have to memorise everything. Reminds me a little of prop hunt, in a good way. :)
Hard at first but after a few tries I started to get the 'shape shifter' fast! :D
rjhelms
27. Apr 2016 · 22:18 UTC
Really cool! Nice take on the theme - there's been a few games that I've played so far that take things in a similar direction, but this is one of the better executions of it I've seen.

The descriptions of some of the items made me laugh - a good unexpected source of humour for sure.
zookatron
27. Apr 2016 · 23:04 UTC
Really well done! The area was just the right size to be challenging but still possible to track down the enemy. The first time I realized something that I had tracked was missing gave a great "Wait... THAT WAS THE SHAPESHIFTER!" moment! Overall very easy to learn, understand and play, great game!
CaptainPilot
27. Apr 2016 · 23:06 UTC
Enjoyed playing this a lot! Nice the way it randomises every new game so you can play repeatedly :)
marod
28. Apr 2016 · 16:12 UTC
Nice game!
Omiya Games
30. Apr 2016 · 01:29 UTC
Huh. Found this game to be pretty easy: I figured out what was the shape-shifter within one blackout on the second play-through.

I think the core concept is pretty good. Personally, I thought it was a little too simple, and could use some help extending the idea with more elements. I also wasn't a big fan of the strictly-top-down-view, as it made it harder to discern certains objects from any abstract shape. A more old-school Zelda-like perspective would have helped.

I really loved the text on each individual object. They're silly, but do a whole lot to give the game some personality. Think I got too distracted with it when I played the first time.
🎤 kwmx
30. Apr 2016 · 09:35 UTC
Hello everyone, we at Entropy Developments would like to thank you for all of your feedback. They were all helpful and motivating for us to work more on this game. We did fix some issues that were really important to us. The game might be a bit more difficult to some players. The very obvious object issues has been resolved in V2. Please do note that V1 is the jam version and rating should be based on V1. However, after you rate and would like a bit more taste of a more polished game V2 would be the answer.

Note: we estimate that around V3 everything will be polished and UI will be fixed with some more issues that we are aware of.
Steven Pinto
01. May 2016 · 08:31 UTC
Well the idea is definitely original and iI like how every item is detailed, good work on the art and music too :D
But the only thing I fell is it lacks feed back and that is a bit of a piss off :/
Overall its a good game and all the best (:
Gjarble
01. May 2016 · 20:27 UTC
Very neat! I love the concept, and the difficulty feels balanced (aside from the obvious-object problem, which you appear to have already fixed).
masterkrepta
01. May 2016 · 22:14 UTC
Really enjoyed this. I was able to find it after 3 blackouts. I loved the music, it set the mood perfectly. My only real dislike was the brown character outfit on top of the brown floor was kind of distracting, but it didn't ruin the experience for me.
cheshire
01. May 2016 · 22:25 UTC
Cool but little bug with Linux version
Khaoz_Fang
05. May 2016 · 12:59 UTC
Nice game!