Gopherthing Transformation by dcRfj15

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made by dcRfj15 for LD35 (COMPO)
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Requires the Love2D runtime version [0.10.1]
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EDIT: Added the background music source file into the source download (executable file remains the same as the original upload).

You must escape from the glaring watch of the Robo-Guards.
Good thing that you have the power of shapeshifting on your side.

You can jump over missing tiles in the level with [SPACE].
You can temporarily transform into a fire hydrant using [LEFT SHIFT] to avoid detection from the Robo-Guards (be careful, they will become suspicious after a couple seconds).

Controls:
[WASD] Keys
[Space] to jump
[Left Shift] to transform

Made in 48 hours for the Compo using
- Love2D
- Lua
- Tiled Map Editor
- Gimp
- Bfxr (www.bfxr.net)
- BeepBox (www.beepbox.co)
- Atom editor (w/ Love-ide plugin)

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1160
Overall 2.92 704
Audio 2.95 350
Fun 3.04 522
Graphics 2.96 497
Humor 2.81 259
Innovation 2.68 723
Mood 2.90 490
Theme 3.24 550

Feedback

Marsouin
18. Apr 2016 · 13:58 UTC
Good game !
HolyBlackCat
18. Apr 2016 · 14:21 UTC
Isn't it possible to make a standalone executable?
Goutye
18. Apr 2016 · 15:01 UTC
https://i.gyazo.com/c43a551a71d47b0da3c2635656efead3.png Which version do I need?
rnlf
18. Apr 2016 · 15:06 UTC
I encountered some bugs, one of them seems to be gamebreaking for me :-(

First, the font rendering seems to be scaled up for me (LÖVE 0.10.1 on Linux), so I couldn't read the second description that explains how to disguise and had to check the entry page.

The second one is more serious though, for some reason, in the first (?) jumping level, one of the guards always detects me, even if I've been disguised all the time. I even restart the level completely disguised in that case...
zugende
18. Apr 2016 · 15:15 UTC
The scaling is a bit weird, but I love how I can transform into an fireplug. :D:D:D
🎤 dcRfj15
18. Apr 2016 · 17:55 UTC
@Goutye - I used version 0.10.1. I just looked at the reference pages and unfortunately I used some functions exclusive to 0.10... whoops. Next time I will be more careful about which functions I use

@rnlf - The first issue is probably a problem with my game's text rendering system. I rushed it in the last few hours, so it is probably a little buggy :/. I don't know if I fully understand the second problem, but I *think* that it is related to the game not correctly presenting the opening text for that level. (As said by the opening text that the game failed to display) The disguise will protect you from being seen by the guards, but only temporarily. My *assumption* based off of what you said is that you were disguised for more than a couple of seconds and the guards caught you and restarted the level. I am going to update the entry page with more info, in case the game's text acts weird for others.

Thank you all for your feedback!
Xanjos
19. Apr 2016 · 21:31 UTC
Interesting concept but pretty difficult. The player character probably slides around a bit too much especially if you transform whilst moving (sometimes it's a bit of a hindrance but other times you can actually use it to your advantage).
josefnpat
21. Apr 2016 · 06:52 UTC
Neat idea! I like how you become a fire hydrant!

The physics were a bit wonky, and the screen size was a bit odd. Still fun though!
janiq
21. Apr 2016 · 10:29 UTC
HI, i like the idea of the stealth game. I would make the enemies to turn arround with more angles of freedom because now i am not sure in which moment they are going to see me and i died a lot because of this. Also the jumping using physics was really hard, i ended up falling out of the screen a lot. Other than that music and turning into hydrant was very nice.
Freank
21. Apr 2016 · 16:50 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Yumeito
27. Apr 2016 · 21:05 UTC
Nice simple game:)
thedashdude
30. Apr 2016 · 01:35 UTC
The first stealth game I've seen, and I liked it. My main problem is how slippery the character was, which combined with the jumping made it almost impossible to beat the first level with jumping.
jonask
30. Apr 2016 · 18:27 UTC
The player slid a bit too much for me to be able to complete the game.
charstar56
01. May 2016 · 23:40 UTC
nice! i liked it!
notime4games
07. May 2016 · 17:28 UTC
Nice game overall. Controls were unnecessarily slippery in my opinion. Game mechanics worked ok. Game loop was good

(Would have appreciated if you made separate zip files with the love stuff included so I didn't have to figure out myself what to do to run the game. Would probably also increase your ratings.)
methylenblub
07. May 2016 · 20:35 UTC
nice game and cute graphics
lanestp
08. May 2016 · 16:41 UTC
Good game. The only issue I ran into was for some reason only my left shift worked. Made the whole thing kind of awkward. I still had fun!