Crab by Mayto
So here's Crab, my little game for the Ludum Dare #24!
Don't expect a lot of gameplay here, the goal was mainly to create a strong and odd atmosphere - the game's pretty short too. The link with the theme may be hard to find, but it's there!
You play as a red bubble, which keeps corrupting houses it lives in.
About the controls, they're pretty simple:
- Use the mouse to move the red bubble
- Use left click to interact
- Use F to toggle fullscreen
- Use Q to quit
I finished it about 10 minutes before the deadline, and ported it to Windows afterwhile. I had various issues with my compiler and SFML 1.6... So I had to adapt the code for the 2.0RC version. The source code is a real mess by the way! I'll probably upload an extended version on my website - mainly to clean the code, and add various elements I hadn't the time to include.
For the tools:
- SFML (Graphics)
- OpenAL (Sounds)
- The Gimp (Art)
- LMMS (Musics / Sounds)
I hope you'll enjoy the game!
Don't expect a lot of gameplay here, the goal was mainly to create a strong and odd atmosphere - the game's pretty short too. The link with the theme may be hard to find, but it's there!
You play as a red bubble, which keeps corrupting houses it lives in.
About the controls, they're pretty simple:
- Use the mouse to move the red bubble
- Use left click to interact
- Use F to toggle fullscreen
- Use Q to quit
I finished it about 10 minutes before the deadline, and ported it to Windows afterwhile. I had various issues with my compiler and SFML 1.6... So I had to adapt the code for the 2.0RC version. The source code is a real mess by the way! I'll probably upload an extended version on my website - mainly to clean the code, and add various elements I hadn't the time to include.
For the tools:
- SFML (Graphics)
- OpenAL (Sounds)
- The Gimp (Art)
- LMMS (Musics / Sounds)
I hope you'll enjoy the game!
Ratings
| Coolness | 59% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.30 | 203 |
| Audio | 4.21 | 3 |
| Fun | 2.50 | 515 |
| Graphics | 4.17 | 36 |
| Humor | 1.35 | 600 |
| Innovation | 2.97 | 320 |
| Mood | 4.10 | 7 |
| Theme | 2.18 | 625 |
./crab: error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-window.so.1.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I love the graphics and the sound effects.
Very good job!
I got same problem. OpenSUSE_64bit
I just don't see the connection to the theme at all...
@axcho: There is a strong connnection with the theme, but I agree that it isn't that obvious!
I won't explain it here though, since I think this would ruin the game.
@KHANanaphone: What do you mean by sarcastic?
Bon jeu , merci !
The controls definitely left a lot to be desired. I kinda wished instead of having to move to an object to get the "tooltip" at the bottom, it just appeared when I moused over, and I could then click the object and the bubble would move there then on his own. You can say it's nitpicky, but I almost stopped playing just because I got tired of watching him bobble around only to move to something unimportant. It would've been a real shame not to complete the game, because I actually liked this entry.
Overall, awesome job. You went off on a limb and did something you weren't sure if people would like or not, and for that I respect you. Not sure that I think an entry like this deserves to win, but it was a powerful experience for something made in 48 hours. The ending was great.