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One Last Chance by dr_soda

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made by dr_soda for LD24 (JAM)
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EDIT - The .apk works best on Tablets, or on
phones running ICS or higher. Mostly it's
a matter of screen size, but
also of performance.
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From the Recursive Frog team ::

What if one day a mysterious person sent you an app on your smartphone that lets you peer into the past, and put right what went wrong? Your relationship with your girlfriend has devolved significantly over time. Would it be possible to evolve it into something better?

:NOTE: Once you see the "Force Close" screen after visiting the past, it means the scenario is complete.

FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT, download the .apk and play as a person using a smartphone while you, yourself, are using a tablet such as the Nexus 7. STAND UP AND TURN YOURSELF AROUND to look around the scene, just like the character in the game is doing.

For the time being, the apk is hosted on my own site.
I'll push it to Google Play once I can convince Unity to sign with my keystore.

The game is short, not complete, but open-ended and a huge mind trip. Play around as much as you want.

Android (.apk) http://www.recursivefrog.com/onelastchance/apk/OneMoreChance.apk
Web (Unity) http://www.recursivefrog.com/onelastchance
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=8342

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.25 96
Audio(Jam) 2.00 188
Fun(Jam) 2.68 165
Graphics(Jam) 3.73 73
Humor(Jam) 2.48 108
Innovation(Jam) 4.16 3
Mood(Jam) 3.13 77
Theme(Jam) 2.30 188

Feedback

pardue
28. Aug 2012 路 02:08 UTC
Wow, this is such a cool concept. There are still a few kinks to be worked out I think, I walked through the front door into an eternal free fall... Really great idea though, I'll have to check it out on my girlfriends Nexus 7 tomorrow.
馃帳 dr_soda
28. Aug 2012 路 02:13 UTC
Huh, I could have sworn I'd closed that door off before I pushed it up to the web. Hope it's not against the spirit of the rules to double check that and patch it up..
benderbinary
28. Aug 2012 路 03:40 UTC
This is brilliant!
hamster_mk_4
28. Aug 2012 路 03:56 UTC
The game hung once on the post start loading phase. It worked on the second try. This was in interesting use of the render to texture tool.
axcho
28. Aug 2012 路 03:57 UTC
Great concept, I enjoyed the change of perspective - didn't quite see the connection to "evolution" though... Navigating the rooms was a bit clumsy, especially without the ability to back up.

Cool to see a more storytelling-focused approach pay off. Nice. :)
2Creative
28. Aug 2012 路 03:59 UTC
I liked the look of the game. I did not like the movement of the character.
johnfn
28. Aug 2012 路 04:05 UTC
This seems really cool, but after we arrange where to go next there seems to be nothing else to do except repeat the scenario. Did I miss anything?
馃帳 dr_soda
28. Aug 2012 路 04:11 UTC
johnfn : You missed nothing. This was what we managed to get through in the allotted time. The game deserves a really detailed post-mortem, but more than that it deserves post-compo work.
r3d5
28. Aug 2012 路 05:29 UTC
Super cool! I would really like to see more of this. The concept of using your phone as a magic lens was a very cool idea. Loved it.
johnfn
28. Aug 2012 路 08:41 UTC
Alright. It's a great idea, and I'd be excited to see it developed more!
eyehawk
28. Aug 2012 路 12:06 UTC
Quite an interesting concept - I was hooked by the mysterious setup. However after I talked to that lady, I couldn't figure out what to do next...
Krobill
28. Aug 2012 路 23:05 UTC
The begining of something with potential.
DevoreUK
28. Aug 2012 路 23:07 UTC
Nice idea. I'd love to see it on the phone I'll give it a shot later. You should definitely keep working on it, I'm very interested in how it turns out.
imef
28. Aug 2012 路 23:16 UTC
I love the concept! With a tiny bit of polish, It would be awesome!
mes
29. Aug 2012 路 05:41 UTC
Interesting concept, but ultimately it was a bit too vague for me. I liked exploring the house, but I felt the smartphone part was a bit odd -- I'm left wondering why you chose to make a 3d game have a dating flashback sim text adventure?

I played it on the web, but it sounds like the android turning around would be neat to try.

Anyway, good work.
Benjamin
29. Aug 2012 路 07:09 UTC
I tried to bring her back the book but it didnt change the dialogs... Is there more content than this ? Anyway, I Think your game idea is gold and deserve more work than a 72h jam. I regret I dont possess smartphone to use it at its full potential.
Kinokochan
29. Aug 2012 路 23:42 UTC
Short but sweet, and a really cool concept! The environment models were also very impressive considering the short time frame.

I would love to see a post-compo version some time, because this is just too interesting not to follow up on! :D
alvivar
30. Aug 2012 路 06:21 UTC
Awesome concept/idea!
Switchbreak
30. Aug 2012 路 06:27 UTC
Really interesting idea. I couldn't seem to pick up the newspaper which it seemed like I needed so I got stuck, but I like the concept.
darkshadow
30. Aug 2012 路 15:04 UTC
Interesting concept, this has potential. At first I didn't get what the force close was about, I thought I had made some sort of mistake. Then once you reload the app it goes really weird, like your still holding the books (which you can drop). Add some more story and fix the bugs and this will be awesome!
DalsGames
31. Aug 2012 路 14:24 UTC
Cool game, some bugs but very well done for just 72 hours! :D
mohammad
01. Sep 2012 路 01:12 UTC
reminds me of facade
feyleaf
01. Sep 2012 路 02:14 UTC
This was really cool. I ran it on my Droid Pro, which is a little outdated and has crummy screen resolution. Due to other hardware problems, the scene kept flipping around and jumping, but I'll assume my character was just drunk.
But seriously, the game seems like a solid start to something that could work well. It's interesting to be on the phone on a game on my phone!
馃帳 dr_soda
01. Sep 2012 路 02:43 UTC
Feyleaf : it is unfortunately a problem common to moto droids. My droid 3 has similar issues. I have a solution but it will make the rotation a bit less smooth on the current set of devices on which it works super nicely.

I won't leave us droid owners out in the cold post compo :)
eli
01. Sep 2012 路 09:10 UTC
Very, very cool concept. Using the phone to "see" what was in the room was refreshing and quite creepy. As mentioned in other comments, the movement was extremely frustrating. Also I'm glad I read the other comments before trying every possible permutation of the dialog trying to "fix" the past when it cannot be fixed =)
shinD
04. Sep 2012 路 10:31 UTC
Very cool concept, I think you really could do something with this. Nice visuals too, the clean textures work well. Few technical issues though
Zener
04. Sep 2012 路 11:47 UTC
Very innovative idea and nice visuals. Could become a full game for WiiU.
RobProductions
06. Sep 2012 路 21:53 UTC
Really great idea, however there's a few bugs (like the fact that in one "world" you go through things) and it needs a proper ending as well, but otherwise well done!
Dark Acre Jack
10. Sep 2012 路 05:10 UTC
There is a ton of stuff going on here. So much content for such a short dev period, really really well done.

Hope you take this to a full release.
pansapiens
15. Sep 2012 路 23:48 UTC
Whoa ! You are messing with my head ! Love the 'completely augmented reality' thing.
KevinWorkman
16. Sep 2012 路 22:30 UTC
Wow. This really blew my mind. It was extra creepy because a coffee table in the game was placed exactly where it was in my living room. GET OUT OF MY BRAIN. I can't wait to see what else you come up with.
Puzzlem00n
16. Sep 2012 路 23:50 UTC
That screenshot of the description of the magazine... Can you not do that in the unity version or something? I don't know.

Basically, I like what's here. It's a pretty cool concept, even if I don't get to see it on a tablet all augmenty-like.
馃帳 dr_soda
17. Sep 2012 路 00:09 UTC
Puzzlem00n : It's been a while since I touched the webplayer version, but I think what happens there is that you can't actually get close enough to "touch" the magazine without the ability to pivot the camera down, which you can't do in the webplayer. I can't say it's something I'll spend much time on, as I'm focused on the mobile version.

Kevin: I was hoping you wouldn't notice that I took the blueprints from your house. ;)

Dark Acre: I'm workin' on it. :)
timtipgames
17. Sep 2012 路 07:11 UTC
Very nice concept! I love the recursive phone in a phone(tablet) concept. The font was a little hard to read on my transformer (tf101). When I was playing this for the first time I was sitting in the waiting room of a doctor I was about to see. After turning around a bit, I decided to better play this at home. People were already looking at me as if I was crazy (or came from the future). Again: Virtual augmented reality is a pretty nice idea! Keep up the good work!
iandioch
17. Sep 2012 路 18:51 UTC
Interesting concept. Unfortunately it couldn't pick up the accelerometers on my phone (Android 2.2 "Froyo") so I had to play the web version, which was undoubtedly not ideal.

There were a few glitches (Em kept restarting talking to me when she had went to get the drinks, and she was occasionally invisible and/or teleported to next to the fridge.

Also, I picked up the book, and then couldn't put it down anywhere...

But I think this is promising. It wasn't perfect, but it has potential.