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An Imperative Journey by RichMakeGame

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made by RichMakeGame for LD23 (COMPO)
If you've got an older machine, try the _4WDrenderer version of the download (it won't look quite as nice unfortunately). If in doubt please try the regular download, it's only 10 meg :)

- instructions for those a bit lost!:
sorry! it's not so obvious from the first task- basically for milk follow the white line (then to the hedgehog), water the blue (then to the flower),(then upstairs), leaf the green (then to the stand-alone green plant). Then to the kitchen, off the main 'hub' room.

- Additionally: there's no pause screen, you'll need to alt-f4 to quit (or lose focus with alt-tab and close the window, if you're using windowed)

Windows http://www.redprodukt.com/GPC/AnImperativeJourney.zip
Windows_forward render http://www.redprodukt.com/GPC/AnImperativeJourney_FWDrender.zip
Web http://www.richmakegame.com/?page_id=636
Source http://www.redprodukt.com/GPC/LD23.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5541

Ratings

Coolness 22% 980
Overall 3.32 231
Audio 3.19 151
Fun 2.68 503
Graphics 4.17 34
Humor 2.37 356
Innovation 2.57 603
Mood 3.51 70
Theme 3.89 56

Feedback

naxum
23. Apr 2012 · 02:22 UTC
Oh man I LOVE your work, I'm diving in right now :)
karnakgames
23. Apr 2012 · 03:25 UTC
Since it is in Unity, please provide a Web version, you will surely get dozens additional plays (including mine, Mac user).
SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 · 03:29 UTC
Impressive!
Fireblend
23. Apr 2012 · 04:42 UTC
Nicely done! Other than a bit of movement-wonkyness, this is great!
RobProductions
23. Apr 2012 · 22:55 UTC
Looks cool, but I'm also on a Mac!
ghRibacki
23. Apr 2012 · 23:43 UTC
I loved the visual style, but the controls are imprecise and frustrating making the player lose lots of time trying to move to a place or jumping on mushrooms. I couldn't find the milk but it was nice to navigate through the tunnels. =)
samoojamies
24. Apr 2012 · 06:50 UTC
cute game :)
🎤 RichMakeGame
24. Apr 2012 · 08:05 UTC
thanks guys! I'm going to try get a web export up. This was my first time using unity and I left it till the very last minute to figure out publish settings so I only got the windows one out. Apologies for the wonky movement! It was probably a bad idea, but I decided to try make my own movement instead of using the unity default. It works nice on my machine but I think it's not correctly accounting for framerate maybe. Or some other issue, not sure yet
🎤 RichMakeGame
24. Apr 2012 · 08:41 UTC
web is up! it seems to be a much smaller download, so go for that I guess :). Not tested on mac, hope it works ok
davidllanos22
24. Apr 2012 · 09:32 UTC
I love it! But the movement is too slow! :c I think that a 3rd person view would have worked way better, anyway, well done :3
🎤 RichMakeGame
24. Apr 2012 · 10:58 UTC
if movement seems too slow, it's possible the 2nd version might help... The Web link lets you play either version
Jigxor
24. Apr 2012 · 12:33 UTC
Graphics are stunning! That was an amazing little world to run around in and explore.

I enjoyed this one :)
Mesene
24. Apr 2012 · 13:10 UTC
I enjoyed it.
with few more work it can be somethig funny, keep working on it!
uuav
24. Apr 2012 · 14:21 UTC
Control is a bit hard but I love that mood
johanp
24. Apr 2012 · 16:01 UTC
Great little world to explore in but fiddly controls made it sometimes really hard and frustrating.
NateNaterson
24. Apr 2012 · 16:42 UTC
Beautiful graphical style, fun music, but awkward controls. I found it very hard to get up to the flower using only the clothespin arrows. :(
blob
24. Apr 2012 · 17:50 UTC
Very cute world ! ...but hard to play on an azerty keyboard. If jumping could be done with right click it would make it easier.
blob
24. Apr 2012 · 17:51 UTC
Oh wait nevermind you can edit controls with unity's input >_>
andyrofl
24. Apr 2012 · 18:04 UTC
That music is great. But I have no idea where to find the milk. Still had fun roaming the tunnels though.
NoLan Labs
24. Apr 2012 · 18:11 UTC
This game looks amazing! I had a lot of fun exploring, but eventually quit because I didn't know where to go. If someone could give a hint as to where that milk is hidden.. I'd love to keep playing it.
🎤 RichMakeGame
24. Apr 2012 · 18:52 UTC
sorry! it's not so obvious from the first task- basically for milk follow the white line (then to the hedgehog), water the blue (then to the flower),(then upstairs), leaf the green (then to the stand-alone green plant)
Nocturne
24. Apr 2012 · 19:09 UTC
Hmmm... Seems I'm the only one that didn't really like this I'm afraid. I didn't like the graphics, I didn't like the lack of sound effects, and the movement seemed awkward. Sorry, but this really wasn't my cup of tea...
SusanTheCat
24. Apr 2012 · 21:50 UTC
I'm not a fan of anything that involves jumping. I found it too difficult to jump from mushroom to mushroom.
Pavel Dlouhy
24. Apr 2012 · 22:04 UTC
I'm Sorry, I was not able to figure out how to use objects.
Nolan C
24. Apr 2012 · 23:48 UTC
I just didn't realize you could bounce on those mushrooms, after I figured that out the game was a lot of fun. One of the better games I've seen on here, good job.
TyrusPeace
25. Apr 2012 · 06:19 UTC
Very nice graphical style and pleasant music, but I do wish there was more to do than carry things from place to place. Regardless, this is nicely done and an impressive first product with Unity.

I've been meaning to check out Pineapple Smash Crew for a while now :).
Pavel Dlouhy
25. Apr 2012 · 07:54 UTC
It looks really nice. Is anybody willing to help me with controls? I found only w,a,s,d and space. How to use objects or interact with environment? I'm playing web version on Mac OS X (Firefox).
FredericRP
25. Apr 2012 · 09:36 UTC
It was fun to walk though those tunnels, and I laughed when I saw the hedgehog, but the controls are too hard, I quit before reaching the flower :(
BTW I'm on a Mac and the web version runs fine.
🎤 RichMakeGame
25. Apr 2012 · 14:24 UTC
Hi, for folks struggling with controls, could you give me some feedback what's wrong? I'm not entirely sure it's behaving the same on all computers
sudorossy
25. Apr 2012 · 21:17 UTC
I found the controls very hard to get used to, but I loved the art style and music. It certainly fit in with the theme very well! I recorded a few minutes of playthrough here: http://youtu.be/XlvomEfIB3A
Pavel Dlouhy
25. Apr 2012 · 21:42 UTC
Hi! What is wrong? well, I just misunderstood game logic. It was my fault. Now it is OK. ;) Sorry about that.
🎤 RichMakeGame
25. Apr 2012 · 22:40 UTC
Thanks sudorossy- It's difficult to tell if the framerate is choppy in game or just the video. If it's the game, using the alternate forward render version will probably make it easier. If it does run smoothly, then it might just be my bad controls :) sorry about that!
leafo
26. Apr 2012 · 04:34 UTC
It's a cool game. The graphics are pretty. My only issues were the fairly low framerate, and the jumping was kinda difficult.
LukeRissacher
27. Apr 2012 · 02:48 UTC
Nice - didn't get it at first, but reread your instructions. Great graphics and modeling, and nice music tracks. Pretty impressive for 48 hours. I had some input-lag issues, would have been nice to have the option to turn vsync off (I've found that usually solves it for other 3D games).
Vilborg
27. Apr 2012 · 02:49 UTC
I was very confused as to what exactly I was doing, but I managed to fetch all the items. The bit where all of a sudden SPIDERS was strange; I was wondering of it was going to turn into some sort of shooting, but apparently not.
angelk
30. Apr 2012 · 04:06 UTC
I really loved the graphics style! Really impressive the amount you got done in such a short period of time. The mood was really nice, and the theme worked well also. Tough to find my way around, and player physics/controlls could use a bit more work. Very engaging game!
Thotep
02. May 2012 · 07:15 UTC
I liked to explore this tiny world, good use of theme! Nice graphics, and this is literally the first game in this LD where I like the music! Gameplay is unclear, I don't really know what and how should I do. Also, FPP platforming... It never works and is never enjoyable!