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The Last Shadow by JustinMullin

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made by JustinMullin for LD22 (JAM)
The Last Shadow - created by Justin and Blake Mullin.

Stranded on a dark planet, you must gather enough energy from an abandoned building to escape.

Known bugs:

- Doesn't work with Java 7
- After pressing Escape to free the cursor from the applet, you are no longer able to draw power correctly from objects.
- Sometimes the first object you absorb will give you one Watt too few.

Let us know what you think!

Web https://s3.amazonaws.com/TheLastShadow/index.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=3128

Ratings

Coolness 45% 274
Overall(Jam) 2.69 73
Audio(Jam) 2.92 51
Community 2.08 509
Fun(Jam) 1.85 134
Graphics(Jam) 3.23 57
Humor(Jam) 1.50 111
Innovation(Jam) 3.62 6
Mood(Jam) 2.55 49
Theme(Jam) 2.54 69

Feedback

increpare
20. Dec 2011 路 10:34 UTC
I can't get past the title screen...

(have apple's Java SE 6 Update 29, OSX 10.7.2, Firefox 8.0.1)

Tried pressing space, clicking on all the things on screen, waiting for all the text to come up.
SLiV
20. Dec 2011 路 12:01 UTC
I found the game to be too unforgiving. I could hardly move my mouse away from the object enough to actually see which direction it was turning in. I felt like I had no control, which for me ruined the game a bit.
馃帳 JustinMullin
20. Dec 2011 路 17:30 UTC
Hmph...sorry to hear you can't play increpare! Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure why it's not letting you past the title screen...all you should need to do is click the Start button. If anyone else is having troubles getting into the actual game, if you could post your environment here that'd be great!
binary_girl
23. Dec 2011 路 20:24 UTC
works for me.. quite enjoyed it :)
Aaron
25. Dec 2011 路 15:40 UTC
I didn't understand the game after clicking through the tutorial the first time, walked around the level some, confused, refreshed the game to see the tutorial again, and then everything made sense. Perhaps pacing the tutorial differently, or adding a first screen that's like "This is a game about draining energy from appliances into batteries" and being able reactive the tutorial through [?] ingame. I'm saying that because this was a pretty novel gameplay concept for me. :)

I, like SLiV, felt that the difficulty scaled pretty quickly and never managed to successfully steal a 5+ energy. Despite that, it's a creative game with a solid execution and nice mood thanks to the lighting.
triplefox
25. Dec 2011 路 16:04 UTC
Like the concept. But it was unplayable on trackpad. I can't deal with mouse sensitivity so low.
Mjiig
30. Dec 2011 路 09:56 UTC
Absurdly, I couldn't move at all. Was able to click and absorb stuff on screen, but not move at all.
Robmaister
30. Dec 2011 路 10:04 UTC
This was a pretty solid entry, but I have to agree with SLiV on the point about the game being pretty unforgiving. Sometimes the objects would get destroyed just as I noticed turning, giving me no time to react.
ratking
07. Jan 2012 路 11:52 UTC
I like it, especially Audio and Mood, but the controls ruin it for me.