Alone by TAX by tax

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made by tax for LD22 (COMPO)
You are left alone in the ocean. You better start learning to sail or you wil drift away.


Simple sailing simulator with wind, bouyancy and plate forces.

Tools: Unity3d, audacity + freesound.org, wings3d etc.

Inspired from: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/313131-boat-physics/

Small video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UU243yboxcXXL7S1u__ku3MQ&v=8k5dbcVBe5I

Ratings

Coolness 0% 685
Overall 2.81 290
Audio 3.00 118
Fun 2.44 312
Graphics 3.31 149
Humor 1.83 335
Innovation 3.56 49
Mood 3.79 20
Theme 3.50 87

Feedback

A-Type
19. Dec 2011 · 07:41 UTC
Neat stuff. Runs kind of slow, though. Original idea.
PeripheralGames
19. Dec 2011 · 07:49 UTC
Cool game, new idea and quite tricky to play. Can I ask, I didn't know you were allowed to use freesound.org in the 48 hour compo
Redwind
19. Dec 2011 · 22:44 UTC
sadly i am getting some severe frame-rate issues which make it unplayable.
Diventurer
20. Dec 2011 · 05:06 UTC
Well, I aimed to reach the light tower, but when the boat got stuck and it didn't update anymore, I just gave up at 300m away.

I like the idea and simplicity, but... I felt like giving up all the time. It was not so easy to control the boat.

It is a good entry though :)
kato9
20. Dec 2011 · 20:22 UTC
Really nice graphics and mood. Had no idea how to control the boat though so I gave up :(
🎤 tax
20. Dec 2011 · 21:56 UTC
Am working on the fps issue now, as that is the main problem. Will also replace the water sample.

Thanx for testing
Stargoat
21. Dec 2011 · 10:25 UTC
Hard to control the boat! I love the atmosphere and graphics.
mes
22. Dec 2011 · 05:22 UTC
seems like it has potential, but the framerate really turned me off. it looks and sounds nice and the unusual boat controls are intriguing.
increpare
22. Dec 2011 · 11:21 UTC
I got NaN speed :D

I would have liked mouselook, or to be able to walk around the ship separately to controlling it.
🎤 tax
22. Dec 2011 · 13:18 UTC
Just updated a build with better fps.
Wiering
26. Dec 2011 · 01:18 UTC
Took a while to get used to the controls, I got to the lighthouse and just went past it, nothing happened, wasn't able to turn around.
summaky
26. Dec 2011 · 12:04 UTC
The graphics and the simulation are very well done. The sound effects are also very good, but I am pretty sure that freesound.org is out of limits in the compo.

At first I didn't know what to do because the window is bigger than my screen and I couldn't see the controls below; I was clicking everything I could see without any effect. After a short while I think that I got the hang of it and headed towards the lighthouse. Didn't have the patience to reach it, though.
Winterblood
29. Dec 2011 · 19:15 UTC
I found it rather relaxing tweaking the tiller and the sail to compensate for variations in the wind. Shame there was no real sensation of speed across the water surface though.