Forever Alone - The End of Colors by gebirgsbaerbel

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made by gebirgsbaerbel for LD22 (COMPO)
This is my first entry into ludum dare. This time I decided to work with cocos2d as it is relatively simple and fast to have a first success. Unfortunately it my setup only works on Mac OS X - Lion. Next time I might try something more ambitous.

In my game you walk around searching for a companion. However he is avoiding you and you follow him deeper and deeper into the darkness.

To steer: use arrow keys or WASD
Spotlight: move the mouse to actually see something


I used:
Language: Objective-C
IDE: XCode
Library: Cocos2d (http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/)
Graphics: Gimp
Sound: Clavinova and iPhone for recording
MapEditor: Tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/)

PS: The first five levels are shaped in the letters of ALONE
This is barely recognizable when wandering the labyrinths :)

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 2.57 413
Audio 3.10 95
Community 1.60 666
Fun 2.13 448
Graphics 2.33 437
Humor 1.29 575
Innovation 2.50 324
Mood 3.27 97
Theme 3.00 225

Feedback

Bad Sector
19. Dec 2011 路 08:10 UTC
Using the "spotlight" to reveal parts of the world/maze - which becomes darker and darker as you progress, is a nice idea! Initially i wasn't sure if i was doing the right thing, but as i progressed through the levels it became apparent what the purpose of the game is. Although i didn't saw the ending coming :-P.

As a side note, i *loved* the piano music and the slight "puffs, huffs" and ambient sounds that there were in the recording. It felts as if there was some sort of companion i was with while playing the game. Top marks on that :-)
馃帳 gebirgsbaerbel
20. Dec 2011 路 16:53 UTC
Thank you for your comment on the music. At first I did not even intend to create any, but then i decided that there needed to be some to emphasize the sad mood.
Cell
23. Dec 2011 路 18:58 UTC
Cool, chilling music :)
Pierrec
23. Dec 2011 路 23:28 UTC
As a PC user, I can only rate the graphics. But I like the light effects
summaky
25. Dec 2011 路 15:24 UTC
I don't have OS X Lion, so I can't rate this game. It looks cool, though.
jeffz
04. Jan 2012 路 07:46 UTC
If you make a playthrough video I can give a rating.
drZool
05. Jan 2012 路 17:58 UTC
pc :(
Aaron
05. Jan 2012 路 18:26 UTC
Congrats on your first dare, gebirgsbaerbel. I looks interesting. A big section of us are PC (including me), so a playthough video or the like really lets you show off your efforts (especially your music/sfx it seems) for an otherwise Mac exclusive entry.
Make A Game
08. Jan 2012 路 03:04 UTC
Sorry, I only have Windows machine.
馃帳 gebirgsbaerbel
08. Jan 2012 路 20:32 UTC
I added a short gameplay video. Hope some of you still have some time to watch it and give me feedback. Thank you :)
wbobeirne
08. Jan 2012 路 21:38 UTC
Sorry I couldn't play, but the video looks pretty cool.
FredericRP
09. Jan 2012 路 13:56 UTC
sad story, but very well played for your first time !
rawbits
09. Jan 2012 路 23:22 UTC
It's sad there isn't a windows version, but kudos for the video.

Music is awsome!
demonpants
10. Jan 2012 路 00:06 UTC
So close! I have Snow Leopard. Can you upload a version for older OSes?
馃帳 gebirgsbaerbel
10. Jan 2012 路 09:21 UTC
Problem is, I used ARC not realizing that it is only available on Lion :(