The Dark by Shane Gadsby

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made by Shane Gadsby for LD20 (COMPO)
to use the Mac and Linux versions, you will need to install the love2d engine, found here: http://love2d.org

The game was going to include a lot more RPG elements, but I ran out of time, so I scaled it back to a dungeon runner.

hope everyone enjoys

Ratings

Coolness 0% 243
Overall 2.40 224
Audio 1.71 210
Community 1.75 259
Fun 2.13 242
Graphics 2.53 207
Humor 2.67 112
Innovation 2.33 226
Theme 3.07 84

Feedback

k_wright
02. May 2011 · 06:07 UTC
Your 'Web' button links to your source files. Gonna rate Windows games later, but just wanted to let you know.
rgbDreamer
03. May 2011 · 04:44 UTC
It crashes as soon as I open it. Windows 7 32 bit.
Unhandled exception at 0x0139c514 in TheDark.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
(Looks like you're writing to a null pointer.)
Here's the dissembly source from the MSVS JIT debugger:
...
0139C50D call esi
0139C50F mov esi,eax
0139C511 add esp,8
Crash here: 0139C514 cmp byte ptr [esi],bl
0139C516 je 0139C5B1
0139C51C lea esp,[esp]
0139C520 mov edi,0Fh
please let me know if you fix: rgbdreamer@gmail.com
Fenmar
03. May 2011 · 16:26 UTC
The dialog was really humorous. But as far as I noticed, the level was quite straightforward (I just followed the wall on the right hand side). It would have been more challenging if there was a labyrith where you could get lost.
Desmont
03. May 2011 · 18:56 UTC
I'm having trouble launching the game (Win7 x64). When running the .exe in explorer nothing happens, when running the .exe from command line I get something like this: http://love2d.org/screenshots/love-070.png . The linux version worked fine.
Dark Acre Jack
04. May 2011 · 06:44 UTC
Wandering around in the dark... is this an LD pre-pro simulator!? :)
Cybs
04. May 2011 · 15:43 UTC
Couldn't move more than 5 pixels or so.. then the keys did nothing
🎤 Shane Gadsby
06. May 2011 · 03:50 UTC
@Fenmar That was the initial intention, but I ran out of time :(

@Cybs I'm not sure what would cause that, it never happened to myself or some of my beta testers

@Desmont - The game was coded on Win7 x64 so I'm not sure why there'd be an issue
rgbDreamer
08. May 2011 · 18:29 UTC
Cool light effect. Slow.
Worked when I realized it was in Love, so I ran it with that.
Endurion
13. May 2011 · 15:22 UTC
Works fine here on Windows 7, 64bit. The game looks nice but isn't too much of an challenge. Funny dialogue.
Kynrael
13. May 2011 · 16:10 UTC
It's a cool and nice idea, a pity you didn't get time to really finish this. Instead of an instant game over, maybe you could have made monsters of the dark start chasing you or something when the light goes out :p
Danik
17. May 2011 · 10:57 UTC
It was slightly tedious waiting for the lantern to recharge. It charged slower than it drained, which means you spend more time waiting than walking.
I followed the left wall, and even though I recharged the lantern to 100 I didn't make it after going north and turning west. :(
The dialogue was well made and fun, and I also liked the light effect. It just lacks some more content, which is understandable for a LD game.
TellusE
21. May 2011 · 13:01 UTC
I'm afraid I keep getting 404's on all of the links :-/
mwest
21. May 2011 · 21:14 UTC
Sorry...

Not Found: The requested URL /theDark.zip was not found on this server.
🎤 Shane Gadsby
22. May 2011 · 17:08 UTC
Sorry to those who wern't able to play this, my host has had some issues... Now resolved!