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Snail: Diamond Hunter 2000 by ruba

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made by ruba for LD 40 (JAM)

Help a snail to find a glorious big diamond in a magic forest!

Controls: LEFT, RIGHT arrows to move, SPACE to jump

Goal: Collect as many diamonds as you can, help your snail to reach the main diamond!

TIP: Hide in bushes from ghosts who are chasing you! Each collected diamond spawns a ghost!

Tools

  • Code: In-house C++ engine
  • Music and SoundFX: GarageBand and mic from mobile phone
  • Art: iPad Pro for drawings and Photoshop

IMPORTANT: - Install VS2015 redist if you do not have one: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685 - Your graphics card must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher

Have fun and thanks for playing and rating ^^ screenshot</em>snail.png

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IusW9vJaFSmLv0cBz3H2zO0ipyLKrp_L
macOS https://drive.google.com/open?id=12v_D281SWMHI7rR-Bjg9f5QC2mJ3ZIQr
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/snail-diamond-hunter-2000

Ratings

Overall 898th 3.083⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1050th 2.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 712th 3.022⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 796th 3.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 433th 3.717⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 454th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 801th 2.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 656th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

pcmaster
05. Dec 2017 · 08:59 UTC
Greetings mister! I love the graphics (snail, bushes, parallax, everything), the slimey sound, the music and even the movement is fine! Good job there! I scored 5 with the first try!
Lugdumdare Team
05. Dec 2017 · 17:33 UTC
Nice entry ! Nice graphics and good mood to it ! I had some hard time when jumping from a vertical wall to another and having my left and right reversed ! But still, it was a good experience. Well done ;)
🎤 ruba
05. Dec 2017 · 17:42 UTC
@lugdumdare-team Thanks for feedback!

Reverse works that way because snail will have direct path over circle in this case :)
V-Ad
05. Dec 2017 · 19:09 UTC
Great graphics, good sound, and nice game mechanics.
Mr.MadCat
05. Dec 2017 · 20:01 UTC
Pretty cool.
It looks and sounds amazing.
Sadly, wall jumping was really difficult for me, so I never got past that spiked wall jumping section without dying many times, which means I wasn't able to finish it.

But overall pretty solid entry. Well done.
jjjjason
06. Dec 2017 · 05:36 UTC
First off, super cool to see some custom engine games! How was the general experience?

The core mechanic is super interesting. Obviously there are games like VVVVVV, but being able to rotate gravity in all four directions makes for some interesting platforming puzzles, especially since you have to keep in mind which way is which. Super cool music and sound effects as well!
🎤 ruba
06. Dec 2017 · 10:43 UTC
@jjjjason Thank you for your feedback!

About general experience with own engine: I did not invest enough time to test all new features implemented for this jam, so it was bug fixing on the run along with changing concept. As consequence it was not much time for final polish.
We got our experience and very happy that this situation was not on production stage of big project :)

Overall we are happy with results.
SvartTand
06. Dec 2017 · 14:21 UTC
Cool game with nice music and graphics but the controls... When you are climbing up a wall when you are on the left side of it it was right and on an opposite the controls felt inverted. it made sense if you were first on the ground but when on some places you had to jump from wall to wall it just felt bad. The same for when you were going upside down the controls were inverted. So I would recommend having up and down for going up and down no matter what side of a wall you are and left and right no matter if you are upside down or not.

Other than that the game was nice and all.
🎤 ruba
06. Dec 2017 · 14:28 UTC
@svarttand thank you for your feedback!

Agree about controls, unfortunately it was not enough time for polishing.
I beat this game on 4th try today and I know how ghost AI works, design of level etc. :)
Murilo
06. Dec 2017 · 14:59 UTC
Good atmosphere! I needed some getting used to for the controls. It's a bit confusing but I liked the game mechanics. A lot of times the slug re-spawned close to where it died but sometimes to the start of the level, which was overkill since I was far into it. Overall, good job guys!
AngriestSCV
06. Dec 2017 · 15:57 UTC
I'd love to see this build under Linux
🎤 ruba
06. Dec 2017 · 16:04 UTC
@angriestscv Can you try to run it under Wine? Should work AFAIK.
Likirus
07. Dec 2017 · 09:43 UTC
As a custom engine user myself, I'm always a fan of other custom engine games :)
The game is nice, the graphics, the sounds and the general physics felt coherent
But I agree, that the reversed controls were a little counter-intuitive, especially when a ghost was close and I didn't have time to think about it
TolMera
07. Dec 2017 · 17:15 UTC
Reasonably good game. I like the audio, it suits the environment very well. And the Art was nicely done.

The mechanic that had you jump from one surface to another, or start going up/down walls was a bit slugish (lol). Feel like if that had been more polished (which is not easy and I appreciate that) then this woul have been a very playable game.

Overall, it's a nice entry and worth trying out! :) well done.
Sengi
08. Dec 2017 · 10:28 UTC
Hey from Kiev friends!) Nice entry, reminds me of Ori(with enviroment), Spelunky(with chasing ghosts) and Snail Bob (with the snail haha) =)
Keep up the good work!)
Lazard
11. Dec 2017 · 15:42 UTC
It looks like fun but unfortunally I cannot played because the game seems really unoptimized for my poor laptop =(
🎤 ruba
12. Dec 2017 · 12:29 UTC
@lazard Could you please provide your system setup?
PavelDlouhy
23. Dec 2017 · 09:30 UTC
Hello from Prague! :) Aesthetics are really great. Game is hard but that is, I guess, intentional. :) Good job!
justinooncx
24. Dec 2017 · 13:07 UTC
A pretty neat feat with the snail being able to cling to surfaces! On the other hand, the physics of jumping were a tad wonky, which was evident when I tried to jump over the first spike, and later on, the dreaded wall jump. Still, the sound and graphics were nice, so props on that. Good job~