The World Repeats by GameQuester

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made by GameQuester for LD 38 (COMPO)

Keyboard Controls:

Run: Left and Right

Jump: Up

Pick up Stuff: X

Attack / Use/Fill Water Can: C

Crafting Menu: Hold Ctrl, select Item and confirm with X

Select Item Menu: Hold Shift

Switch Fullscreen: F10

Gamepad is also supported. (XBox Controller)

Run: D-Pad

Jump: A

Pick up Stuff: X

Attack or Use/Fill Water Can: A

Crafting Menu: Hold LB, select Item and confirm with X

Select Item Menu: Hold RB

The goal is to survive as long as possible. Pay attention to your main needs: Health, Food, and Water. You always have to go to the right. You will notice that you will come to the same places, but everytime things will change.

Things you can do to survive:

eat fruits and herbs
collect materials from the ground to build new items
drink water
fill your can
water small herbs and eat them later
kill dears and eat their meat
cut down trees

amd more...

Links

Windows: https://gamequester.itch.io/the-world-repeats
Source: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1qk1wci60q55ly/The%20World%20Repeats%20-Source-.zip?dl=0

Original URL

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/the-world-repeats

Ratings

Overall	143^th	3.652⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Fun	172^th	3.435⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	196^th	3.348⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Theme	73^th	3.957⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	133^th	3.826⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Audio	285^th	2.826⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Humor	334^th	2.263⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	138^th	3.5⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	25🗨️

Feedback

Raphael

26. Apr 2017 · 18:01 UTC

I quite liked it, neat graphics, simple but well implemented mechanics.
Only one complaint, once I understood all the mechanics it became quite easy not to die (I stopped at 48 hours because I thought I could go on like this for a pretty long time).

Maybe a gradual increase in difficulty the longer you play would be a good addition.

🎤 GameQuester

27. Apr 2017 · 13:29 UTC

@raphael Thank you for your feedback. There is actually a bug. I will fix this asap and then the difficulty should increase every few rounds. I also will play your game :)

drazil100

29. Apr 2017 · 01:51 UTC

At first I wasn't impressed with this game but as I kept playing I began to see the charm of this game. The controls were really tight and I felt like I had good control over the character. The concept is really interesting and actually quite unique and something I never actually thought about. I like that it is essentially an endless runner but instead of running to always new procedural generated land hoping not to crash (like most endless runners) this is in fact a survival game where you run over the same land repeatedly over and over to progress time and need to manage items and resources as you go. This game is freaking brilliant and I love it!

Christian Koch

01. May 2017 · 08:54 UTC

The idea of a looping world is pretty awesome. In 2D it is even better then in 3D. At first I wasnt really playing it correctly. I just jumped around and watered some stuff. I died because I didnt lived healthy enough. I hope that will just happen ingame ^^ Second time I played I knew what I was doing. I still died due to my unhealthieness. To sum it up: I am a bad survivor ^^

I just have one question: Why can I only get health by eating meat? Dont get this wrong I am not a vegetarian or something like that, I am just curious because I never had enough animals around. Did I extinct them by accident? If so... Never give me an axe again...

🎤 GameQuester

01. May 2017 · 09:24 UTC

@christian-koch You also get health by eating flowers/herbs. For that, you have to water little flowers two rounds in a row. After that you can eat them and gain 2 health points. But if you wanna survive long, you will need to follow a well balanced diet :).

And yes, sometimes you get bad luck and there will spawn very few animals. I will try to change this a bit.

drazil100

01. May 2017 · 11:23 UTC

Just came back to rate your game and I wish you the best of luck! <3

mrspeaker

01. May 2017 · 12:38 UTC

Dang it, windows only - I really wanted to play this one. It looks really nice - so much style - I wonder if you could do a asm.js build or something so we could run it in the browser?

Rombus

01. May 2017 · 14:05 UTC

I'm with @mrspeaker on this one, I can't even run it on wine (linux) gives me a GameMaker Studio 2 error :(

harusame

01. May 2017 · 14:16 UTC

Good game :) Nice art and sounds !

Solid concept, good compo entry !

Mutfak Studios

01. May 2017 · 14:29 UTC

I love the art and the game is good but its hard to learn what to do.

🎤 GameQuester

01. May 2017 · 15:15 UTC

@mrspeaker @rombus I'm sorry, but I can't build linux or web versions of my game at the moment, since in game maker you have to buy the different export modules separately and I don't have them yet. I really appreciate your interest in my game.

Rahtainka

01. May 2017 · 16:12 UTC

Really nice compo entry. I starved the first time but I got better with each try.

Khorm

01. May 2017 · 19:05 UTC

Solid game and really polished, the menus was a bit tricky at first but became quite natural after a while. Looks and feel just very nice.

Chaseplays

01. May 2017 · 22:07 UTC

Fun game! While some mechanics were a bit confusing at first, the constant rushing to gather materials was fun, and I thoroughly enjoyed the game. My only suggestion would be to make the game's mechanics a little bit more clear throughout the game. Great job, and thanks!

krunoslav

09. May 2017 · 21:07 UTC

Fun game with nice graphics. I liked the craft system.
I could not make the plants grow up, maybe I misss something.

Smiling Cat Entertainment

11. May 2017 · 02:34 UTC

Very creative use of the theme - I really like how the small world renews a little with each cycle through. Great job!

Matthew Albrecht

13. May 2017 · 04:26 UTC

This is a creative approach to the small world theme. Growing food to survive is cool in this type of game, it had the bits of games that makes them addictive. Great work, nice graphics, good sounds, overall a nice little game.

euske

13. May 2017 · 15:40 UTC

Cute graphics, and pretty good crafting/inventory system for a compo entry! I liked your take on the theme too. I wish there's a better indication when you're about to die, though.

mooncalf

13. May 2017 · 20:28 UTC

It played great with the xbox controller. I would have liked the left thumbstick to work for movement as well. The circular world with one way travel is a great mechanic based on the theme. For the jam content, nothing except the herbs really harnessed this as a mechanic but it has great potential.

It was very easy to use the craft system and inventory. That many systems in a jam is ambitious, and you pulled it off! Great entry.

madjackmcmad

15. May 2017 · 03:41 UTC

Fine work! Some of the best and cleanest graphics I've seen thus far, you should be proud. I wasn't able to do much more than build arrows, kill deer, and ruin trees :D The first time I died, it was because Health ran out, even though I had plenty of food and water. It seems like the "health" meter is "how long has it been since you filled a living creature with sharp arrows and then ate the raw meat", which is something we all have to worry about every day.

This is a cool game, and I enjoyed it. Please keep it up!

feltip

15. May 2017 · 19:56 UTC

Good use of theme. Cute graphics. Dig the sounds, cool gameplay. Great work :)

Fury

16. May 2017 · 19:49 UTC

Very satisfying movement and control! Cute sounds and world. I really like this!
You also said WHY I died when I died, which was EXTREMELY helpful.

Jupiter_Hadley

18. May 2017 · 17:19 UTC

Super nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDuO7KTgNEs

Juju Adams

19. May 2017 · 20:18 UTC

The art on this one is so nice! The clouds could do with a little more work, but everything else is really cute and moody. The game is really fun and the controls are tight! The idea and concept is very refreshing too, keep up the good work ♥