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Sneaky by The_Icy_One

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made by The_Icy_One for LD 41 (COMPO)

Game is unfinished but definitely playable, although nowhere near the outlandish thing I planned for just 48 hours ago. I also completely messed up the theme, I was going for an arcade-style stealth game, but I think what I have is closer to a bullet hell with fewer bullets.

Sneak past the scary blue things and try to reach the stairs. Use the arrow keys to control your black dot thing, and get as far as possible. If the blue things see you, they'll give chase, but they really aren't that smart. The stairs always happen to be in the bottom right, as far from you as possible. How convenient.

Maybe you could go for a high score! They really aren't worth much though, the game doesn't even track them yet. Here's mine, anyway. My high score in the Ludum Dare release.

Made with Godot engine, with textures made in paint.net and sounds on beepbox.co

In my defense, I was learning absolutely everything from scratch here and had a pretty hefty chunk of distractions ;)

Github repo https://github.com/TheIcyOne/Sneaker/
HTML5 (web) https://gamejolt.com/games/sneaky/335181
Windows https://gamejolt.com/games/sneaky/335181
macOS https://gamejolt.com/games/sneaky/335181
Linux https://gamejolt.com/games/sneaky/335181
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/sneaky

Ratings

Overall 667th 2.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 643th 2.524⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 704th 2.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 697th 2.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 652th 2.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 391th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 537th 1.912⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 631th 2.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Aterlamia
23. Apr 2018 · 08:14 UTC
Does not start for me. Windows shows in a flash and closes right away.
Antti Haavikko
23. Apr 2018 · 08:20 UTC
You listed macOS and HTML5 links but there only seems to be builds for Windows and Linux.
Temmy
23. Apr 2018 · 08:20 UTC
Same for me. Game doesn't load. The window for it briefly appears and then disappears straight away.

Hope you can fix it. It doesn't matter that you think your game is unfinished, it would still be awesome to play it and you deserve it for the effort you put in!
gemberkoekje
23. Apr 2018 · 08:20 UTC
Also doesn't start for me. The error is "Error: Could not load game path '.'."

Sounds like you may have missed some game files or a map which should've been packed with the game. Poke me when you fixed it and I'll definetly give it a whirl.
Memel06
23. Apr 2018 · 08:22 UTC
I tried to play your game, but it crashes immediately after clicking it. IDK why!
bcvery1
23. Apr 2018 · 11:47 UTC
Will not launch on Linux, same error as @gemberkoekje
🎤 The_Icy_One
23. Apr 2018 · 17:19 UTC
Weird, the thing was working last night. I'll have a look and fix the launch if possible.
🎤 The_Icy_One
23. Apr 2018 · 17:50 UTC
@gemberkoekje I think the linux build should be functional now, not certain about the others.
Jake Cope
23. Apr 2018 · 19:39 UTC
Windows worked fine for me, fun game! I liked the music :)
meles
23. Apr 2018 · 19:41 UTC
Game started fine for me! My score was 18100 though I suspect I could have achieved more fairly easily.

With a little more level design this could have been an interesting little game, as it is though there isn't a lot to it, I'd like to know more about what you had initially intended! certainly a good start especially considering you were learning as you went!
morphine
23. Apr 2018 · 19:45 UTC
Hi there - this loaded fine for me. Congrats on submitting even if unfinished - to be honest I am pretty sure every game here is unfinished :) It's a pretty basic avoid the baddies game, but it works and doesn't crash. One thing I couldn't figure out is how the scoring worked. I am guessing it's based on time or distance moved but not entirely sure.
🎤 The_Icy_One
23. Apr 2018 · 22:47 UTC
@morphine It's actually twofold, a small amount from time that rises quickly as you go up in the levels, and a large portion from completing the levels which falls off as more and more levels are completed.
morphine
23. Apr 2018 · 23:36 UTC
@The_Icy_One very clever - I love hidden mechanics like that which aren't necessarily explained
EkkoEkko
24. Apr 2018 · 05:30 UTC
Simple But its fun to play!
gemberkoekje
24. Apr 2018 · 09:10 UTC
Works now! Fun and simple game. The only thing I felt was really missing was a bit more feedback. A little exclamationmark when the enemies see you. A little circle or cone to have an indication when the enemies would react. Little things like that could really make this even more fun. Still, thanks for the game!
🎤 The_Icy_One
24. Apr 2018 · 18:41 UTC
@gemberkoekje I was actually working on both of those, but my schedule got the better of me. Fortunately, the skeleton of the code and some of the effects are lying around so they'll be easy to add later.
saturn007
29. Apr 2018 · 03:41 UTC
Pretty interesting game, I think the audio made it good for me.
bentglasstube
02. May 2018 · 09:05 UTC
a good base to build a stealth game I think. The mechanics seemed solid enough but there was no real reward for being stealthy vs just running for the exit.
🎤 The_Icy_One
02. May 2018 · 23:38 UTC
@bentglasstube You're certainly right there, that'll be one of my main aims when I get back to working on this.