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The Blacksmith by darefus

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made by darefus for LD 40 (JAM)

This is a 3D surreal blacksmith simulator. Make life yours. Your choices matter. You got it.

There are multiple boss fights.

more money, more problems

4(?) possible endings

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How to Play

Anvil: make money

Green Button: [ACCEPT]

Red Button: [DECLINE]

Gamepad(XBOX) RECOMMENDED

KEYBOARD CONTROLS:

WASD              - MOVEMENT

MOUSE/IJKL        - CAMERA

HU - Mousebuttons - HAMMERS

N                 - RESTART IF YOU GET STUCK

ESC               - ESC

Opted out of graphics because son model was a unoriginal asset

Opted out of audio because all sounds were unoriginal

the cool song in there is:

Feelings of Twilight by ShadyDave

https://soundcloud.com/shady-dave-2/feelings-of-twilight

Audio is important to the gameplay:

If audio doesn't run you might be missing OpenAL. It's a pretty quick download and it's free. https://www.openal.org/downloads/ (Installer)

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other usefuls

https://twitter.com/darefusdev (If you're going to stream/video it @message me so I can check it out)

http://darefus.tumblr.com

Include the ending you get in comment pls

working on ports

Windows https://darefus.itch.io/the-blacksmith
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/the-blacksmith

Ratings

Overall 565th 3.46⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 688th 3.18⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 595th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 827th 3.083⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 151th 3.76⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 503th 3.38⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

TobiasNL
05. Dec 2017 · 16:58 UTC
It did not boot! OpenAL32.dll not found :/
SandPile
05. Dec 2017 · 17:09 UTC
Yeah, it doesn't work. Same issue as @tobiasnl!
Looks like a really interesting game! please fix it :)
ahintoflime
05. Dec 2017 · 17:10 UTC
Wow, I was really impressed by this. Delightfully surreal, threatening tone. Funny, fucked up writing. Choices with consequences.

That said, it took me a minute to figure out how to play, what to do, and what the controls were. Adding a quick tutorial message in game would be nice! Also the camera can go all the way upside down, lol. (played with controller).

Anyways, neat-ass game. Probably my favorite I've played so far.
🎤 darefus
05. Dec 2017 · 17:15 UTC
I added the OpenAL32 to the project, hopefully that'll fix your issue. I recommend trying to download again. If you still have issues I'll hotfix ASAP
IllaBom
05. Dec 2017 · 17:27 UTC
Tells me the application was unable to start. The Game looks intriguing, so if you fix it ill come back and play!

Check Out My Game if you Want!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/virus-detected
🎤 darefus
05. Dec 2017 · 17:34 UTC
Should be working now.
Mighty CheBo
05. Dec 2017 · 18:29 UTC
I couldn't get it to work. Just a white screen, one sound effect, then nothing. When I leave the window, an error message tells me that it stopped working. Looked interesting though.
SandPile
05. Dec 2017 · 19:35 UTC
Alright, it is working now. It is a fun game, and it surprised me a few times.
Is there supposed to be sound in the game? because it was completely quiet for me.
🎤 darefus
05. Dec 2017 · 20:00 UTC
If your game plays without sound you'll need to install OpenAL (https://www.openal.org/downloads/)
It's way better in sound I think.
Glad you enjoyed it, make any regrettable decisions?
JeffChen
06. Dec 2017 · 08:23 UTC
The character looks so funny!Graphics are great!
Meneer Guus
06. Dec 2017 · 22:48 UTC
Well that was a surreal experience. I had no idea what was going on, which I think was the aim of the game? Well you had me when the dog started applauding. While I don't really see the execution of the theme, you nailed the humor aspect in this one. The blacksmith glitching out and using the wrong side of the hammer had me cracking up. I didn't play that long, because it ran really slow on my laptop for some reason. Also when I closed the game it crashed, but since I was closing the game anyway, cracked me up again so you'll get bonus points for humor!
🎤 darefus
06. Dec 2017 · 23:40 UTC
@meneer-guus thanks for your words. The idea is: 'more money, more problems'. The gameplay changes if you hold on to your blacksmith bucks. You'll find that the blacksmith's life gets 'worse' as your wealth increases.
CaptainDreamcast
07. Dec 2017 · 04:46 UTC
Ayyyy, I loved this game. Got the give-everything-except-your-last-dollerydoo ending.

Wish I could play the other routes, but it crashes now when I restart (or is that part of the intended experience and I'm not supposed to change my story?). Either way, this is exactly my type of game, 10/10, I have no regrets in my blacksmith life.
Hiyek
11. Dec 2017 · 03:53 UTC
Can't get this game to work. Won't rate until it does. Will revise this comment once fixed (upon attempting to open the game, I hear the opening jingle and can hear swinging when I click, but it's a black screen every time for a few seconds before crashing entirely)

Concept looks interesting, hope you get this fixed!
ZAX
11. Dec 2017 · 08:19 UTC
Great game keep it up!
don't forget to check out my game too :)
PUR3
14. Dec 2017 · 14:13 UTC
Couldn't get the game to work, looks amazing, shame it wouldn't launch.
Pecolyte
14. Dec 2017 · 15:54 UTC
It's fun to play, the peice of the dead dog and crow blocks the anvil. Game crashed when i got one ending and pushed esc, don't know if this is the correct operate. Gotta figure out if it happens everytime.
Decipator
14. Dec 2017 · 18:19 UTC
I don't really could play because of this warning. And by the window name I think that I really don't have to... That's bad, cause I liked the overall look.

![firefox_2017-12-14_16-17-09.png](///raw/9e2/z/e959.png)
🎤 darefus
14. Dec 2017 · 22:46 UTC
@hiyek I wish I knew what the issue was there, do you have any extra details about your system?

@pur3 Sorry, buddy. Any details on what happened when you tried to run it?

@pecolyte The 'close' is pretty buggy for all users I think. That's something I can probably fix without breaking jam rules

@decipator oh yeah, I've seen some systems without draw parameters. I think I could make a workaround for those.
CaylebLucas
16. Dec 2017 · 09:15 UTC
Really enjoyable game, graphics are really good.
Goat Toaster Games
24. Dec 2017 · 04:51 UTC
This was so flippin weird, I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately it randomly crashed for me at some point. The dog came back for a second time and the lights were dark, he was in the middle of telling me he needed all my cash when it just froze and shut down. Unsure if that's on my end or something in the game, but worth mentioning.

The only thing I'd say is the text boxes were a bit hard to follow sometimes, I missed a fair bit of dialogue from not realizing I couldn't see the textbox because I wasn't looking at it. Something to ensure the player can always see the dialogue would be great.

Otherwise, boy I loved this. Great submission!