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Escape From The Bottle by Twaldigas

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made by Twaldigas for LD 38 (COMPO)

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Your character was put into a small bottle world. Find items to remove obstacles and help him to escape.

I used LD38 as an opportunity to develop my very first game. It was fun and I was able to learn alot.

The game was developed with the Godot Engine. I never used this engine before LD38. I have to say, it works out better than expected. Sounds was made with sfxr. VT323 is used as font.

Thank you for give it a try. I would be happy about your feedback and appreciate that you take the time to try it.

  • Play or download on itch.io: https://twaldigas.itch.io/escape-from-the-bottle
  • Source Code: https://github.com/Twaldigas/ludum-dare-38

Update [08.07.2017]

  • The description and screenshots here represent the game status of the Ludum Dare submission. As of today, the game got a new and better version. You can read more on the itch.io project devlog.

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/escape-from-the-bottle

Ratings

Given 10🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

MrGussio
01. May 2017 · 10:26 UTC
It was fun you kind of had to puzzle your way out, but I hated the physics in the game, because it's not really natural. Also the font didn't have the right aspect ratio, which made it look awful to me. But overall, a very nice first game you've got here :wink:

EDIT: When you finish the game and hit play again, the player started levitating, which probably isn't supposed to happen.
pfeyffer
01. May 2017 · 14:31 UTC
The bottle idea is brilliant. I had some difficulties with the jumping puzzle because the character controls are difficult to master.
🎤 Twaldigas
09. May 2017 · 09:19 UTC
@mrgussio and @pfeyffer
Thank you for your feedback. I am really happy you played the game.

Yes, the movement and jumping of the character is not good. This is something I want to improve in a new version of the game. Also thanks for the bug report regarding the restart of the game and the text. I'll fix it.
Antti Haavikko
17. May 2017 · 15:59 UTC
Pretty neat little metroidvania. You mentioned something about sounds but I didn't hear anything (played the web version). The fullscreen on the web version was non-functional. Also, some of the texts that appeared on screen were weirdly stretched.
Takusan
17. May 2017 · 23:34 UTC
It's great you chose Godot and tried with your first game during LD!

Game is simple, but you caught the spirit of so-called metroidvania. And *you made a complete game in a first try in ludum dare compo*. That's commendable!

I hope you'll keep on developing this project, and won't stop at this. If you will, keep a lookout on the text stretching, and if possible, add more content. Jump mechanic would need work, since it's not easy to control, but I think you'll get there, in the beginning those arte the things we all struggle with. Especially when getting to know the engine.

Cheers, and stay awesome!
🎤 Twaldigas
18. May 2017 · 06:20 UTC
@antti-haavikko and @takusan Thank you for taking the time to try it out and leave feedback.

@antti-haavikko
There is just one sound: If you open the tresure chest, it should be played. And yes, the fullscreen mode isn't working. It was never intendet to play the game in fullscreen and I forgot to disable this option.

@takusan
Yes, having good movement isn't easy. I am currently working on a Post Ludum Dare Version with better textures, more sound and animations. I hope to adress the movement issue there.