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Timothy's Correctional Institute by broken-matrix

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made by broken-matrix for LD 42 (JAM)

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Timothy's Correctional Institute is an organization Running out(side) of Space(-time). You were kidnapped by this organization and forced to work for them, you must repair temporal loops with a tool called a "dimensional weaver". As you are working, you discover the multiverse is in danger and must save everyone.

This is the 3rd game in the Rocks series, here are all the games in the series in chronological order. Rocks - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/rocks Snowy - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/snowy TCI - (this)

If the game breaks, close it and open it again. This will restart the level you were on.

There are 2 endings, and if you want to play again, open res/save.txt and change the first number to 0.

Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxaltir6w4thsc3/TSTCI.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/timothys-correctional-institute

Ratings

Overall 735th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 830th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 517th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 926th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1041th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 492th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 949th 2.639⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

konsumopfer77
21. Aug 2018 · 17:54 UTC
i didnt really got the mechanics, i got trapped in the freezer (i had like two of them) and all i could make was freezer rooms : (
I like the style the game has, pretty psychodelic.
🎤 broken-matrix
22. Aug 2018 · 02:44 UTC
Sorry about that... the method for getting un-trapped was explained in the 2nd level. The game is based around the doors being portals that you can connect in ways that wouldn't be possible in real life. I never explained this in the game so it can be confusing... When you saw two freezers it was just the same freezer, so when you walked through the door you were actually walking out of the same door back into the room.
nihilaleph
26. Aug 2018 · 22:54 UTC
Cool concept! I liked the mechanics but really confusing indeed, not sure how I did it but I saved the world from Elon Musk XD
FoxisXIII
01. Sep 2018 · 18:50 UTC
There is no windows version?
masterkrepta
01. Sep 2018 · 19:46 UTC
It was definitely confusing for sure. I had to restart often because i made rooms inaccessible in level 1 by accident. The portal mechanic is nice, and i can see what you are going for.
eggy
01. Sep 2018 · 22:46 UTC
great game! i loved the idea, very original. but, i finished it then in the last room i accidentally climbed up the wall by walking backwards into it then holding space. other than that small glitch it was an extremely fun game.
🎤 broken-matrix
02. Sep 2018 · 18:56 UTC
@foxisxiii There is, I wasn't aware that changing the description would erase the part where it said what platform it was. The icon is still there but I'll change it.
alexfalkenberg
02. Sep 2018 · 19:21 UTC
A little glitchy and confusing here and there, but I think I see what you were trying to do. :)

Overall, really like the idea. Will have to give the other games in your series a play.

Thanks for this, and have a great LD!
02. Sep 2018 · 20:19 UTC
Did not get the mechanic of the game and way to much text
DarkGuardsman
03. Sep 2018 · 19:41 UTC
Doesn't seem to want to load. The window pops up and closes right away.
🎤 broken-matrix
04. Sep 2018 · 00:14 UTC
@darkguardsman That happens if any of the following are true, feel free to give me extra info if none of these are true:
A: You are using a mac computer
B: You have outdated drivers that can't load the version of OpenGL I use(kind of unlikely considering the version was released 10 years ago but some things never end up supporting it)
C: You don't have Java / your Java version is too old
DarkGuardsman
04. Sep 2018 · 02:30 UTC
Some details: Windows 10 Home 64 bit, AMD FX-8350, GTX 980, 16GB of ram, java 1.8.0_121-b13.

Let me know if you have it compiled on different/unique java version as I can set it up to load with any version. I keep several versions on hand due to work so can easily switch.
DarkGuardsman
04. Sep 2018 · 02:44 UTC
Got the game running, had to fire it up via CMD. Also noticed it keeps erroring out trying to find a res/save.txt. A few retries seems to get it running, might be useful to include a batch file to launch the jar. As well something to dump errors to a log file.

Outside of that issue fun little game, love the jokes added to give the missions a story.
🎤 broken-matrix
04. Sep 2018 · 17:02 UTC
@darkguardsman Interesting... I'm not really sure what the problem is. What command did you have to use? I have 1.8.0_151 but I doubt there would be any major changes between the versions. The error with the res/save.txt also is very strange because it is in the same folder as all of the textures and it is the last thing loaded, so it makes no sense that it would be able to load all the textures and models but have a problem loading the text file. I use a program called jarsplice to get all the natives and libraries into the jar quickly, so it could be possible that something about your computer doesn't like the process it uses.