A walk to the top by JK5000

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made by JK5000 for LD35 (COMPO)
Description:
This is a simple puzzle game. In the game you must help a man with a green hat to go from start to finish. Your job is to place stairs and direction signs on the map, to make it possible for him to reach the goal.

My take on the theme "Shapeshift" is to chance shape of the level.

Controls:
You place the stairs and signs with the mouse, and you rotate them by using the right mouse button.

Used Software:
- Unreal engine 4
- Blender
- GIMP 2
- Inkscape
- Audacity
- LMMS

Play, rate, commit and most important of all, HAVE FUN.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.39 306
Audio 3.28 210
Fun 3.30 348
Graphics 2.93 513
Humor 3.25 116
Innovation 2.94 566
Mood 3.03 392
Theme 2.71 808

Feedback

Red15
18. Apr 2016 · 02:40 UTC
Lovely entry, surprised no HTML5 version output from Unreal ?

Middle click camera panning would've been nice maybe or 2 buttons for turning left/right instead of only 1.
WayneTao
18. Apr 2016 · 06:34 UTC
Good game
CarlsonAndPeeters
18. Apr 2016 · 06:42 UTC
I love this. Reminds me of the old Alpha Team lego game. Although they're simple, the graphics look super nice. The puzzles aren't too hard and could probably benefit from more mechanics (and a fast-complete option) if you decide to expand on this, but awesome entry!
jollyserpent
18. Apr 2016 · 08:03 UTC
Surprised nobody's mentioned the AMAZING voice-overs and sound effects! Had a good laugh and enjoyed the game quite a lot.
Saladon
18. Apr 2016 · 08:28 UTC
Good job. Fun to play and great audio.
siryakko
18. Apr 2016 · 09:24 UTC
Nice puzzle game, relaxing and clean graphics. Thanks
Nodari Kobakhidze
18. Apr 2016 · 09:27 UTC
Really good game. Love it lot
CoderCameron
18. Apr 2016 · 10:11 UTC
This is the funniest game I have played yet, because of the voice acting.
Berserker_Chris
18. Apr 2016 · 10:49 UTC
Really good Game with a good idea. Wanna play more.
Sanguine
18. Apr 2016 · 10:50 UTC
funny voice acting - difficulty could have ramped up faster
Autovelop
18. Apr 2016 · 11:52 UTC
Anyone else struggling to run this? I get a missing .dll file when I run the .exe file. Perhaps I'm missing something regarding UE? Tried both 32bit and 64bit versions.
jk5000
18. Apr 2016 · 12:04 UTC
I have download the game and unziped it, and works fine on my computer. So I don't know what is wrong "Autovelop".
whilefun
18. Apr 2016 · 13:10 UTC
What a lovely entry. I enjoyed the sound effects. Fun puzzles and game. Nice work :)
OWi Games
18. Apr 2016 · 15:27 UTC
I think that the levels should get harder, faster.
glaze_96
18. Apr 2016 · 17:55 UTC
"Dubidubiidubidooo~!" lol

It's a little to simple for too long which made me loose interest. Then *bam* a super hard level appears! Got stuck actually, spent 5 minutes trying to work it out then I couldn't take it anymore :/
But I got the idea at least!

Imo, your take on the theme is too vague. But otherwise the game was fun.

Hope you had a fun time making it =)
monkeybit29
18. Apr 2016 · 19:55 UTC
Reminded me of light bot, my only suggestion would be to make the guy walk faster. It sucked having to have solved the puzzle quickly but then having to wait so long for him to get to the end. GJ!
Z4f1
18. Apr 2016 · 20:00 UTC
Really cool game. It is really good!
BoltKey
18. Apr 2016 · 20:14 UTC
The sound effect were genial. I especially liked the stairs placement sound. The level design was not that good though. Levels were pretty easy and straightforward.
MAN JO TEAM
18. Apr 2016 · 22:21 UTC
neat! it looks great
Matzigon
19. Apr 2016 · 00:59 UTC
The voice-over is brilliant. :)
candlesan
19. Apr 2016 · 01:36 UTC
Great game! I'm guessing this is for "Indirect Control". Good interpretation of Indirect Control theme.
sP0CkEr2
19. Apr 2016 · 02:14 UTC
this was quite fun - like the use of the theme - great job
SuperIzzo
19. Apr 2016 · 08:26 UTC
Nice game. Would have liked to see a bit more plausible but fake solutions implemented in the level design as currently there is one of two approaches and the solution is obvious. A third element (besides stairs and arrows) might have helped. But overall it was a rather enjoyable game.
DieBackStudios
19. Apr 2016 · 15:41 UTC
wow Great use of concept! good job
orukinawa
19. Apr 2016 · 18:21 UTC
Nice little puzzle game. Loved the voice clips
omlette.du.fromage
19. Apr 2016 · 20:11 UTC
Lovely puzzle game. It was ok on theme representation but really enjoyable difficulty ranking in puzzles. Nice music and funny SFX for the character. Quite fun, Good job!
devilqube
19. Apr 2016 · 20:16 UTC
great fun, surprising how changing the camera view makes the levels harder/easier.
Blobo
19. Apr 2016 · 21:07 UTC
Really nice. i never really struggled with any levels, and went through the whole game almost first try, but that's not a bad thing.
EdoMiyamoto
19. Apr 2016 · 22:54 UTC
Nice, especially the voice acting :) great concept and realisation for a compo !
gamesplusjames
20. Apr 2016 · 11:27 UTC
Great job! I liked the puzzles, and the various bits of dialogue were great :D
neilcorre2k6
20. Apr 2016 · 14:21 UTC
haha that was a good game! :D nice voice covers! :D made me giggle in a good way :D
Wirdo91
20. Apr 2016 · 17:04 UTC
Very nice entry, also a good hit with the learning curve
WERT Studio
20. Apr 2016 · 17:22 UTC
It felt like i have seen this game before.
GuillaumeGwi
20. Apr 2016 · 18:11 UTC
Prety great game. I liked the graphics, very clean. The puzzles are good, even if some of them only require choosing between two paths. Super voice-overs. I would have liked a fastforward button in the last couple of levels. Keep up the good work !
madalaski
20. Apr 2016 · 19:20 UTC
Simple, quirky but would've been better with just music and not the sound effects.
cynicalmonkey
20. Apr 2016 · 20:28 UTC
would be interesting to see what could be done with this with more time
Dyn
20. Apr 2016 · 21:37 UTC
First puzzle in my review and very interesting one.
gogo199432
21. Apr 2016 · 09:05 UTC
Haha, loved this game. The voices are really hilarious like many said before me. The puzzles aren't too hard, but still a nice challenge. Good job :)
Patomkin
21. Apr 2016 · 09:35 UTC
Ooh, a puzzle game! The mechanics are limited, but very nicely implemented, but I would really like a fast forward button to skip through the, you know, THE walk to the top :)
Solved about seven or eight puzzles (left on a really big one with 11 arrows).
"Dubidubiedoopdoop!"
DuckTieTeam
21. Apr 2016 · 10:29 UTC
Good game, fella) Make Little improvements in graphics, and polish mechanics, add animations, and this can be a great game
JohnnySix
21. Apr 2016 · 21:16 UTC
I wanted to play this one but I think my PC is too old/broken. Couldn't get past the UE4 install. Looks great though.
Fabraz
22. Apr 2016 · 14:11 UTC
Shifting shapes to Qbert across space. Cute!
DesignerNap
22. Apr 2016 · 14:57 UTC
Great. Really well thought out and wonderful audio. Nice stuff :)
taviandir
23. Apr 2016 · 09:05 UTC
Good game!
Only thing i can criticize is that I didnt really like that it had to blink for 1 second before i could remove a placed tile.
Some ideas I had for improvement, but are probably outside the scope of this gamejam:
* Limits to the attempt of tries one gets.
* Limited time to prepare the map.
* More kinds of map manipulation (jump, charge, destroy something, etc).
* Manipulate map while he is walking
mightymarcus
23. Apr 2016 · 10:23 UTC
Click *clck* :)

Cool game.
Shael
23. Apr 2016 · 17:07 UTC
Love the voice acting.
fun game
Reis Mahnic
24. Apr 2016 · 07:38 UTC
Woah, this game has a really neat core mechanic.
I also really liked your voice over.
Really well designed puzzles.
MementoGames
24. Apr 2016 · 19:03 UTC
Awesome entry!
Nice puzzles and take on the theme.
I just wish I could rotate the view with the mouse or have some keyboard shortcuts.
Osaft
24. Apr 2016 · 20:53 UTC
The Audio Sounds really got me
MightyToastStudio
25. Apr 2016 · 12:22 UTC
I liked it a lot! The music is a bit tiring, but the sounds are great.
The levels are easy, but if you add more levels and objects, the game would be cool.
Solid entry, goood work!
humble_ray
26. Apr 2016 · 04:26 UTC
Fun to play, nice game!
RealityCheck
26. Apr 2016 · 08:43 UTC
Very nice puzzle game. I really enjoyed the sound... gave me quite a good chuckle.

Only problem is there was no real challenge to the game. A quick glance and I could quickly assess how to place the stairs and arrows to complete the level. Some more variety options to complicate things would make the game much better.

I liked how many levels there were to the game though.
schw3de
26. Apr 2016 · 20:42 UTC
A very nice entry. I like the concept and it has a lot of potential to include other features in order to increase the hardness level. Gj!
rburema
27. Apr 2016 · 15:33 UTC
I feel the number of possible fun puzzles would increase a lot if you'd allow for the spherical fellow to return the way they came from after bumping into a wall. Or maybe even just having 'falling from a ledge' incorporated into the solution of a puzzle.

(... and yes, the sound effects are good for a laugh :-) )
RyanNielson
27. Apr 2016 · 22:47 UTC
Neat idea, I think this could be a great game with some improved level design and additional mechanics. I liked the simplicity of the graphics and sound.
Mathieu Muller
28. Apr 2016 · 20:08 UTC
Nice game, it reminds me the old Amiga game named "Brat". The first puzzles were very unchallenging, but the fifth one was tougher.

The voice made sounds made me smile.
thedashdude
30. Apr 2016 · 02:12 UTC
A fun little game, but I think it needs more mechanics and harder levels. Also the voices were really funny/weird.
Adipson
30. Apr 2016 · 08:30 UTC
nice work
CliffracerX
30. Apr 2016 · 18:52 UTC
One of my favorite entries from this jam - super funny, and easy to understand! Would certainly love to see a post-jam version with more levels and gameplay mechanics - this is great!
Alphish
30. Apr 2016 · 21:14 UTC
Solid entry when it comes to audiovisuals, polish etc. (although I could use a button to stop the man going on path instead of restarting altogether; and the man could really walk faster). However, the puzzle mechanics and their usage in game is kinda too simple; only the last few levels were remotely challenging for me, since stairs and arrows alone leave somewhat little room for thought (most placements are pretty obvious, and those that aren't can be checked easily).

Also, I feel the theme usage here is a bit of a stretch, even though other entries used environment alteration and I was fine with these. I dunno, maybe here it just seems too mundane (nothing as spooky as castle changing on its own or as wacky as warping the game window?).

Still, it's quite decent game, just not too exciting for me when it comes to gameplay itself. You seem to have little issue quickly making a game that feels complete, nonetheless, and that's quite an important thing, too (many people can't get a game to feel complete even with all the time they want, ehehehehe...).
masterkrepta
01. May 2016 · 02:04 UTC
I loved it. waas actually very challenging, reminds me of the logic games i played with my nephews the other day.
starpixie
01. May 2016 · 02:14 UTC
Funny voice clips. Had fun playing it.
Pantelis Petsopoulos
01. May 2016 · 15:25 UTC
One of the best games from this ludum dare.
mkghoster
01. May 2016 · 18:25 UTC
Great execution for a small game! Really liked the sound effects! :)
pixelpotions
02. May 2016 · 20:07 UTC
Awesome entry! Very great sfx and voice-overs, the cherry on the top definitely!
The gameplay is cool and smart too, could easily become a phone game. Well done!
Aaranos
03. May 2016 · 02:03 UTC
Simple graphics but the puzzles are well made. Orthographic puzzles can be great for improving spatial awareness.
in3orn
03. May 2016 · 17:06 UTC
Very nice game. I like this genre :) The levels could be more demanding but still it was fun to complete all of them.
Yumeito
06. May 2016 · 21:02 UTC
Nice Game :)
Przekop
07. May 2016 · 22:57 UTC
Clever little puzzle game, shame that it is so easy.
Franklin's Ghost
08. May 2016 · 00:03 UTC
Quite enjoyed this one. The whole puzzle mechanic made me keep playing through the levels which is always a good sign. Liked having to look at the scene for a moment before deciding what I would need to do to complete the level. Fun game and could see it working well on mobile. Also the voices were great and added quite a bit of charm to the whole thing.
TheCain
08. May 2016 · 02:15 UTC
The sound-effects reminded me of Justin Roiland.
I pretty much liked it, but all the solutions were pretty obvious.
What this game could really make use of is a level editor.
Green Soda
08. May 2016 · 05:19 UTC
nice game ! sounds are on fleek
bradur
09. May 2016 · 05:46 UTC
Really liked this one, I even finished the game :). The puzzles were easy to understand and the game played very smoothly. My only criticism is that there wasn't any more objects than the stairs and direction arrows, so the game was quite easy. Nevertheless, very well done!
MayankUnreal
09. May 2016 · 20:18 UTC
surprisingly a very great game
yuigoto
10. May 2016 · 00:28 UTC
The idea is lovely, challenging and can also be kinda mind-bending, because of the isometric angle.

The graphics are nice, the puzzle style remembered me a little bit of Chu Chu Rocket, which is nice. :)

The soundtrack is really nice, I think the voice acting is funny, but it needs some extra punch. ;)

Nice work! :D
jk5000
10. May 2016 · 07:04 UTC
Thanks to everyone who has played, commented and rated on my game.