The Play Ground by LegionZ_Gaming
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Jack Sparrow could interact with Sheldon Cooper? Well in this game you can in the Play Ground.
I was unable to finish all the things I wanted to put in for the Ludum Dare but it is Playable. I wanted to add more characters, sound, animation, and many more things. I intend on making more on this project. Please leave suggestions for more characters and or places in the comments.
I forgot to mention in the controls that Escape is to end the game.
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| Windows | https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Ij03MZLGxL3L3Oz75Gtk114cEA6VCyt/view?usp=sharing |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-play-ground |
Ratings
| Overall | 694th | 2.348⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 673th | 2.326⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 680th | 2.348⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 686th | 2.391⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 676th | 2.104⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 262th | 2.891⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 626th | 2.136⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
A funny moment: I spoke with the other Jack Sparrow and he wanted me to find a monkey. I found said monkey and went to look for the other Jack. I found him in the ocean. That made me laugh.
A couple things you could do to improve the feel of the game:
- Flip the sprites so they're facing the direction they're moving.
- Make the jump faster. It feels like the character is floating instead of jumping.
I noticed a bug that sometimes the text above someone overlaps and is difficult to read. Congrats again on finishing, and if you get a chance, please check out my entry as well. Thanks!
Overall great for the first entry! :) Keep up the good work.
There's a lot of potential, and I have lots of ideas of how I think it could improve (i.e. animations, sounds, music, etc.), but I think this works perfectly fine for a compo submission, and I had a blast exploring your world.
Nice work!
I couldn't find Jack for a while, until I discovered him hanging around in the bottom of the ocean, presumably looking for Davy Jones. The canon did a terrific job of launching me into the building where I was then stuck forever. (this seems fairly realistic mechanic) but I couldn't launch onto the roof to get the rum, which made me sad.
Penny didn't want to talk to me.
I couldn't understand what sheldon wanted as he kept talking over me..... again, a realistic representation of that character. All in all a fun first LD entry with a lot of potential for expansion!
Flipping the sprites would be a good addition, as well as maybe speeding up the jump/walk speed. I'd also advise against using the same colours for the background elements as the characters as I kept disappearing into the doors of the buildings!
> I was unable to finish all the things I wanted to put in for the Ludum Dare but it is Playable
That should probably be the official motto of the Jam :wink:
Loved the paint version of jack sparrow