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Countdown by Owen Davies

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made by Owen Davies for LD 42 (JAM)

Game made for Ludum Dare 42, theme being Running out of Space. You have been taken to prison and are to be excecuted, you have 10 days to find 3 items to help you escape. Good Luck!

As a player, your aim is to wander around the prison looking for items in all areas. However all items you collect will be taken away from you at midnight of each day, you will be returned to your cell.

SCREENSHOTS

screenshot<em>1.png screenshot</em>2.png screenshot_3.png

CONTROLS

  • Use WASD to move around the prison.
  • Use E to pickup an item.
  • Use I to view the items you currently hold.
  • Use Enter to progress a cutscene.
Windows https://owendavies.itch.io/countdown
macOS https://owendavies.itch.io/countdown
Linux https://owendavies.itch.io/countdown
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/countdown-1

Ratings

Given 5🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

🎤 Owen Davies
14. Aug 2018 · 18:16 UTC
Pics to come!
Tudvari
14. Aug 2018 · 19:56 UTC
Could you make a bit bigger description? I don't really understand what's happening. I go out for a walk in the park, and E starts flashing, I push it, and I get a wooden spoon from the grass? :smile:
🎤 Owen Davies
14. Aug 2018 · 20:25 UTC
@tudvari the description has been updated, however the game also has a tutorial introduction, maybe it should have been more clear.
jessifin
14. Aug 2018 · 23:31 UTC
I like the idea, but on Mac it's crashing after a minute or so :(
Swini
14. Aug 2018 · 23:36 UTC
Interesting idea with the prision. I like hte sprite animation. It's funny. I was for 1 second in someones cell and after leaving it the whole building was full of peopleXD Good game could play it longer:)
🎤 Owen Davies
14. Aug 2018 · 23:43 UTC
@jessifin can you send me a crash report from the console?
🎤 Owen Davies
14. Aug 2018 · 23:43 UTC
@swini thanks for the comment, yeah the randomness of the prison is fun. Enjoy the game, find the way to win!
Larnin
14. Aug 2018 · 23:48 UTC
I can't start the game.
I have a message box with "A Java Exception has occured." (yeah, that's a realy usefull information).
What is the lowest java version needed to play your game ?
🎤 Owen Davies
14. Aug 2018 · 23:50 UTC
@larnin I made it in java 8, so that may be causing an issue, can you try opening it through console and telling me what it is saying
Larnin
15. Aug 2018 · 00:02 UTC
@owen-davies
"Erreur : Impossible de trouver ou charger la classe principale Countdown v1.jar"
In english, it's something like: "Unable to find or load the main class of Countdown v1.jar"
Tested with java 1.7.0_67 and 1.8.0_25
🎤 Owen Davies
15. Aug 2018 · 00:40 UTC
hmm
🎤 Owen Davies
15. Aug 2018 · 00:41 UTC
@larnin I will check it out, but no clue
leviathon
15. Aug 2018 · 01:31 UTC
hi the game crashed for me as well. i get the feeling this is a spinoff from the game the escapists really cool
rexpeppers
15. Aug 2018 · 01:36 UTC
liked the diversity of the inmates, interesting game
🎤 Owen Davies
15. Aug 2018 · 01:36 UTC
@leviathon, not an intentional sequel but yeah it has that feel
🎤 Owen Davies
15. Aug 2018 · 01:38 UTC
thanks @rexpeppers
suve
16. Aug 2018 · 21:41 UTC
The art style is interesting, but the game itself is a complete mystery to me. I've tried it four times and I still have no idea what to do. Do I need to find a certain combination of items? I noticed I can select an item using keys 1-3, but there isn't any way to actually use them. If I stay outside, sometimes my items are not taken away at midnight. Also - damn, I don't know where this prison is located, but it's already dark as hell by 2pm. **:P**
🎤 Owen Davies
16. Aug 2018 · 22:10 UTC
@suve yeah, your aim is to get the right 3 items. Yeah, the item selection was a part of the original idea. Yeah its in the Antarctic, gets dark really quickly (Let's go with that at least).
HellSquirrel
04. Sep 2018 · 13:27 UTC
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