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Campfire by Linus

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made by Linus for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

expectations vs reality huh meme.jpg

Yeah, uh... I had fun developing this game atleast...

I ended up spending way too long on setting up VR tools so I could develop assets and music in VR. However. this ended up not working out so I lost a lot of time. I should have prepared better before the jam..

Note, read the short description below since there is no tutorial in the game

Controls

  • ASWD
  • left shift sprint
  • space jump

Gameplay

Slay enemies to keep fire alive. If fuel meter reaches 0 (no intermediate values exist) the game is restarted after 5 seconds regardless if the fire is revived. Sorry....

Enemy explanations

  • Purple dude: fuel used to keep fire alive (it was supposed to be a running tree but now it is a low poly stickman)
  • Blue dude: sucidial dude that becomes fire dude if able to reach fire (because I thought the gameplay needed some more variation lol)
  • Fire dude: the most annoying prick in the game, kills the fuel closest to the player

If you don't wanna play with original camera settings (somewhat disorientating because of last minute bug), find the fixed version below

Youtube https://github.com/Linkaan/LD46
Youtube https://github.com/Linkaan/LD46/blob/master/Linus_LD46_Firecamp.zip?raw=true
Youtube https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/040JHoVNgc1gh2e7sunj82k-1.fit_scale.size_2698x1517.v1569492349.png
Youtube https://github.com/Linkaan/LD46/blob/master/LDJAM_fixed_fov.zip?raw=true
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/campfire-3

Ratings

Overall 979th 2.828⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 938th 2.672⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 907th 2.778⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 736th 3.431⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 808th 2.964⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 517th 2.741⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 837th 2.768⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

Jupiter_Hadley
20. Apr 2020 · 20:11 UTC
Interesting start! I included it in my Ludum Dare 46 compilation video series, if you want to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/6SpOkik3XNg
Sockyman
21. Apr 2020 · 13:56 UTC
I like the idea of keeping the campfire alive. The controls felt a bit janky and I think that it would be better if the FOV was higher and the sensitivity lower. The game ended suddenly for me even though my campfire was at full and the enemies occasional glitched out but other than that the game was pretty good.
Gaming Night
25. Apr 2020 · 14:02 UTC
It is difficult to understand the purpose of the games without reading the ludum presentation. It may be missing some UI elements understand what is happening. Otherwise, I like it.
Ilya_Nazarov
25. Apr 2020 · 14:18 UTC
Nice atmosphere but definitely need to work on gameplay. Keep going!
🎤 Linus
25. Apr 2020 · 14:36 UTC
@sockyman thanks for the feedback, I think that maybe the fuel meter was at 0 for a split second and then it jumped back to full during the gameover timeout (the lose condition was simply if the meter reaches 0 then restart game after 5 seconds regardless if the fire is revived). Horrible game design lol
Kubeec
25. Apr 2020 · 15:19 UTC
Nice game and funny concept but I had problem with optimization and controls. I couldn't aim properly.
itsatony
25. Apr 2020 · 15:26 UTC
well.. it's a game .. maybe ;) good luck next time with better prep and maybe lesse ambition for a jam (with VR and all). cheers!
Tea
25. Apr 2020 · 15:38 UTC
It's a pretty neat game, although I have many recommendations on how to maybe make it better, I can see what you tried and I like it :smile: Sensitivity for mouse look is way too high, making looking and aiming very hard, FOV of the camera is also too small, which makes looking around pretty difficult also. Overall feel of the game could use some refining, but the concept is really neat :)
🎤 Linus
25. Apr 2020 · 15:49 UTC
@tea thanks for the genuine feedback. I didn't spend any time tweaking the feel of the controls or FOV which is unanimous feedback from most people here. Probably I got used to the controls etc. when developing the game and should have asked for more feedback during the jam :smiley:
Tayfun
25. Apr 2020 · 15:57 UTC
I agree with @tea about mouse sensitivity. I always appreciate who makes 3d game for compo.
Injured
25. Apr 2020 · 16:39 UTC
I always appreciate people who make a compo game; let alone a 3d game; holy mackerel. I think the point-of-view of the camera gives the game a level of uniqueness/character, I guess it is kinda like artificial difficulty but I didn't think about it that way until I read some of the above comments. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Keep being ambitious.
Lorwon
25. Apr 2020 · 16:55 UTC
interesting but there is still work to do to improve the gameplay, continue like that good job :)
Geckoo1337
25. Apr 2020 · 18:18 UTC
Good game which fits with the theme. There is a good work on enemies - some ragdolls with zombies animation. Freaky mood and tense. A good work on lights too. The way the camera rotates is a little bit weird. In fact, I cannot explain it, but you add something which disturbs me. You did something really interesting. Well done ++
KekkoDude
25. Apr 2020 · 18:29 UTC
Im sorry, but the way you look around was very disorientating, also the game did not wait 5 seconds to restart for me, it just.. *Poof* back at it MAYN!, visually(besides the camera movement)it looked neat, it got a bit laggy sometimes while i was close to the campfire, but i'm playing on a potato right now so yeah haha, might be a factor.
jk5000
25. Apr 2020 · 18:50 UTC
The idea is okay, but it is really difficult to see what was happening.
🎤 Linus
25. Apr 2020 · 19:13 UTC
@kekkodude hmm, I didn't intentionally implement the "Poof back at it MAYN!" lose condition that you experienced but I didn't spend much time playtesting the game haha. Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I have created a single 3D game without wonky camera movements in ludum dare, I feel that's a core element to my games :smile:
KekkoDude
25. Apr 2020 · 19:29 UTC
Well playtesting should be done, but efficently haha, it can take a lot of time if you suddenly end up sitting around playing your game for too long haha. I dont know how you are doing your view, but it feel's like i'm stuck on one of those merry-go-arounds or whatever they are called haha, do you have your camera off-center from your player entity? like to the left?
🎤 Linus
25. Apr 2020 · 22:04 UTC
@kekkodude LOL I did not at all intend for that to happen, the camera is indeed offset. I really regret spending so little effort on this game haha. I fixed the off center camera, increased FOV and decreased sensitivity if you care to try: https://github.com/Linkaan/LD46/blob/master/LDJAM_fixed_fov.zip?raw=true
KekkoDude
26. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
Ahhhh, it's playable hahaha, alright, i will give it a new rating, it was a simple fix and this was way more enjoyable! I love how you get so much diversity in the death sounds by just changing the pitch haha, and the way you ragdoll and move the enemies by one anchor point along the ground is kinda cool, i feel like an axe maniac defending my fire from tiny forest imps haha.

SOLID!
John Snyder
26. Apr 2020 · 14:40 UTC
Very nice game. I love the variations of the death sounds between the purple and blue creatures, however gameplay wise I am not sure what the difference between the two were. Good job!
Monish Vyas
27. Apr 2020 · 08:07 UTC
Nice game. Loved the glowing monsters and their animation.
Faulkin
29. Apr 2020 · 19:27 UTC
I liked the ragdoll enemies. Great job!
LaZZyDev72
01. May 2020 · 15:24 UTC
Well Done. love Ragdoll Physics. Keep It up. :thumbsup: