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Echoes of Ouroboros by macaroni.dev

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made by macaroni.dev for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Echoes of Ouroboros is a 2D puzzle game. Play as a thief who must finish a job... under loopy circumstances!

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  • Game written from scratch in Haskell (with gloss) & developed on NixOS
  • Original art made in Clip Studio Paint

Please enjoy our first ever submission to a game jam!

Installation

Windows

Unzip the zip and run EchoesOfOuroboros.exe

Some users have run into the zip file being corrupted. In that case, try this download instead

Mac

Unzip the zip and run EchoesOfOuroboros. You will have to approve it in System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General. Under "Allow apps downloaded from:" (MacOS should also prompt you to do this when you try to run the game.)

Linux

Unzip the zip and run EchoesOfOuroboros

If it fails with something like No such file or directory, then it's an issue with how we packaged it w.r.t libc.

In that case, we recommend building from source. The easiest way is to use the Nix package manager and clone the source. In ludum-dare/47-stuck-in-a-loop, just nix-build and then run ./result/EchoesOfOuroboros.

You can also try installing Haskell tooling (ghc and cabal) and build from source that way. ghcup is probably the easiest way. You can then run USE_PWD_ASSETS=1 cabal v2-run in the ludum-dare/47-stuck-in-a-loop subdirectory.

Post-Jam Updates

The game now has a few Post-Jam updates:

  • Background Music
  • Rebalanced puzzles
  • Falling animation
  • Rewind animation
  • Better asset discovery

It is currently only available to build from source.

Youtube https://macaroni-static.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/EchoesOfOuroborosWINDOWS.zip
Youtube https://macaroni-static.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/EchoesOfOuroborosLINUX.zip
Youtube https://gitlab.com/macaroni.dev/gamedev-scratch/-/tree/LD47_1.0/ludum-dare/47-stuck-in-a-loop
Youtube https://macaroni-static.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/EchoesOfOuroborosMAC.zip
Youtube https://gitlab.com/macaroni.dev/gamedev-scratch/-/tree/LD47_PostJam_1.0/ludum-dare/47-stuck-in-a-loop
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/echoes-of-ouroboros

Ratings

Overall 540th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 382th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 674th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 344th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 643th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 558th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1217th 2.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

ROBOWARRIOR1982
06. Oct 2020 · 05:14 UTC
Very nice puzzle game, i like the idea with the clone and the game loop with a specific time to perform action.
That's not easy at the start but concept work perfectly and it fit the theme, nice work !
![scc001.png](///raw/bc3/41/z/38c79.png)
Conneli
06. Oct 2020 · 05:21 UTC
I can't stress enough how good the character design is. Stylistically, it's on point. One small point of frustration was if both the player and copy are dead there's nothing to do but wait for the timer. Not sure if it plays into later levels more but I do plan on playing more to find out when I can handle the puzzle concepts a little better! Overall, excellent concept, excellent characters.
Kisk
06. Oct 2020 · 07:26 UTC
neat concept, it's somehow reminds me of "the binding of Isaac" well done g
Arad HamidSamiee
06. Oct 2020 · 19:21 UTC
windows file is corrupted :((
🎤 macaroni.dev
06. Oct 2020 · 20:37 UTC
@arad-hamidsamiee I've had a few people play it on Windows and it worked for them. Could you tell me more about the errors you saw? Thank you :)
Arad HamidSamiee
06. Oct 2020 · 20:52 UTC
@macaroni-dev Actualy the .zip file is corrupted for me. I downloaded it three times, even tried to repair them but the zip file is unextractable.
🎤 macaroni.dev
06. Oct 2020 · 21:07 UTC
@arad-hamidsamiee That's weird! I just downloaded the .zip from the link on my Windows computer a minute ago.

Can you use the command prompt and get a sha256 checksum of the zip? That'll confirm if the download got corrupted or if our Windows are just treating it differently.

```
> certUtil -hashfile EchoesOfOuroborosWINDOWS.zip sha256
SHA256 hash of EchoesOfOuroborosWINDOWS.zip:
2b9d672e02aaa4cf6251c62695f3142a1801e013e1c4bea0a829d83b70934cbb
```

I did zip it up on Linux with `zip`, so maybe there's something Windows doesn't like about it. [Could you try this .zip file instead? I zipped it in Windows and uploaded a different one.](https://macaroni-static.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/EchoesOfOuroborosWINDOWS_2.zip)
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 09:44 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
Lamossus
07. Oct 2020 · 17:14 UTC
One of the best games I played so far! Last levels seemed too easy though
🎤 macaroni.dev
07. Oct 2020 · 18:57 UTC
@lamossus We're glad you enjoyed it!

After submission, we realized the final puzzles had solutions that were easier than we thought. We have ideas for how to make them harder and for many more puzzles and mechanics though! So keep an eye out for a post-Jam version :wink:
SamDemaine
07. Oct 2020 · 22:38 UTC
Hey nice job! I like the graphics and controls are nice! could you check out my game? :D
FlatKiwi
07. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
Nice puzzles! the character designs are pretty nice. Solid for a first jam game!
DOME
09. Oct 2020 · 18:19 UTC
Just wanted to say how cool the concept is! The art style was also done very well, and I like the color choices.

I'm not very good at the puzzles, so I only got to the third room, but I still enjoyed it a lot. Great work!
Yoni
16. Oct 2020 · 19:25 UTC
Great game! I liked the puzzles and I wish there had been more!
MTabasco
18. Oct 2020 · 21:25 UTC
Very cool idea, it fits the theme perfectly! The puzzles were very well thought and I think that the difficulty curve was bearable, which is difficult to achieve in a puzzle game with not a lot of time to design.
The art is also really cool, I like your style! I would have liked to hear some music or sounds though. :smile: