Re-Version by vlandemart

made by vlandemart for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Re-Version is a puzzle game about time flow.

Due to time management, overscoping and the fact that we couldn't picture the game we were making - game came out looking more like a tech demo. There are some "tutorial" levels that shows you the mechanics we created, but there are actually no proper levels where they would be used.

This level actually is not finished, but can be played after game completion. We included it just for demonstration

Nevertheless, we still think that game presents some pleasant gameplay and it pictures ideas we were trying to create for this theme.

Credits: - Vlad Sereda, noxymu5 - Programming, Game Design - Vladimir Golohvastov, Bruyn - Programming, Game Design - Vladimir Solovev, Vlandemart - Level Design, Game Design, some Programming ezgif.com-optimize(1).gif

WARNING

Itch.io contains post-ld version, which includes some critical fixes: 1. Orange cube was fixed, in ld version it caused level to be unpassable, and game not playable 2. Input was changed from arrow keys to mouse buttons, due to some players having troubles with arrow keys working, making game unplayable

Youtube	https://vlandemart.itch.io/reverse-esrever
Youtube	https://vlandemart.itch.io/reverse-esrever
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/re-version

Ratings

Overall	495^th	3.708⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Fun	266^th	3.823⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	170^th	3.948⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1081^th	3.333⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1280^th	2.969⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1099^th	3.115⭐	50🧑‍⚖️
Given		55🗳️	51🗨️

Feedback

EasyGoingDubber

06. Oct 2020 · 11:59 UTC

i think this game should win the competition but there are a missunderstanding, these game is not about stuck in a loop, instead of this game is about time control
without a music and audio but still hits in theme, give a fuking hudge amount of time i cannot say more to not spoiler other users what is the secret of the game, guys good job, but the theme ...

mind0o

06. Oct 2020 · 12:04 UTC

Good fucking job man! This game is really good with tons of potential! The time rewind mechanic works wonderfully although a bit slow, but everything else is great. Throwing the cube to my other version while also rewinding time to match it up works great. I seriously commend your programming skills and graphics! Although I feel that the controls could be improved a bit, and some music and sound would be good. Very good job!

ian booms

06. Oct 2020 · 12:12 UTC

Great concept, felt very portal-esque! I think the last level should've incorporated the rewind effect more than it did. Overall, great work, would love to see this with full graphics and sound!

CookieNoir

06. Oct 2020 · 12:15 UTC

Great puzzle! Excellent and smart time travel implementation. Found a little bug on the last level.![not_over_yet.png](///raw/a93/43/z/38f90.png) Not sure it should be visible at the beginning :D Anyway, I've got a good experience playing your game.

unima9000

06. Oct 2020 · 12:39 UTC

10/10 stuff guys!

🎤 vlandemart

06. Oct 2020 · 13:39 UTC

Thank you all for your kind words! It's very motivating, really.

Animaster

06. Oct 2020 · 14:45 UTC

Nice game, but it needs more levels. Levels with 2 player doesen't even need rewind function to complete. Anyway, great job!

Lev4iks

06. Oct 2020 · 15:30 UTC

Excellent work, to my mind this one has good potential), good puzzle with interesting mechanics !

SpacialSeasoning

06. Oct 2020 · 21:24 UTC

Cool concept! I really enjoyed Katana Zero, and a time-based puzzle game could definitely be interesting. I did feel like the two-player switching views thing was a bit much. An entire game could be made focusing on just one or the other so it just feels like overkill to have both that and the time travel introduced in the tutorial.

Artyom Volkov

07. Oct 2020 · 10:30 UTC

A pretty clever puzzle game with decent core gameplay mechanics, it can become a good full game.

Stracker

07. Oct 2020 · 19:08 UTC

The rewind mechanic is so well executed, I love it !

The game is indeed lacking in the visual and content department though, but it's a very interesting base !

MikoziQ

07. Oct 2020 · 20:34 UTC

You have a very solid foundation for a good title to be produced! I like the rewinding, I would like it to be maybe faster a bit. Don't give up and keep up the good work guys!

The Missing Bracket

08. Oct 2020 · 11:31 UTC

good game, weird enough that the characters in this game look like the characters in my entry

bastilo

09. Oct 2020 · 09:33 UTC

Last level: Break glass cube, step on it, get out of bounds to reach the exit :) Nonetheless: A wonderful game idea!

Edalbung

09. Oct 2020 · 17:11 UTC

Nice FPS puzzle game!

Here are my feedback:

_Positive points
- Clever usage of the theme
- The rewind feature is well made, especially the effects on it
- Each level adds a new thing

_Negative points
- The FPS camera is a little too high in height
- Sometimes it is hard to be precise when throwing a cube
- No SFX or Music

Overall: nice work!

ursagames

10. Oct 2020 · 21:12 UTC

Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 10/10. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/yy4oycvv

gamesplusjames

10. Oct 2020 · 21:15 UTC

Some pretty cool ideas in action here, nice work! I love the effects on the rewinding. I believe in the power of orange now :D

Tvorojok

11. Oct 2020 · 13:28 UTC

As if this game was made for more than three days! I broke my brain, thank you, I liked it!

Amin_JK000

11. Oct 2020 · 14:38 UTC

Really cool game I played it till the end and it was very good. Nice job :v:

Garywiss

12. Oct 2020 · 15:39 UTC

Very interesting mechanic with good puzzle design. Good Job !

MrBamboo

12. Oct 2020 · 15:59 UTC

Feel like Portal ! Good job !

yolp900

12. Oct 2020 · 16:02 UTC

I really liked the game, the ability to go back in time always does it for me :smile:

grizeldi

12. Oct 2020 · 16:54 UTC

Web version only renders a black screen with a crosshair in firefox :slight_frown:

🎤 vlandemart

12. Oct 2020 · 17:12 UTC

@grizeldi thats strange. I use firefox and it works fine.
Might help if you'd open F12>Console and showed which errors do you have

Jvdwijk

12. Oct 2020 · 18:41 UTC

This was nice! I liked the puzzles, but the time could have went back a bit faster imo. Other then that pretty polished!

grizeldi

12. Oct 2020 · 21:00 UTC

@vlandemart This is what it outputs https://pastebin.com/v0cf1t0D

HOOLOP

13. Oct 2020 · 16:17 UTC

Wow I love this game and I want more ! I think the theme isn't really there but the mechanics are really great !
Too bad there is no sound but good use of basic shapes for the graphics. Great job !

Fictions

13. Oct 2020 · 18:07 UTC

That's a great concept and I hope you will tinker a bit more with that game :)

KeyurRana

13. Oct 2020 · 19:02 UTC

Really cool concept. This can be a really fun puzzle game with more work. One minor thing, I could finish the last level by just jumping over the door.

Great work!

Merpui

13. Oct 2020 · 19:52 UTC

Nice game! The time rewind mechanic is well implemented and the puzzles are cleverly made. Although, I could just jump over the wall in one level :P
Nevertheless, well done! :)

Gaming Night

14. Oct 2020 · 14:29 UTC

Impressive game, really nice. The rewind effect is PERFECT !
Well done :)

givit-game-studios

14. Oct 2020 · 16:14 UTC

This is really interesting, I like it. It just took my a while to figure out about the first time that I needed to rewind the game. But otherwise it is agreat concept.

SpawnCampGames

14. Oct 2020 · 22:03 UTC

Pretty fun game. I think just having a button to rewind automatically would been enough for this game. I enjoyed it anyway :)

jk5000

15. Oct 2020 · 17:52 UTC

I like the idea, and the levels is fun but perhaps a bit too simple. If you continue development on this game, you have to find a way to make the controls much more simple. Overall is this a fun and pretty well made jam game. Well done.

Sharks

15. Oct 2020 · 18:46 UTC

Amazing game so innovate, honestly this feels like the mechanic that should be in Portal 3, it really felt like playing a portal game when I did this. The levels were a bit simple though and all the ones with a second player I really felt threw away the time travel mechanic a little and were just bland boring simple and not original. Solid solid entry!

JoeDev

15. Oct 2020 · 20:07 UTC

Fantastic base mechanic that would have made a really awesome bunch of gameplay had you had time to finish up some proper levels, but was still great even in the 'tutorial' levels! The rewind effect is very polished ('oh damn' moment when the glass cube reforms) with a sick looking effect, and the puzzle mechanics are well thought out (I dig the 'time-proof' orange objects a lot). Very cool!

Trexxak

15. Oct 2020 · 23:13 UTC

hah, what a neat idea!

Was really surprised to find a clone of myself!
As others, I hope you work on it, as I see great potential here and would love to see the mechanics introduced being explored a bit more!
Great entry!

Tamail

23. Oct 2020 · 15:18 UTC

Ugh, my computer had such a bad performance issues with this one - the WebGL build. :/ From what I've managed to see, I liked the idea, it seemed really original. Nice work!