{"author_link":"\/users\/387005","author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":1387005,"comments":[{"id":1130165,"author_name":"Smugsman","author_uid":"smugsman","epoch":1744116645,"text":"Hooray, great game, tingles my need for spicy hot chocolate","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132176,"author_name":"izzqz","author_uid":"izzqz","epoch":1744131413,"text":"Im sorry for my dummy behavior... But where is the play button?\n ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132382,"author_name":"Sayeg","author_uid":"sayeg","epoch":1744132829,"text":"I would suggest adding some gameplay pictures to your page to attract more people :)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132393,"author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":"387005","epoch":1744132916,"text":"Hello @izzqz,\nI've uploaded some images to the main page. Since you're probably not seeing a big button saying \"play\", my only guess is that you're seeing a loading screen.  \nAssuming a window has appeared, there're two cases:  \nYou're seeing white\/Nothing is drawin -> the game is still loading textures\/shaders and\/or has thrown an unreported exception.  \nYou're seeing the Loading-screen (saying \"loading Soundfont\") -> the game is still loading the sounds\/music\/soundfont and\/or has thrown an unreported exception.  \n  \nIn both cases, sadly, I doubt there is anything to be fixed locally. But if the issue is still here, I'd appreciate if you'd send me a console log (requires running the app from the console using smth. like 'java -jar \"path\/to\/game.jar\"')!  \n  \nMit Freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1133015,"author_name":"Christian Zommerfelds","author_uid":"christian-zommerfelds","epoch":1744137319,"text":"Couldn't start the game: \"A Java exception has occurred\"","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1133478,"author_name":"Profugo Barbatus","author_uid":"profugo-barbatus","epoch":1744140565,"text":"Can't get it to launch, no errors, just thinks for a split second then kills its own process. Modern GPU, correct Java Version, but doesn't kick off anything.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1133529,"author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":"387005","epoch":1744140984,"text":"Hello @profugo-barbatus,\nCould you explain\/send in the console output? Does it generate any dumps or other files? What OS are you using?  \nIf possible, can you create an issue on git https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/serp-slurp for me to investigate?  \nI would really appreciate it!  \n  \nMit Freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen  ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1134096,"author_name":"Yiraa","author_uid":"yiraa","epoch":1744144728,"text":"It took me some time to understand why I was dying at the beginning (it was not clear for me that I needed to stay on falling objects).\n\nLove the goofyness of the graphics!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135893,"author_name":"GoogleFrog","author_uid":"googlefrog","epoch":1744164780,"text":"I get an \"out of stack space\" popup.\n```\nB:\\Games\\LudamDare\\LD57\\SerpSpicyHotChocolate>java -jar game_win2.jar\nWARNING: A restricted method in java.lang.System has been called\nWARNING: java.lang.System::load has been called by org.lwjgl.system.Library$$Lambda\/0x000001935f00ce00 in an unnamed module (file:\/B:\/Games\/LudamDare\/LD57\/SerpSpicyHotChocolate\/game_win2.jar)\nWARNING: Use --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED to avoid a warning for callers in this module\nWARNING: Restricted methods will be blocked in a future release unless native access is enabled\n\nWARNING: A terminally deprecated method in sun.misc.Unsafe has been called\nWARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset has been called by org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil (file:\/B:\/Games\/LudamDare\/LD57\/SerpSpicyHotChocolate\/game_win2.jar)\nWARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of class org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil\nWARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset will be removed in a future release\njava.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Out of stack space.\n        at org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack.nmalloc(MemoryStack.java:321)\n        at org.lwjgl.vulkan.VkExtensionProperties.malloc(VkExtensionProperties.java:208)\n        at org.lwjgl.vulkan.VkInstance.getAvailableDeviceExtensions(VkInstance.java:82)\n        at org.lwjgl.vulkan.VkInstance.getInstanceCapabilities(VkInstance.java:45)\n        at org.lwjgl.vulkan.VkInstance.<init>(VkInstance.java:29)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Vulkan.VulkanTools.createVulkanInstance(VulkanTools.java:1267)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Vulkan.VulkanInstance.create(VulkanInstance.java:254)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.AGGraphics.AGVGraphics.create(AGVGraphics.java:224)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:325)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:46)\n\nB:\\Games\\LudamDare\\LD57\\SerpSpicyHotChocolate>java -version\njava version \"24\" 2025-03-18\nJava(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 24+36-3646)\nJava HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24+36-3646, mixed mode, sharing)\n```","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136081,"author_name":"apt_prose7","author_uid":"apt-prose7","epoch":1744167740,"text":"Very cool but not clear...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1137106,"author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":"387005","epoch":1744187691,"text":"hello @googlefrog \n\nIt seems that the game failed to allocate a VkExtensionProperties on the stack, which is strange, since the object itself is only 260 bytes in size..\nAlso the object gets allocated with LWJGL's Vulkan Instance, on a stack the game does not controll directly. And the issue never happened before :shrug:\nDefault stack size for LWJGL is 64kb. If you want to, you can try  \nrunning the application with: '-Dorg.lwjgl.system.stackSize=<value in kb>', increasing that value ([see](https:\/\/github.com\/LWJGL\/lwjgl3\/issues\/387)).  \n  \nTry something like this: \"java -Dorg.lwjgl.system.stackSize=128 -jar game_win2.jar\"  \n  \nMit Freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143315,"author_name":"Buni","author_uid":"buni","epoch":1744304121,"text":"I really love the artstyle :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144723,"author_name":"Glaupe Cabral","author_uid":"glaupe-cabral","epoch":1744337622,"text":"Really amazed by the amount of things you could do in that short period of time! Congrats","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145363,"author_name":"DevilXrom","author_uid":"devilxrom","epoch":1744368894,"text":"Hi! Took me a moment to get into it, but once I did, it was pretty engaging. There's definitely something cool here \u2014 nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146074,"author_name":"MysteriousJuice","author_uid":"mysteriousjuice","epoch":1744395792,"text":"Hey guys, I saw the video you guys added and your explanations, but shoulnd\u00b4t it be fine (according to the rules) to fix gamebreaking bug even after the deadline. In your case it might not be gamebreaking but is stopping many from trying it, so I think it should be fine to still upload the .exe, just note it on your page. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1147694,"author_name":"CrozzY","author_uid":"crozzy","epoch":1744463823,"text":"I liked the game, it's quite interesting and the gameplay is good. Also the game style and sounds are very good and nice. I had fun playing the game and I would recommend it to other people) Very cool game","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1147979,"author_name":"INCD021","author_uid":"incd021","epoch":1744474637,"text":"Very unique graphics :thumbsup: Gameplay a bit confusing at first. But what a wonderful game :smiley: Great job. :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148403,"author_name":"Artel","author_uid":"artel","epoch":1744488821,"text":"The art style is great!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149331,"author_name":"ImNotVegan","author_uid":"imnotvegan","epoch":1744540115,"text":"could not start game, error after I press \"play\" button\nI used command to start game: java -Dorg.lwjgl.system.stackSize=128 -jar game_win2.jar\n![screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/55d\/06\/z\/6c1e9.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149494,"author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":"387005","epoch":1744548178,"text":"Hello @imnotvegan \nI'd normally ask for the console log, but since I doubt you have installed some vulkan validation layers, there probably won't be much usefull stuff in it. Judging by the state of the error, I can tell that java is correctly set up and vulkan is at least present (though maybe as an untested version). Could you, if you want to, please provide the vulkan version of your machine (may be multiple if you have multiple GPU's present), or the name's of your graphics card(s) and if their drivers are about up-to-date?\n\n(If you experienced in vulkan, then I assume I could tell you that the application automatically enables [\"VK_LAYER_LUNARG_monitor\", \"VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation\", \"VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_synchronization2\"], which normally print really useful information in such cases.)\n\nMit Freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1152576,"author_name":"Empyreans","author_uid":"empyreans","epoch":1744769180,"text":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-VhX3o-tAAU\n\nI liked the creepiness of the atmosphere. Reminded me of some 3DO \/ PS1 era games. \nIt evoke nostalgia as if about something I never actually played before which doesn't happen all that often to me.\n\nOne thing I'd note is that UI is pretty confusing, but that's totally alright.\n\nWish I had someone on the stream to play it with me. That'd be fun!\n\nWaiting on LD58 for Spicy Hot Chocolate 4.\n\n~Xp","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1153584,"author_name":"ImNotVegan","author_uid":"imnotvegan","epoch":1744888234,"text":"@kartoffel-licht I have GPU RTX 3080 12 GB and latest graphics driver \nI get error messages in console:\n```\nC:\\Users\\dimac\\Downloads>java -Dorg.lwjgl.system.stackSize=128 -jar game_win2.jar\nWARNING: A restricted method in java.lang.System has been called\nWARNING: java.lang.System::load has been called by org.lwjgl.system.Library$$Lambda\/0x000001c35100d100 in an unnamed module (file:\/C:\/Users\/dimac\/Downloads\/game_win2.jar)\nWARNING: Use --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED to avoid a warning for callers in this module\nWARNING: Restricted methods will be blocked in a future release unless native access is enabled\n\nWARNING: A terminally deprecated method in sun.misc.Unsafe has been called\nWARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset has been called by org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil (file:\/C:\/Users\/dimac\/Downloads\/game_win2.jar)\nWARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of class org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil\nWARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset will be removed in a future release\nResetting..\nAdded new input Method: class Kartoffel.Licht.KeyboardInputMethod2\nAdded new input Method: class Kartoffel.Licht.KeyboardInputMethod\nStarting Run...\njava.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to submit Draw Command!\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.AGGraphics.AGDrawer.submitCommandBuffer(AGDrawer.java:284)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.AGGraphics.AGCanvasDisplay.submitDisplay(AGCanvasDisplay.java:180)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:525)\n        at Kartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:46)\nWarning, unclosed AGVGraphics-Object! Kartoffel.Licht.AGGraphics.AGVGraphics@1b0375b3\nWarning, unclosed AGDrawer-Object! Kartoffel.Licht.AGGraphics.AGDrawer@5f375618\nKartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:325)\nKartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:329)\nKartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:46)\nKartoffel.Licht.Main.main(Main.java:46)\n```","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1153834,"author_name":"LDJam user 387005","author_uid":"387005","epoch":1744916287,"text":"Hello @imnotvegan   \nThanks for the info, I really appreciate it!  \nFirst of all, there doesn't seem to be something I could do this LD about that bug'1, so sorry for the inconvenience :neutral_face: .  \nAlso, interestingly, I'll assume that everything before would have worked fine, since the \"Starting Run...\"-message is present (send if the Play-Button is pressed), But I'll investigate this part again for future LD's.  \n('1 I created another build marked as game_win2-1, where I reall cheaply try to ignore the error, it might or might not work.)\n  \nMit Freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1153893,"author_name":"ImNotVegan","author_uid":"imnotvegan","epoch":1744919675,"text":"@kartoffel-licht, thanks for fix, the game works!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156191,"author_name":"sinclairstrange","author_uid":"sinclairstrange","epoch":1745344745,"text":"Took a while to get the game working on my end, but that's due to my lack of expertise! Overall a good little game, that honestly gives me old Newgrounds\/Flash vibes which I love! Nostalgia, overall a simple yet enjoyable gameplay loop! Enjoyed, well done! ^-^","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/KLGraphics","text":"Graphics Library"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.lwjgl.org\/","text":"LWJGL"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/serp-slurp","text":"The Game."},{"url":"https:\/\/schristiancollins.com\/generaluser","text":"Soundfont link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"66026","g_author":"1387005","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"284633","g_title":"Serp-slurp (Spicy hot chocolate 3)","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"408044","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"408044","n_urlkey":"284633","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/serp-slurp-spicy-hot-chocolate-3","n_slug":"serp-slurp-spicy-hot-chocolate-3","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"387005","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"1308967","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":408044,"parent":406845,"_superparent":9,"author":387005,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2025-04-08T00:59:21Z","created":"2025-03-28T18:42:12Z","modified":"2025-04-14T00:04:01Z","_trust":1,"version":1308967,"slug":"serp-slurp-spicy-hot-chocolate-3","name":"Serp-slurp (Spicy hot chocolate 3)","body":"A 1-4 player (2 keyboard, 2 controllers) fastpace high-score based \"survival\" game in which reaction time and strategy are key.  \n\nFour wizards have been swallowed  by a massive serpantine beast in a norwegian national park and must collect enough vitality to sustain their lifes for long enough. As they  \n keep sinking into the ouroboroses stomach they encounter vast enviorments and strange items. Will they ever get out? How long can they sustain themselves? How DEEP can they go?   (See what i did there >)  )  \n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/nDT4S9DODdE\n\nAs plattforms appear and dissapear the players must jump on them, loot the provided material and jump off before they sink into the stomach acid.  \nTheres many more deep mechanics to spice gameplay however; WHY DONT YOU JUST PLAY IT!? PLAY THE DAMN GAME!!1!*  \n  \n(*or don't, but we'd appreciate it. -Kartoffel_Licht)  \n![Screenshot 2025-04-08 191048.png](\/\/\/raw\/db7\/e5\/z\/6b77e.png)\n\nA game by:  \nKartoffel_Licht - codesman,music literaly build the whole thing  \nSmugsman - artsman,sfx - made silly sprites and spoke  \n(InkyOnyx - Made two character designs and provided emotional support)  \n  \nThe game does support local multiplay with:  \n[Movement\/Actionkey1-4]  \nWASD\/EQRC  \nUPDOWNLEFTRIGHT\/Num0-3  \n2x Gamepad: Left Stick\/AXYB  \n  \n[Edit: to change skin, press Action key 2]  \n\n![Screenshot 2025-04-08 191053.png](\/\/\/raw\/db7\/e5\/z\/6b77f.png)\n  \n(More technical details here)  \nBinaries included for   \nfreebsd-amd64  \nlinux-amd64  \nmacos-x86_64  \nwindows-amd64  \n  \nIf you run into any issues, please look into the comment-section or the issues on [git](https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/serp-slurp\/issues).\nConsider leaving a report with OS and the console output (command is eg. \"java -jar path\/to\/game.jar\") to help others having troubles in the future!  \n  \nMake sure you have the latest version of Java (https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/de\/java\/technologies\/downloads\/) installed, or else it might yell \"A Java exception has occurred\" at you.    \n\nAlso you'll need a somewhat modern GPU (supporting Vulkan)","scope":"public","node-timestamp":"2025-04-11T11:53:29Z","meta":{"author":[387005,398824],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/8e5\/16\/z\/6af44.png","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01-tag":[42332],"link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/KLGraphics","link-01-name":"Graphics Library","link-02":"https:\/\/www.lwjgl.org\/","link-02-tag":[42332],"link-02-name":"LWJGL","link-03":"https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/serp-slurp","link-03-tag":[42332],"link-03-name":"The Game.","link-04":"https:\/\/schristiancollins.com\/generaluser","link-04-tag":[42332],"link-04-name":"Soundfont link"},"meta-timestamp":"2025-04-14T00:04:01Z","path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/serp-slurp-spicy-hot-chocolate-3","parents":[1,5,9,406845],"files":[{"id":40255,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_win.jar","size":171627114,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T00:51:45Z","status":9},{"id":40273,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_mac.jar","size":174125278,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T00:52:41Z","status":0},{"id":40291,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_linux.jar","size":172487226,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T00:53:21Z","status":0},{"id":40318,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_freebsd.jar","size":172197140,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T00:54:05Z","status":0},{"id":40652,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_win.jar","size":171627131,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:24:39Z","status":0},{"id":40856,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_win.jar","size":162782547,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:50:39Z","status":0},{"id":40864,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_mac.jar","size":165280711,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:51:14Z","status":0},{"id":40875,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_linux.jar","size":163642659,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:51:52Z","status":0},{"id":40886,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_freebsd.jar","size":163352573,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:52:39Z","status":0},{"id":40932,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_win2.jar","size":162782547,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:56:00Z","status":9},{"id":40938,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_mac2.jar","size":165280711,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:56:42Z","status":9},{"id":40945,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_linux2.jar","size":163642659,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:57:22Z","status":9},{"id":40962,"author":387005,"node":408044,"tag":0,"name":"game_freebsd2.jar","size":163352573,"timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:58:02Z","status":9}],"files-timestamp":"2025-04-08T01:58:02Z","love":0,"comments":20,"comments-timestamp":"2025-04-13T12:42:58Z","grade":{"grade-01":26,"grade-02":25,"grade-03":25,"grade-04":25,"grade-05":28,"grade-06":25,"grade-07":25,"grade-08":26},"magic":{"cool":105.67645286607,"feedback":40,"given":27.5,"grade":25.625,"smart":4.3648349749221},"_wayback":{"timestamp":"20250414022317","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/411721+408628+407588+410514+412534+408742+408231+406886+407445+410688+410913+412676+408044+413050+413440+413447+407932+409491+409038+411450+408462+407724+411091+409590"}},"text":"A 1-4 player (2 keyboard, 2 controllers) fastpace high-score based \"survival\" game in which reaction time and strategy are key.  \n\nFour wizards have been swallowed  by a massive serpantine beast in a norwegian national park and must collect enough vitality to sustain their lifes for long enough. As they  \n keep sinking into the ouroboroses stomach they encounter vast enviorments and strange items. Will they ever get out? How long can they sustain themselves? How DEEP can they go?   (See what i did there >)  )  \n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/nDT4S9DODdE\n\nAs plattforms appear and dissapear the players must jump on them, loot the provided material and jump off before they sink into the stomach acid.  \nTheres many more deep mechanics to spice gameplay however; WHY DONT YOU JUST PLAY IT!? PLAY THE DAMN GAME!!1!*  \n  \n(*or don't, but we'd appreciate it. -Kartoffel_Licht)  \n![Screenshot 2025-04-08 191048.png](\/\/\/raw\/db7\/e5\/z\/6b77e.png)\n\nA game by:  \nKartoffel_Licht - codesman,music literaly build the whole thing  \nSmugsman - artsman,sfx - made silly sprites and spoke  \n(InkyOnyx - Made two character designs and provided emotional support)  \n  \nThe game does support local multiplay with:  \n[Movement\/Actionkey1-4]  \nWASD\/EQRC  \nUPDOWNLEFTRIGHT\/Num0-3  \n2x Gamepad: Left Stick\/AXYB  \n  \n[Edit: to change skin, press Action key 2]  \n\n![Screenshot 2025-04-08 191053.png](\/\/\/raw\/db7\/e5\/z\/6b77f.png)\n  \n(More technical details here)  \nBinaries included for   \nfreebsd-amd64  \nlinux-amd64  \nmacos-x86_64  \nwindows-amd64  \n  \nIf you run into any issues, please look into the comment-section or the issues on [git](https:\/\/github.com\/KartoffelL\/serp-slurp\/issues).\nConsider leaving a report with OS and the console output (command is eg. \"java -jar path\/to\/game.jar\") to help others having troubles in the future!  \n  \nMake sure you have the latest version of Java (https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/de\/java\/technologies\/downloads\/) installed, or else it might yell \"A Java exception has occurred\" at you.    \n\nAlso you'll need a somewhat modern GPU (supporting Vulkan)","title":"Serp-slurp (Spicy hot chocolate 3)","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20250414022317","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/411721+408628+407588+410514+412534+408742+408231+406886+407445+410688+410913+412676+408044+413050+413440+413447+407932+409491+409038+411450+408462+407724+411091+409590"}}