{"author_link":"\/author\/gigaraptor\/","author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","comments":[{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1440443940,"text":"No Mac version :("},{"author_name":"Robert","author_uid":"33146","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1440444720,"text":"The EXE dont work for me. I am on windows"},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1440444840,"text":"FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CRASHES ON START, JUST RUN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT USUALLY WORKS AFTER 2-3 STARTS"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1440444960,"text":"Even after starting it a couple of times it still won't start"},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1440445140,"text":"wait, try going into options and changing SCREEN_WIDTH and SCREEB_HEIGHT to something smaller"},{"author_name":"Rongon","author_uid":"20097","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1440446340,"text":"Still not working on my win 8 :(\rDamn it, I liked your gameplay video. Looking at the battlefield in the end, and all those corpses lying around, I shed a tear for all the fallen.\rWW1, never forget!"},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1440446520,"text":"I forgot some .dlls I think. Try it in 2 mins"},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1440449520,"text":"right, problem fixed, turned out I was compiling with the wrong libs :("},{"author_name":"Colthor","author_uid":"37151","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1440453060,"text":"No joy here (Win7 64-bit), sorry. Tried probably a dozen times.\rCrashes after opening both the console window and what'd probably be the graphics window. No exception or anything, but "problem details" includes "Fault Module Name: SDL2.dll" if that helps.\r\rAdvice to just keep trying a game called futility is amusing though ;)"},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1440453780,"text":"seems to work fine for my friend and my laptop so I am not sure if we are now the exception or the rule."},{"author_name":"Stephen Patrick","author_uid":"54627","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1440456720,"text":"Crashed for me on startup, windows 7 64 bit."},{"author_name":"Crypto137","author_uid":"54849","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1440456720,"text":"Doesn't work even after restarts :("},{"author_name":"Brainfreezeman","author_uid":"56050","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1440457080,"text":"The voice acting was pretty fun and the black\/white mixed with red blood looks really good!\rSome of the sound effects were a bit too loud though, like the artillery.\r\rInteresting idea anyway, there should definitely be more games made about the first world war."},{"author_name":"pixelgriffin","author_uid":"55244","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:27am","epoch":1440462120,"text":"Unfortunately, it crashes on Windows 7 for me. Tried at least a dozen times."},{"author_name":"SeaMonster131","author_uid":"17667","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:39am","epoch":1440462840,"text":"On Win8 Pro works fine. Very fun game, I like it! + for soldier sounds"},{"author_name":"Shina69","author_uid":"58059","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:59am","epoch":1440464040,"text":"IT worked fine for me on windows 8 (x64).\rAt first i didn't know what was going on, but... this is really an harsh war scene. I found it a little sketchy and surely won't win any prize but still was fun to click a few times."},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:12am","epoch":1440464820,"text":"That's a really good example of theming. Well done there. Had to finagle a bit to get it running, but worth it."},{"author_name":"hdong","author_uid":"58094","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:28am","epoch":1440465780,"text":"Crashes sometimes"},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:00am","epoch":1440496500,"text":"I wanted to play but the game crashes in Win7 x64"},{"author_name":"Vem","author_uid":"57750","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1440519660,"text":"It has crashed several times for me now."},{"author_name":"ceosol","author_uid":"34411","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1440600960,"text":"Interesting entry. Overall I liked it, but found the link to the theme a little weak. I do agree that you can associate war with monsters. However, in this game, both sides seem to be monsters and it starts to blur where the theme plays in.\r\rI like strategy games and this one had a lot of fine details (units, attacks, audio). Very nice."},{"author_name":"Realize2D","author_uid":"55753","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1440632520,"text":"I think you did put a lot of effort on it, LD in C++\/SDL is hard! good job!"},{"author_name":"liquidmedia","author_uid":"45679","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 6:00am","epoch":1440654900,"text":"It did not like to start most of the time, but ran ok after restarting the game a few times."},{"author_name":"valid4life","author_uid":"31730","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1440876960,"text":"Haven't run into many multiplayer games!\rThe text is a little hard to read once the bodies start piling in\rGreat game!"},{"author_name":"barigorokarl","author_uid":"3036","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 9:43am","epoch":1440927480,"text":"This was really a schlachtfest."}],"images":["ld33\/55844-761c559b4148825e797a48cc97f824fd.jpg","ld33\/55844-405bf496697a483fc6fa4e37eb65efe3.jpg","ld33\/55844-97d0ee45335379eff2a920baca1663fe.jpg","ld33\/55844-62ca00b9e844ac5fe991867799348d80.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z9gteReYiEo","text":"YouTube playthrough"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B8AvUgjhCR_qWFY2eU9mSzBYQWM\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/gigaraptor.itch.io\/futility","text":"Windows(Post Jam performance improvements)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9190","g_author":"55844","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9223","g_title":"Futility","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"935","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55844-shot0-1440438999.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55844-shot1-1440438999.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55844-shot2-1440438999.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55844-shot3-1440438999.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Futility : A world war 1 themed strategy game\r\n\r\nNOTE : IF WINDOWS USERS GET \"NOT RESPONDING\" TOWARDS THE START, RESTART THE GAME. IT WILL USUALLY WORK AFTER 2-3 TRIES. IF THAT FAILS, RUN IT IN WINDOWS XP SP3 COMPATIBILITY MODE. IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, COMMENT ERROR CODES AND I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIX THEM.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNeeds to compile:\r\n\t-SDL2\r\n\t\r\n\t-SDL2_TTF\r\n\t\r\n\t-SDL2_MIXER\r\n\t\r\n\t-SDL2_IMG\r\n\t\r\n\t-jansson\r\n\t\r\n\t-PNG library\r\n\t\r\n\t-C compiler\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\nPremise:\r\n\r\nThis is a world war 1 game. There are british and Germans. Their objective is to take the opposing trench. You and your friend are the commanders.\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to play:\r\n\r\nBritain plays with the mouse, Germany with the keyboard. Click the buttons to put out units or to switch sound on and off. The controls are\r\n\r\n- ANZACs\/Sturmtruppen : Quicker than BEF, but more expensive(1st button for britain, 2 for germany, 100 points)\r\n\r\n- BEF\/Landwehr : Basic unit, slow but plentiful (2nd button for britain, 1 for germany, 50 points)\r\n\r\n- Artillery : call in some shells on the enemy position (3rd button for britain, 3 for germany, 150 points)\r\n\r\n- Gas : shell with gas clouds across the enemy frontline ! (4th button for britain, 4 for germany, 200 points)\r\n\r\n- Escape exits during and after the game\r\n\r\nAudio on and off should be clear\r\n\r\nOnce 10 soldiers have crossed the a side, the other side wins. But was it really worth it?\r\n\r\n\r\nI explain the game : http:\/\/youtu.be\/Z9gteReYiEo\r\n\r\n\r\nBEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD : READ THE README, IT HELPS TO EXPLAIN THE GAME","title":"Futility"}