You wake up after many decades of cryopreservation. Alone in your pod, you have to explore an exo-planet... by controlling a remote robot.
Pod2000 aims to be an immersive audio & visual experience (much better with an audio headset!). We really hope it will make you feel curious... and lonely.
Hello there! Here is the first part of the post mortem for Pod2000, our Ludum Dare 38 compo submission we made in 48h. In those articles, we’ll give you all the details on the making-of this game! Let’s go :)
For this 38th edition, we decided to team up with a lot of crazy birds! We were a bit curious about how we could work with so many people, in 48h.. But it went really smooth, and especially, it was hell of a party! Old colleagues & friends, together, in a castle, with the sun, to make a game. Here is the dream team, in a chaotic order:
From left to right: Baptiste, Nicolas, Geoffrey, Gildas and Pierre
Most of us are developers, but we had the chance to team up with multiple talents, so we decided to create everything from scratch (so no pre-made sound/graphic assets). This way, we could end up with a coherent visual & audio experience.
Mylène joined us on Sunday to draw the lovely & stunning pixel art illustrations we used to visually bring life to the small world:
Pixel art biomes, aka pictures sent by VJ-Net42, by Mylène Larnaud.
As Pierre is mastering 3D rendering, he made the scene with the pod computer, the 2 first “cinematic” pictures and our logo. \o/
The computer in the pod, 3D rendered (Blender), by Pierre Allard.
Last but not least, Baptiste made a huge work on the audio part, recording a lot of sounds, creating this very particular & immersive ambiance you have in your pod and in the small world audio captures.
Some of us already worked together in the past, but we never joined our forces, so it was the first time we worked ALL together. In the next post, we’ll detail the 2 days of the Jam. See you!
And don't hesitate to give a try to Pod2000!
Lionel probably has the worst colleagues in the world. They asked him to move a box in the warehouse. On a friday evening! It seems they forgot him and turned off the light. I hope you don't fear the dark...
Play it here, and tell us what you think! :)
It's friday, and weekend is getting closer... Except for Lionel.
Will you find your way back?
Try it and give us your thoughts! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/lionels-weekend
"New genre : blind platform game." (@maskinmask)
"Great game! I like how audio is really important and not just an afterthought." (@smbe19)
"A smart use of sound in the game and an interesting mechanics." (@ijona)
Try Fórnir, our turn-based game. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/fornir
"Great Game Art! Great Concept! Please do continue this game!" (@tpamir)
"Loved the game atmosphere, great storytelling!" (@naya-rangel)
"Great graphics and superb audio." (@hectigo)
Will you find all the different endings?
Aaaand we did it! What an amazing 72h, thanks you team (Pierre, Paul, Flo, Nao & Nono). Now, let's hunt some coins!
Feel free to test our game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/stranger-coins
The game is now a bit easier. We also increased the readability of our timer + WASD controls! Feel free to give it a try :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/stranger-coins
Hey pssst, you know that Grasstival is about to start, right? The contest for the most beautiful grass in town.
That's right! It's time to keep you grass alive from external threats... ! Whatever it costs.
Manage this mole company responsible to feed the colony!
And you, how deep will you go? Give it a try!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deepercorp
I just added a WebGL build for deeperCORP, the perfect timing to test the game if you haven't yet! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deepercorp
How far will you send them, you monster?!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deepercorp
Bad luck, a breakdown... we'll have to improvise fuel with what we can find on this planet.
