August 24th-27th 2012 :: Theme: Evolution
EDIT: AHK = AutoHotkey. There's a link below!
Hello, this is our first Ludum Dare event!
Out of the Sea is a quirky, random game that makes somewhat less sense than it appears at first, if that's possible. It might make you giggle uncontrollably. Or not. In any case we had a ton of fun making this and hope you all enjoy it!
This game was made with [AutoHotkey](http://autohotkey.com)! It's an awesome language for scripting, automation, and apparently, building games! You'll need it, too, if you're going to try out the game from the source code. Specifically, get AutoHotkey_L.
Speaking of the source, I'd recommend protective eyewear before gazing upon it. It's quite messy and might be giving off low levels of radiation. Please see a doctor if symptoms persist.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 55% |
| #89 | Theme(Jam) | 3.00 |
| #90 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.57 |
| #157 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.67 |
| #203 | Fun(Jam) | 2.42 |
Comments
Thanks for testing, BMacIntosh, while I don't know what causes this I've uploaded a new version that possibly fixes the issue.
I am getting the same error as Bmac. Task manager says it is "Not Responding" good luck on fixing the bug.
Same for me, I shall return when you have it working. Looks trippy :)
To those of you who are having difficulties with playing Out of the Sea, would you kindly state your OS version and service pack please? In my admittedly limited testing I have not tested very many OSs.
Damn, I really enjoyed your description and was excited to try it out, but I've got the same bug. Windows 7 64-bits here. I hope you guys can fix it so I can play and rate. :)
Still same error. I've tried it on two different computers (both Win7 64-bit, DX11).
I am having the same issue I get a blank unresponsive windows 7 x64 bit.
I've been unable to reproduce this "Not Responding" issue on any of my test systems, I'm afraid. Sorry to those of you who are having issues with it, I've made a gameplay video for you guys :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbxtC913ki0
By the way, I would appreciate it if you also tried the source code version, might help me figure out what the problem is.
With Great sadness I must say it doesn't work :(
Running Win 7 64bit up to date.
Sorry, I seem to be having the same issue. When I start it, I get a gray window and it launches a new Windows Explorer window with the folder I launched it from.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit.
Doesn't work for me either, Windows 7 Premium 64bit. Frozen non-responsive blank window. Sorry - looked like a cool project.
I'm getting the same problem that other people are getting. I'm on Windows Seven x64.
Thanks for all the responses. I still have no idea why it's not working, but it would be great if anyone could tell me if it is working for them. And if so, what their setup is (OS, whether you have AHK installed, etc.). Perhaps a pattern will emerge.
For now, I don't even know where to begin debugging yet.
Sorry, AHK is AutoHotkey, the scripting language this game is written in. Being short on time, I used a ton of hacks to make everything work correctly.
That included forking a ton of processes to handle sounds asynchronously. Hey, don't point that thing at me. It's ugly, it's slow, and it causes kittens to die, but it works.
For now a tentative workaround is to install AutoHotkey at the website provided in the post. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to change this anymore, so I won't just to be safe :)
Starts up behind the Explorer window, doesn't respond at all. Windows gives me the "this application is not responding" dialog.
Running Win8 RP. No AHK.
Okay, I've got to bite on it... the game was written in AutoHotKey? I thought that was a keyboard macro program?
Same problem here :(, the window doesn't respond.
Running on WinXP 32 bits.
I'll try again on my desktop, because it looks intruiging, but it didn't run on my Windows7 laptop
I'll try again on my desktop, because it looks intruiging, but it didn't run on my Windows7 laptop. Started, but nothing happened (blank screen)
Sadly I too am not able to run on Windows. I tried Windows 7 and 8 both running 64 bit.
I'm getting a crash on launch, Windows 7 64-bit. I've bookmarked this though as from the screenshots, this is absolutely my type of game.
On up-to-date winXP32 desktop 3GB Dual core also not working. I've seen the video and it looks very good!
It is indeed a keyboard macro program. However, it's capable of so much more - it's a pretty complete scripting language, actually.
If anyone has installed AutoHotkey and is still experiencing these issues, please sound off in the comments here. Otherwise I can only Ask you to install it and give it another shot. Thank you for your patience! I am at a mobile device right now but a post-Jam version will soon be made available that will probably make the code significantly cleaner.
Won't run. Windows Vista 32 bit up to date. Shame as the video look.. well.. different :)
It's working for me. I'm on 32 bit win7 with ahk. And wtf, I wanna be a goat lol ;)
CapGrip: do you have AutoHotkey installed? For now, this program requires AHK to work properly, even the compiled version.
You may have noticed that I've added a notice about the AHK requirement. Or not. I can't figure out how to make this text bold, anyways, it doesn't support MarkDown, HTML, or BBCode.
I think it may be a problem of graphics card. On my computer(Win7 64-bit 500Mb discrete graphics card) it flickers a lot, while on school's(integrated card) it just stopped working.
Ps, I have used a lot of your scripts, thank you very much.
Space to evolve into a random animal doesn't fit the theme very well, but it is pretty funny.
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I'm getting only a light grey screen that does not respond to Windows. Interestingly, it appears behind the Explorer window I opened it in.