April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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Play as a little girl looking for her spark in life.
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Made in LibGDX with Eclipse. Art made in Aseprite. Music made in Sunvox.
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Instructions:
1. Download Spark.rar
2. Extract
3. Double-Click Spark.jar
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On MacOS? I recommend using Java 6 JRE to play this game. There seems to be a problem with LWJGL and Java 7.
WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS AND STUFF
WARNING: MUSIC IS ONLY HEARD BY WIZARDS AND HEADPHONES
WARNING: I MADE A POST-COMPO VERSION https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37769419/April/SparkPost.rar
WARNING: NO CLUE IF THE POST COMPO VERSION WORKS FOR ANYTHING BUT WINDOWS
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 92% |
| #443 | Audio | 2.88 |
| #580 | Humor | 2.19 |
| #838 | Mood | 2.60 |
| #901 | Theme | 3.17 |
| #1132 | Graphics | 2.25 |
| #1260 | Innovation | 1.98 |
| #1263 | Fun | 1.95 |
| #1297 | Overall | 2.19 |
Comments
This isn't really a game, more of a "hold right to read a few sentences." The music was nice at least, and I suppose it has a decent message, though it's not delivered very powerfully.
You should make it faster to move, or make it more visually interesting sooner. Just reading the text almost kept me from reading it all. I liked the audio/music.
it certainly was minimal, the arpeggios and general sound really worked for me. However, I feel the format could be explored better somehow; pacing, more diverse changes perhaps.
This didn't work on mac. Here's the error message: http://pastebin.com/xmrEAfs1
I've seen this before. It's an incompatibility between an older version of lwjgl and Java 7 on mac. To fix it just drop in the latest lwjgl native library and you should be good to go.
Spark.jar - CRC failed
Unexpected end of archive
Total errors: 2
So it didn't work
Very interesting, i kept wanting to advance forward. The flashing was a little crazy but i think it added to the overall experience.
The .rar says it's corrupted. Tried extracting with WinRAR and 7-zip.
Interesting take on minimalistic mechanics. A little bit too minimalistic, maybe, and worth taking it a step further.
Also, I had to download it 3 times, as the downloads kept getting cancelled.
Congratulations! :)
I'm not sure why the .rar is being corrupted. I'm uploading it to my Dropbox and switching the link from my webhost. Hopefully this fixes the issue.
I waited a bit when 'wait' was the word... unfortunately no effect! :P Also did not find my spark. Minimalist for sure, using only one button to end the game. ;)
Sorry, but this isn't really a game.
You just look at a few motivational posters and then the end..
Oh well.
This game, while being minimal, was rather boring. I don't know why I even bothered completing it :P
Really needs more depth to it other than reading new text.
Thanks for all the comments folks! :D Really brings a smile to my face.
Didn't work for me, I got an exception. I'm running the latest JRE on Win 8 (for my sins!)
Was wondering if this was your 1st LD but checked & saw that you've done a few before so I'm thinking good interpretation of the theme.
Music didn't work for me. Basically no gameplay to this one.. I feel like this game is why they print epilepsy warnings on video game instruction manuals.
@dremelofdeath and @gmaker Thanks. Warning is in the readme file. Also, use headphones to hear the music.
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The file is apparently corrupted =\