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ABOUT:
This is my first Ludum Dare entry. As expected I didn't make a full game but rather more like an intro to a longer game. The gameplay is quite limited, but I thought the idea of collecting memories was one that complemented the general storyline nicely whilst still providing a simple gameplay mechanic.
My goals were to achieve good mood, visuals and immersion, and I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. I would definitely be keen on continuing the game.
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CONTROLS:
- WASD/arrow keys to move
- Hold right mouse button to look around
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HINTS:
- In hindsight one of the bits of audio is a little hard to understand, I went overboard distorting it... if you get stuck it says your stuff is in Locker 3 lol :P
- The last memory is not in the first room
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THANKS TO:
- My amazing fiancé Daniel for providing voice acting (the [real] coughing and breathing, the message voice)
- My boss Doug for letting me bring my work computer home which was a lot more convenient than using my laptop
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TOOLS USED:
- Engine: Unity
- 3D: 3ds Max
- Graphics: Photoshop
- Audio editing: Audacity
- Audio sources: voice acting, text-to-speech, and recording various noises around my house (very funny!! - the noise of the cryo pod is mostly my kettle starting up, and the cryo pod opening is my mum's car boot opening)
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THINGS REMOVED FROM SOURCE:
- The main font used (it's a commercial one I purchased)
- All the old versioned 3D/audio files/etc.
- Anything not used in the final build
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TIME SPENT (ROUGHLY):
- 3D modelling: 4 hours
- Unity (lighting, particles, materials, putting scripts/models in), QA: 5 hours
- Animations: 1 hour
- Programming & QA: 2 hours
- Graphics: 1.5 hours
- Audio recording and editing: 3.5 hours
TOTAL: 17 hours
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I'll try to put up a postmortem in the next few days.
TIMELAPSE: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/08/25/timelapse-the-ghosts-you-left-me/
Hope you enjoy the experience :)
- Camille
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Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 56% |
| #35 | Graphics | 4.29 |
| #38 | Mood | 3.96 |
| #54 | Audio | 3.76 |
| #486 | Overall | 3.28 |
| #866 | Humor | 1.82 |
| #914 | Innovation | 2.67 |
| #942 | Theme | 2.61 |
| #1003 | Fun | 2.49 |
Comments
Awesome Graphics, Nice audio, short as of time constraints. Nice work :)
This looks great! I see what you mean by it being an intro for a much larger game, but who knows perhaps its something you finish up one day...Great Job!
Great begining, Amazing sounds and graphics. Why do you have to press RMB to look around? this is quite frustrating. But all in all I'm really impressed. Great job!
Thanks everyone! @nonetheless, I too hate holding the right mouse button however in the web player it's a bit more complex to have the looking as a toggled feature because of various issues (losing focus of window, etc.). I unfortunately I didn't have time to make it work so I just stuck with a quicker solution. I'd definitely avoid the RMB holding if I had more time :)
Really loved the intro and the overall atmosphere, voice acting and sounds! Isadly didn't manage to collect all 4 memories :/
nice atmoshpere and great graphics (especially filters at the beginning). I hope to see full version ;)
Yeah, keep going with this! It certainly seems like you know where you want to point it given more time.
Really enjoyed it. Very short, but very polished. I was enticed by the story and very disappointed when it said "To be continued". Click on the "to be continued" forces the transition to start, tiny bug and probably a super easy fix. I'd like to see more. Wasn't sure how it related to the theme.
Thanks all for your positive feedback, as well as your constructive feedback! Definitely would like to continue it.
With regards to the theme, the idea was worlds connected through time - i.e. the past and current, through the cryonic sleep.
Yay for particle effects! Really loved the design of your 3D models. Very classy! Sneaky way of avoiding opening a door, but I can dig it. =) Would love to see more of it (although with slightly clearer voice samples...!).
very interesting intro of sorts! professional and polished! alas, not much of a game.
Great attention to detail, art design and atmosphere. However it's severely lacking in terms of gameplay.
Really nice game. Impressive as fuck. I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/KmqpyEAAVGM
Hey man. awesome game. :) well done. I also went for a game with a good graphic style much like this.. well done.
The sound, the graphics and the newspaper writing do a great job of setting a dark mood. I wish it was longer - such a good start to a game. (Also: you did an especially good job of the cryo pod sounds.)
Wow, really cool game. The looking around mechanic felt weird at first but works really well once you get used to it. 5 points for mood :)
Neat idea, and really liked the cinematic starting. Well done. :)
Hi there. Love the wakeup sequence. The movement around is nice and smooth. Really good audio. Good job, great mood!
There's a lot of potential here. Art looks great, the little introduction at the beginning is very well done and the sound is also top notch. The fact that the whole thing is basically a very short intro for something bigger is what drags the score down quite a bit for me. I wouldn't feel comfortable giving this a full score when there's next to nothing to do here.
I wanted to see what was outside the door! :) As others have said, the intro was very cool. I would personally ditch the 'RMB to look around' thing in favour of mouselook being on by default, which is more common. You could still interact with objects by looking directly at them. Also, some mechanical hum or rumble in the background would have added a lot to the already impressive mood. Really great work for the 48 hours! Well done.
Impressive graphics for a solo entry, was there a 4th memory to collect?
For a first Ludum Dare this game looks really good, I wish to see it on Steam sometime in the future. The only thing I can complain about are the recordings as I cannot really understand them, maybe some subtitles in the future may help. Good job with this anyway!
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In hindsight one of the bits of audio is a little hard to understand, I went overboard distorting it... if you get stuck it says your stuff is in Locker 3 lol :P