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DerekLaufman — TOOM - Game Jam creation
Published: 2013-06-17 13:36:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 17623; Favourites: 333; Downloads: 276
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A few weeks ago I participated in a 72hr game jam for Ludum Dare with my friend Mike Kasprzak. I tackled the art and he handled the coding. We made a game called TOOM. The game didn't turn out how we had hoped because we were rushed for time but we were still happy with what we had created in the short time frame. The response from the competition was awesome and we won first place for graphics. I don't get an opportunity to do pixel art much any more so it was great to see how well received it was. We are currently looking at turning this into a full game.You can play TOOM here [link] and follow me on twitter to stay up to date with a FULL version.
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The gamelink leads to a black screen only
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Excellent work Derek. I got stuck in the game. Have successfully avoided spoilers so far so I will try it again in the future.
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sir, what program did you used to create the graphics? thanks
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Thanks bud!! You're amazing!
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Considering your time limit, this is beautiful! The pixelated look really suits the tone of the game. Looking forward to seeing it finished!
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haha thanks, full version will be more serious.
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That's great to hear ^^
Hope to see the finished version soon as you finish
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See, if I'd understood that the hyper-tube was a bathroom I'd have figured out what to do with the newspaper WAY quicker.
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Ya the "joke" was a last minute cop out due to us running out of time. Full version is planning to keep the tone of the game darker.
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yeah, love the graphics, reminds me of the good'ol lucas arts days
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This is fantastic! What program did you use to create all the pixel art? It's quite stunning.
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Thanks! All the art was created in Photoshop CS5
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I know you only had 72 hours...so the game looks great. I just wish I knew what I was doing
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I cooked the head...... can I feed it to the fish?
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Unfortunately no...but you can eat it
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Is there supposed to be a way to beat this?
I was trying to figure out how to advance for about 20 minutes before just assuming that the game was some symbolic thing about being trapped or something and there was no way to advance.
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-defrost the head in the oven
-throw it into the fan
-get the PC disk
-make a key
-unlock the PC drawer
-get the newspaper
-go into the "portal potty" heh
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What's on the newspaper? Was he secretly dead the whole time?
You can't have music like that and not have some crazy realization or something!
Anyways, thanks to your cheat-sheet, I finished the game... Good stuff, epic, even.
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The intent when we started was much cooler than the final product. We were pressed for time so the story went by the way side. That's why we want to revisit this as a full game and get into a serious story like we intended.
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Well, I'd be all for getting more of this, for just 72 hours: that is a solid game (throwing the head in the fan totally stumped me, but, hey) and getting story and more of that great atmosphere would just make it more epic.
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"72 hour game jam"
How many levels do you think they're going to create and code for in 3 days time?
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I enjoyed the game ^^ I can't wait for the full version
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Oh wow, that was fun! I loved figuring out what to do with the items. <3
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Thanks, glad you liked it!
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Sweet! Let me know what you think...the end was a cop out due to running out of time.
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Congrats bro! I've been a part of a game jam before and it was super fun. From what I see the game looks and feels pretty sweet, thought there should be a tutorial or some hints since I didn't know what to do
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We were strapped for time. So no time for a tutorial unfortunately.
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I hear ya, just something to consider if you're ever planning to revisit/finish this puppy up
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