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Dungeon Crawler Jam 2022

Hosted by zooperdan · #dcjam2022
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A jam submission

Larrikin of SPLORR!!View game page

Going for photorealism
Submitted by The Grumpy GameDev (@TheGrumpyGameD1) — 6 days, 23 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay - How fun is it to play?#123.1203.462
Completeness - Is it an unfinished tech-demo, prototype or a complete game?#163.3983.769
Overall#262.7873.092
Graphics - Is the game aesthetically pleasing?#282.7743.077
Audio - Does the game have nice sfx and music?#312.4272.692
Originality - Does the game innovate or try something new?#342.2192.462

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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MagSubmitted2 years ago

I love the aesthetics of this, it's gorgeous. I really like the combat rolls being exposed, though I did seem to miss a lot ;)

 Obviously the Chaos Knight wrecked my face completely. 

Once thing I was a bit confused about is what to do with the shortsword/longsword. Do I have to drop the shortsword to equip the longsword? 

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Backrooms Crawl
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

For simplicity (and in order to not have to make a "equip item" system), I auto equip the best weapon, and a shield when one is available.

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steamknightSubmitted2 years ago

I love the graphics :) It takes me back to the old Apple II 40-character column display graphics :D

I also had issues running it on Windows 11, but I installed it fine with the itch.io app. Apparently there was some .NET runtime that needed to be installed.

The game was fun and took me way back :)

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Aegir Rising
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BLOODBATHSubmitted2 years ago

hoping for a c64 port

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Deadwater
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

C64 port, eh?

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neural-operatorSubmitted2 years ago

Very fun and laconic game. When I saw chaos warrior, I knew this is gonna be tough.

Running in console and with such satisfactory results is indeed great! Though four-way intersection looks absolutely identical wherever you look, had to abuse save-load sometimes.

Death sound is a bit more like a winning sound. Perhaps it's a win for the other team, hehe

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Void Rats
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

that *IS* an issue with 4-way things... until you get the compass, that is. 

fortunately, the map does help a bit with working around the issue, but is not as helpful as having the direction you are facing always available.

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SnoydgerSubmitted2 years ago

Simple yet satisfying.  Larrikin is a cool word too.

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Wizard Force
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RebelloSubmitted2 years ago

It ran on our programmer's machine but not on our artists machine because of what looks like a missing hostfxr.dll. We're both running Windows 11:

There only seems to be one screen though 😉

Well that was different! We never imagined you could pull off such a technical achievement as running a dungeon crawler in a console. Why is never the question when it comes to software development! Good job though, it had a mini map, monsters that all looked different, chests with loot/pickups, random generated maps. What more could you want? Well done, very impressive.

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Robots And Zombies
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago(+2)

this tells me to check the "self contained" checkbox next time for publishing. it makes for a bigger download, but would prolly have worked.

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AdamStrangeSubmitted2 years ago

Didn't run on windows 11 - I was looking forward to this one :(

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SoulBinder
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

that's odd, as I developed it on Windows 11.

if you are not averse to installing the itch app, you might try that.

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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

post-jam, i have republished, and if you have a moment, could you try it again and see if it works now?

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Identical GamesSubmitted2 years ago

I really like the look of this game. Alas it fails to run under wine.

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Goblins: Rise of Gurg
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

it may run under linux, as it is .net 5. dunno what linux would do about the attempt to change the terminal size or the sound effects.

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DamienDeSubmitted2 years ago

I can´t play this one, which makes sad. It crashes, after it played some noise. I have .net5, as I code mostly with C#, so there has to be another problem.

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nano_ruins
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

have you tried installing with the itch app?

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DamienDeSubmitted2 years ago

I rather not have to install another launcher app. I will watch some of your streams, that will give me some idea of the game.

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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

launcher app fatigue

::: looks at steam, amazon games, xbox live, epic games, gog launchers installed on his machine :::

...yeah, i get that.

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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

one final thought: 

just build it and run it(and comment out any line that makes it crash... prolly Console.Beep): https://github.com/playdeezgames/larrikin-of-splorr

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DamienDeSubmitted2 years ago

You let me jump through quite some hoops, eh ;)
I downloaded the source and commented out the Beep, but I still get this:

Unhandled exception. System.NotSupportedException: Cannot show selection prompt since the current terminal doesnot support ANSI escape sequences.

   at Spectre.Console.ListPrompt`1.Show(ListPromptTree`1 tree, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Int32 requestedPageSize) in /_/src/Spectre.Console/Prompts/List/ListPrompt.cs:line 34

...
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

so yer machine doesn't like spectre.

we tried.

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zooperdanHostSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

That was more enjoyable than one would expect going in :) I really like the low-fidelity everything! The combat could've had a couple more tactical options but all in all a fun lil game!

+1 for 10mb, +1 for huge pixels and +1 for console!

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It Came from the Forest
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

thanks fer playin.

and you watched me make most of it.

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Thiago YasueSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I died after 4 consecutive missing attacks, but gameplay is very addictive, i liked it

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Sheol (dcjam 2022)
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

thanks for trying it out

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Ilyos GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

First run: encounter Chaos Warrior first room, mops the floor with me! *Dark Souls theme plays in the background*

Second run: encounter 5 mobs in the first room, strike them down like an overpowered max level char returning to the newbie areas. Continue to destroy swaths of goblins, orcs and skeletons and chug potions. Eventually get clobbered by a goblin.

Recommended, would die again!

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The Spell(ing) Dungeon
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

thanks for giving it a go.

the RNG is brutally unforgiving... or very forgiving depending on the run.

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ShroudeyeSubmitted2 years ago

Hello;

The game did not load on my system..?

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Pawn Dungeon
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

it works on windows.

mebbe try launching it from the itch app?

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ShroudeyeSubmitted2 years ago

I did and it works :)

Nice oldschool design, that doesn't care if you live or die. I had fun with it :) (Though I prefer a non-random world & peel away its layers...)

Congrats on your game!

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ScotomaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

https://twitter.com/Gr4uk3n/status/1514698049548869632

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Incursion of the Night
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for giving it a go.

Random isn't for everybody.

In a more refined version, the macguffin would be with some sort of "boss" behind a locked door.  Still random, but with a little more "design" to the "procedural generation".

(I just went with "put this many of this item, that item, this monster, that monster", it is entirely possible to spawn in the same room as the macguffin. I suppose it would be a 1 in 196 chance)

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CryptRatSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

As a grumpy old player I enjoyed the traditional gameplay loop of the game.


I got smashed to death several times then found a longsword and it went better, a satisfying experience.

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Incursion of the Night
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The Grumpy GameDevDeveloper2 years ago

I'm glad you liked it.

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