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One Last Night - Act 1 | A narrative cinematic platformer

A topic by Dark Lamp Interactive created Aug 19, 2017 Views: 583 Replies: 2

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One Last Night is a student project inspired by the cinematic platformer genre of the 90's. It is a 2-D narrative experience focused on visuals and story in a familiar setting. Éric Chahi's games (Another World and Heart of Darkness) greatly influenced the production and visuals of One Last Night. If you enjoyed Another World, Heart of Darkness, Flashback, or Oddworld and would like to see these style of games come back show support for the project by visiting the itch.io page.

As of now there is only one installment of One Last Night. If you play and enjoy the game, show support by giving your feedback and spreading the word. Reception of Act 1 will definitely influence the decision to continue the project by making an Act 2.

The main goals of the project were to learn how to make a basic 2-D game for PC, produce illustrations in photoshop, and create detailed rotoscope animations. All artwork in the game came from reference images and videos. Backgrounds and animations were made by drawing over still images and video frames.

To download the game on itch.io go to https://jonahdlovell.itch.io/one-last-night.

To check out my other work go to https://jonahdlovell.wixsite.com/jonahdlovell.

xhg7 years ago

Great animations, I love rotoscoping in games! Your process gifs are really cool too. The colour use and music sets a nice mood. I think rotoscoped walk and run cycles would be a good addition.

Dark Lamp Interactive7 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I actually did want to add rotoscoped walk and run cycles too I just couldn't quite figure out how to do it, great observation.