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We start on a beautiful island, with a serine feeling. Things change fast when we realize we need to survive the storms at night.
Welcome to Stack Island!
A paradise of Items to stack! Here we appreciate the Sunny Serenity while preparing for The Upcoming STORM every night!
1. The Storm Destroys all that is out of the Safe Zone!
2. The Storm Gains height every level, survive by:
(A) Staying higher than the storm in the Safe Zone.
(B) Creating 360 Cover
* The game has 4 levels.
PhotoSensitivity Notice: There is a quick 2-frame flicker when the storm(lightning) hits the island.
Enjoy your stay! And try Not to Get Blown Away! HeHe
Walktrough:
https://youtu.be/xkahudJ5I4c?si=VWMXEWSpmWb2WJPX
*Credits in the first Comment
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All the code yes(Except the Unreal Engine Base stuff..)
I did not make a single asset, thanks to all the artists out there!
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Simple and great consept! The first part is just a bit too hard.
Hee-ho. Interesting game
Oh nice, there are not many unreal games in this jam so it´s always good to see another ones, just rated your game would be lovely to get mine rated as well.
Fun and unique premise! I really enjoyed the strategic puzzle element of the game and the objects washing up to the shore is really smart! The first level with the chairs is diabolical haha. But the larger objects in the next ones made it more manageable. I really liked the looks of the game and the use of music to signal the incoming storm. There were a couple physics based issues, like the time I sent a stone pillar helicoptering into the shadow realm :D But it felt quite polished and good to play. I'd like to have a way to skip the remaining day time as a quality of life addition. The controls for rotation felt a bit clunky and hard to predict, but I can imagine a system like that tough to design. Maybe also with mouse controls?
Overall, I enjoyed my time playing! I think it is an idea that could be further expanded upon and perfected :D Great job!
Good game and really fits the theme well. There was no sensitivity setting for the mouse so I found it too sensitive, but was ok. I was carrying a chair and got hit by lightning and got flung out into the water and just kept spinning out of control under the water... lol. Was pretty fun.
Hey, thanks for playing!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback!
I haven't thought about adding mouse sensitivity settings so I'll keep it in mind now :)
I wish you could have advanced to the next levels (Need to stack at least 2 chairs and stand on them to pass the first night's storm\Use other objects in the level to stay higher than the storm line).
Indeed making the ragdoll projectile when the player dies was one of my favorite parts! I feel the game is a bit too slow and too heavy(literally 800 mg) for a gamejam but if I you could enjoy it, that's enough for me!
Cool game! I like the music and sounds, the graphics are pretty cool)).
Please play and rate my game The Little Fire! I will be very grateful to you!)
Hey, Thanks for playing and positive feedback!~
Of course I will try your game too
Sorry guys but I don’t really undertand what I have to do
Hey, Thanks for playing!
So I've tried to explain the game-loop in the description.
Basically, there is the Safe-Zone (in the middle of the island). The player may survive only by staying in the safe-zone when the storm hits.
Then when the player is in the safe zone, the storm can enter at every point under the white circle indicator.
So the game is designed in a way that the player must either stay higher than the White Storm indicator or inside it but covered from all angles.
If you are still interested in giving it another shot, I've got a walk-through video on the game page:
All the items seem very light when thrown and it can be difficult to get stuff where you want it.
Hey, Thanks for playing!
It's true, the throw mechanic could be too powerful. However, the intention is to be able to collect items around the island and throw them into the SafeZone.
The most precise way to get an items in a wanted place is using pressing 'R' to reset the item's rotation and them setting them by releasing them by pressing 'E' and not throwing. There is also a rotation mechanic when grabbing an item it is possible to press 'Q' to enter rotation mode and try to rotate it to the most precise position.
Thank you very much for the feedback!
Credits:
Palm Tree - parples
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/palm-tree-7ead23c3aed342efab80693b2094a5b9
* title: Beach Umbrella Asset
* source: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/beach-umbrella-asset-fbdded313a2f4bc896eeee66af7...
* author: beewee (https://sketchfab.com/beewee)
* title: beach chair
* source: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/beach-chair-2873b42fd98d4e879bfd3d29cf72a9af
* author: Tahir.Muhamad.Ajmal. (https://sketchfab.com/Tahir.Muhamad.Ajmal.)
Music:
Out Of The Blue
Cosa Caliente
Symphony No. 5 – Beethoven (No Copyright Music)
Relaxing Ocean Wave Sound।Nature Sounds Copyright Free
Danya Vodovoz - All Good
SFX:
_01storm - orage.wav
https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/53605/
thunder storm sound copyright free
Thunder Sound Effect | No Copyright
Welcome to Stack Island!
A paradise of Items to stack! Here we appreciate the Sunny Serenity while preparing for The Upcoming STORM every night!
1. The Storm Kills all who are out of the Safe Zone! Woopsiiiiii 2. The Storm Gains height every level, and one can survive by staying higher than the storm! But Pay Attention, the Storm's Height is not all that you need to care about. 3. We the inhabitants like to take cover from the storm while staying in the Safe Zone. Enjoy your stay! And try Not to Get Blown Away! HeHe