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A jam submission

Aboard the LookinglassView game page

A science-fiction game about dimensional time, a rescue mission gone awry and a disconcerting future.
Submitted by thehen — 21 days, 13 hours before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Please rate this entry based on your overall enjoyment.#84.8184.818

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What's the name of your experience?
Aboard the Lookinglass

Please describe your creation.
A science-fiction game about dimensional time, a rescue mission gone awry and a disconcerting future.


You come round with a hazy memory and a voice crackling down your intercom, "Alice… Alice can you hear me". You recognise the voice… you just can't remember, who, or where. Panic rises, but the voice is calming, reassuring. You have a mission. You're part of a rescue team. Yes, it all makes sense.

Peering through your left hand you see another world, or time. The past.

Your right hand holds the future.

Looking round, you see a screen, hissing and fractured. "This must have once opened the door", you think. Once. In the past. Raising your left hand, a working screen slides into view. You press it in the past. The door murmurs, then pops open in the present.

Programming language?
Unity/C#

Your web site or portfolio (optional)?
http://henryhoffman.com/

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Comments

THIS GAME IS AWESOME <3

Submitted

This is too cool - very nicely done :D. The time travel paradoxes make my head hurt a little bit, but once I got used to the rules of the world it felt very natural and fun. I can't wait for a full game based on this. I would back it on kickstarter if you guys went that route!

Developer

If anyone has any problems with crashing, I've uploaded a new DX11 build which looks like it fixes things! Please let me know if it runs okay!

Submitted

Oh man, this is great!! Really nice use of the leap, perfect balance of a useful and unique mechanic without frustration. It does crash more often than not on startup, but be persistent and it eventually works. More please!!

Submitted

Very nice!!

Host

Wow. I just finished this, and it's amazing. I WANT MORE! (soooo good~!)

Host

Once I got this started (PC version only works so far for me), it's really good! Some of the puzzles are tricky for my simple mind (ha!), but I'm getting the hang of it.

Submitted

Starting in windowed mode a couple times got it to run without crashing so I could finally play this thing. 5 Stars well done!

Submitted
You were mentioned on Rock Paper Shotgun! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/12/02/leap-mo... Congrats!

I'll try to see if this will work on my laptop, and if it does, I'll mount my leap on my sunglasses or something.

Thanks for your help and support during the jam!



Submitted

Great concept and execution! Loved it.

Submitted

I notice a lot of entries are getting this error:

OculusPlugin.dll caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005)

in module OculusPlugin.dll at 0023:6055bdac.


Have you got a file hash to check it's not a corrupted download?

Submitted

Amazing, the final entry blew me away

Submitted

genius

Submitted

Neat mechanic of reaching into the past/future.  Looks like you can only use two hands in the present, since in the past/future you need one hand to open the portal and the other can perform actions.  This should make for interesting puzzles.  BTW you can mount the Leap controller on a pair of glasses, until your Rift with head mount arrives.

Submitted

nice concept