Painajainen, Platform/exploration game Options

[Virtanen]

Painajainen

Painajainen is a Finnish word meaning nightmare

Painajainen is a dream-like story of a boy
who gets trapped in his own nightmare.

Controls

Move left - Left arrow key
Move right - Right arrow key
Fly - Up arrow key
Esc - Exit
Enter - Skip intro/Select/Go to Map-screen

If you get stuck in a wall press E - to get out of the wall.

Screenshots
1 2 3 4 5 6

Download
Painajainen(You might need to save target as)

This game was made in two weeks for a Finnish game competition.
The competition can be found in here(site in Finnish).

Thanks to J-Factor, for his transition engine.
This game was inspired by Seiklus and Velella so lots of thanks to them.
This game is not a ripoff, its more like a tribute.

Feel free to comment.
Virtanen

This post has been edited by Virtanen: Jan 3 2009, 03:23 PM

[doodi10]

The zip file was empty?? I'll try to download again.


EDIT: It's 100% Empty.

This post has been edited by doodi10: Jun 28 2006, 03:41 PM

[Virtanen]

There were some problems with the Zip-file,
but they are corrected now.

Please download it again.

[doodi10]

Alright!


Still empty.


Try to upload as .exe not .zip

This post has been edited by doodi10: Jun 28 2006, 07:03 PM

[random]

Alright!


Still empty.


Try to upload as .exe not .zip

Try clearing your internet cache.

[doodi10]

Alright!


Still empty.


Try to upload as .exe not .zip

Try clearing your internet cache.

CACHE?

My Internet has no problems, 'cause all Zip files work for me, except this one.

[Tehsalemplz]

I'm downloading it too. It's 5.09mb to me, so maybe it'll be different.
I like the graphics and the movement so far..pretty nice.

This post has been edited by Tehsalemplz: Jun 28 2006, 08:14 PM

[doodi10]

If It's empty, tell me

[Tehsalemplz]

It's not empty.

[doodi10]

Maybe i have to right click, save target as...


I'll try again.



EDIT: It worked, not empty


Nice game

This post has been edited by doodi10: Jun 28 2006, 08:26 PM

[6005z]

wow that was a realy good game let me see ? 9/10 yea that was just ! wow


(im a freak that loves games like that)










sry if there is som gramatikly errors

[sir raskasar]

one word: wow

i really love this... the idea...the grafics...the interaction... 10/10!!
this is going to get a place on my desktop for sure!

and really cool those flies give you new skills.

ps: how to open a chest?

[doodi10]

one word: wow

i really love this... the idea...the grafics...the interaction... 10/10!!
this is going to get a place on my desktop for sure!

and really cool those flies give you new skills.

ps: how to open a chest?

You can't open the chests, they somehow open later, there are those colored orbs inside.

This post has been edited by doodi10: Jun 28 2006, 08:39 PM

[sir raskasar]

ah i see lol

[kokew00t]

Hyvähyvähyvä, 9/10. Oisko mahdollista saada lähdekoodi?

TRANSLATION: Goodgoodgood, 9/10. Would it be possible to get the source???

-kokew00t

[Sektor_Z]

Well that's unique. An original, nearly-professional game. Great work.

[random]

Yay, I beat the game. It's very amazing.

BTW, before the review starts:

You can't open the chests, they somehow open later, there are those colored orbs inside.

The chest opens when you collected the corresponding firefly; there is a picture of the color that you need underneath the treasure chest.

Also, this took me a while to notice: Collecting fireflies gives you different abilities that you need to complete the game. The ability isn't explictly said in game, but usually there's a piece of the mechanic near where the fireflies hang out...

Anyway ... I got hints if anyone wants them (but figuring it out yourself is 99% of the fun!)


Also: Bug: If you press 'E' while you are stuck in a bubble, you'll go back to the start but you're still stuck in the bubble, and you can't get out of it without quitting and reloading the game.

Also, occasionally I'd have trouble with getting stuck in the wall in the dark zone of the world.


Anyhow, here's the review:

Graphics 4.5/5
Can you say amazing? Everything was consistant all the way through and done with top-notch quality.

Sound 4.5/5
There were many music selections for each of the different "zones" of the world, each of them fitting perfectly. Also there were subtle manipulations with the volume / stuff which enhanced the atmosphere of the game. Definately recommend turning sound on here.

Engine 5.5/7.5
The game suffers from a couple of bugs (I think it might have something to do with falling too much in the three-shape area, also the bubble bug see above) Just a standard platform engine, nothing too special

Design 7.5/7.5
Excellent. The game gives you minimally enough instructions so that you can barely figure out what you're supposed to do, which is 99% of the fun in this game. A lot of things are confusing at first but everything clicks together by the end.

Replay 7/8
Suffers a little from being a relatively short game (unless you're bad with puzzlers, then it might take a lot longer, heh) but if you haven't finished it yet it has full replayability.


Overall 29/33

[lilgoaliebro]

Amazing game but I cant find one pink gem! only one! The bottom one on the pause screen! Any hints? Nice game though. I mean really nice. 10/10!!! Wow I hope there will be a sequel...

[random]

Amazing game but I cant find one pink gem! only one! The bottom one on the pause screen! Any hints? Nice game though. I mean really nice. 10/10!!! Wow I hope there will be a sequel...

Top left of the world contains the other ones. But I'm not going to tell you how to break those rocks...

[CPS]

Excellent game.

I love the music and the graphics and The gameplay is like a dream, not a nighmare' quote me on that

Really Really Nice game, one of the best I have played which was made using GM.

Great Work