The Odyssey: The Video Game
A downloadable game for Windows
Overview:
Step into the shoes of Odysseus, a hero of old, and experience his story, now in video game form. See and experience the story told around you as you complete challenging platforming levels, play FPS and horror inspired mini-games and more! Average playtime is 12-18 minutes. Enjoy!
Controls:
W: Walk forward
Spacebar: Jump
Move mouse: Look around
A, S, and D: For mini game levels, strafe and backup
Left Click: Shoot bow in final mini-game
Install Instructions:
Click the download button. The ZIP file will download. Extract the ZIP file, run "The Odyssey.exe" file, and play!
Important note from developer:
If you followed the devlog for this game, then you will know that it was a project for school, and so it was only made in 3 weeks. I bit off a bit more that I can chew, and so it had some negative results on the game. I am proud of levels 1, 2 and 3. I spent the time I wanted to on them. However, level 4 suffered from cramming content, as the project required certain things (elements of greek culture, the whole story, etc). So, when it came down to the wire, I just crammed a bunch of story stuff into that level, making very tedious. Level 5 is actually fun, but it was made on the last night the project was due, and so it is incredibly buggy, and can be frustrating to play. I just wanted to be honest about this. Still do try the game though. It is free, and it won't cost you anything. I am proud of this game overall though, and it took a lot of time and effort to get done. I will try and fix these issues in v0.2, if I decide to do that.
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Neat school project!
LIKES:
The narrator's voice (yours?) sounds fitting for the task of summarizing Homer's Odyssey. It would have been worth listening to even without playing the game at the same time.
The use of 2D cutout NPCs was really unexpected . . . I particularly liked how they rotated so that at no point did the player see them side-on, rendering them invisible.
I liked how the ship bobbed up and down in the first level -- gives a nice impression of water from far away.
Obviously the game is very low-poly, but the nighttime setting works really well at disguising this fact.
The background music is pleasing (and sounds a little familiar but I can't recall exactly what it sounds like).
Controls and instructions are simple.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT:
I almost beat the second level, but I fell off at the 2 moving platforms at the very end -- a pity because the level with the cyclops looked really interesting.
The camera angle sometimes makes it very hard to discern distance and placement of objects. Towards the end of the second level, I thought there was a horizontally moving platform before the blue square but didn't find out until after jumping that it was actually just past the blue square.
Lots of clipping and collision issues. Early in the second level, even if you fall into the water, you can keep jumping to stay alive and sometimes do a sort of "double-jump" and get back onto one of the lower platforms.
A checkpoint system would have really helped and those blue squares would have been the perfect place to put them.
The narration is fine for the first level, but I found it distracting in the second when the player is more focused on timing the jumps right.
OVERALL:
I haven't seen or heard of too many Odyssey-themed games so this was a nice change of pace. For 3 weeks the amount accomplished is pretty impressive. Best wishes for your school project and if you happen to update the game feel free to let me know!
So glad you enjoyed the game! I'm taking a break for a few days, but I'll try and get a bug-fix out a soon as possible.