Curtains The Clown DEMO
A downloadable Demo
Your ship is out of fuel! Find a box of crystals and return to space!
Release date TBA.
In this retro inspired 2D side-scrolling platform adventure,
guide Curtains through the game world in search for a way to continue his journey through space.
The difference between the 2 versions: Rebuild is a rebuilt version of the demo that runs leaner than the original. It also plays slightly differently with faster movement and slightly different jumping mechanics. The main NPC, the Grundle, also moves faster.
This demo contains one of the six ways to end the game and a portion of the world that can be explored in the final version. Some things worthy of mention: It might take a minute to load depending on your hardware. The controller doesn't work in the main menu,
only mouse for menu selection. The current musical tracks are
only placeholders and the final build will feature different
versions of these pieces of music including additional music. There will be two modes of play at release featuring opposing levels of difficulty. "Casual" will be more forgiving and less skill oriented,
while "Grim" will represent the original vision for the game,
which was to challenge the player as much as possible. The demo contains an easy portion of the world set to "Grim" difficulty. If you add this executable to your Steam library as a non-Steam game, you will be able to use Playstation controllers, otherwise only
Xbox/Windows controllers will work. Finally, I have plans to fill out a lot more than what is here like more sound effects, a pause/settings menu, fully remappable button/key configuration, save function,
stuff like that. I also intend to optimize the performance as much as possible. The current build felt stable enough to share as a demo.
I never made a game before and I don't have any prior experience with game development. I'm just a clown following his dreams. Anything you have to say about my project would be appreciated and taken constructively.
Updated | 5 days ago |
Published | 11 days ago |
Status | In development |
Author | GrimClownJay |
Genre | Platformer, Adventure |
Tags | 2D, Difficult, Indie, Retro, Side Scroller, Unreal Engine |
Install instructions
1. After the file finishes downloading, open the "Downloads" folder.
2. Right-click "Curtains The Clown DEMO.zip" and click "Extract all."
3. Clicking "Extract" here will unload the .zip file into the
"Downloads" folder. You can cut and paste the game folder
to somewhere else later.
4. Open the "Curtains The Clown DEMO" folder and follow the path
"Curtains The Clown DEMO>Windows>CTC.exe"
5. At first time launch, your PC may display a protective message
prompting you "Don't run" the program. If you click "More info" however, another option to "Run anyway" will appear.
6. Click "Run anyway" and have fun! Please let me know if you run into any problems.
Comments
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Yo, first comment! LOL
Super nice. I like how you designed the level to where you need to use the jump and boost mechanics just right to pass. You may consider different levels for people who suck like me HAHA!
On a serious note, I already love this!
Top dog! Thank you so much for playing!
The difficulty has been the most common complaint I've received so far, so I made plans to include a much easier "casual" mode for the full version in addition to the standard "grim" difficulty. I'm so happy that you had fun!