Concurrence - ( Another World Clone )

Neil79 · 11 May 2011 at 15:49

About the game
Concurrence is a so called cinematic platform game. Unlike other platform games you will know (like „Super Mario Bros.“ or „Sonic the Hedgehog“), this game focuses on realisitic movements, puzzles and a dense atmosphere. If you have played games like ‚Prince of Persia‘, ‚Another World‘ or ‚Flashback‘ you will know what awaits you. Many of parts of the game will require precise jumping and you might feel a little frustrated at the beginning. But don‘t despair, study the movements described in this manual and keep on practicing and you will find that it isn‘t so hard after all (you also have unlimited continues). This version was done for the april 2011 Monthly Adventure Game Studio Competition (MAGS) and does not feature the full game. It‘s more of a demo. The finished version will follow sometime 2011. ptp88 composed a great soundtrack for the game.
- Have fun playing

Story
My blood was beating against my skull as the blazing sunlight and the piercing screams of the bird-like creatures give me a rough awakening from a dreamless sleep. I was wearing an astronaut suite, but my helmet was missing. The steaming pile of metal right next to me indicates that its some kind of vehicle and that it probably brought me here. Where was I?....Who was I? Who sent me here and for what reasons?
As looked to the sky, shielding my eyes from the bright sunlight, I suddenly realized that these questions had to wait. I had to get leave this place. Now. Time was running out for me. As I know today: In more than one sense....

http://www.mags-competition.info/?page=voting

download
http://www.mediafire.com/?hfoli9x1w0jcizx

Huw · 11 May 2011 at 15:52

Interesting!

And yeah, judging by the screenshots this game clearly owes a lot to Another World. I might have to check this one out.

Overslop · 11 May 2011 at 16:09

Neil79 said:

Starring Thom Yorke apparently.

Craig1981 · 11 May 2011 at 16:19

It does remind me a lot of Flashback. That was an awesome game for the SNES.

FrenchTart · 11 May 2011 at 16:31

Craig1981 said:
It does remind me a lot of Flashback. That was an awesome game for the SNES.

Flashback was the sequel (well, not story-wise) to Another World/Out of this World.

It was also out on PC (and maybe Amiga?).

Overslop · 11 May 2011 at 16:31

FrenchTart said:
Flashback was the sequel (well, not story-wise) to Another World/Out of this World.

It was also out on PC (and maybe Amiga?).

Yep, I had it on the Amiga.

FrenchTart · 11 May 2011 at 16:34

Overslop said:
Yep, I had it on the Amiga.

Yeah... I've just been reading the wikipedia entry about it actually. Didn't realise it came out for the Amiga before the PC (though it makes sense now I think about it).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_World_(video_game)

FrenchTart · 11 May 2011 at 17:14

Wow..someone has made a clone of Another World that uses javascript and the html5 canvas tag. Pretty impressive work (even though only one level playable at the moment):

http://www.megidish.net/awjs/