Lunerun
Here is a little one button game I’m working on.
Instructions
Hold SPACE to run
Release SPACE to jump
Hold SPACE while in air to land quicker
Land in slopes and hold space to gain speed (for looong jumps)
If you sign up access online high scores with TAB while playing
Press F11 for fullscreen.
Please leave feedback in comments or send an email to playchilla AT playchilla DOT com
SUPER IMPORTANT HINT: Hold SPACE while in AIR to land quickly.
Music by 7OOP3D song called Triggernometry. Mio Altro by Remix Music CC BY 3.0
Inspired by the very cool and artsy game Fotonica and the old c64 game Stunt Car Racer.
Todo for 1.00 (in a somewhat orderly fashion)
- New cool track segments
- Tons of graphics improvements
- Polish + bug fixes
Anything else?
Done
16/12/2012: – Added arcade mode, new tutorial, some new colors, tons of fixes, particles, wiped highscore db
15/9/2012: – Preparing and optimizing for mobile, fixing GC stuff, batching render calls
1/8/2012: – Fixed blackness bug, upgraded away3d, using later flash player. Fixed some graphics disposal bugs.
5/6/2012: – Bug fixes & polish
31/5/2012: – Smoother transition when game is completed
30/5/2012: – Added a loader – Fixed so save state is restored – Some minor bug fixes
27/5/2012:
- Small islands segment, long jump segment
- Simple single player plot
- Decide on a name (Lunerun)
- Added survivors highscore (complete all 32 levels)
13/5/2012: – Integrated highscores (iteration 2 of global highscores)
9/5/2012: – Some highscore fixes and refactoring. Note to self: climb more => code faster.
6/5/2012: – Global highscores (first iteration), skybox
1/5/2012: – Local highscore (time per level – not sure about the concept though)
28/4/2012: – Adjust gravity + speed + controls, fiddled with lighting and colors
22/4/2012: – Loops, slopes and hills
21/4/2012: – Add a donate PayPal button
19/4/2012:
- Friendlier curves
- Level transitions (no more snapping to the beginning of a level)
- Tutorial (on first level/first time playing)
- Textured ground (I really suck at rendering programming so there are some mipmap artifacts on the ground)
- Level indicator in game
- Run-time generated levels (now we can have infinite levels, it takes less memory and polygons – good for later mobile port)
When i went through a curve on level 32 i lost grip of the track and just fell of the map.
Thought you should know!
-Show us in which level we are
- Intersecting tracks not passable or out of reach
- 2 tracks, 1 underlying and one above, and you can switch between them (so when you fall you dont necessary die but it is harder down there and getting back upo is hard)
-Change the curves so you at least have like half a second to jump after a curve, right now its sometimes impossible
- makethe columns deflect you
imagine shortcuts where you have to jump in a curve to get deflected by a column to save some seconds, or even make them an essential part in some levels like having a turn like that like jumoing against a dead end to reach the track a bit higher (or lowerr).
but overall great game I played for like an hour now until im not getting further due to 3 killer kurves behind each other i can get like 1 maybe 2 but i always fail at one of them^^
Good night, nice weekend
wutzibu
ps. if you have a newer version loet me know^^
Thanks for your good feedback!
This game reminds me of Paris for some reason. I promise.
yeah..not sure about the duck-landing-sound
Very fun game! This should be an IPod app! Good job, and keep it up!
In the corner it should have the level number, otherwise when you restart, you won’t know which level to start playing from. Otherwise, really fun, good work!
Oops, my bad, I didn’t figure out it saves progress…
nice game, wait for updates
PS. 18 and 21 lvl are terrible
I agree, I’m stuck on level 21!
Actually, now try level 22!
Actually, lvl 22 wasn’t very hard… I’m stuck on level 28.
Actually, lvl 22 was easy! Try lvl 31!!! 8D
Spikes and things to die on, gameover screen, time trial; I want to know how fast I made it threw a level.
Pause screen, I sometimes need to stop and answer my phone.
I think it would be cool if you could make more than one path to take, when you control gravity you can press the key to fall faster and drop on a different path.
Can you make a full screen key for f11? sorry I am to used to Minecraft.
Like you game even more thanks!
I going to make a lets play of this game and post a link to help, I think a brain storm with a blog or a form and the players can help give it a name.
I would like away to play this offline, tried to download it off the page but I only get the embedded swf loader, I even used a hex editor to look for the file location but it encrypted, thanks playchilla you made my day.
I don’t want to uploaded to another page, but you might be able to turn the swf flash into an windows exe and protect it from being riped or modified. loads of free software to do that.
Will fix many of the things you mentioned. Different paths would be cool to, will think about it. Will probably make it as a standalone desktop app as well. Thanks for your feedback!
could you add slopes?
Will do!
a pause shortcut would be nice (by pressing P for example)
Will add!
As mentioned on Twitter I really hope you make this game available on Android (And maybe iOS)
You bet!
I think that certain surfaces should slow you down, or speed you up, depending. I would also LOVE to see a user level creator. Thanks, and good luck with the game.
I think I will add some different surfaces, good ideas with the speed modifiers. I was also thinking of a breaking ground that you can run on but can’t jump. There will probably be an editor of some kind eventually. To start with probably a text file
Thanks.
I think you should add new music like dubstep. Don’t know if that was mentioned or not. Also when you jump it should slow the music down until you hit the surface. And am I going to be able to download this soon!
I noticed the blue columns going Up & Down to the Music of the game. Soooo i got bored of the ingame music and turned it and all sounds of the game off.The columns were not moving. I put on some Approaching Nirvana (on YouTube) it lagged the game out, BUT i noticed the columns started moving to its beat!! My suggestion is to make it Lag out the game less OR make it so it detects your Music being played in Winamp (Or any other program) because at this stage it doesen’t detect it.
Sorry for any bad English and/or typos.
I have a few ideas one is for the name: PANEL RUN! another idea is a level designer witch i would luv! and the final is some sort
of story like a reason your running maybe your being chased by a monster or something? And i am a HUGE supporter of the infinite level option! the story thing is probably a dumb idea i thought i should say just in case so don’t boo me for speaking my mind. Anyways i see a lot of potential in this and am a supporter!
I will try to create some level format once I’ve worked out the nuts of the levels (curves, slopes, hills, loops etc). At that point I might reach out for help. Yes perhaps some kind of story. I’m certainly no story writer (I discovered when I made Shadowess) so I was originally thinking that I would stay away from that. However – if there is one that is easy to implement I might. Yes, infinite level is coming soon – also adding a random level name generator
Thanks for the support!
just incase its not clear i believe we are all talking about the game Witch is currently named runner. If I’m wrong then Thats what I was talking about!
mute button no work!
wall running?
I like it!! Might add it.
You should make this into an Apple/Android app
With a 1 touch system, I’m sure it would have a lot of success!
GREAT AND ADDICTIVE GAME
Yes I will port for mobile devices! Thanks!
I love the game, but I think it would be a little better if there was a longer time to jump after heavily banked turns, other than this the game is perfect!
Wow, this is really fun! Here’s a suggestion-
Moving platforms would really take advantage of the ability to change gravity!
Anyways, this is an excellent game! Highly addictive! Also, when you say ios port, does that mean a universal app or not? This would look great on an i-pad.
How about seeds. Say you found a got a really good random generated leve, so you want to see if someone else could complete it, you can simply check the track’s seed and then other people can generate that track.
All tracks are the same for all ppl i think but are just randomly generated to begin with.
Would be cool if you added some more “stunts” i.e. corkscrews, helixes, downward spirals. Ya know, rollercoaster stuff haha
Sounds like a good idea, will add!
I made it to 27 then ragequit.
Yeah some levels are horribly hard. Will improve.
GOOD BOY!
could you make a indicator that you passed a level because when you play it feels like all one big level
also a fov slider? i would love to make it look like im going so extremely fast
You should have the music speed up the further in the game you go to give some more SUSPENSE. Would also be nice if there was a high score, if you die it resets the score O_O that way i can refer my friends and be like HEY CAN YOU BEAT MY SCORE? would be super awesome…although if you think its to much then fine =(
Woo, I beat it.
It’s a pretty abrupt ending, though, i was a bit confused at first. I like the difficulty though.
I would like to see what this ends up being.
I would like to see you get points. Say double backflip? And remove the “ahhh” sound. It’s annoying. Or add other sounds
Yeah I will remove them. And also will add some scoring, not sure what yet though. Thanks for the feedback
Add corkscrews those would be fun, also I think the levels need to be more diverse. level 32 is a keeper tho
Takes to long to load for me. :C
I found a bug
level 1 the tutorial level, after you finish the level the texture on the void is not there and will randomly come back, sometimes the next level, 3rd or 4th level or higher.
I think you where going for the blackness in the tutorial room, but it’s not a good transition, I was thinking more of a tutorial mode not a level, think of star fox when you learn how to fly around; it’s a training mode not a stage or level one, you need to add a main menu with the options.
the title name it important but whats the girls name, makes storing writing much more easy, but as I was playing this game I thought of portal, you are trying to escape your death so you use the portal gun to get away.
is this girl running away from something? Or is she like Sonic the hedgehog, just loves running fast?
is this girl human or digital, this game looks like line rider or something from a computerized world.
can’t wait for version 0.64 I love updates they are like opening up a gift. I think as you work on this Curse will make you a wiki, I think they will you just keep working this until is done.
I don’t have money but I say thanks, thank you lots! I like this game even more than pizza have a virtual slice of pie, it’s on me!
Yeah the ground is one large fixed plane that has an end. Will fix this. Yes, the tutorial is really simple, programming tutorials menus is so boring – so I tend to to as little as possible. I might have to fix it though if not sufficient.
True, I’ve been thinking about names for her but haven’t come up with anything I really liked. I like “Run, Lola, Run” – but thats already a movie
Just uploaded 0.64 – it has some bugs where you can fall through the floor and such but I will have to fix that for the next update.
Thanks for your feedback!
I would like better there to be no name, no gender, because if it has a girl name, boys might want a boy name,
but if it’s a boy name, the girls might want a girl name.
like the sfx/bgm fire-bars more now, love the colors of them. the teal colored platforms are to hard to see the bright blue ones you had before there more easy to see.
Gravity might be to strong, I liked it more when it was like flying on the moon, not a black holes worth of g-force, but I can see more gravity being more of a challenge, I just found that I keep falling into the void by lightly taping the key, when I had to hold the key a had more control.
like the up hill fight you sometimes have to do, and the challenge is just epic.
for the names I found a good list of possible names http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first
for the game name, I think this name might work, “Running the summit” there is no games that have that name, I checked it’s open.
Maybe add a reticule in the center of the screen for simulation sickness… the same they did in mirror’s edge. It’s a shame, cause this is a great game, and I can’t play it for more than 10 minutes without tossing my cookies.
(Oh, and are the red jumps inspired by the runner vision in mirror’s edge?)
I noticed you took my advice with the gravity change, well-done.
You should add some music stuff, like when your running very fast or up a loop the music will speed up but when you are flying in air high up it should slow down.
uhm, on the end of level 29 the track goes into the grid? and i cant get through….is this intentional? because ive tried it numerous times, i cant get through.
No this is a bug! Will fix it!
I managed to do it, but i had to jump earlier then go down fast, it wasnt easy
hi where do you play it is there a button that says play anywhere cause i cant find it
Maybe you could add wasd to move your charecter on the curves?
Even though Im tempted to add more controls I want to make it a one button game. Also I need to keep in mind that I want it to work on mobiles easily.
After 1 hour with failing, crying and rageing I finaly did the game!
Jon give me a price
Wow, i’m impressed!
I’vent managed yet. Think I will have to make it easier.
yeah do that.
Lvl 29 was The hardest lvl
Nah dont,
I did it too quickly
I want more 
I am now doing everything again but with taking shortcuts, jumping where i shouldnt to skip big pieces of the level
Ahh, good! Guys is the time scoreing mechanism adding any fun? Or is it better to try finding another way of competing?
the time is fun
It is also fun to try “cheat” by jumping to another piece of track while in a corner 
maybe add an automatic levelgenerator. This would be great because you would have something to do after you completed the levels
Perhaps a nultiplayer version where oyu run on the same track and try to beat the other player. It’s a great game, keep it up
add upside-down platforms that go on like regular ones but upside down it can be like a sticky platform!
Jon look at this game: http://www.kongregate.com/games/player_03/run-2
I had a good idea for this game while playing it. It would be cool to be able to have music from your hard drive play through the game and move the ingame equalizer with the beat. That would be awesome to race around the track to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tupRBqsZd3A
Yeah, unfortunately I’m not sure if it’s possible (flash only seems to be able to detect tunes played in other flash applications but not otherwise). Perhaps it’s possible with a spotify API or something like that.
Could get past all the levels pre .65 but the new gravity leaves no room for error! haha Great game though. New colors look drastically better I must say! Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Thanks, yeah I know, it got harder and faster. There will probably be some more tweaks as well.
So far I like this game the best on the site I’m no huge fan of the others but this one is awesome!
I agree, I don’t really like Oedipus… Too hard, hate soundtrack. I’m talking about Oedipus.
Hey i loved this game could do with a pause menu though.
Made a review on youtube check it out like, comment and subscribe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vetqqOtGIR0&feature=plcp
Thanks Jordan! Will add pause menu!
little problem with the signup, my email is too long
otherwise, awesome game, and the sound is quite good
Ahh, thanks will fix.
Finally got truth the 32 levels, I must say some parts are quite hard!
really good, I like the colors
can you put an option to have our best past time on a level visible in game, you know, for challenging yourself?
the sign up bit didnt let me type my full email ( too long) -_-
loving the new sky
and the new “:D” smileys
epic game cant wait till its finished =)
i can’t put my entire email in The Email text box
I can`t either
But grab game
It meant to say great
my email can’t fit in the email box, please fix fast, I wanna play.
Fixed, now you can use 40 chars!
time to work on those highscores
Will do this weekend – hopefully I will get them fully integrated in the game.
Here’s a list of names I’ve come up with, take one if you’d like. Maybe you could mention me in the game for finding a name?
-Free Runner
-Adrenaline
-Jumping Addiction
-Retrojump
-Parkour Srategy
-HardCore Parkour (OMG this ones my fav so far)
I’m gonna leave it at that, I cant find anything better than HCP, or HardCore Parkour. Its all yours, here ya go, on a nice silver platter.
I have some other ideas that has to do with a simple story I might do. More to come. But I appreciate your help, thanks!
those names really in my opinion are lame… something more practical would be nice like I happen to think “panel run” would be ok but he said as of my suggestion he’s adding a simple plot so he could base it on that. but yeah “panel” run still isn’t that good either so… but either way its only my opinion.
Yeah, I’ve almost finished the plot now, it will probably be very obvious what movie I recently watched
Anyways, I’vent come up with a name yet – but I’m getting closer as the plot helps me.
Tristan- I understand your opinion, as the names weren’t to be too practical, but a bit catchy.
Jon-looking forward to the backstory, as well as a set name. Fun game nonetheless.
Actually, the following month, when you (I think) finished the plot (oh yeah, I’m still on lvl 28) I still don’t
know the movie you’re talking about.
I forgot my account password.
I’m Soyrux, btw. My e-mail is soyrux@gmail.com
Sorry, I can’t see the passwords in db (encrypted). I might have to add “reset password” or something like that. Sorry.
Oh well. Will that be coming soon? Do you mind if I make a second account?
Also, I made a subreddit for Lunerun: http://www.reddit.com/r/lunerun/
About the new version, I wish there was a way to provide more warning about the long jumps. It is so easy to not see one coming. Maybe uncharacteristically sharp hills?
Wow cool! No problems with accounts..
Yes I think that is a very good idea, right now you kind of have to guess if it’s a long jump or not will figure something out.
I’m having another problem that seems to be new; every time I come back to play the game again all my progress has been wiped. Is that a bug or a feature?
Also, how are you getting scores so high in the first two levels? It’s largely flat and I see no significant way to accelerate.
I noticed you can gain speed in the first loop by jumping on the way up!
And yes that is a bug, I will fix it during the week!
“Adjust gravity + speed + controls, fiddled with lighting and colors”
made the game bad for me tbh..
That is a shame – in what way? Does it make it harder?
it doesn’t make it harder at all really(in the later lvls), it’s easier to get down quicker which is necessary in lvls 20-30+
just got ranked 4 on lvl 32
but it doesn’t matter too much.. I already got used to the “new” mechanism but i prefered the old one nonetheless
Well, something certainly changed since I last played to slow this way down. In full screen, the game would better be called “Plodder,” as it isn’t even moving at the walking pace I get with the smaller view.
Weird. Do you know what version number was working last for you?
I like being able to see the highscores in game, but would like to be able to see a level’s highscores without being in that level. Also, in level 32 I’m currently in 7th, so it could show from the 1st to me no problem, but it jump straight from 3 to 7
True, will fix!
Why is lvl 25 like 3 times harder then lvl 30 – 31 – 32 together?
having difficulties with 25 and did 30 to 32 in one go?
By chance, levels are randomly generated and that might happen.
To be honest, I like the name runner more than anything else I can think of. Also, a local multiplayer race mode would be a really interesting thing to see.
-Pieman47
Wow very addicting game! Well done. I just wanted to ask you if you are supposed to be able to use the mouse instead of the spacebar?
Don’t know if this is a bug
-Frederik
Add obstacles you have to jump over mid track!
like little beams they have in those five meter dashes!
well something like that
Just curious, what program is this game made with? What other gamed have been made from this program?
Made with flash (as3) – there are tons of games made with that.
This game destroyed my spacebar! LoL
And I just played it one night…
It seems to have broken a few spacebars now
thanks for playing.
Time to start using your left mouse button.
can you please add breaks and revirse
I like the story
but I’m currently stuck in level 31
Thanks! Yeah, level 31 is the hardest level. It is really hard. 32 is much easier.
can you please add pradice level? (good for level 31)
:3
is the long jump on level 20 passable? i havent been able to make it.
Yes, gain speed by jumping in the up part of the hill, then hold space while landing in the downhill slope!
To jon,
I want to inform you that I cant get past level 1 its pitch black please fix
yours truley kyle.a.oseman
cant make the jump on 1-20
just shows black screen :/ plz fix
other than that luv the game especialy the new levels and story
keep improving cause this is addictive and awesome btw recording the new review when black screen issue is fixed
Hey, There is an impassable long jump on level 31. For me anyways. I release at the last second and still miss the next path by at least 15 grid spaces. Please fix
its not loading all the graphics for me and level one doesn’t work for me
Will take a look!
The first level does not load at all. Only a black screen. I can hear the guy running and jumping but I can’t see anything. And is something supposed to happen when i beat the 33. level. It’s just a black screen again. The rest of the game is awesome. Congratulations!
Same as above two, when i start from the second level it’s fine, but when i start from the bedinning the cutscene and the text show up, but I get a black screen till the end of the game. Also, the end cutscene doesn’t load at all.
I have some suggestions:
1. can make level
2. additional possibles can buy
3. virtual cash
and that all
And this game is very good and hard some levels. And when don’t understand level like 20 it seems hard
Hey, Jon! I was playing your game in a while! Its very awesome! A have an idea for you! You could add experience, gained from running. Then gaining up levels with that experience and buying awesome gadgets! That will be sooo awesome!
Level 1 does not load, just has a black screen.
Just a question why is 32 locked i want to see part 2…
Hi, I’ve not had time to work on lune run lately. But I will do during the autumn.
the levels with the hills were you have to build up speed and then land in the slope to make it across a HUGE gap are really hard for me to do!
It won’t show anything in-game but the intro, hud and text. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Its a nasty bug!! Start on level 2! Will fix during autumn!
make it load faster, i cant even get into the game itself couse it just wont load
Oh, will look into it! Thanks.
Seems to be loading for me.
I’ve made a small update that should fix the level 1 blackness and finishing the game blackness.
It says press space and i press it and nothing happens.
Weird, have you clicked in on the flash to give it focus? Is it all black or can you see the track etc?
Ideas for 1.00
-Multiplayer (both run on same track, or two adjacent tracks of different colors that exactly mirror each other)
-Finish line for those tracks
-A “YOU WON with a time of XX.XX!” when you beat the other racer or “YOU LOSE time:XX.XX”
-Map customizer (I know, lots of code, sorry)
-Complete story
-Map trading
-Record Time trading
-Give the runner a body and legs (if it doesnt already have one)
-Facebook app?
-Share on Facebook
-More elements (springboards, boost, etc.)
-texture change
-more music
-easter eggs?
-optional paths
-more stories with more levels (Not in the near future)
That’s all I can think of at the moment. Couldn’t play the game too well, running on an exceptionally slow laptop. But I hope to get a new one soon.
Thanks for you ideas! I’m going to dedicate this weekend to get a new beta out.
I don’t have much time so even if I would love to add multiplayer I can’t do it now (or the game will stay half finished forever). So I’m going to try to wrap up the single player part, with the story etc.
Here are some of the things I hope I can release on Sunday:
- Moving platforms
- Particles
- Speed boosters
- 60 campaign levels (perhaps not all unlocked)
- Skyscraper city
- Some arcade mode (just run as far as possible on a random track and collect stuff for score?)
- New menu structure
On top of that I really like you suggestions and will add some of them (easy to implement, yes, springboards are probably coming in a later version). Lol, she has arms and legs and a head but no torso. I want to add something so you can see her as third person. Facebook would also be cool, then it would be cool to compete with friends. And yes, I’ll to put easter eggs in eventually
So much to do, so little time
Back to work! Thanks for feedback.
Not a problem, glad I could help. I do like the moving platform idea, only it might be buggy. It seems complicated to have a solid moving platform without falling through or crashing the game (if thats even possible lol). The arcade mode sounds fun, kinda like a running version of Pac-man without enemies. Maybe implement obstacles like high walls or hoops? Also, without changing the game too much, I got the idea of parkour (adding wall climb, flips, wall run, etc.) And finally, I can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for a menu, particles, and the skyscraper city. Get to work my slave. Make me a game. XD
I think I managed to get the movement of the platforms right actually. The look of the menu will still be the same but new structure, I’ll let someone with graphics talent look on the design later. Unfortunately I’m a bit tired from a party yesterday, so I can’t really think straight – so I think I will have to focus on making levels more balanced and fun today. Let’s see if it’s decent enough to update tonight
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Obstacles are a good idea, walls should be pretty easy to get in there!
It is pretty good. Nice feel of the game, even though it is quite simple.
Quite a good challenge really. I just can’t get past level 12 with the double loop then jump.
So, great game!
Thanks! Working on the next update!
Dude this is the best game ever…. MORE MORE MOOOOOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!
I really like what it has become, but will we every be able to race online?
Thanks!
Sorry, think that is not going to happen, maybe if I had more spare time over :/
Nice update! But is the campaign supposed to end at the buildings rising?
Oh you answered it in the game lol
Yes
Im happy you like the changes!
please release the next update and why is the update taking so LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG????????????
Sorry, I don’t have much time now days
guys your awesome but i want to play the full game
guys your awesome but i want to play the full game awesome game i play this when it was called runner
Just so you know: I am actually ThePieMan, haven’t played in a while: but why no go past buildings?!?!?!
I am actually ThePieMan, haven’t got on in a while, don’t remember mah password. But: Why does it stop at the dang buildings?!?! I just wanna play the full campaign D:
Once I get some time over I will finish it!
Oops, duplicates
Love it! It really improves on Fotonica in loads of ways. The tracks have way more variety (thanks to fun slopes and curves), the music is really catchy (although maybe not as unique as Fotonica’s) and it is overall a lot more fun! Can’t wait to see more updates for the game. Loving the story too! Although, sometimes the text doesn’t appear on the screen, which isn’t too good :S
Add third person view!!! PWEASE!!!
Why does it stop at level 16? >:(
And I realize I already asked.