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"Life is Guano and Then You Die"

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor83.61
Community183.93
Innovation343.38
Graphics413.44
Theme453.50
Audio542.77
Overall563.16
Coolness7019
Fun732.78

Comments

Problem Machine

I'm getting a 'this application failed to initialize properly' error

Kimau

Also getting the 'application failed to initialize properly' error

mjau

Jumping on the "it doesn't run" bandwagon (Windows 7 here). My unenlightening error box states:

"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0150002). Click OK to close the application."

I then click OK and the application closes, so that part works right at least. Technology today.

owendeery

It ran fine on my machine, Windows 7 x64.

Frimkron

I get the "failed to initialize" too. Windows XP SP2.

doohan

Works for me and was good fun. Keeping altitude was pretty hard some times. But a fun game none less!

Wiering

It took a lot of practice to fly that thing, funny game though!

gadlor

the controls are kind of rough, but i like it! it'd be cool for it to be a little bit longer, though.

Eckolin

Failed to initialize, XP SP2.

phren

Wow what a game! :D Really nice graphics. Sometimes the controls were a bit too slow for my liking. Nice idea and a great implementation of it.

BlademasterBobo

Pretty fun, the controls do seem a bit slow though. Interesting game!

Almost

Fails to initiialize, vista 64 bit

Chris Zamanillo

Pooping on people was awesome, but it was tough to stay airbourne. Maybe the bat ate some heavy rocks as well?

Sophie Houlden

gah, same error here on XP sp3 :(

edit: tried it on another pc, and it worked.
the controls werent my cup of tea, I didnt think it was cool having to flap to move sideways as well as climb, but its more realistic I guess. anyway, the pooping was awesome, as is the word 'guanometer'

jazmeister

This is really tough to control with the pad, and I soooo want to play this well. Why can't flying be a case of using the stick? Why must I flap? Do you press A to make Mario flail his legs?

fydo

Sorry, no worky here either. :(

nilsf

Looks cool, but on my computer (OS X) it doesn't seem to accept any keyboard input so the bat just falls to the ground and that's it. :(

Morre

Works fine, but seems unreasonably hard - the ctrl key gives me almost no lift at all, I have to keep clicking it like crazy to avoid dying by hitting the ground.

The graphics are really nice! The audio works well for the game. Oh, and very nice journal work. :)

Well done!

Entar

Funny stuff. It's really hard to drive the bat though, it's way too hard to change direction.

Endurion

A potty pigeon clone :)

It could be pretty fun if the nasty controls wouldn't ruin the playability. Right at the start you have to madly Ctrl to not die at once. And once you're airborne in the cave you smash into the wall since it takes too much time to slow down again.

If you get the controls friendlier this could be really nice.

drZool

it didn't respond to my keyboard. I closed the game and restarted a few times, the last time the game didn't close, I had to ctrl alt delete it.

jovoc

Fun game. Looks great. Controls were a bit sluggish. It also took me a while to understand that i was supposed to fly back and forth.. so used to linear games were you go left to right. Maybe if the cave was closed and there was a mine entrance. Perfect use of the theme.

havchr

Took a couple of tries to get the feel of the controls. A bit lacking in feedback on score, but a nice idea.

sirGustav

It would also be nice if I could steer without having to flap. I also sometimes died without knowing why. Fun game though

noonat

Haha, love the title. I liked the game concept, but the controls ruined it for me. It would be a lot more fun if I could actually land and the only things that killed me were the miners.

greencow

nice game, just needs more levels/objectives (for me to poop on)

localcoder

Nice guano effect. As others have said, the controls are a bit hard - I would feel more bat-like if I had more agility, and had to worry less about keeping in the air and more about avoiding stones and miners.

ondrew

I really liked the pixel art and overall palette. However the controls are way too hard. Eventually I got hold of them, but it took quite some time.