r4m0n 2010-12-20 06:17
Pretty hard game, but it's playable once you get the hang of it...
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD19 → Ghosts and Gemstones
By _wdh
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun | 13 | 3.83 | 30 | |
| Overall | 16 | 3.77 | 30 | |
| Community | 1 | 4.56 | 18 | |
| Innovation | 45 | 3.47 | 30 | |
| Theme | 120 | 3.03 | 29 | |
| Graphics | 100 | 3.00 | 30 | |
| Audio | 85 | 2.68 | 25 | |
| Humor | 95 | 2.38 | 16 | |
| Coolness | 70 | 8 |
Pretty hard game, but it's playable once you get the hang of it...
189. Hmm. Interesting. Movement didn't quite feel good to me, which did affect my desire to play the game. However, the basic idea and structure seemed okay. I was pleasantly surprised when the monster and meteor enemies started appearing :)
Excellent! The digging was satisfying, the enemies were interesting (their inertia, and that some of them destroyed terrain, allowed for some fun tactics), the difficulty was spot on and the end boss was a tough but thrilling challenge (only beat him on my 4th try). Movement was slightly strange but this wasn't a huge issue. Randomised shop could sometimes be a bit harsh (often not selling healing when you really need it), but along with the randomised levels it kept each attempt at the game fresh. Graphics and audio were purely functional but that's not to the game's detriment. Overall: fantastic. First LD game I've got quite addicted to. Well done :D
I like the retro feel. A+ for that
Pretty decent, but made me want to play Gauntlet real bad.
Awesome game. Pretty balanced and has a lot of features. How I wish I can kill the ghost with the gun.
Wow great game, it's easy to pick up and very fun to play
Pretty fun game. I get the feeling this idea was for the 'digging' theme though :)
This is awesomely demented. Gameplay is spot on. However, the screen is WAY TOO SMALL. I had to zoom in on my monitor.
Wow I really liked playing this. I got really tense during the first few levels and then the boss hit and I was just running around trying to shot it for a while before I realised what I actually had to do. I think this game has a great concept and it was executed very well. The only thing it is really missing is music.
Yeah, cool game! One more proof how unimportant graphics can be I the gameplay rules! Good challenging game!
Liked this one! The mechanic of the ghosts that dug through the walls but moved much faster than you led to some opportunities for creative strategies. Liked the speed and the powerups, although it was pretty easy to have enough money to buy them all, especially if you stock up in the first level. Those eyeballs were killer, though. Nice job.
Nice idea, gets pretty frantic later on.
It doesn't feel too discovery-y to me but it's neat anyway. I wish I could shoot diagonally mostly.
Addictive gameplay, good job!
Pretty difficult, but in a good way I think. Sadly, I didn't figure out what you're supposed to do to the boss until after he had killed me. In retrospect it was obvious, and I may try again and see if I can manage to beat him next time.
One frustrating bug, though: Sometimes your bullets will skip pixels, particularly sometimes pixels right next to you, and go eliminate pixels further on instead. This seems minor, but backing up and repositioning to get rid of a wall on the way to the stairs is an excellent way to be killed by a ghost :p.