FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD21 → and just like that

and just like that

By skelethulu

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall44.16
Graphics244.12
Audio114.08
Humor213.61
Fun263.63
Theme473.74
Community643.34
Coolness687
Innovation2032.98

Comments

kevglass 2011-08-22 12:39

Nice point, nice way of making it, but cool game too. Ever consider being an indie full time? ;)

skelethulu 2011-08-22 17:07

I actually have, and did a couple months ago! But man, taking the jump from a company that won't be going anywhere was super scary for my family.

dramble 2011-08-22 18:20

Hey, don't be giving me any guff game, Flixel was just quicker to use than C++. *cries*
Never saw the 2nd and 3rd screenshots in the game.
Easily my favorite game so far, has it's minor issues and the gameplay isn't unique, and that section with all the guns was a tad too difficult, but an excellent game for sure and deserves to do well.

mpc174 2011-08-22 21:31

Beautiful game! Good sense of humor, music really sets the tone, the difficulty ramped up nicely... well, until the part where the music went out and became bullet hell. This game is a favorite.

finity 2011-08-22 23:30

Yeah, once the music changed, it was game over for me. Much too hard >_<. Fun though, and it felt like I had a companion with the messages popping up! Nicely done.

felipe-budinich 2011-08-23 04:52

This was beautiful. The best way to escape indeed.

PS: "is this distracting when i do this mid jump?" MOTHER FUUUUUUUU.... *crash*

PS2: If you have played the game but haven't finished. do it. it's worth it.

jorjon 2011-08-23 08:06

I felt the same way, escaping life for 48 hours. Best game so far.

maxx 2011-08-23 10:59

Excellent, my favorite so far.

skelethulu 2011-08-23 15:06

And here's the post-mortem! http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2011/08/23/and-just-like-that-a-post-mortem/

Director's Cut soon!

lilserf 2011-08-23 16:09

YES IT IS DISTRACTING WHEN YOU DO THAT.
I'm mostly just annoyed now that I didn't see some of the secret areas, apparently!

joedev_net 2011-08-23 16:30

Awesome, really liked the atmospheric feel of the game and the music was perfect. Great job!

mjiig 2011-08-23 17:07

Fantastic game, best one I've played so far for LD!
(also, DAMMIT, I took the tunnel assuming it was to some super awesome secret area, then I had to do all the hard parts again to get back!)

richmakegame 2011-08-23 19:00

Good times! I wondered if the music came from a royalty free site but no you made it too.. really impressive (and a good length despite the cuts!). well played

richmakegame 2011-08-23 19:03

PS, I like how it felt melancholic, but still gave me an uplifting feeling at the end

ippa 2011-08-23 22:09

Supercute.. I love the atmosphere. I just had to play it until the end.

I thought the ending would be something other actually, but in either case, very nice.

What happens if you take the tunnel.. you really do start over on the flowerfield? :)

rawbits 2011-08-23 22:26

I escape from life to where you escaping from. I program all day every day and I like it very much, but sometimes things isn't going well or anyhow. Now that is when I go out with my girlfriend or with friends and play with my dog for some hours. But those hours getting boring soon so I need to get back to programming. The only problem is when I get back to the code, I just don't want to continue it anymore. Does anyone feel something similar to this?

Anyway the game is good, I liked the music very much, those blocks are awesome, cool guiding and hell I didn't find it distracting or hard at anywhere... Thanks for making it!

icrisanto 2011-08-23 23:25

Good point! The graphics are beautiful, the game is very nice!

fireslash 2011-08-24 22:29

Amazing atmosphere. Everything just clicks so well. Usually entries are have an obvious angle where the developer knew "I'm bad at <thing> so I'll skimp on that and compensate elsewhere". In your entry I don't see such weaknesses. Even the level design feels well thought out; with the timings all lining up nicely to avoid forcing the player to wait for a platform.
I'll be finishing this one later :)

toxiclogic 2011-08-25 00:37

I actually got sent back to the flower field at the end, and didn't mind playing through again because I noticed the "alternate path" and wanted to check it out. Glad I did. Very enjoyable!

maple 2011-08-25 01:36

"Falling down this pit will give you the good ending". This would have been ok if I didn't leave it till a 3rd playthrough! Nice game though. I will never be good enough ;_;

basilios 2011-08-25 02:13

Great graphical style and lovely music.

Loved the ending. :)

Drekinn 2011-08-25 12:21

This is absolutely wonderful; love the 'nice' music, graphical style, simple yet enjoyable platforming, and the wry humour. :) (Did I tell you I love the music?)

d_m 2011-08-25 19:21

This game was great! Fun platformer with good controls, the right amount of difficulty, and an interesting unreliable narrator. I know you plan to add a timer but I found that I really enjoyed the simplicity of the game... I didn't feel rushed and could absorb what the narrator was saying and the graphics. I think this was a fantastic job, especially when I think back to creating my entry for LD21 and what it felt like. Great!

skelethulu 2011-08-25 21:44

d_m so you know: the Director's Cut's main path only changes slightly, and you won't know your time was being trialled. If you enter the challenge area (which will be kind of obvious), that's when a clock shows up.

shigor 2011-08-26 01:19

Very good entry due to the excellent presentation (and funny "hints") - music is really great. After going through almost hundrer of entries I'm starting to be sick of platformers, but your's gave me hope :)

wbobeirne 2011-08-26 08:19

Great game, very cute. As much as I wanted to finish, I checked out tunnel for kicks and got sent back. Made me rage pretty hard. After that, I just couldn't see myself going through the whole level again.

Congrats on the wonderful game!

rudy 2011-08-26 09:25

A good start, but turns into pixel platformer very soon. It's not too frustrating though once you get the hang of it, but it's pretty hard on long levels. Graphics are cute, but not very complex or varied. Music is nice. levels getting weirder is a nice concept. Some indication which way a bullet is going would be nice.

matthias_zarzecki 2011-08-26 20:57

This plays quite lovely. Nice work!

jacic 2011-09-03 20:38

I loved the ending. Great game overall!

mactuitui 2011-09-06 14:16

I wish I had the courage to follow your path. This was awesome.

drpetter 2011-09-07 21:48

:)

LpSamuelm 2011-09-14 09:23

The music in the first part was what made me stay. It's really good! Then it disappeared... and I went into the warp-tunnel to get the music again. X3

Then I realized that I'd have to redo the whole game from the beginning, and I was really mad. But oh well!

Great game!

Ronny 2011-09-20 11:26

I was instantly hooked. Great Music, Great Emotions.

Sad thing is, I took the easy path.

kudos to you.

drdanick 2011-10-06 04:10

Domain has expired :(
Any chance of renewing the domain/uploading this elsewhere?

yenz 2012-01-08 23:27

I loved the theme of this game