About Julie's Escape

Category	Rank	Score
Coolness	87	6
Graphics	124	3.31
Community	157	2.89
Humor	205	2.00
Audio	291	1.92
Theme	351	2.56
Overall	352	2.56
Innovation	395	2.13
Fun	403	2.06

kevglass 2011-08-22 11:46

Pros:

Great graphics!
Easy to get into:

Cons:

I keep getting: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No line matching interface Clip supporting format PCM_SIGNED unknown sample rate, 16 bit, stereo, 4 bytes/frame, big-endian is supported.
at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getLine(AudioSystem.java:459)
at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getClip(AudioSystem.java:503)
at net.danielseidl.ludumdare.ld48.sound.SoundEngine.playSound(SoundEngine.java:16)

Screen flickers like crazy.
Controls arn't responsive for me to dodge.

dseidl 2011-08-22 12:33

Thanks. :) You played the applet?
The applet is a little bit buggy. The jar file seems to run better.

dseidl 2011-08-22 13:18

Found a small mistake I made by converting it to a Java applet. Should now work better without flickering. :)

refrag 2011-08-22 22:16

Nice sprite work. The gameplay is a bit dull. The controls are clunky. The enemies seemed to spawn on top of rocks/bushes frequently.
The sound effects were adorable. ;)

d_m 2011-08-25 18:39

Graphics were nice, fun idea! I agree that the controls felt clunky. It'd be nice to be able to have more fine-grained controls. Also, I got tired of the light radius circle after awhile.

jedi 2011-08-31 14:02

Definitely needs some variety in the sound and gameplay departments. It gets boring quick and that "weee" doesn't help one bit.
The graphics are very good and very plentiful for a 48h Compo. However, I would've rather you spent some of that time you were making sprites expanding the gameplay, adding more sounds or making music.

cambrian_era 2011-09-10 16:44

It's nice and simple, so that's always a thing. A couple of notes, though. First, it takes a second (well, like a half second) of holding a direction before she starts moving, which makes avoiding things awkward. Second, the bounding boxes seem to be a bit off. I was getting hurt by things I wasn't visually touching. Still, it's a good effort.

jacic 2011-09-10 19:10

The movement could definitely be better. Even monsters had trouble moving occasionally.
The basic idea is okay, and the sound effects are funny. :)